Brazil blocks X, following an order from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after Elon Musk refused to name a legal representative in the country
The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians …
Brazilian judge amends his order, no longer requiring Apple and Google to prevent downloads of X's app; those using a VPN to access X still face a ~$9K/day fine
The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.
How Brazil's experiment to fight fake news during the 2022 elections, giving a justice broad power to order social media content removal, led to the ban on X
To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea.
A look at Apple's strategy to keep retiring execs involved in a reduced role; sources: M4 Mac mini will have 5 USB-C ports, internal power supply, and no USB-A
Apple's succession strategy has come into focus with the upcoming exit of its chief financial officer.
X is right to stand up to Brazil's unjust “hostage laws,” but Musk's fight highlights his cynical free speech stance after he caved to Modi's censorship demands
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Adam Cook / @motorcityadam : Pretty clear that Musk wants Bolsonaro re-installed and Musk wants to leverage Twitter, by design, to encourage Bolsonaristas to overthrow ...
A profile of Alexandre de Moraes as even some supporters wonder if the Brazilian Supreme Court judge has become too powerful and gone too far by banning X
An escalating clash with Elon Musk and damaging revelations in the press are intensifying a long-running debate about whether Alexandre de Moraes is too powerful.
Amazon hires the founders of industrial robot maker Covariant and ~25% of its staff, and signs a non-exclusive license to Covariant's robotic foundation models
Amazon is hiring three of the founders from Covariant, a Bay Area startup that develops AI for advanced warehouse robotics systems.
In a lawsuit, OSOM's ex-chief privacy officer alleges that the CEO of the smartphone startup misused funds to pay for his racing hobby and lavish lifestyle
Lawsuit alleges that OSOM's founder misused company funds to pay for Lamborghinis and his racing hobby
Bluesky reports a record spike in usage as many X users in Brazil move to Bluesky and Threads; Brazil is X's fifth-largest international market, with 20M+ users
The platform went dark across Brazil on Saturday, sending online commentators to new digital town squares.
A look at the farcical situation at Bolt as it insists in a letter that Silverbear is on the hook to invest $200M; source: Bolt lost $310M on $27M 2023 revenue
I've got the company's financial performance, a letter to investors, and a statement from Ashesh Shah at The London Fund.
Big YouTube shows including Hot Ones and Good Mythical Morning attract large audiences but aren't yet getting Primetime Emmy nominations and ensuing ad revenue
I don't want to be too pessimistic here but past history shows us that these platforms aren't going to make sweeping changes on our behalf. … Shira Lazar : This discussion reminds me of the old debate...
Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a now-patched zero-day in a Chromium core engine to steal crypto from organizations
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch :
Sources: OpenAI is in discussions about changing its corporate structure to become more investor-friendly, including removing a cap on profits for investors
everyone involved knows it doesn't have to Assad Jafri / CryptoSlate : OpenAI mulls dropping profit restrictions ahead of $100 billion valuation push Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : OpenAI could repo...
Social media companies' reliance on Section 230 protections is in jeopardy after a US court ruled TikTok's algorithmic curation is not protected by Section 230
Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act just got torched by the 3rd circuit. — https://www.thebignewsletter.com/ ... Lukasz Olejnik / @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social : US court ruled that when a...
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and Grindr are building or testing AI tools and chatbots to generate icebreakers, coach users, and more, in a bid to bring back users
Tinder, Hinge, Bumble and Grindr are racing to create chatbots that can coach Gen Z users to flirt X: @raydouglasuk and @keithdsouza Forums: r/hingeapp and r/technology X: Ray Douglas / @raydouglasuk ...
It's time for audio services like Spotify to deal with AI by using labels and banning or downweighting music made with AI tools that don't license training data
AI music certainly has positive use-cases for musicians. … Johan Cedmar-Brandstedt : Slop: hammer time Peter Vantine : The AI-generated music issue is growing. Will companies like Spotify take action...
Telegram's 2023 financials: $342.5M revenue, 40% of which came from crypto-related line items, and $108M operating loss; it had holdings of ~$400M in Toncoin
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A reporter tries fixing his reputation with AI chatbots, including by adding a “strategic text sequence” to data sources, and via an AI optimization startup
Another Fine Mess, And Extremely Dangerous Threads: Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : I wrote this week about a personal quest I've been on: fixing my reputation with AI chatbots, which have hated me ever s...
A look at France's J3 cybercrime unit behind Sky ECC and Encrochat prosecutions, which now leads the case against Telegram's Pavel Durov
The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit within …
A look at the surge of interest-based sites as users grow weary of big platforms; MAUs for Letterboxd, Strava, and AllTrails grew 55%, 20%, and 10% YoY in H1
- Biking, reading and dining apps draw users seeking connection — Niche apps take hold as alternative to larger online platforms
How the Israeli army's Unit 8200 became an incubator for cybersecurity startups, with its alumni starting Wiz, Palo Alto Networks, and other companies
Wall Street Journal : LinkedIn: Yotam Segev LinkedIn: Yotam Segev : What a way to start Labor Day weekend!!! Thank you to the The Wall Street Journal for sharing our story. …
Coatue founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance following a report that Coatue was considering selling a portion of its ByteDance stake
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