A look at Meta's convoluted or contradictory hate speech examples for user content moderators, allowing derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, and more
Meta is now granting its users new freedom to post a wide array of derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, ethnic groups …
Live blog: The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law
We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings of the past several decades. — The US Supreme Court is expected …
In a weird X Spaces chat, Elon Musk and Alice Weidel, a co-chair of the German far-right party AfD, pushed disinformation about Hitler, migrants, war, and more
God! Martians! A “communist” Hitler! It was heavy on oddness and light on policy as the X owner and the AfD co-leader hit it off.
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels
The sports-focused streaming service will not move forward, the companies said Friday. — Venu is dead.
Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like “a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it”
“A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it,” reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram
Sources: many of Meta's employees are furious about its moderation changes allowing “allegations of mental illness” when based on “gender or sexual orientation”
See Substack as another illustration [embedded post] Olivier Simard-Casanova / @o.simardcasanova.net : While I don't dispute that there's a contingent of fascists in the Silicon Valley, Meta is so big...
The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium projects in a “neutral space”, with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera
But it's really a “neutral space” for funding and support, corralling together some big names with a stake in the future of Chrome's open source roots, Chromium.
A hack of data company Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are used to collect user location data; app developers may not even know
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
Sources: Venu's cancellation came after the companies decided it was better to avoid the risk of an extended lawsuit that could jeopardize bundling in general
here's what it means for you Steve McCaskill / SportsPro : ESPN, Fox and WBD disband Venu Sports streaming joint venture Kayla Cobb / The Wrap : Venu Sports Is Dead: Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and...
Sources: Elon Musk and his right-wing allies discussed how to destabilize the UK Labour government and remove PM Keir Starmer, beyond Musk's aggressive X posts
Votes of millions of people don't count. — Fiction threatens to become reality as the equivalents of Dr. Strangelove and James Bond villain Elliot Carver plan world domination. — archive.ph/waCUV ...
Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to ~45 hours per week “due to the lawsuits from WP Engine”, focusing mostly on security and critical updates
Automattic has always been deeply committed to the success of WordPress, dedicating significant resources and talent to its development for almost two decades.
Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg approved the Meta team that trains AI Llama models to use data from LibGen, a “links aggregator” to pirated, copyrighted material
Counsel for plaintiffs in a copyright lawsuit filed against Meta allege that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the green light …
Sources: Chinese hackers breached CFIUS, the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks
Chinese hackers breached the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, three US officials familiar with the matter told CNN.
The CFPB proposes a new rule to give consumers the same protection rights when they use virtual currencies in some video games like Roblox as when they use USD
In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.
El Capitan, the world's most powerful supercomputer, built by HPE and AMD as part of a $600M US DOE contract, is officially dedicated to handle classified tasks
- That smaller sibling, Tuolumne, is similar in design to El Capitan, but just one-tenth the size.
Apple says it “has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles” and never sold it for advertising or other purposes, after paying $95M to settle a lawsuit
www.theverge.com/2025/1/8/243... David Carroll / @davidcarroll.org : Speaking of fact checks, Siri is not eavesdropping on you to target ads. A lot of smart people want to believe this false rumor. w...
Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care use cases, raised a $141M Series B at a $1.64B valuation, and launches a health care AI agent app store
it should be about the millions of other ways AI can help This is one of the biggest human problems Mamoon Hamid / @mamoonha : We're excited to partner with the @hippocraticai team and lead their Seri...
Ubisoft says it is appointing advisers to review and pursue strategic options after an October 2024 report said its majority backers were considering a buyout
Source: UBISOFT ENTERTAINMENT — PRESS RELEASE — Ubisoft.com Georgina Young / The Sun : Assassin's Creed Shadows is delayed AGAIN as Ubisoft looks for the best ‘capitalistic options’ Ben Kerry / Pu...
TSMC reports December revenue up 58% YoY to ~$8.4B, pushing its 2024 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$88.02B, driven by AI chip demand from Nvidia, Broadcom, and others
Nikkei Asia :
X says it is rolling out labels for parody or satire accounts to distinguish them and “increase transparency”; accounts have to apply the labels themselves
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
The US DOJ indicts three Russian citizens for allegedly operating Bender.io and Sinbad.io crypto mixing services used by North Korea and ransomware gangs
If you own crypto, you are complicit. [embedded post] X: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / @lorenzofb : NEW: A year after seizing two cryptocurrency mixing services, the U.S. government is accusing thr...
Elon Musk calls on California's and Delaware's AGs to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business; source: OpenAI had no plans for such an auction
Oligarchs gonna go full PvP amongst themselves, and the question is how much the various institutions they've attempted to purchase play along — Will Musk be able to compel, say, the DOJ to exert pr...
To challenge Visa and Mastercard, India is pushing homegrown card network RuPay with its exclusive use of UPI, which handles 13B+ real-time transactions monthly
Manish Singh / TechCrunch : X: @refsrc and @refsrc . Forums: Slashdot X: Manish Singh / @refsrc : India's UPI is fueling the growth of homegrown card network RuPay RuPay is powering almost a third of...
Internal data: Spotify had ~55M US subscribers as of Q3 2024, of which only ~607,000 had switched to the cheaper “basic” plan that doesn't include audiobooks
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg :
A look at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, RELX's largest division, which accounts for ~35% of RELX's revenue and holds 9B device records and 3B digital identities
John Gapper / Financial Times :
More than half a dozen celebrity video game streamers returned exclusively to Twitch in 2024, after their multimillion-dollar YouTube and Kick contracts expired
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg : X: @cecianasta X: Cecilia D'Anastasio / @cecianasta : New: Streamers are returning en masse to Twitch after 7 and 8-figure content deals dried up. Twitch and YouTube...
NYC-based Captions, an AI-powered video editing app, introduces a free tier with basic video editing tools, while keeping AI features in its $10/month Pro tier
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : X: @gmharhar See also Mediagazer X: Gaurav Misra / @gmharhar : Video editing is going free. ICYMI, the stakes are high for @capcutapp and @tiktok_us this Friday with the Sup...
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