Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ show abruptly ends, sources say over creative differences; source: Stewart said potential China and AI topics concerned Apple executives
Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.
The US Treasury's FinCEN proposes labeling international crypto mixing as a “primary money laundering concern”, citing its use by Hamas and other illicit actors
Under pressure to address reports that Hamas and other terrorist groups are partially funded with crypto …
AMD unveils the Radeon RX 7900M, a rival to Nvidia's RTX 4080 and the first laptop GPU to use a chiplet design, available in Dell's new Alienware m18 laptop
It will debut in the new Alienware m18, launching today. — AMD is setting its sights on Nvidia's RTX 4080 mobile GPU with the Radeon RX 7900M …
AMD announces new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPUs for desktops and workstations, offering up to 96 cores on the 7000 Pro series, shipping November 21 for $1,500+
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Chainalysis says some recent media reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses”
But It's Deadly Hannah Lang / Reuters : US lawmakers urge White House crack down on Hamas use of crypto after Israel attack Assad Jafri / CryptoSlate : Chainalysis says crypto usage for terror financi...
Filing: the US SEC drops charges alleging Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Chairman Chris Larsen aided and abetted the company in violating securities laws
The regulator had included them as defendants in its securities violation case revolving around XRP transactions, and the agency now says it's just pursuing Ripple for damages.
The FCC unanimously approves a petition by Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others for access to the 6GHz band for Wi-Fi tethering for AR and VR headsets
The FCC has unanimously approved plans by several tech companies to use the 6GHz band for wireless devices.
Elon Musk says X plans to launch two new premium tiers: a lower cost tier with all features, but no reduction in ads, and a more expensive tier with no ads
Elon Musk today said that X (formerly Twitter) is going to soon launch two new premium tiers, confirming previous reports and code sightings.
Source: X removed the main New York Times account's “verified” badge on October 17 without notice; source: X traffic to the NYT is down ~50% since August 2023
The unexplained decision removes the only symbol distinguishing the news organization from impostors and comes amid …
23andMe is investigating a possible new data leak of 4M users' records on BreachForums; the hacker claims the stolen dataset includes info on people from the UK
The same hacker who leaked a trove of user data stolen from the genetic testing company 23andMe two weeks ago has now leaked millions of new user records.
News publishers scramble to adjust to declining referral traffic, as Meta, X, and even Google become less dependable at amplifying and supporting journalism
News organizations are scrambling to adjust to the latest rift in the long-fractious relationship between publishers and tech platforms.
The FCC votes 3-2 to invite the US public to comment on re-establishing net neutrality rules; the broader effort still faces a long legal and political battle
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
FaZe Clan is acquired by esports holding company GameSquare Holdings in a deal valuing Faze at ~$16M, down from a $725M market cap at its 2022 SPAC merger
FaZe Clan's billion-dollar journey has taken an unexpected — but perhaps inevitable — turn. Burned by controversy and facing …
OpenAI rolls out DALL-E 3 access to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers, after preparing a safety mitigation stack to ready the model for expanded release
all in real-time. https://openai.com/... [image] Greg Brockman / @gdb : DALL·E 3 is now available to all ChatGPT Plus & Enterprise users: @swyx : In a Surprising-for-these-times move, @OpenAI actually...
Nvidia Research announces Eureka, a new AI agent powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 to autonomously write reward algorithms and teach robots complex skills
Nvidia Research announced today that it has developed a new AI agent, called Eureka, that is powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 and can autonomously teach robots complex skills.
New York AG Letitia James sues lender Genesis, its parent company DCG, and the Winklevoss' exchange Gemini for allegedly defrauding 230K+ investors of $1B+
and secured mostly by FTT [image] Bryan Brinkman / @bryanbrinkman : @NewYorkStateAG I'm a New York resident who uses Gemini, banning them will only force us to use offshore crypto banking that has eve...
The FBI and the DOJ say thousands of IT workers sent by North Korea to work remotely for US companies using false IDs have sent millions in wages to North Korea
And this wouldn't be happening if US companies would invest in training for local workers. They want cheap labor, and they don't care about the dangers of giving hostile nations access to tech. Blues...
