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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Matt Mullenweg says WordPress is “forking” Advanced Custom Fields, a plugin developed by WP Engine; ACF's team says the plugin was taken away “without consent” — The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues …
More: The Verge, HEY, WordPress News, The Register, anderegg.ca, ACF, Werd I/O, Matt Mullenweg, The JetBrains Blog, and Pixel Envy
Threads: @tomwarrenuk. Mastodon: @chikorita157@sakurajima.moe, @misty@digipres.club, and @donw@mastodon.coffee
X: @wp_acf, @jdnoc, @treybastian, @verygoodplugins, @takisbig, @geerlingguy, @jasnell, @wordpress, @thdxr, @lauraelizdunn, @batuhan, @kellie, @ryancduff, @wp_acf, @tylerlwsmith, @ozskier, @imkaiarhodes, @webdevlaw, @hashim_warren, @ericlbarnes, @jeremiahprummer, @robclark, @petersuhm, @mblair, @mfischface, @ryancduff, @levelsio, @solarise_webdev, @johannessiipola, @dingman, @greginbytes, and @dhh
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/webdev, r/theprimeagen, r/WPDrama, and Beehaw
| Mathew Ingram / The Torment Nexus: |
Matt Mullenweg's WP Engine feud not only has the appearance of a significant conflict of interest but has also dragged the WordPress community into a legal mess — I realize that many people may not know or care who or what Matt Mullenweg and WordPress are, or why some people are upset about them …
More: Ian Betteridge, Pixel Envy, acecomments.mu.nu, LinuxJedi's /dev/null, and Google Docs
Threads: @mathewi and @dankennedy_nu
Mastodon: @AnnemarieBridy@mastodon … and @dankennedy_nu@journa.host
X: @mathewi, @photomatt, @photomatt, @photomatt, @mathewi, @rajendrazore, @mathewi, and @mathewi. LinkedIn: Andrew Hutchings. Forums: Hacker News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's new home strategy and plans for a ~$2K headset in 2025, Vision Pro 2 in 2026, and Ray-Ban Meta-like glasses and AirPods with cameras in 2027 — Apple is finally preparing to compete for the smart home market after falling behind Amazon and Google.
More: Business Today, Android Authority, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Neowin, UploadVR, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, XR Today, and iDownloadBlog.com
Threads: @synstelien. X: @markgurman, @jasonstechnews, @raywongy, @markgurman, @stevesi, @zollotech, and @darewecan
Forums: r/apple, r/HomeKit, and r/hardware
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted three AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account — Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it!
More: Social Media Today, NewsBytes, Android Central, and The Mirror
| Wired: |
How scammers in Southeast Asia are using generative AI, crypto drainers, Starlink terminals, and other tools to expand their pig butchering operations — Scammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing.
More: Mercury News, The Tech Report, and CryptoPotato
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of, and interview with, Meta's Yann LeCun, who says today's AI models aren't intelligent and warnings about AI's existential peril are “complete B.S.” — Yann LeCun, an NYU professor and senior researcher at Meta Platforms, says warnings about the technology's existential peril are ‘complete B.S.’
More: PCMag, TechCrunch, Cafe Hayek, and AIM
LinkedIn: Hilal Lashuel and Rahul Chadha
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
The bleak online US discourse about hurricanes Milton and Helene revealed not just a misinformation crisis but a cultural assault on anyone operating in reality — The truth is, it's getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.
More: ISD, Brownstone Institute, Links I Would Gchat …, National Review, Salon, Reuters, NBC News, The Guardian, Digby's Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Associated Press, Scientific American, emptywheel, Adweek, and Columbia Journalism Review
Mastodon: @Julie@social.coop, @hazz223@mstdn.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @clive@saturation.social, @wdlindsy@toad.social, and @ErikJonker@mastodon.social
X: @briankarem, @asharangappa_, @gaywonk, @theboyonthebike, @dwallacewells, @daithaigilbert, @gzornick, @jayrosen_nyu, @bhumikatharoor, and @andersen
LinkedIn: Tina D Purnat, Cristina Tardáguila, Rob Karpati, and Eric Deggans
Forums: r/facepalm, r/collapse, r/politics, r/conservativeterrorism, r/inthenews, r/skeptic, r/idiocracy, r/weather, r/chemtrails, r/TropicalWeather, r/Foodforthought, r/ThatsInsane, r/centrist, r/florida, r/NorthCarolina, r/nottheonion, r/news, r/inthenews, r/idiocracy, r/collapse, r/ClimateNews, r/Destiny, r/usanews, r/neoliberal, and r/facepalm
| Evan Halper / Washington Post: |
An energy crunch is forcing continued coal burning in a low-income area in North Omaha, Nebraska, as Meta and Google data centers strain regional power supply — An energy crunch forces continued coal burning in a low-income area as data centers strain the regional power supply.
Mastodon: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green and @Snoro@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @shannonvallor.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Eric Christian Pedersen. Forums: r/climate
| Victoria Woodcock / Financial Times: |
How some architects and designers are creating photorealistic virtual spaces in the metaverse; report: 41% of architectural practices use AI to some degree — The metaverse is changing the face of contemporary design — In 2020, artist and designer Charlotte Taylor and architect Riccardo Fornoni unveiled Villa Saraceni.| Lim Yu Qian / CoinGecko: |
Analysis: US regulators have secured $19.45B across eight settlements from crypto firms so far in 2024, including FTX's $12.7B, and ~$32B since January 1, 2019 — What Are the Top Crypto Enforcement Actions in the US? … FTX and Alameda's lawsuit was led by the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission …
More: CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, NullTX, and Cryptopolitan
| Samanth Subramanian / Bloomberg: |
A look at sports data tech companies like Sportradar, which set betting odds for sports gambling apps and websites, as they build models to keep people betting — Big-money data deals and advanced statistical models are helping to predict match outcomes and keep people betting.
Bluesky: @cachiporra.bsky.social. X: @jeremy_keehn, @bw, @harmancipants, @samanth_s, @samanth_s, @samanth_s, @samanth_s, and @samanth_s. LinkedIn: Michael Clohisy
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese social e-commerce app Xiaohongshu had $200M in net profit on $1B+ revenue in Q1 2024, up from $40M in net profit on ~$600M revenue in Q1 2023 — Shanghai-based start-up has been a rare success story in a sector hit by bankruptcies and falling valuations
Bluesky: @ianbrown.tech
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