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Matt Taibbi plans to use Substack Notes instead of Twitter after learning Twitter is blocking Substack links because the company is upset about Substack Notes — On staying at Substack, and leaving Twitter, I guess — Earlier this afternoon, I learned Substack links were being blocked on Twitter.
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Substack says Twitter “unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets”; Twitter seemingly disabled likes and retweets for some tweets with Substack links — Writers trying to embed tweets in their Substack stories are in for a rude surprise: after pasting a link to the site …
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Twitter starts marking Substack links with a warning that the link “has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy or unsafe” — Twitter has started marking links to Substack as unsafe. If you click on a link on Twitter with substack.com in the URL …
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| The Verge: |
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech” — / Substack's founders say this serves as a reminder of why writers need a platform that 'puts them in charge …
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Sources and docs: ChatGPT's success made Microsoft and Google willing to take greater risks with their ethical guidelines for ensuring tech doesn't hurt society — Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry's next big thing.
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| Nathan Edwards / The Verge: |
Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, continuing to drop products outside of Google Home — Google is ending support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system in exactly one year, on April 8th, 2024.| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
MSI confirms a data breach after a ransomware gang claimed to have stolen its source code, and warns users not to download updates from third-party sources — The ransomware group is reportedly demanding $4 million or it will leak the stolen data, which includes company source code.
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Anthropic's Series C pitch deck shows the AI startup aims to raise up to $5B over the next two years to take on OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries — Anthropic plans to train a powerful model with billions in new funding — AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Amazon bans the sale of Flipper Zero, a $169 portable security penetration testing tool for wireless devices, tagging the product as a card-skimming device — Amazon has banned the sale of the Flipper Zero portable multi-tool for pen-testers as it no longer allows its sale on the platform after tagging it as a card-skimming device.| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung plans to cut memory chip production to a “meaningful level” after estimating that its Q1 operating profit fell 95%+ YoY to ~$450M, its lowest since 2009 — Samsung Electronics Co. said it is cutting memory chip production after reporting its slimmest profit since …
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| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
Sources: Meta is giving some VR developers compensation packages of $600K to $1M, significantly more than most gaming companies, despite a push to rein in costs — Programmers' high pay is just a sliver of the company's multibillion-dollar metaverse investment
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Substack shares its financials as required by crowdfunding rules: $11.9M in 2021 gross revenue vs. $2.4M in 2020 and a $22.9M net loss in 2021 vs. $2.3M in 2020 — When newsletter platform Substack last month launched a crowdfunding campaign, its writers and fans responded with more than $7.5 million …
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