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Experts say misinformation from “verified” pseudo-OSINT accounts on X, driven by profit and engagement, is destroying the Israel-Hamas war information ecosystem — Join the newsletter to get the latest updates. — Success — Great! Check your inbox and click the link. — Error
Threads: @cengizyar. Mastodon: @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social. X: @josephfcox and @colbybadhwar. LinkedIn: Jason Koebler
| Politico: |
More: Washington Post, European Commission, and Electronic Frontier Foundation
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
More: PCMag, Wired, Insider, New York Times, and Conspirador Norteñ
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| Reuters: |
The US' new 400-page chip export rules show officials are open to chip sector input on ways to keep sending AI chips to China for small and medium-sized systems — While stripping China's access to key U.S. artificial intelligence chips, the Biden administration's sweeping new rules …
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X: @kevinsxu, @beijingdai, @researchqf, @kifleswing, @danielgross, @dalperovitch, @beth_kindig, @barrettyoutube, @researchqf, and @dnystedt. LinkedIn: Max A. Cherney. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines — The owner of X, Elon Musk, has long floated the idea of charging users $1 to use the platform.
More: X, The Verge, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, BleepingComputer, Forbes, PCMag, NBC News, New York Post, Observer, PC Gamer, The Apple Post, Gizchina, Bitcoin Insider, X, GSMArena.com, Android Central, Techdirt, BBC, Android Headlines, NPR, Newser, PetaPixel, Reuters, The Messenger, iMore, NBC Bay Area, Tech Xplore, TechSpot, TechRadar, PhoneArena, Ghacks, IGN, Thurrott, T3, Global News, TechCrunch, Mashable, TweakTown, Search Engine Journal, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, and Axios
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| Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters: |
In a rare joint statement, Five Eyes chiefs from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand warn about China's IP “theft” and using AI to hack and spy — The Five Eyes countries' intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of intellectual property theft …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google says that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting a since-patched zero-day in WinRAR, discovered by Group-IB in August 2023 — Google security researchers say they have found evidence that government-backed hackers linked to Russia and China are exploiting …
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| Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon introduces Sequoia, AI and robotics capabilities for its warehouses that cut order fulfilling time by up to 25% and identify inventory up to 75% faster — Company to use new AI systems at its fulfillment facilities that will work alongside employees
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
YouTube adds a news page to its mobile apps that suggests content from “authoritative sources”, and plans to spend $1.6M to promote creating Shorts news content — YouTube is embracing news from “authoritative sources” at a time when Meta is reluctant to promote hard news …
More: YouTube Official Blog, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, Nieman Lab, TechRadar, 9to5Google, The Messenger, Neowin, PetaPixel, SlashGear, and KnowTechie
Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social and @blackamazon.bsky.social
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Chrome's address bar with better autocomplete, suggestions for misspelled URL names, search within bookmark folders, and a revamped desktop look — Google is rolling out a series of updates to the address bar (or Omnibox) in Chrome that improves the accuracy of autocomplete across the desktop and mobile browser.| Francesco Canepa / Reuters: |
The European Central Bank plans to start a two-year “preparation phase” for the digital euro on November 1, to finalize rules, select partners, and do testing — The European Central Bank took a further step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro … | Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
SBF's defense finally undermines a witness' credibility, noting Nishad Singh borrowed $3.7M from FTX after Singh says he knew about its misuse of customer funds — Nishad Singh looks less reliable. Is it enough? … Of Sam Bankman-Fried's alleged co-conspirators, Nishad Singh gave the most emotionally compelling testimony.
More: Blockworks and CoinDesk
X: @davidzmorris, @cryptadamist, @sarafischer, @molly0xfff, @autismcapital, @molly0xfff, @davidzmorris, @yueqi_yang, and @laurashin. LinkedIn: Elizabeth Lopatto
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Foxconn and Nvidia plan to build “AI factories”, data centers that accelerate the development of self-driving EVs, autonomous machines, and industrial robots — Nvidia and Foxconn are working together to build so-called “AI factories,” a new class of data centers that promise …
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Reuters, Silicon Valley Business …, NVIDIA, Insider, DatacenterDynamics, The Messenger, Tech Monitor, 鴻海 on YouTube, TechSpot, VentureBeat, Baseline, Gizmodo, CNBC, HotHardware, Constellation Research, Neowin, Tech Xplore, Metaverse Post, WinBuzzer, Coinspeaker, TechCircle, Fortune, CNN, Network World, Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, and Foxconn Technology Group
X: @dnystedt, @nvidiadrive, @dnystedt, @wenyee_lee, and @tculpan. LinkedIn: VATSAL MAHETA. Forums: Beehaw
| Wall Street Journal: |
At a conference, Sam Altman and other tech leaders say AI will likely bring seismic workforce changes, eliminating professions, a hard sell to the most affected — At WSJ Tech Live, Sam Altman said coming workforce changes will play out unevenly — LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. …
More: Gizmodo, Insider, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, TweakTown, PetaPixel, PYMNTS.com, and CryptoSlate
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces the launch of drone deliveries of medicines purchased through Amazon Pharmacy for customers in College Station, Texas — Amazon's Prime Air drone service has been slow to take off for the company, with limited operations in just two locales a whole decade after Amazon first started development of the program.
More: About Amazon, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, The Messenger, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Axios, CBS News, Dow Jones Newswires, ABC News, GeekWire, MedCity News, Good Morning America on YouTube, Silicon UK, Proactiveinvestors NA, StreetInsider.com, Fierce Healthcare, SlashGear, CNBC, Associated Press, Ghacks, Forbes, Tech Xplore, Forbes, and NBC Bay Area
| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 9%+ — - Netflix shares popped more than 10% after the closing bell Wednesday. — The company reported a boost in subscriber growth driven … | CNBC: |
How IRS officials tracked down James Zhong, a hacker who stole 50K+ bitcoin from Silk Road in 2012 and was involved in the development of bitcoin itself in 2009 — - In 2012, someone stole 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road, an illegal dark web marketplace.
More: CoinDesk, Cryptonews, and CNBC on YouTube
X: @hugh_son, @insta_gator1, @watchthebreaks, and @tomgara
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