Sources: Mark Zuckerberg is using his Instagram to promote an edgier image to court the “tech bros” captivated by Musk's online antagonism and offline antics
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has been trying to appear more relevant among the tech elite
Many LastPass users say they've been locked out of their accounts and can't access their vault after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in early May
LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps.
US law enforcement seized the clear web domain of BreachForums on June 22, after arresting the data leak site's alleged operator “Pompompurin” on March 15
U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) …
The Twitter-to-Mastodon migration that started in November 2022 failed because of Mastodon's exclusionary culture, decentralization making the UX worse, more
I've been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey - I'm just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here …
How Apple is getting Vision Pro ready to ship and a look at its Mac plans, including upgrading the current lineup to M3 and early work on a 30-inch+ iMac
After debuting the Vision Pro, Apple is working on finishing up the device's software, expanding testing and finalizing the rollout strategy.
Bluesky publishes proposals for new moderation and safety tooling, focusing on user lists and reply controls for community-driven moderation, hashtags, and more
The goal of Bluesky is to turn social media into a shared public commons. We don't want to own people's social graphs or communities. @bossett.bsky.social , @davidgerard.co.uk , @pfrazee.com , @tana...
FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Xbox isn't a “robust business”, failing to meet internal targets, and the Activision deal is a way to expand into mobile
FTC v. Microsoft day two was all about console wars and whether Xbox is really in a distant third place.
Internal email: Google invited employees to test Playables, a YouTube product that lets users play games like Stack Bounce instantly on the YouTube site or app
The new service, called ‘Playables,’ is part of CEO's push into new areas amid advertising slowdown
Sundar Pichai says Google plans to invest $10B in India's digitization fund and announces the opening of Google's fintech operation center in GIFT City, Gujarat
The Economic Times :
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to invest $15B more in India by 2030, likely most for AWS expansion; in May 2023, AWS announced a $12.7B investment in the country
Amazon plans to more than double its investment in India in the next seven years, the e-commerce group said …
Sources: IBM is close to a deal to acquire cloud-based IT management startup Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for ~$5B; Vista acquired Apptio for ~$2B in 2019
Wall Street Journal :
A study of several EU countries finds the 2010s deep learning boom created job opportunities but says “these results may not be extrapolated into the future”
ChatGPT is stoking fears of mass layoffs, but a study of several EU countries found the deep-learning boom of the 2010s actually created job opportunities.
Startups are using remote work to attract talent; report: 81% of companies with fewer than 5K employees offer remote work vs. 26% for those with 25K+ employees
Big tech companies like Google, Meta, and Amazon increasingly require employees spend a minimum amount of time in the office. … Bruce Daisley : For a long time start-ups asked themselves, “how can we ...
As TikTok CEO Shou Chew announces a five-year $10B investment in Indonesia, experts say competition and regulation have made TikTok vulnerable in Southeast Asia
Viral app's parent ByteDance targets large Indonesian market but faces growing regulatory scrutiny around the world
A survey of ~305 experts on their expectations for digital advances by 2035, like AI systems and smart eyewear and earbuds, and concerns over the darker sides
They have deep concerns about people's and society's overall well-being. But they also expect great benefits in health care, scientific advances and education LinkedIn: Lee Rainie . Twitter: @ejhudso...
A look at the underwhelming state of augmentative and alternative communication tech, including a handful of iPad apps, for speech and language impaired users
For people who can't speak, there has been depressingly little innovation in technology that helps them communicate. LinkedIn: Christopher Patnoe . Twitter: @onejuliekim , @sesmith , @counternotions ,...
Sources: Meta plans to debut its Twitter rival, potentially named Threads, in mid-July and is pitching celebrities and creators to join a “sanely” run platform
“#Meta is hoping for at least 10s of millions of users within the first few months” for their Twitter competitor #p95 — The #fediverse and #activitypub will be a small minority show within months. …...
The EFJ and media experts condemn the latest European Media Freedom Act draft that would let national security agencies place spyware on journalists' phones
“I think what the council is doing is unacceptable. … Twitter: Anna Nemtsova / @annanemtsova : “Incomprehensible” is the right word. I recently made a list of the fields, where they spied on reporters...
EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says he and Mark Zuckerberg are “aligned” on the EU's regulation of AI; Sam Altman says he also agrees with the EU's approach
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg :
How companies are repurposing military-grade AI, built by US defense contractors for intelligence, to identify labor organizing, internal leakers, and critics
Wired : Twitter: @codepo8 , @backchnnl , @willie_agnew , and @1roboter Twitter: @codepo8 : There's a full on labour war going on... How military-grade AI, developed by US defense contractors for inte...
Social media startup IRL is shutting down after an investigation by its board concluded that 95% of its claimed 20M MAUs in 2022 were “automated or from bots”
What is it about SoftBank that attracted so many grifters? — https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Twitter: Jessica Lessin / @jessicalessin : 95% fake!!! IRL raised $200 million from Softbank, Founder...
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