Study: Chinese netizens are permitted to air environmental concerns and criticize polluters on social media, resulting in lower emissions from some factories — In spite of China's intensifying crackdown on political dissent, residents still have plenty of leeway to air their environmental concerns …
Meta begins rolling out AI-powered Instagram age verification to India and Brazil; the system uses AI to analyze video selfies or lets users provide IDs — Instagram, facing scrutiny from safety advocates, started testing a program in the U.S. earlier this year to verify users' age claiming to be 18 or older.
China's central bank: e-CNY transactions totaled ~$14B from December 2019 to August 2022, up 14% from ~$12.2B in December 2021, signaling slowing growth — China's central bank digital currency transactions totalled 100 billion yuan (US$14 billion) from the start of the e-CNY initiative …
An internal Pentagon document says more than 80% of the US soldiers who used Microsoft's HoloLens experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments” — US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.'s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” …
Responding to outrage over Twitch's 30/70 fee split, an executive says Amazon expects the service to be “a sustainable, viable long-term business” — Typically the big, pandemic-delayed return of Twitch's annual TwitchCon gathering in San Diego would be cause for celebration.
Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on Android and Chrome to beta testers ahead of a wider launch in 2022 — Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others in the industry want to replace website/app passwords with “passkeys” that just require you to unlock your device.
What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event: Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 3, and potentially a mini PC and Surface accessories — - Wildcards: A mini PC and Surface accessories — Microsoft is holding its customary fall Surface event on October 12th …
British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings live on Instagram as part of an NFT project, “completing the transformation” from physical to NFTs — British artist Damien Hirst is among the many art-world giants who have set fire to their work, having burned 1,000 of his artworks Tuesday.
Japanese fabless SoC design company Socionext closes up 15.07% in its IPO debut, valuing it at ~$960M, in Tokyo's biggest offering so far in 2022 — Making its market debut on Wednesday, Japan's Socionext Inc (6526.T) bucked softening sentiment toward chips by surging 15% in Tokyo's biggest initial public offering of the year so far.
Blockchain web search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, raised a $40M Series A in May led by Paradigm; Ramaswamy also runs Neeva — - Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google's advertising business from 2013 to 2018, has launched a Web3 company called nxyz.
The UK's CMA details its concerns with Microsoft's Activision acquisition, including withholding games from rivals; Microsoft argues Sony is the dominant player — The CMA expects the deal to impact PlayStation and game streaming — The Competition and Markets Authority has detailed …
New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...
