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ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views — Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
More: New York Times, Politico, Associated Press, and ISD
Threads: @carnage4life, @politico, @chrisperkinscepx, @shakerhoward, @steveth72, @willoremus, and @willoremus
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
An era of politically motivated AI slop is here, exacerbating viral conspiracy theories and making a big impact after disasters, as in the US, Brazil, and Gaza — The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks. — By now, if you have spent any amount of time reading …
Threads: @cwarzel, @technicallymims, @esqueer_, @jasonkoebler, and @reckless1280. Mastodon: @gedankenstuecke@scholar …
X: @brianbrackeen, @josephfcox, and @marshallk
LinkedIn: Jason Koebler and Rafael Brown
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
The Biden-Harris administration launches a White House account on Reddit for news and info about federal government work; the first posts cover Hurricane Helene — VP Kamala Harris is on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, FEMA has a page dedicated to fighting the rumors circulating on social media …
More: The Verge, Engadget, Mashable, and The Hill
Mastodon: @annmlipton@esq.social. Bluesky: @themontgomery.bsky.social, @sorenspicknall.bsky.social, and @dell-adams.bsky.social
X: @megancoyne46, @whcommsdir, @hadas_gold, @liahaberman, and @elizlanders
Forums: r/Georgia, r/NorthCarolina, r/pics, r/politics, and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep — - Court banned platform in August as billionaire defied orders — Social network had 22 million users in South American country
More: Associated Press, The Information, Engadget, New York Times, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Hill, Axios, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Capital Brief, KTVU-TV, Le Monde.fr, BBC, CNBC, Financial Times, Social Media Today, Forbes, ABC News, Semafor, Human Events, CBS News, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ruetir, BreakingNews.ie, Irish Independent, Reuters, ZeroHedge News, and Cointelegraph
| Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: |
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for “foundational discoveries” in machine learning — - John J. Hopfield, Geoffrey E. Hinton worked on neural networks — Their work laid foundations for machine learning and AI
More: Nobel Prize, Le Monde.fr, The Guardian, Pivot to AI, Nobel Prize on YouTube, BBC, Associated Press, Nikkei Asia, The Register, The Atlantic, University of Toronto, SiliconANGLE, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, CBS News, CNN, Techstrong.ai, The Boston Globe, BetaKit, Popular Science, Telegraph, Observer, VentureBeat, Forbes, Quartz, HPCwire, Princeton University News, Wall Street Journal, Daily Sabah, The Indian Express, The Verge, Gulf Times, BusinessLIVE, Financial Times, New Scientist, and Business Insider
X: @nobelprize, @skdh, @mihonarium, @jeuasommenulle, @whippletom, @nobelprize, @ludditehacker, @newlefteviews, @philipcball, @drjimfan, @reasther, @xuanalogue, @nobelprize, @krishnanrohit, @ethancaballero, @andrewlbeam, @tegmark, @iamtimnguyen, @nobelprize, @jeffdean, @ilyasut, @cambridge_uni, @fortnow, @jfpuget, @joelhellermark, @shakeelhashim, @mark_riedl, @tsarnick, @uoft, and @nobelprize
LinkedIn: Balaji Srinivasan, Jean Rohmer, and Joel Hellermark
Forums: r/UCSD, r/computerscience, and r/worldnews
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Study: X moves slowly to remove AI-made nudes reported as nonconsensual intimate media, if at all, but is quick if they're reported for copyright violations — Researchers posted AI-generated nude images to Twitter to see how the company responds to reports of copyright violation versus reports of nonconsensual nudity.
More: Ars Technica and arXiv.org
Mastodon: @williamgunn@mastodon.social and @josephcox@infosec.exchange
| Wall Street Journal: |
Short seller Hindenburg Research releases a report accusing Roblox of inflating user metrics to investors and prioritizing growth over child safety — Research firm alleges the videogame company has exaggerated user data and engagement figures — Short-selling firm Hindenburg Research …
More: Hindenburg Research, Eurogamer.net, Business Insider, Game Rant, Engadget, Reuters, The Verge, IGN, Neowin, Proactive, The Daily Beast, Gizmodo, Game Developer, Wccftech, The Post Millennial, TechRaptor, Forbes, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Information, New York Post, Fortune, Digital Trends, Fast Company, Roblox, Barron's Online, CNBC, and ZeroHedge News
Threads: @katienotopoulos. Mastodon: @CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk. X: @hindenburgres, @hindenburgres, @nkulw, @hindenburgres, @edzitron, @hindenburgres, @mathver, @venikunche, @hindenburgres, @squawkstreet, @hindenburgres, @gergelyorosz, and @livcarville
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and Slashdot
| Daniel Arkin / NBC News: |
A bipartisan coalition of 14 US state AGs file lawsuits accusing TikTok of damaging minors' mental health and collecting their data without parental consent — The legal broadside alleges TikTok violated state laws by falsely claiming its service is safe for young people.
