In a surprise move, Alibaba names Eddie Wu as CEO, replacing Daniel Zhang, and Executive Vice Chairman Joseph Tsai as Chairman; Zhang will continue as Cloud CEO
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is replacing eight-year veteran chief Daniel Zhang at the helm of a Chinese e-commerce leader bleeding market share …
The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact, circulated on Mastodon, pledges to block Meta's planned ActivityPub service, a petty and insular move that will keep Mastodon small
The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact: … Yours truly, on Bluesky a month ago (which, ironically, is not yet open itself, so here's an open preview):
Documents show OpenAI lobbied for parts of the EU's AI Act to be watered down, including successfully avoiding its general purpose AI being deemed “high risk”
The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has spent the last month touring world capitals where, at talks to sold-out crowds …
Source: Spotify plans a more expensive “Supremium” tier with HiFi audio, audiobooks, and more, launching outside the US later in 2023; Premium costs $9.99/month
Spotify Technology SA is planning a more expensive subscription option that's expected to include high-fidelity audio …
After Indian users complained about increasing spam, WhatsApp adds the ability to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers and a Privacy Checkup feature
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature to automatically silence calls from unknown numbers. This comes after multiple customers in India …
Apple expands Self Service Repair to the iPhone 14 range, 13-inch MacBook Air with M2, and 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and Max, starting June 21
Apple today announced that its self-service repair program will be expanding to the iPhone 14 lineup, 13-inch MacBook Air with the M2 chip …
Binance begins running Bitcoin Lightning Network nodes, as part of its plan to use the service for deposits and withdrawals, in response to network congestion
- Binance confirmed Tuesday it has started the process of integrating the Lightning Network. — They would join rivals Kraken …
Crypto exchange EDX Markets, backed by Citadel, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab, quietly began executing trades via its “noncustodial” service in recent weeks
EDX Markets won't directly handle customers' digital assets or directly serve individual investors
Vimeo announces AI tools, coming on July 17, to automate parts of the video creation process: a script generator, a teleprompter, and a text-based video editor
Have you ever had a great video idea that you just never got to because of how much work was involved?
Google Pixel Tablet review: a good screen, audio, and performance, and a useful speaker dock, but below average battery life and some apps don't display well
It's a competent tablet for watching video on the couch and it can be a simple smart display when you're not watching video. Seems like a thing a lot of people I've spoken to want … Twitter: Marques ...
Twitter says CEO Linda Yaccarino and Elon Musk won't attend the Cannes Lions ad festival, despite the company's new “brand safety and suitability controls” push
Elon Musk and Twitter Inc.'s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino won't be at the advertising industry's biggest annual event …
In a legal campaign, GOP lawmakers accuse Wikimedia, Graphika, universities, and others of colluding with the government to suppress conservative speech online
A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. Twitter: @anneapplebaum , @jswatz , @m...
Alibaba's shakeup, including adding company veteran Joe Tsai, highlights its conundrum over splitting into six units and pursuing profit or growth ahead of IPOs
Here's who they are
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a detailed “phase 2” investigation into Adobe's Figma acquisition later in 2023, which may derail the $20B deal
Transaction faces lengthy antitrust probe in Brussels as global watchdogs signal concern over market consolidation
Razer Blade 14 (2023) review: powerful chips in a thin body, 16:10, QHD+, 240Hz screen, and RGB keyboard, but absurd pricing at $2,400+ and average speakers
The best gaming laptops have been getting thinner and lighter every year …
Filings: FTX paid $121.8M in legal, consulting, and financial services fees between February 1 and April 30, as some former clients push to reboot the exchange
Frank Chaparro / The Block :
Amid ongoing Reddit protests, decentralized link aggregation and discussion forum projects Lemmy and Kbin grow to a total of 70K+ MAUs and 1,000+ instances
https://privacy.thenexus.today/ ... Jeroen Baert / @jbaert@mastodon.social : Some excellent resources for the #RedditMigration: mapping of subreddits to their new home in the fediverse (On Lemmy or Kb...
Masayoshi Son breaks his seven month-long public silence to make a case for SoftBank's future, saying the company “won't be deterred by a few short-term losses”
Bloomberg :
a16z, Sequoia, and others are increasingly investing in defense tech startups; PitchBook: US VCs invested $33B in the sector in 2022, up from below $16B in 2019
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times :
Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth ~€10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, as part of a ~€30B project
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma automatically generates Apple ID passkeys; Apple adds support to Apple․com and iCloud․com so users can log in without passwords
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : Twitter: @apollozac , @s_carruthtx , @aaronp613 , and @aaronp613 . Forums: r/apple Twitter: Zac / @apollozac : @aaronp613 noticed that too. my guess is iOS 17 auto assigns passke...
Experts warn about pedophiles using generative AI to create CSAM, leading to thousands of images on dark web forums; some question whether laws cover the images
Drew Harwell / Washington Post : Twitter: @drewharwell and @richardhanania Twitter: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : New: AI-generated images of child sex abuse are being made and traded by the thousand...
USA Today publisher Gannett sues Google over an alleged ad tech monopoly, echoing the DOJ's arguments and saying audiences have grown but ad spending is down
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
Alibaba and JD.com did not share 2023 GMV figures for 618, China's second largest shopping festival; the companies previously used GMV to trumpet their wins
Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post :
How kids are using hacked Discord servers or Twitter accounts and “NFT drainers” for phishing attacks to steal millions of dollars' worth of NFTs and tokens
Tim Copeland / The Block :
Sources: Google started early conversations with Foxconn's Bharat and other Indian suppliers to assemble its Pixel smartphones, seeking to diversify from China
Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg :
The global cybersecurity market grew 12.5% YoY to $18.6B in Q1 2023, despite tighter budgets; Palo Alto Networks had an 8.7% share, Fortinet 7%, and Cisco 6.1%
PwC: US social and casual gaming revenue grew 3.6% YoY to $37.1B in 2022, representing 68.6% of game and esports revenue; traditional gaming revenue fell 0.8%
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Worried about liability for human rights issues, Aviva, Fidelity, and other institutional investors are pressuring tech companies to prevent potential AI misuse
Kenza Bryan / Financial Times : Twitter: @rasmus_kleis and @sub8u Twitter: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis : About time: “Big institutional investors are increasing pressure on technology compan...
Celebrities, including aging star athletes, are signing deals to put AI duplicates of themselves into ad campaigns, helping brands de-age them, among other uses
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal :
Some publishers say they have seen a sharp drop in Facebook traffic since May 2023; Echobox: the share of traffic to publisher sites from Facebook fell ~50% YoY
Snap hopes to use My AI chatbot interactions to personalize ads; 150M+ Snapchat users, or ~20% of MAUs, sent 10B messages to My AI since its late February debut
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