Sources: a letter by Foxconn founder Terry Gou to China's leadership, sent over a month ago during unrest in Zhengzhou, helped accelerate looser COVID-19 rules — Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou warned that the government's strict policies would threaten its position in global supply chains
The EU sets a December 28, 2024, deadline for all new smartphones, headphones, handheld game consoles, and other devices to use USB-C for wired charging — We finally have a final official deadline for when new phones sold in the European Union — including future iPhones — will have to use USB-C for wired charging: December 28 2024.
A look at Prisma Labs' Stable Diffusion-based image generation app Lensa, which costs $36 per year and exploded in popularity after adding “magic avatars” — Social media is celebrating. Artists are protesting. What's the real cost of an AI-generated portrait?
Sources: Dutch officials plan new controls on exporting chipmaking equipment to China as soon as January, potentially impacting ASML, following US curbs — Dutch officials are planning new controls on exports of chipmaking equipment to China, according to people familiar with the matter …
Docs detail cybersurveillance company Altrnativ, started by Eric Leandri, who co-founded search engine Qwant and was lauded as France's digital privacy defender — This story is part of the series Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance. Read the rest.
Debunking claims on Twitter handling the Hunter Biden laptop story, including that Twitter engaged in election interference or violated the First Amendment — Hello! Someone has referred you to this post because you've said something quite wrong about Twitter and how it handled something to do with Hunter Biden's laptop.
OpenAI's ChatGPT presents a potentially serious threat to Google, offering quick, comprehensive answers to difficult questions that require no further searches — A new chatbot from OpenAI took the internet by storm this week, dashing off poems, screenplays and essay answers that were plastered …
A survey of 19 developed nations: 57% say social media has been good for democracy, 35% say it has been bad; in the US, 34% think it has been good for democracy — Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but also say it informs and raises awareness
Elon Musk says Twitter's deputy general counsel Jim Baker was “exited”, citing “concerns” over the “suppression of information” related to the “Twitter Files” — Jim Baker, Twitter Inc.'s deputy general counsel, was pushed out of the company …
Facing a large deficit in its treasury, DeFi protocol Sushi proposes diverting fees from the Kanpai protocol and reduces its runway requirement from $9M to $5M — Developers proposed to divert 100% of fees generated on the platform to Sushi's multisig for one year or until new tokenomics are implemented.
Hong Kong officials and legislators criticize Google over a pro-democracy song, “Glory to Hong Kong”, appearing among the top results for the national anthem — Officials and lawmakers call on company to alter its results page to show China's national anthem instead of a song made popular by antigovernment protesters
Kaiko: as FTX disintegrated, trading volume at the largest crypto exchanges jumped 23% to $705B in November, mainly driven by a 30% jump on Binance — Digital-asset exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. saw a substantial boost in trading activity as Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto empire collapsed in November.
Meta's Oversight Board releases a report on the controversial cross-check moderation system, citing “shortcomings” and calling for “radically” more transparency — Meta's Oversight Board has released an in-depth report on Facebook and Instagram's controversial cross-check system …
Financial Times : Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sect...
