How social media is inducing an Israel-Hamas fog of war surpassing previous Gaza clashes, shaping how panicked citizens and a global public view the conflict
The barrage of false images, memes, videos and posts — mostly generated from within the region itself — is making it difficult to assess what is real.
Ferrari begins accepting crypto payments for its cars in the US and plans to add the option for European customers in Q1 2024; Ferrari sold 13,200 cars in 2022
Ferrari (RACE.MI) has started to accept payment in cryptocurrency for its luxury sports cars in the U.S. and will extend the scheme …
Mojang announces 300M+ copies of Minecraft sold in ~15 years; Rockstar's GTA V is the second best-selling game ever after reportedly selling ~185M in ~10 years
Today, it adds more down to that particular feather in its cap with the announcement that it has sold a staggering 300 million copies.
Bethesda Head of Publishing Pete Hines plans to leave after 24 years, just weeks after the release of Starfield, to begin an “exciting new chapter”
To begin “exciting new chapter”. — Bethesda exec Pete Hines has announced his retirement after 24 years at the company, just weeks after Starfield's launch.
Australia fined X ~$384K and warned Google after the companies did not give enough info on their efforts to fight CSAM, despite a law requiring such disclosures
The service formerly known as Twitter told Australian regulators that its automated detection of abusive material had declined after Elon Musk bought it.
Some AI image detecting tools are labeling real photographs from the Israel-Hamas war as fake, creating what an expert calls a “second level of disinformation”
Intel plans to launch its 14th Gen desktop CPUs on October 17, offering up to 6GHz for its flagship $589 Core i9-14900K and increased core count on the $409 i7
Intel is launching its 14th Gen desktop processors this week, promising boost frequencies of 6GHz out of the box for its flagship Core i9-14900K.
Sources: Goldman wants to exit consumer lending and offload its Apple partnership, possibly to Amex, which has balked at Apple Card's loss rate and other issues
The bank, which reports third-quarter earnings Tuesday, is fighting profit declines and flagging stock
Analysts: iPhone 15 sales in China are down compared to the iPhone 14; Counterpoint estimates a 4.5% drop after 17 days and Jefferies says Huawei outsold Apple
- IPhone 15 selling worse in China than its predecessor in 2022 — Sales of Apple's flagship device are down 4.5% in comparison
21.co: the US now holds 200K+ bitcoin, worth $5B+, seized from criminals and darknet markets; an IRS executive says sales are “set by the timing in our process”
Uncle Sam's stash of some 200,000 bitcoin was seized from cybercriminals and darknet markets
LinkedIn plans to lay off nearly 700 staffers, mostly from its engineering teams, after cutting 716 jobs in May; source: LinkedIn is ramping up hiring in India
- LinkedIn is cutting almost 700 employees as revenue growth has slowed over the past two years.
Sources: the US plans new China chip rules to block some AI chips that fall just under the current technical parameters, expand company reporting, and more
The U.S. will take steps to prevent American chipmakers from selling semiconductors to China that circumvent government restrictions …
Stack Overflow lays off 100+ people, or 28% of its workforce, to “significantly” reduce its “go-to-market organization”, after doubling its size to 500+ in 2022
Coding help forum Stack Overflow is laying off 28 percent of its staff as it struggles toward profitability.
A look at Apple's recent executive promotions; sources: a sub-$2,500 Vision Pro won't have EyeSight and M3-based MacBook Pros could come in early or spring 2024
and I'm pretty happy about that Damien Mason / Club386 : Apple iPhones may get day-one iOS updates before you buy them John-Anthony Disotto / iMore : A cheaper Apple Vision Pro without a creepy eye sc...
Spotify launches a dedicated in-app Merch Hub that provides personalized merch recommendations based on users' listening habits
Spotify is launching a dedicated in-app Merch Hub that provides personalized merch recommendations based on your listening habits, the company announced on Monday.
Researchers find that a modest amount of fine-tuning can bypass safety efforts aiming to prevent LLMs such as OpenAI's GPT-3.5 Turbo from spewing toxic content
How Moscow-based crypto exchange Garantex became a major money laundering channel for cybercriminals and terrorist groups like the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Garantex customers in Russia can deposit cash in rubles and then receive the equivalent in cryptocurrency, which can then be withdrawn abroad in a foreign currency, effectively disguising the origin o...
SolanaFM: the FTX estate staked 5.5M SOL, valued at $122M, from a principal wallet, delegating the coins to network validator Figment; FTX has $1B+ in SOL
Vishal Chawla / The Block :
A survey of 1,500 US adolescents: 51% spend at least four hours on social media apps daily; 13-year-olds spent 4.1 hours, rising to 5.8 hours for 17-year-olds
nearly a fourth of their waking hours. https://news.gallup.com/... Daniel Willingham / @dtwillingham : New Gallup poll: US teens average 4.8 hours/day on social media. https://news.gallup.com/... [ima...
Gary Gensler says it's “nearly unavoidable” that AI will cause a financial crisis if many institutions rely on the same underlying base model or data aggregator
Financial Times :
TSMC founder Morris Chang says the company expects competition from Intel and others, and Japan and Singapore have the best chance of winning in the chip race
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia :
How Brad Smith, who became Microsoft's top legal officer in 2002, used a legal, policy, and influence machine costing $1B+ per year to close the Activision deal
A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates its app has ~1M users
TikTok confirms appealing a €345M teen privacy fine by EU regulators from September in the EU General Court and is also locally challenging an order by Ireland
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg :
Tokyo-based, KKR-owned chipmaking equipment maker Kokusai Electric raised $724.4M in its IPO, after pricing shares at ~$12.30, valuing the company at ~$2.8B
DappRadar: blockchain gaming projects have raised ~$600M in Q3 2023, down 38% QoQ, and $2.3B so far in 2023, or only 30% of what was raised in all of 2022
Some influencers and CEOs are taking their brands to LinkedIn, enticed by less competition among creators, a committed user base, and a safer feel than X
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times :
Hands-on with Wi-Charge's beta wireless charging system, which delivers up to 2 to 3 watts of power up to 30 feet, but requires a line of sight to a receiver
Following reports from Patreon users, analysis shows X slowing down traffic on links to Patreon, WhatsApp, and, at times Meta's Messenger, by ~2.5 seconds
The Markup :
Disney+ Hotstar reclaims the global on-demand video streaming record with 35M concurrent viewers of the India-Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup match on October 14
After relaxing political ad rules in January, X begins aggressively pitching political advertisers; AdImpact estimates 2023-24 US election spending at $10.2B
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal : X: @mgalascio X: Michael A. Galascio / @mgalascio : X users could see a glut of political ads in the coming months as Elon Musk's platform courts political adve...
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