An analysis finds over 54% of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated; LinkedIn says it doesn't track how many posts are created by AI
Scathing review of LinkedIn, imo. [embedded post] @gohor.se : I suspect an analysis will eventually find that 95%+ of “longer English-language posts” on LinkedIn are only used to ...
A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts as its growth surges; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100
www.platformer.news/bluesky- grow... Alex Stamos / @stamos.org : 1) Many underestimate the investment the PRC has put into influencing the US social media sphere. — 2) The destru...
Bluesky says it is working to comply with EU rules and is consulting with its lawyers, after the bloc accused the social network of flouting its regulations
Bluesky said it's working to comply with European Union rules after the bloc accused the fast-growing social media platform of flouting its digital regulations.
The EU says Bluesky breaches its rules for not disclosing key details about itself, and has asked 27 governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky”
Social media platform that has grown in exodus from Elon Musk's X is accused of not declaring user numbers
Bluesky is booming partly because it doesn't have bad ad tech, AI slop, throttled links, and largely hostile user experiences, unlike some of its big rivals
No bad adtech, no AI, no throttling links. Bluesky is a booming because it's everything big tech is not — Greetings all —
At an Acquired podcast event, Mark Zuckerberg said his biggest career mistake was taking too much ownership for issues out of Meta's control
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Parker Thompson / @parkert : Not understanding that they were the refs getting worked by bad-faith actors has definitely always been a massive probl...
Bumble reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $273.6M, a $32M net loss, vs. $159.2M YoY, and plans to eliminate 350 roles, about 37% of its workforce
but for a few companies — completely and totally unsustainable. — Even Grindr lost money last quarter. There's literally no greater business model than “help gays bone,” and yet...
Grammarly lays off 230 employees as part of a restructuring, after growing from 200 to 1,000 over the past five years; the startup was valued at $13B in 2021
Sources: Google plans to use Gemini across nearly its entire line of products and in Pixie, an upcoming AI assistant that will be exclusive to its Pixel devices
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account
the InfoWars host, and Sandy Hook families' menace. Critics of Elon Musk's X, Tesla and auto industry bloggers including software developer Travis Brown, Plainsite founder Aaron G...
In a 2+ hour talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, and others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users “do something illegal”
Elon Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, newly reinstated to X after a five-year ban, launched a live-streamed chat …
Sources: complaints from some senior OpenAI leaders that Sam Altman had been psychologically abusive were a major factor in the board's decision to fire Altman
The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up …
Internal Brex data: Q3 annualized net revenue hit $283M, up 1% QoQ, and the company is far from profitable, as the growth spurt after SVB's collapse trails away
Mark Matousek / The Information : Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social . X: @coryweinberg Bluesky: Casey Newton / @caseynewton.bsky.social : I wonder if looking back Brex would still...
Trump Media & Technology Group SPAC partner DWA's filing shows that Truth Social lost $73M on just $3.7M in net sales from its early 2022 launch through H1 2023
The company that TMTG is planned to merge with, DWAC, broke out the surprising results in a securities filing Monday.
Elon Musk says xAI will release its AI model called Grok to a select group on November 4 and to all X Premium+ subscribers once it's out of early beta
Here's What To Know About xAI Nickie Louise / TechStartups : Elon Musk's AI startup xAI to launch first AI model to select group on November 4 Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Musk's xAI S...
Apple's stock dropped 11% since its Q3 results on August 3, erasing nearly $400B in value, the first year since 2015 that AAPL slid between WWDC and Q4 earnings
Worries about China and the future of a lucrative Google relationship could outlast even a strong earnings report
Microsoft reorganizes its Xbox teams, promoting Matt Booty to game content president and Sarah Bond to Xbox president; CMO Chris Capossela leaves after 32 years
Microsoft is reorganizing its Xbox gaming and marketing leadership, less than two weeks after acquiring Activision Blizzard.
Google plans to discontinue Gmail's Basic HTML version in January 2024, saying the view does not include “full Gmail feature functionality”
The blind think this is not a visionary decision — Google will discontinue the Basic HTML version of its Gmail service in January 2024.
Arm closes up 24.69% to $63.59 in its Nasdaq debut, valuing the company at $65.24B, after Arm priced shares at the upper end of its expected $47 to $51 range
- Arm Holdings has started trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker “ARM.” — The chip design company is valued at a steep premium relative …
X Head of Brand Safety Elyana Thierry left in June per her LinkedIn page, months after being elevated to the role after the previous head resigned in the summer
Erin Woo / The Information : Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social . X: @erinkwoo , @adamkovac , @bendreyfuss , @aishacounts , @tomcoates , @taylorlorenz , @rothschildmd , @marmel , @...