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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Twitter starts paying Twitter Blue creators who earned 5M+ impressions per month for three months a revenue cut from the ads beside the replies to their tweets — Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts.
More: The Verge, Twitter Help Center, Forbes, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, BGR, SlashGear, Neowin, MobileSyrup, Wall Street Journal, and Engadget
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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
The first beneficiaries of Twitter's payout to creators program include far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who posted that Twitter paid him over $20K — The platform is paying high profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app
More: Reuters. Mastodon: @RevXenoFact@dobbs.town. Twitter: @taylorlorenz, @lrozen, and @atrupar. Threads: @kbode
| Tom Hals / Reuters: |
A US judge says Ripple's XRP sales to sophisticated investors violated securities law but that sales on exchanges were not offers of securities; XRP jumps 70%+ — U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said Ripple Labs Inc's institutional sales of its XRP digital token violated federal law …
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| Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: |
After the court ruling, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US exchanges, while Gemini is exploring the listing of the token — U.S. federal court ruled on Thursday that sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
SAG-AFTRA: AMPTP's AI proposal lets studios scan a background actor to create a digital likeness, for a day's pay, for perpetual use without consent or pay — During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit plans to sunset its current coins and awards systems used to show post appreciation by September 12, 2023; no new coins can be purchased starting today — Reddit is sunsetting its current coins and awards systems, meaning you soon won't be able to thank a kind stranger for giving you Reddit Gold for one of your posts.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft names Aptos as the next default font for its Microsoft 365 productivity apps, replacing Calibri; Aptos was available for two years as Bierstadt — - After considering user feedback on five options, Microsoft has picked the next default font for its productivity apps like Word and Outlook.
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| Bloomberg: |
The US arrests and charges former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky with six counts; the SEC, CFTC, and FTC sue Mashinsky and Celsius; Mashinsky pleads not guilty — - Three regulatory agencies also sued Mashinsky in New York — Mashinsky pleads not guilty to all charges at hearing
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| Bloomberg: |
Adobe: US shoppers spent $12.7B on Amazon's 48-hour Prime Day, up 6.1% YoY but below estimates of 9.5% growth; an increasing customer share used BNPL services — US shoppers spent $12.7 billion online during Amazon.com Inc.'s 48-hour Prime Day, up 6.1% from a year ago but short of estimates for 9.5% growth, according to Adobe Inc.
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LinkedIn: Tiana K. and Andy Jassy
| Bloomberg Law: |
A US district judge denies the FTC's motion to stay Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition; the FTC is still seeking emergency action by the 9th Circuit — The US Federal Trade Commission lost its request for a California judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from closing …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor unveils Magic V2, a foldable phone measuring 9.9mm thick when folded and weighing 231g, is thinner and lighter than the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Pixel Fold — If there's one thing Honor wants you to know about its new Magic V2, it's how thin and light it is.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Causaly, which uses AI for biomedical research and drug discovery, raised a $60M Series B led by ICONIQ Growth, taking its total funding to $93M — Artificial intelligence has been a big theme in the world of health and medical research, and specifically in the area of drug discovery.
More: Tech.eu, FinSMEs, VentureBeat, and Recursion Pharmaceuticals
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
The AP and OpenAI sign a two-year deal; the AP gets access to OpenAI's tech in return for licensing some of its text archive dating back to 1985 for AI training — The Associated Press on Thursday said it reached a two-year deal with OpenAI, the parent company to ChatGPT, to share access to select news content and technology.
More: The Verge, Washington Post, Associated Press, Livemint, SiliconANGLE, Tech in Asia, VentureBeat, Tech Xplore, Engadget, Dexerto, and Constellation Research
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Telly begins shipping its free, ad-supported, dual-screen 4K TV as part of its public beta program; users must submit demographic info, viewing habits, and more — Start-up says it received more than 250,000 sign-ups from U.S. consumers … The start-up, which plans to ship some 500,000 free …
More: Telly, KnowTechie, Liliputing, TechCrunch, and Neowin
Mastodon: @rejinl@mastodon.social and @hen@social.lol
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Doc: the FTC sends OpenAI a demand for records about addressing risks tied to its AI models and a March 2023 security incident over payment-related information — The agency's demand for OpenAI's documents marks the company's greatest U.S. regulatory threat to date
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LinkedIn: Logan Kocka and Brenda Flores
Twitter: @sama, @adamkovac, @sama, @repdanbishop, @sama, @cat_zakrzewski, and @carlquintanilla. Forums: r/technology
| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
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