He was laid off by Elon Musk. Within hours, he had a plan to outdo Twitter (edition.cnn.com)
'Couldn't See Anymore:' Bored Ape Conference Attendees Wake Up With Searing Eye Pain, Vision Loss (www.404media.co)
What is Google trying to hide in its deal with Spotify? (www.theverge.com)
Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful. (mastodon.world)
Google warns it will delete millions of Gmail accounts in December (www.msn.com)
Google warns it will delete millions of Gmail accounts in December::Google has confirmed that accounts will start being deleted next month unless users follow some simple advice.
Samsung, Qualcomm flag concerns with India's push for live TV on phones - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Facebook and Instagram now force users to choose between paying a 13 euro subscription or having their data used for targeted ads (about.fb.com)
I just experienced this screen on the Instagram Android app. When I’d heard about the idea of paying for social media, I definetly didn’t expect it to be this expensive.
Facebook and Instagram now force EU users to choose between having their data used for targeted advertising, or paying 13 euros a month
I just experienced this screen on the instagram app....
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart says the chat app could introduce ads in Status (techcrunch.com)
A Jury Will Decide If Google's App Store Is an Unjust Monopoly (www.wired.com)
Online store exposed millions of Chinese citizen IDs (techcrunch.com)
Raising awareness of Ransomware (medium.com)
Airbnb: Italy threatens to seize more than $800 million over unpaid taxes (edition.cnn.com)
Airbnb: Italy threatens to seize more than $800 million over unpaid taxes::Italian tax authorities are poised to seize some €779 million ($836 million) from Airbnb as a result of its alleged failure to pay taxes owed by landlords using the platform.
redefining smartphone dependency: my journey with a broken smartphone screen. (medium.com)
I wrote up this article of my 6 months since the day the display of my smartphone went blank.
Rockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ (www.bloomberg.com)
Rockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’::Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., plans to announce the next highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto game as early as this week, according to people familiar with its plans.
Meta whistleblower tells Senate the company 'cannot be trusted with our children' (www.engadget.com)
Facebook and Instagram will require political advertisers to disclose AI deepfakes (edition.cnn.com)
Crypto Bros Report Burning Eyes and Skin at Bored Ape Bacchanal (gizmodo.com)
Behind the Curtain: What AI architects fear most (in 2024) (www.axios.com)
Brace yourself: You will soon need to wonder if what you see — not just what you read — is real across every social media platform....
Adobe is selling fake AI images of the Israel-Hamas war (www.crikey.com.au)
Adobe is selling fake AI images of the Israel-Hamas war::Adobe Stock’s image service has fake, artificially generated images of Israel, Gaza and Hamas which are being used by online news sites.
TikTok Is Shutting Down its $2 Billion Creator Fund (time.com)
TikTok Is Shutting Down its $2 Billion Creator Fund::TikTok’s controversial creator fund allowed short-form content creators to earn money for their videos. The program will end in December.
Spanish regulator opens first cryptoasset advertising case (www.reuters.com)
Hackers target Las Vegas plastic surgeons, post patient information, naked photos online (www.8newsnow.com)
Hackers target Las Vegas plastic surgeons, post patient information, naked photos online::The FBI is investigating how cyber criminals obtained medical records and naked patient photos from a Las Vegas plastic surgery office, posting them online for ransom, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues (www.theregister.com)
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues::Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness
