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Netflix rolls out a feature globally to let users transfer all their personalized viewing data to a new account, ahead of a crackdown on account sharing in 2023 — Netflix is making it easier for people to disentangle their personal viewing data: The streaming service is rolling … | Avery Menegus / Engadget: |
Internal doc: Amazon has a high attrition rate across all levels, costing $8B annually, and workers choose to leave twice as often as layoffs and firings occur — Amazon churns through workers at an astonishing rate, well above industry averages. According to a tranche of documents marked …
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Sources: Intel is eyeing a significantly lower sub-$20B valuation for the IPO of its Mobileye self-driving car unit, down from the originally expected $50B+ — A target valuation of under $20 billion is expected, down from $50 billion — Intel Corp. INTC 1.97%▲ … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Parler agrees to be acquired by Ye, formerly Kanye West, to create “an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome”; the deal is set to close in Q4 2022 — Kanye West, the musician also known as Ye, is buying Parler, a social media platform that styles itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter.
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Interviews with journalists at The Wire, sources at Meta, and knowledgeable outside observers describe the messy fight between Meta and The Wire — The journalists behind a controversial series of stories tell us they haven't been hoaxed. We're not so sure| Noah Smith / Noahpinion: |
Analysis: why the Biden administration's sweeping export controls on China's chip sector happened now and how they could usher in a new global economic paradigm — Now it's on. — “You come at the king, you best not miss.” — Omar Little — In a post back in August …
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Stability AI raised a $101M seed, a source says at a ~$1B valuation, and its CEO says Stable Diffusion has 10M DAUs and its web app DreamStudio has 1.5M+ users — The parent company of Stable Diffusion, an artificial intelligence tool that makes digital art, has reached unicorn status …
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TikTok plans to raise the age requirement for hosting a livestream from 16 to 18 on November 23 and let hosts limit their livestreams to adult-only audiences — TikTok is updating its livestream system to limit kids from going live and to allow streamers to only reach adults.
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Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on October 17; source: less than 1,000 jobs were cut across various levels, teams, and parts of the world — Microsoft announced layoffs across multiple divisions on Monday, Axios has confirmed. — Why it matters: The move … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
May 2022 survey of non-professional creators in nine regions: 48% monetize content, including 53% in the US; 77% of those who monetize started in the past year — A study funded by Adobe sheds new light on the creator economy, indicating that not only are a large number of people earning money … | Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Gas, an iOS app for teens to “gas each other up”; Data.AI: Gas had 500K+ downloads since its August launch, despite being limited to a few US states — Gas is topping Apple's App Store charts despite being limited to a handful of states — TBH was hot.
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Filing: Texas' securities regulator is investigating crypto exchange FTX US over allegations the company offers unregistered yield-bearing securities products — Texas securities regulator's director said he set up a yield-bearing account on FTX US, despite identifying his address as being located within the U.S.
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