Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit
X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming the outlet “knowingly and maliciously” misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on X
I wonder which advertisers she expects to be gullible enough to fall for this? — [image] Bluesky: Danilo / @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com : Cannot WAIT for the discovery on this one...
SBF testifies that he only understood “pieces” of his companies' full financial state and was “very surprised” by FTX's $8B balance-sheet hole in October 2022
Bankman-Fried Testifies About FTX's Operations and Alameda The Block : SBF paints alternative view of his knowledge of the Fiat@ account in court Vinicius Barbosa / Finbold : FTX f...
SBF testifies that he only understood “pieces” of the full financial state of his companies and was “surprised” by FTX's $8B balance-sheet hole in October 2022
Former billionaire denies intending to defraud customers in testimony to the jury at trial
X's tumultuous first year under Elon Musk: mobile DAUs down 16% from October 2022 to September 2023, app downloads fell after X rebrand, and investor markdowns
Netflix plans to open Netflix House, permanent stores where fans can buy clothes, eat themed food, and try live experiences, starting with two US venues in 2025
but don't expect a ‘Blockbuster’ revival Mat Smith / Engadget : The Morning After: Netflix's next big thing is branded retail stores Andrew Webster / The Verge : Netflix is plannin...
Reddit launches a Contributor Program that pays verified users monthly based on the karma earned and the gold received for “eligible contributions” on the site
But There's a Catch Steve Bennett / Neowin : Reddit announces Contributor Program, making karma actually mean something Michael Kan / PCMag : Reddit to Reward Users With Real Money...
Unity apologizes and says games made with Unity Personal will be exempt from its Runtime Fee, which will only apply to games made with Unity versions from 2024
The fee is no longer retroactive. … Joshua Robertson / TheGamer : Unity Says “Sorry”, Rolls Back Some Download Fees Spitblaze / Corndog Formica : GOOD NEWS: Unity has announced tha...
Unity apologizes and says games made with Unity Personal will be exempt from its Runtime Fee, which will only apply to games made with Unity versions from 2024
Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.
BMW drops a controversial subscription that activates heated seats or other hardware already in its cars, limiting subscriptions to software-based functions
Alistair Charlton / Forbes :
Elon Musk threatens to file a defamation suit against the ADL for “falsely accusing” X and him of being antisemitic, and blames the ADL for X's US ad sales drop
In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League.
Hands-on with Sony's PlayStation Portal: a slightly weird design, lighter than the Switch, expansive and vibrant 60Hz LCD display, no Bluetooth, and needs a PS5
Bo Moore / IGN :
John Warnock, who co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Charles Geschke and was the company's CEO until 2000 and CTO until retiring in 2001, died on August 19 at age 82
he was 82 Jim Harrington / Mercury News : Adobe co-founder John Warnock, a giant in the tech world, dies at 82 International Business Times : Who Was John Warnock; Co-Founder Of Ad...
Some Cruise riders say they've had sex in the driverless cars in San Francisco over recent months; Waymo and Cruise permit users to eat, but not drink alcohol
Some Cruise riders say they've had sex in the driverless cars in San Francisco over recent months; Waymo and Cruise permit users to eat, but not drink alcohol
An Illustration generated by the artificial intelligence program Midjourney depicts two people making out in an autonomous vehicle.
Verizon plans to sunset BlueJeans, a business-focused video conferencing app the company acquired in 2020, on August 31, due to “the changing market landscape”
Verizon dropped hundreds on millions on BlueJeans at the height of pandemic lockdowns. Threads: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Verizon is shutting down the Zoom competitor it purc...
Zoom, known for helping millions of people work from home, asks its employees living within 50 miles of an office to work in person at least two days per week
an engraved invitation to disruption [embedded post] Casey Newton / @caseynewton.bsky.social : It's too much to say that this marks the end of remote work in Silicon Valley but ......
US smartphone shipments fell 24% YoY in Q2 2023, the third consecutive quarter of decline; Samsung shipments fell 37% YoY, and Apple's fell 6%
- Shipments declined YoY for the third consecutive quarter amid weak consumer demand. — Android smartphone shipments declined 38% while Apple shipments fell 6% YoY.
As developers can bring iPadOS and iOS apps to Vision Pro, where apps will likely be pricier, its App Store may fare better than those on tvOS and watchOS
Third-party apps will be crucial to the success of the Vision Pro, but the pricey and niche nature of the device means that developers may not quickly flock to it.