WhatsApp plans to start letting Android users switch between two accounts in the coming weeks; a second account will still need a separate phone number and SIM
I really (really) want this in @signalapp. https://blog.whatsapp.com/... X: @metanewsroom : Soon you'll be able to have two @WhatsApp accounts on the same phone and easily switch between them without ...
Writers and publishers need to band together to lobby against OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, fighting for proper compensation and a share of AI's value
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... June Casagrande / @junecasagrande@mastodon.social : Damn right it needs to stop. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... [image] X: @nelsonmrosario : @WilliamCohan Exc...
Meta announces Habitat 3.0, a simulator that supports robots and humanoid avatars, and HomeRobot, a home robot hardware and software platform
Researchers from Meta Platforms Inc.'s Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research team said today they're releasing a more advanced version …
OnePlus Open review: thin and light for a foldable and good multitasking support, but no full water resistance or wireless charging, and $1,700 is too expensive
Trucking marketplace Convoy starts shutting down; sources: the startup had ~$320M in 2023 revenue by early October, on pace to fall short of the $630M in 2022
Trucking Startup Backed By Bezos And Gates—Shutting Down After Failing To Find Buyer, Report Says Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing sudden shutdown of Seattle trucki...
India's Central Bureau of Investigation works with Microsoft and Amazon to raid 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on tech support scams and crypto fraud
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
US v. SBF: FTX's ex-top lawyer says SBF asked him to form “legal justifications” for why FTX was missing $7B in user funds, undermining SBF's good-faith defense
Apple's Killers of the Flower Moon hits cinemas globally, after Tim Cook personally attended the Cannes premiere, ahead of Ridley Scott's Napoleon in November
Financial Times :
Tim Cook's China trip, unannounced ahead of time, shows Apple's complex relationship; Cook told an official Apple was committed to growing with local partners
Wall Street Journal :
Nokia plans to cut up to 14,000 jobs, or ~16% of its 86,000 employees, and reports Q3 2023 net sales down 20% YoY to €4.98B and profit down 69% YoY to €133M
Anyway, we're clearly now into another wave of layoffs in tech related industries. … LinkedIn: Bernie Arnason : Slow down in #5G sales, particularly in North America hitting Nokia pretty hard. Hoping...
Source: Reddit is considering putting its content behind a log-in page if it fails to make a deal with generative AI companies about paying for its data
The artificial intelligence gold rush is creating uncertainty over the future of online information — and pushing publishers and tech firms to make deals. Bluesky: @elkmovie.bsky.social Bluesky: Micha...
Beijing-based generative AI startup Beijing Zhipu Huazhang has raised ~$342M from Alibaba, Tencent, Ant Group, Xiaomi, HongShan, Meituan, and others in 2023
Jane Zhang / Bloomberg :
Product Hunt's CEO says layoffs announced on October 10 were for “strategic” not “financial or company performance reasons”, and impacted ~60% of the team
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Threads: @chris and @carnage4life . X: @rajivayyangar . LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang Threads: Chris Messina / @chris : Sad to hear about the @producthunt layoffs. Compare th...
Discord overhauls its moderation tools with a new warning system and a teen safety assist feature, plans to roll out an in-app store for all users, and more
Sources: the EU caps DSA charges to 0.05% of a company's 2022 profit, resulting in X and Amazon paying nothing while Alphabet and Meta together would pay ~€31M
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg :
Law enforcement agencies, including from the US, the EU, and Japan, seize the RagnarLocker ransomware group's dark web portal as part of an “ongoing action”
The US' tighter chip rules may leave Alibaba and Baidu relying on outdated and stockpiled chips, like the Nvidia V100 from 2017, to pursue their AI ambitions
Financial Times :
Filing: EU antitrust regulators resume their investigation into Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition, setting a February 5, 2024 deadline for their decision
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters :
A US judge sentences influencer Douglass Mackey to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress Hillary Clinton votes in 2016, including via Twitter ads
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