More: NY State Attorney General, BBC, Associated Press, Fox Business, New York Times, NPR, The Wrap, The Verge, Chicago Tribune, State of California, CBS News, CNBC, Social Media Today, National Review, Android Headlines, HotAir, MediaPost, Courthouse News Service, IGN, Engadget, Gothamist, Deadline, Chain Store Age, TechCrunch, Mashable, Los Angeles Times, Washington State, Tech Policy Press, The Boston Globe, Mercury News, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online, The Hill, New York Post, What's Trending, Times of India, UPI, CNET, Washington Times, Gizmodo, masslive.com, WWD, NTD, abc7NY, City & State New York, Forbes, Sky News, and New York Daily News
X: @newyorkstateag, @kyla_lacey, @zephyrteachout, @rapdose, @taylorlorenz, @drantbradley, @ibaraeleven, @mi_republicans, @jfreewright, @dylanali_, @ppearlman, @david_moscrop, @spencekjell, @joshstein_, @simonateba, @govkathyhochul, @zephyrteachout, @jason, @sapna, @newyorkstateag, @parismarx, @agowa, @agrobbonta, @ianbremmer, and @ilattygeneral
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
HBO's documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery says Peter Todd, known for his Bitcoin codebase contributions, is Satoshi Nakamoto, a claim Todd denies — A new HBO documentary takes a swing at uncovering the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin.
More: Politico, Bloomberg, Decrypt, The Block, Washington Post, New York Times, New Yorker, CoinDesk, HBO, Forbes, TIME, People, CNN, Quartz, CoinGape, Cryptonews, Crypto Briefing, Fortune, The Crypto Times, and The Tech Report
Threads: @drewharwell. X: @peterktodd, @autismcapital, @jeffjohnroberts, and @beaniemaxi. Forums: Slashdot
| Pew Research Center: |
US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists — Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
Crypto.com sues the US SEC after receiving a Wells notice that the agency plans to bring an enforcement action against it; Consensys sued the SEC in April 2024 — - The crypto trading platform said it decided to sue the agency after receiving a Wells notice and said the SEC's actions left them “with no other choice.”
More: Crypto.com, Forbes, Reuters, Finextra, Decrypt, Yahoo Finance, Blockworks, Coinpedia Fintech News, DL News, Fortune, Bitcoin Insider, PYMNTS.com, The Crypto Times, Cryptonews, CCN.com, crypto.news, The Daily Hodl, CoinGape, The Coin Republic, Blockchain News …, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, Watcher Guru, CryptoSlate, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptopolitan, CoinDesk, and NFTgators
| Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: |
Marketing tech company Zeta Global agrees to acquire LiveIntent, another marketing tech provider, for $250M in cash and stock, in a deal set to close in Q4 2024 — Zeta said LiveIntent's database of customer information will strengthen its own offerings as marketers make first-party data a priority
More: Zeta Global and SiliconANGLE
X: @joshk and @chrisfralic
LinkedIn: Katherine Drebin, Neej Gore, Peter Kuhn, and Adam Berkowitz
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe launches a Content Authenticity web app to let creators use its Content Credentials “nutrition labels” to apply attribution and opt out of AI training — Adobe is expanding its Content Credentials “nutrition labels” to make it even easier for creatives to be credited for their work …
More: Adobe Newsroom, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, PetaPixel, PYMNTS.com, The Decoder, Maginative, Fast Company, The Indian Express, AIM, TechRadar, and CNET. LinkedIn: Santiago Lyon
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Rockstar plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to PC, 14 years after its PS3 and Xbox 360 debut, via the Rockstar Store, Epic Games Store, and Steam on October 29 — It will arrive on October 29 with zombie spin-off Undead Nightmare bundled in. — Fourteen years after it debuted on PS3 and Xbox 360 …
More: Rockstar Games, Polygon, Benzinga, Thurrott, OC3D, Destructoid, TweakTown, TechSpot, CNET, Digital Trends, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Neowin, PC Gamer, IGN, and TheGamer
X: @rockstargames, @joshimuz, and @videotechuk_
Forums: r/ultrawidemasterrace, r/kindafunny, r/gamernews, and Slashdot
| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Samsung removes the Galaxy Z Fold2, which launched in September 2020 for $2,000, from its list of devices that will receive security updates — Samsung is no longer providing software or security updates for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable smartphone that it released in September 2020.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst to use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines in its products, after Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith deals — - Like its other recent publisher deals, OpenAI says Hearst content that's used to fuel answers to user queries in ChatGPT will feature … Sponsor Posts
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