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A US appeals court finds the White House, the CDC, and the FBI likely violated the First Amendment by influencing tech companies' moderation on COVID-19 posts — The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General's office's contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms' content decisions
More: New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, New York Post, Reclaim The Net, The Hill, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Why Evolution Is True
Threads: @osirisrankin, @luckytran, @tovahsfine, @undeadben, @ledonneessential, @jackieblue4u, @the.other.matthew, @thomaskrafft, @norsdusk, @amberwavesofflame, @drmarshprincess, @luckytran, @frelsiusa, @luckytran, @joyhenningsenmd, @genomd, and @luckytran. Bluesky: @donmoyn.bsky.social
X: @jzembik, @judiciarygop, @synopsi, @joshgerstein, @agandrewbailey, @ericgeller, @eric_schmitt, @redsteeze, @skupor, @ericgeller, @davidrlurie, @ericgeller, @agjefflandry, @zerohedge, @agandrewbailey, and @timmurtaugh
Forums: Hacker News, r/politics, and Beehaw
| Hillel Italie / Associated Press: |
Amazon starts requiring writers in its e-book program to disclose using AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others — After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through …
More: PCMag, The Authors Guild, Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, and Cryptopolitan
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @victoriastrauss@writing …
| Bloomberg: |
An FTC judge rules that Intuit misled consumers with its ads claiming that TurboTax is free when most customers need to pay to use the tax preparation software — - Judge orders company to stop advertising TurboTax as free — Intuit to appeal ‘flawed and highly questionable’ decision
More: PCMag, Ars Technica, The Verge, Federal Trade Commission, CNBC, Federal Trade Commission, The Messenger, MarketWatch, and Reuters
X: @jayshooster, @saalevine, @propublica, and @robertfreundlaw
Forums: r/neoliberal and Slashdot
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google says North Korea-backed hackers are targeting security researchers with an exploit using a currently unfixed zero-day flaw in a popular software package — Google researchers say currently unfixed vulnerability affects a popular software package. — North Korea-backed hackers …
More: The Keyword, BleepingComputer, The Record, SC Media, PCMag, Dark Reading, Cybernews.com, Security Affairs, Infosecurity, ComputerWeekly.com, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, Metacurity, and Help Net Security
Mastodon: @ravirockks@infosec.exchange. X: @evacide, @shanehuntley, @lukolejnik, @_xpn_, @jgamblin, @vxunderground, @wdormann, @maddiestone, @wdormann, @ryanaraine, @kseproso, @digivector, @felixaime, @maddiestone, @ianwboyle, @johnhultquist, and @billyleonard. LinkedIn: Gianluca Varisco
Forums: Hacker News and Ars OpenForum
| Vincent Manancourt / Politico: |
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown — LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox unveils Roblox Assistant, a conversational AI assistant that lets creators enter prompts to generate virtual environments, get help with coding, and more — Roblox announced a new conversational AI assistant at its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) that can help creators …
More: Roblox Blog, Roblox on YouTube, Metaverse Post, Push Square, Axios, CNET, The Information, PCMag, Reuters, GamesIndustry.biz, and Mashable
Threads: @jaypetersplus. Mastodon: @BrendanSinclair …. X: @roblox, @sturman, @evanzir, @autismcapital, @petergyang, and @rbxnews_
LinkedIn: Yuval Noimark and David Sadigh
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple no longer plans to launch MacBooks with an M3 chip “before the end of this year”; other reports point to M3 Macs as soon as October 2023 — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has bad news for Apple fans hoping to see a lineup of M3-powered Macs this year.
Source: @mingchikuo. More: Cult of Mac, iClarified, MacRumors, SlashGear, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, TweakTown, Trusted Reviews, The Verge, Wccftech, BGR, AppleInsider, and Supercharged
Mastodon: @elkmovie@mastodon.social and @elkmovie@mastodon.social
X: @luftkopptim, @brandonbutch, @mike_wuerthele, @vadimyuryev, and @rsgnl
| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
The Delhi High Court approves an injunction for preemptive blocks of pirate websites that covers “future content”, as requested by Netflix, Disney, and others — The Delhi High Court in India has approved a new type of pirate site-blocking order, requested by Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros, and other Hollywood studios.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums — - Surgeons are using Meta's Quest 2 to simulate procedures, allowing doctors to practice from home.
More: Oculus Blog
| Bloomberg: |
Code in Uber's iOS app suggests that the company is working on a TaskRabbit-like service, codenamed Chore, that lets users hire people to conduct various tasks — - Uber is looking for new ways to grow beyond rides, deliveries — Uber Technologies Inc. is working on a TaskRabbit-like service … | Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Maltese politician Alex Agius Saliba, who led the EU's legislation to make USB-C the standard, forcing Apple to replace the iPhone's Lightning port — Apple's new iPhone is expected to include a big change. Why? Ask someone from the EU's smallest country.
More: Android Authority, CNET, Wired, and Mercury News
| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
X sues California over AB 587, arguing the law forcing social networks to detail their moderation interferes with X's constitutionally protected editorial calls — Elon Musk's X Corp. sued California over a law requiring social media companies to explain how their content is moderated.
More: United States District Court Eastern District of California Sacramento Division, Insider, Los Angeles Times, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Reclaim The Net, Associated Press, The Hill, Chamber of Progress, Reuters, and Engadget
Bluesky: @chamberofprogress.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, and @mmasnick.bsky.social
X: @globalaffairs, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, and @elonmusk
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox plans to launch on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in October and on Meta Quest headsets later in September, but has no “imminent plans” for Switch — Roblox will finally be available on PlayStation soon. At its 2023 Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) on Friday … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
More: TechCrunch, Wired, Neowin, and Mashable
Threads: @tawni.24. X: @roblox_rtc, @roblox_rtc, @roblox_rtc, @sagardeo, @mbronstein, @roblox, and @sirprogamer
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