Twitter rolls out its updated “interim” X logo, replacing the iconic bird, following Elon Musk's weekend announcement; X.com now redirects to twitter.com
Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo. This move comes after Elon Musk announced the change over the weekend.
The Worldcoin Foundation rolls out its Worldcoin token, received after using an eye-scanning “orb”, in 35 cities; Worldcoin plans to retain 20% of its tokens
Start-up co-founded by OpenAI chief faces regulatory pushback in US — Sam Altman's cryptocurrency project …
As developers can bring iPadOS and iOS apps to Vision Pro, where apps will likely be pricier, its App Store may fare better than those on tvOS and watchOS
Third-party apps will be crucial to the success of the Vision Pro, but the pricey and niche nature of the device means that developers may not quickly flock to it.
A look at Worldcoin's plans, “proof of personhood”, or creating a list of public keys, and its importance, social-graph and biometric, privacy issues, and more
Special thanks to the Worldcoin team, the Proof of Humanity community and Andrew Miller for discussion.
Studio executives embraced Silicon Valley's magical thinking of hypergrowth and disruption for the past 10 years, only to slash worker pay as the boom times end
In one respect, the actors and writers of Hollywood uniting on the picket lines in a historic, industry-shaking strike is a tale as old as time …
Spotify confirms raising US Premium to $10.99/month, up from $9.99, the first increase since its US launch in 2011; Duo rises by $2, Family and Student by $1
After 12 years, the price of Spotify Premium is increasing in the US. The subscription will now cost $10.99 a month, the company announced today.
Sources: Apple asks suppliers to produce about 85M iPhone 15 units in 2023, only slightly below 2021 and 2022's 90M target, and considers raising 15 Pro prices
- Apple targets 85 million units, roughly in line with last year — Its fortunes affects thousands of firms, millions of workers
The previous big strikes reshaped Hollywood and fueled reality TV's rise; the current ones will likely turn established actors into TikTok stars and vice versa
The last big strikes reshaped the movie business and fueled the rise of reality TV. The latest walkout likely …
TikTok rolls out support for text posts, available via the app's Camera page and letting users add sounds, locations, stickers, and more
As Twitter shoots itself in the foot with a rebrand this morning, TikTok has announced that it's rolling out support for text posts.
How France built a surveillance apparatus over two centuries that digital rights groups and UN experts are critiquing, ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics
PARIS — Liberté. Egalité. But mostly: sécurité. — It all started with Napoléon Bonaparte. Twitter: @laukaya , @clothildegouj , and @laukaya Forums: r/privacy and r/france Twitter: Laura Kayali / @...
IBM Security survey of 533 global organizations in the year to March 2023: average data breach costs rose 15% YoY to $4.45M and only ~33% were detected in-house
A new report from IBM Security today finds that the relentless rise in data breach costs continues unabated in 2023 …
Q&A with Justine Bateman, a member of the DGA, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA, on how AI may change the industry, the importance of the timing of the strike, and more
Audio of this conversation is available via your favorite podcast service. — Artificial intelligence will likely impact every type of job.
Ahead of Amazon's WA worker safety hearing after inspectors found multiple hazards, its business model is on trial and enforced changes may weaken its advantage
Hearings in Washington state starting in late July will usher in a period of broader government scrutiny of the e-commerce giant.
Flipper releases an app store for its dolphin-themed digital multitool Flipper Zero, used to interact with wireless devices, helping users more easily find apps
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An analysis of the potential impact of the eight AI commitments to the White House made by OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, and Inflection
A profile of Moxie Marlinspike and Signal, from copying WhatsApp's UX to pioneering E2EE, and its aim to reach “everyone on the planet” while upholding privacy
The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. Mastodon: @roelant@eu.mastodon.green . Twitter: @calabashes Mastodon: Roe...
Kaiko: monthly spot trading volumes on decentralized crypto exchanges dropped 76% YoY to $21B in June 2023; centralized exchanges slid 69% YoY to $429B
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SoftBank and Symbotic create GreenBox Systems, an AI warehousing joint venture, and plan to invest $100M and buy $7.5B of Symbotic's AI warehouse systems
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A look at the Boston Fed's Project Hamilton, launched in 2020 to research how to design a US CBDC but ended in 2022 after opposition from anti-CBDC legislators
But it May be Criminalized Eswar Prasad / Financial Times : Central banks must not be blind to the threats posed by CBDCs Twitter: James Wester / @jameswester : “Now legislators in both houses of Cong...
OneTrust, which offers enterprise privacy and data governance tools, raised $150M led by Al Gore's GIM at a $4.5B valuation, down 18% from its 2021 valuation
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg :
Sources: IAC, News Corp, the NYT, and other publishers are forming a coalition to push for AI laws and lead a lawsuit against AI firms who trained on their data
Ben Smith / Semafor :
Small-time US entrepreneurs are amassing vehicles to rent out through services such as Turo and Getaround or their own websites to take on Hertz and Avis Budget
Small-time entrepreneurs and side hustlers are amassing vehicles to rent … Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Rental Cars Are the New Airbnb
Profiles of eight former Google research scientists who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” that paved the way for the rise of LLMs
A profile of Munich-based Helsing, whose battlefield AI distills data from weapons systems and sensors like infrared and sonar into a visualization in real time
Morgan Meaker / Wired : Twitter: @wired , @morganmeaker , @ieet , and @occamstazer Twitter: @wired : While tech companies wrestle with the uncertainties of unleashing AI in an office park, Helsing AI...
Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads of ByteDance's social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app was in the US App Store's top 10 in March
Nearly 200 US school districts have joined lawsuits against Meta, ByteDance, Snap, and Alphabet, alleging their apps cause disciplinary and mental health issues
Japan adds advanced chipmaking equipment to its export control list, a move that aligns the country with US curbs meant to keep chip tech out of China's hands
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