Thursday, December 22, 2022
Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by the apparent decline of Twitter and Meta (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by the apparent decline of Twitter and Meta — So, it's been quite a year for legacy, centralized social media — and all without any really big change to the laws that govern it …
How Twitter played a major role in research and science communication, especially during the pandemic, as researchers and scientists leave the service (Chris Stokel-Walker/Nature)
How Twitter played a major role in research and science communication, especially during the pandemic, as researchers and scientists leave the service — In November, Vince Knight decided he'd had enough of Twitter. After more than a decade on the social-media platform, Knight …
Sources: at a town hall, Tencent CEO Pony Ma ranted for 10 minutes about staff laziness, graft, "superficial" reforms, Tencent's aging social network, and more (Bloomberg)
Sources: at a town hall, Tencent CEO Pony Ma ranted for 10 minutes about staff laziness, graft, “superficial” reforms, Tencent's aging social network, and more — Many multinational CEOs like to close out the year with a message of congratulations.
TuSimple confirms plans to lay off 25% of its workforce, or an estimated 350 workers, following a rough year for the self-driving trucking company (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
TuSimple confirms plans to lay off 25% of its workforce, or an estimated 350 workers, following a rough year for the self-driving trucking company — Update: CEO Cheng Lu said laid off workers will remain on the payroll for two months and will receive severance. — Well, we knew it was coming.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Palantir signs a three-year, £75M deal with the UK's defense ministry, providing software to prompt real-time military actions and predict potential results (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)
Palantir signs a three-year, £75M deal with the UK's defense ministry, providing software to prompt real-time military actions and predict potential results — Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR.N) has signed a three-year, 75 million pound ($91.39 million) deal with the United Kingdom's Ministry …
Anker admits its eufy security cameras' live view feature on its web portal "has a security flaw", but fails to address why anyone can view unencrypted streams (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Anker admits its eufy security cameras' live view feature on its web portal “has a security flaw”, but fails to address why anyone can view unencrypted streams — On the last episode of “Will Anker ever tell us what's actually going on with its security cameras rather than lying …
In a Twitter Space, Elon Musk says he expects Twitter to "be okay" next year after cost cutting, claiming the company was on course to spend ~$5B in 2023 (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
In a Twitter Space, Elon Musk says he expects Twitter to “be okay” next year after cost cutting, claiming the company was on course to spend ~$5B in 2023 — Social network's owner offers snapshot of dire finances to explain huge lay-offs since $44bn takeover
How to use WhatsApp's latest 'Accidental delete' feature
George Hotz, aka geohot, who joined Twitter on November 18 after Elon Musk's "extremely hardcore" pledge, resigned, saying he could not make "any real impact" (Jay Peters/The Verge)
George Hotz, aka geohot, who joined Twitter on November 18 after Elon Musk's “extremely hardcore” pledge, resigned, saying he could not make “any real impact” — George Hotz, known for being the first person to carrier-unlock an iPhone and jailbreaking the PS3 …
Okta tells customers its GitHub repositories were hacked this month and its source code was stolen, but says hackers did not access service or customer data (Ax Sharma/BleepingComputer)
Okta tells customers its GitHub repositories were hacked this month and its source code was stolen, but says hackers did not access service or customer data — Okta, a leading provider of authentication services and Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, says that its private GitHub …
Dealroom: the UK's tech sector hit a combined $1T market valuation in 2022, doubling since 2019, compared to Germany's $467.2B and France's $307.5B (Daniel Lanyon/AltFi)
Dealroom: the UK's tech sector hit a combined $1T market valuation in 2022, doubling since 2019, compared to Germany's $467.2B and France's $307.5B — According to a report from Dealroom and the UK government, the UK has more high-growth companies than European peers includin 144 ‘unicorns’ and over 85,000 startups and scale-ups.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
TikTok begins telling users why a video was recommended in the For You feed, such as previous interactions or followed accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
TikTok begins telling users why a video was recommended in the For You feed, such as previous interactions or followed accounts — TikTok is launching a new feature that allows users to see why a particular video was recommended to them in their For You feed, the company announced on Tuesday.
As US lawmakers consider adding antitrust bills to the omnibus spending package, tech trade group CCIA, Meta, Amazon, and others ramp up spending to oppose them (Wall Street Journal)
As US lawmakers consider adding antitrust bills to the omnibus spending package, tech trade group CCIA, Meta, Amazon, and others ramp up spending to oppose them — Industry has spent more than $100 million to fight antitrust measures and other bills in Congress — How Apple's iPhone and Apps Trap You in a Walled Garden
Auto parts maker Magna agrees to acquire a driver-assistance unit from SSW Partners for about $1.5B in cash and expects combined sales to reach $3B in 2024 (Elisabeth Behrmann/Bloomberg)
Auto parts maker Magna agrees to acquire a driver-assistance unit from SSW Partners for about $1.5B in cash and expects combined sales to reach $3B in 2024 — Magna International Inc. has agreed to buy a driver-assistance unit from SSW Partners for about $1.5 billion following a drawn-out battle to control previous parent Veoneer Inc.
Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...
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The first project we remember working on together was drawing scenes from the picture books that our mom brought with her when she immigrate...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
