Matt Taibbi plans to use Substack Notes instead of Twitter after learning Twitter is blocking Substack links because the company is upset about Substack Notes
On staying at Substack, and leaving Twitter, I guess — Earlier this afternoon, I learned Substack links were being blocked on Twitter.
Elon Musk claims Substack links were never blocked and Substack tried to “download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone”
Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO's conflict with the online publishing site Substack and one of its biggest writers Matt Taibbi on Saturday.
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech”
Substack is part of a seismic shift in the media economy … Shweta Ganjoo / Techlusive : Twitter bans liking, retweeting Substack link: Here's why Lon Harris / dot.LA : Twitter Goes to War With Substac...
Twitter replaces the week-old “US state-affiliated media” label on NPR's account with a new label describing the nonprofit media company as “Government Funded”
Twitter removed the “state-affiliated media” label it had affixed on NPR's account this week …
Tests show Twitter has lifted restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts, including Putin's, with some appearing in For You feeds, reversing an April 2022 policy
Elon Musk's social media site lifts restrictions on Kremlin-linked tweets — Twitter has removed restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts …
Experts say that when ChatGPT confabulates, the bot is reaching for information not in its training data and filling in the blanks with plausible-sounding words
A look inside the hallucinating artificial minds of the famous text prediction bots. — Over the past few months …
South Korean prosecutors identify ~$314M in illicit assets associated with Do Kwon and associates, and say Kwon converted most of the ~$69M linked to him to BTC
South Korean prosecutors have contacted Binance to request a halt on withdrawals linked to Do Kwon. — 6397 Total views
Bob Lee's murder in San Francisco has stirred outrage among tech leaders and could motivate the local tech community to become more involved in city politics
Bob Lee's death has stirred outrage among tech leaders and comes at a precarious time for the industry — and the city it calls home.
Twitter starts marking Substack links with a warning stating the link “has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy or unsafe”
I can neither confirm nor deny :) — However, this month I'll explore how to fill a complaint with @EU_Commission in terms of anticompetitive practice. … Bill Barol / @billbarol@journa.host : I would...
The leaked Pentagon Ukraine documents seem to have first appeared on Discord, followed by 4chan, before appearing on Telegram, Twitter, and major media outlets
Aric Toler / bellingcat :
Sources: Binance.US has struggled to find a bank for its customers' cash after Signature Bank's collapse and is using at least one middleman to store user funds
As a stopgap, the exchange is using at least one middleman to store user funds on its behalf
Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, continuing to drop products outside of Google Home
but there's a happy ending for users Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : RIP to Dropcams, Nest Secure: Google is shutting down servers next year Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet : Google announces the end of multiple Ne...
An interview with Victor Wong, Google's senior director of product management for Privacy Sandbox, about replacing third-party cookies, Apple's ATT, and more
To replace the cookie in Chrome and Android, Google has an offering for the world called “Privacy Sandbox.” Here's an exclusive peek into how it will work.
How the gambling industry has kept up with decades of computer-assisted tech developed to beat roulette, like wearable devices, timers, and predictive software
One spring evening, two men and a woman walked into the Ritz Club casino, an upmarket establishment in London's West End. LinkedIn: John Connolly , Christine C. Cook , David Sharratt , and Peter Cohen...
Sources: in the past two weeks ~270 US Apple Stores held staff meetings on the risks of unionization, using the state of the Towson store as a cautionary tale
Apple is continuing its push to keep retail stores from unionizing. Also: A deep look inside efforts to diversify the company's product …
An ML scientist writes about the extreme strain of working in an AI industry collectively shaken up by ChatGPT, as he oscillates between motivation and burnout
Fear, FOMO, and the scientific exodus driven by ChatGPT — Every single person I know working in AI these days … LinkedIn: Veysel Kocaman and Ahmad Anis Mastodon: @gowthami@sigmoid.social and @carnag...
Baidu sues “relevant” app developers and Apple over fake apps for its Ernie bot on the App Store; Ernie, launched in March 2023, doesn't have an official app
How Uber revamped its app, attracting more drivers and extending its lead on Lyft; YipitData: Uber's US market share grew from 62% in early 2020 to 74% now
What Happened When Uber's CEO Started Driving for Uber https://www.wsj.com/... Troy Stevenson : Super proud of all the hard work across Uber over the past year or two to make such dramatic improvement...
A look at the increasing complexity of the operating environment for crypto companies in the US, as a regulatory turf war between the SEC and the CFTC escalates
Joel Khalili / Wired :
Sources: Meta is giving some VR developers compensation packages of $600K to $1M, significantly more than most gaming companies, despite a push to rein in costs
salaries and perks were relatively low and a lot of indie stuff + startups were in same ballpark. By ~2015 or so, it was vastly different order of magnitude with comp/perks and no-brainer for lots of ...
Tencent and ByteDance's Douyin sign a deal authorizing Douyin to distribute Tencent's video content, after years of copyright disputes between the two companies
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post :
Customs data: London-based Mykines shipped ~$1.2B of chips, servers, and other electronics to Russia, at least $982M of which are subject to export restrictions
including mobile phones, laptops, circuit boards and semiconductors — to Russia since February 2022. https://www.ft.com/... Richard Shearman / @dickshearman : Sanctions UK style: ‘Significant control’...
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