Apple VP of Industrial Design Evans Hankey is leaving, after replacing Jony Ive in 2019; sources say Airbnb VP of Design Gary Butcher is returning to Apple
Apple Inc.'s head of hardware design, Evans Hankey, is leaving the iPhone maker three years after taking the role …
When researchers submitted 20 ads with “blatant” voting misinformation, TikTok approved 90%, Facebook approved a “significant number”, and YouTube approved zero
New York CNN Business — Facebook and TikTok failed to block advertisements with “blatant” …
Sources: Twitter and Elon Musk are preparing to complete his $44B buyout by the October 28 court-issued deadline, as talks between the two have turned cordial
Advisers to Twitter Inc. and Elon Musk are hard at work trying to get the $44 billion deal closed by the end of the month, according to people familiar with the matter.
The RNC sues Google for allegedly putting its campaign emails in Gmail spam; the RNC has been criticizing Google's pilot to keep campaign emails out of spam
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a lawsuit against Google in a U.S. district court in California for allegedly putting …
Sources: the US is weighing national security reviews of some Elon Musk ventures, like the proposed Twitter deal and Starlink; the White House denies such talks
just like Trump. Expect them to use every law enforcement and regulatory body as weapons to bring Musk down or force him to surrender. Blatant authoritarianism. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Nathan Ta...
A profile of Stability AI founder and CEO Emad Mostaque, a British former hedge fund manager who has quickly become a polarizing figure within the AI community
A celebration for Stability AI, the start-up behind the controversial Stable Diffusion image generator, represents the arrival of a new A.I. boom.
Microsoft is working on PC Manager, a CCleaner-like app for Windows 10 and up with storage and startup app management, a way to quickly kill processes, and more
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Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order the removal of online posts ahead of October 30 election, in an aggressive move to combat misinformation
Brazilian authorities granted the country's elections chief broad power to order the takedown of online content in a bid …
Snap, which this week reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth ever, plans to close its San Francisco office, which “was lightly used” due to flexible work
Snap Inc., which is cutting costs and relying more on remote work, is closing its office in San Francisco … Source: Insider .
Reliance, the parent firm of India's largest mobile operator Jio, launches JioBook, a ~$190 4G-enabled laptop running a custom Android-based OS called JioOS
Jio Platforms has quietly launched its first laptop, entering into a new product category as the Indian telecom giant aggressively expands its offerings.
A look at the companies using AI to build tech that lets users talk to digital versions of deceased loved ones by video chat, text, phone, or voice assistants
Digital clones of the people we love could forever change how we grieve. — My parents don't know that I spoke to them last night. Tweets: @heathercampbell , @tanyabasu , and @jamesvlahos Tweets: Hea...
Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral on TikTok show how the app's vast reach plus tools like “duet” and “stitch” can amplify harassment
TikTok's explosive stardom has created a new kind of celebrity. But nothing goes viral like rage.
Experts: India's TikTok clones like Moj and Josh have failed to replicate TikTok's success, and Instagram and YouTube will take over India's short-video segment
Creators are instead gravitating toward Instagram and YouTube, which may eventually be the winners in the Indian short-video segment. Tweets: @glenngabe , @restofworld , @restofworld , @restofworld , ...
Apple sues Masimo, saying the medical tech company “carefully studied Apple's IP” during its patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple to make its W1 watches
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Telegram plans to launch an auction for its usernames via the TON blockchain, following a TON auction for wallet usernames, some of which sold for $200K+
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The UK's Ofcom proposes changes to net neutrality rules inherited from the EU to give ISPs more flexibility, like offering deals on latency and other parameters
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How US struggles to enforce stock-trading laws, enabling federal officials to invest in Amazon, Apple, Meta, and others affected by their agencies' work
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @forsythjenn , @chadsday , @crewcrew , @anthony , @jamesvgrimaldi , @bryfitz , @rebeccaballhaus , and @rebeccaballhaus Tweets: Jennifer Forsyth / @forsythjenn : A federa...
Sources: Google is in talks to invest $200M+ into Toronto-based Cohere, which has raised $170M+ to let companies add NLP to chatbots and other tools
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Swift Navigation, which makes high-accuracy GNSS hardware for advanced driver-assistance systems, raised a $100M Series D, bringing its total funding to $200M+
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear says the US could use legislation to create “a third option” between contractors and employees to classify creators and gig workers
Twitch Chief Executive Officer Emmett Shear thinks US employment laws could be improved to better support content creators … See also Mediagazer
Amazon quietly shuts down Fabric.com, an online retailer of fabrics, trims, notions, and other supplies since 1999; Amazon acquired the company in 2008
In a letter to vendors today, Fabric.com announced that it will be shutting down. Tweets: Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Amazon apparently owned a fabric website? https://www.theverge.com/... @moonkittyp...
AdGuard: the YuZu browser appears to be overloading EasyList, a community-run filter list used by popular ad blockers, many of which cannot download updates
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Source: Israeli cybersecurity startup Cybereason, which is valued at $2.5B, hired JPMorgan to find a buyer, after abandoning its IPO plans for earlier in 2022
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