Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out (www.engadget.com)
Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.
CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence (www.sasktoday.ca)
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Netflix may hike prices after success of password-sharing crackdown (www.reuters.com)
Netflix may hike prices after success of password-sharing crackdown::Netflix’s crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million in the third quarter and the streaming pioneer is expected to set the stage for price increases when it reports earnings on Wednesday.
Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency (markets.businessinsider.com)
Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency::On Wednesday evening, spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.
Disney VFX Workers Are Moving to Unionize, Too (gizmodo.com)
YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge (gizmodo.com)
YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.
Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game (www.theguardian.com)
Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game::Climate activists condemn oil giant for paying influencers to showcase marketing game from new gasoline campaign
As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit — Musk claimed that ADL could be “on the hook” for $22B in X losses (arstechnica.com)
As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit — Musk claimed that ADL could be “on the hook” for $22B in X losses::Musk claimed that ADL could be “on the hook” for $22B in X losses.
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’ (www.cnbc.com)
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’::As some business leaders accept hybrid work as a permanent reality, others are backtracking on earlier pledges to let employees work from home.
Google app being flagged as a virus by Huawei phones (stackdiary.com)
I’m seeing a lot of reports from users of Huawei and Honor devices have reported that their phones are incorrectly identifying Google apps as Trojan malware, specifically labeled as TrojanSMS-PA. According to the alert, this “malicious software” has the ability to send SMS messages without user consent.
Amazon’s First ‘Fallout’ Show Art Is AI Generated (www.forbes.com)
While I am quite excited about the Walton Goggins-infused Amazon Fallout series, the show debuted some promo art for the project ahead of official stills or footage and…it appears to be AI generated.
Canon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might pay (www.theverge.com)
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)
It’s not quite the end of Tumblr, but when management is supposedly sending memos with the Lord Tennyson quote about having “loved and lost,” it doesn’t look like there’s much of a future....
Student project consumes 17% of energy of traditional desalination plants (www.biggrow.in)
Offers better brine handling and produces higher-purity water, making it ideal for offshore green hydrogen production. Sustainable and efficient solution with low environmental impact.
Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels (thehill.com)
The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....
Crispr gene editing shown to permanently lower hereditary high cholesterol (arstechnica.com)
Vapes, chargers, and other “invisible” e-waste are a 9-million-ton problem. (www.theverge.com)
Vapes, chargers, and other “invisible” e-waste are a 9-million-ton problem.::Chargers, vapes, and other small electronics make up millions of tons of “invisible” e-waste each year. Recycling them could recover billions of dollars worth of precious materials.
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.
WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says (www.reuters.com)
Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon has created a new rule limiting the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale in recent months....
‘X’ didn’t pay severance. Now it’s facing 2,200 cases — and big fees (www.motherjones.com)
‘X’ didn’t pay severance. Now it’s facing 2,200 cases — and big fees::X is not, in fact, gonna give it to ya.
Hydrogen-powered planes almost ready for takeoff (arstechnica.com)
Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc (www.cityam.com)
Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc::An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks...
Laser Beams Deflected Off of Nothing but Air for First Time Ever in Breakthrough Patent Pending Process - The Debrief (thedebrief.org)
Laser Beams Deflected Off of Nothing but Air for First Time Ever in Breakthrough Patent Pending Process - The Debrief::An international team of scientists report that they have successfully used acoustics to deflect laser beams in an engineering first.