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Max Tani / Semafor:
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads, saying Meta “engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets” and other IP  —  Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Meta's Supplemental Privacy Policy for Threads says that “your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account”, surprising some users  —  Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, is drawing users at an astounding pace, amassing 10 million signups in just seven hours …
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours  —  Update July 6, 8AM PT: Zuckerberg noted that Threads crossed the milestone of 30 million sign-ups the morning after its launch.
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New York Times:
How Tom Brady's crypto ambitions, like being an FTX “ambassador”, collided with reality, part of the humiliating reckoning facing crypto embracing celebrities  —  The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash.  Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.
Nathan Crooks / The Block:
Report: Binance GC Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and compliance SVP Steven Christie are leaving Binance over CZ's response to the DOJ's probe  —  - Top executives at Binance resigned this week over CEO Changpeng Zhao's handling of regulatory investigations into the company, Fortune reported, citing sources.
New York Times:
Sources: the FBI searched Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell's home in March 2023, as part of US prosecutors' probe into claims he hacked a nonprofit he founded  —  Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI releases its GPT-4 API in general availability, giving all paying developers access and planning to give new developers access by the end of July 2023  —  OpenAI today announced the general availability of GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, through its paid API.
Kara Carlson / Austin American-Statesman:
Volkswagen plans to start its first US tests of autonomous driving in Austin, beginning with a small fleet of ID. Buzz EVs equipped with VW and Mobileye tech  —  Even more driverless vehicles will be tooling around Austin, as Volkswagen joins the ranks of companies that have tested their autonomous vehicle technology in Austin.
Wayne Ma / The Information:
Sources: Google delays releasing its first fully custom Pixel chip by at least a year; instead of codename Redondo's 2024 debut, codename Laguna is set for 2025  —  Google has big ambitions to develop its own chips for its Pixel phones.  So far, however, things haven't gone according to plan.
Emily M. Bender:
Framing AI debates as a schism between people worried about rogue AI and those illuminating harms is ahistorical and obscures research, journalism, and activism  —  In two recent conversations with very thoughtful journalists, I was asked about the apparent ‘schism’ between those making a lot …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches its subscription-only standalone music streaming service TikTok Music in Indonesia and Brazil, featuring UMG's, WMG's, and Sony Music's catalogs  —  TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering.

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