Musk says verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6000 posts/day unverified to 600 and new unverified to 300 to address "extreme" data scraping (Elon Musk/@elonmusk)

Elon Musk / @elonmusk:
Musk says verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6000 posts/day, unverified to 600, and new unverified to 300, to address “extreme” data scraping  —  To address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation, we've applied the following temporary limits: - Verified accounts are limited to reading 6000 posts/day - Unverified accounts to 600 posts/day - New unverified accounts to 300/day

Former Amazon and Goodreads employees detail how Amazon let the book review site languish with limited resources while mining it for user-generated data (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post:
Former Amazon and Goodreads employees detail how Amazon let the book review site languish with limited resources while mining it for user-generated data  —  A prominent author's decision to pull her new novel from publication after being ‘review bombed’ highlights Goodreads's power in publishing …

Twitter users globally report multiple site issues including seeing "rate limit exceeded" or "cannot retrieve tweets" error messages (The Indian Express)

The Indian Express:
Twitter users globally report multiple site issues, including seeing “rate limit exceeded” or “cannot retrieve tweets” error messages  —  Twitter is yet to acknowledge the outage.  —  x  —  1x 1.5x 1.8x  —  Twitter has been hit by a global outage …

Elon Musk claims Twitter login requirement is a "temporary emergency measure" as "several hundred" orgs were "scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively" (Matt Binder/Mashable)

Matt Binder / Mashable:
Elon Musk claims Twitter login requirement is a “temporary emergency measure” as “several hundred” orgs were “scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively”  —  Twitter is currently blocking visitors from viewing tweets and profiles unless they are logged in.

Tracxn: Indian startups raised $5.46B in H1 2023 down from $17.1B in H1 2022 and $13.4B in H1 2021; Tiger Global made just one deal while SoftBank made none (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Tracxn: Indian startups raised $5.46B in H1 2023, down from $17.1B in H1 2022 and $13.4B in H1 2021; Tiger Global made just one deal while SoftBank made none  —  Several high-flying Indian startups, including Byju's, Swiggy and PharmEasy, have experienced a dramatic downward adjustment in their valuations

Hackers claim responsibility for an attack on Russian satellite service Dozor-Teleport; IODA project says the network has been offline since 10pm EST on June 28 (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record)

Daryna Antoniuk / The Record:
Hackers claim responsibility for an attack on Russian satellite service Dozor-Teleport; IODA project says the network has been offline since 10pm EST on June 28  —  A group of previously unknown hackers has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the Russian satellite communications …

OnePlus Nord 3 5G design key specs confirmed

OnePlus is set to launch new budget Nord devices at the upcoming OnePlus Nord Summer Launch Event on July 5. The event will introduce the OnePlus Nord 3, OnePlus Nord CE 3 smartphones, and the OnePlus Nord Buds 2R earbuds. The OnePlus Nord 3 5G will come in Tempest Gray and Misty Green color variants, with a flat 6.74-inch Super Fluid display that supports a 120Hz refresh rate. https://ift.tt/3uLKRF4

Sources: Linda Yaccarino advocated for Twitter to rejoin Tech Coalition which helps fight CSAM and approved $40K in dues; Twitter's membership lapsed in March (Alexa Corse/Wall Street Journal)

Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Linda Yaccarino advocated for Twitter to rejoin Tech Coalition, which helps fight CSAM, and approved $40K in dues; Twitter's membership lapsed in March  —  CEO Linda Yaccarino approved $40,000 annual cost to participate in group as part of her efforts to reassure advertisers

OnePlus Nord CE 3 display details teased by company

OnePlus has already confirmed that it will launch its new Nord series smartphones in India next week. The Chinese smartphone maker has revealed that it will launch the OnePlus Nord 3 and the Nord CE 3 in India on July 5. Now ahead of the official launch OnePlus has revealed some details about the affordable OnePlus Nord CE 3 smartphone. https://ift.tt/XN1fjrD

The Netherlands publishes new export controls to restrict more ASML machines from export to China starting September 1; ASML doesn't expect a "material impact" (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg:
The Netherlands publishes new export controls to restrict more ASML machines from export to China, starting September 1; ASML doesn't expect a “material impact”  —  The Netherlands published new export controls that will restrict more of ASML Holding NV's chipmaking machines from being sent to China.

Meta's Oversight Board calls for Cambodian PM Hun Sen to be suspended on Facebook and Instagram the first time the Board has asked for a ban of a head of state (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Meta's Oversight Board calls for Cambodian PM Hun Sen to be suspended on Facebook and Instagram, the first time the Board has asked for a ban of a head of state  —  MANILA — The social media giant Meta's Oversight Board called Thursday for the immediate suspension of Cambodian Prime Minister …

Twitter rolls out two new features for Twitter Blue users

Twitter recently announced a new feature called Notes. It is a long-form content feature which enables users to write and publish lengthy content in the social media platform. Now the company has added two new features to its long-form content for Twitter Blue users. https://ift.tt/WeK3md0

Sources: TSMC and its suppliers plan to send several hundred workers from Taiwan to Arizona to help build its US plant which has fallen behind schedule (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia:
Sources: TSMC and its suppliers plan to send several hundred workers from Taiwan to Arizona to help build its US plant, which has fallen behind schedule  —  World's largest contract chipmaker faces delays in Arizona project as market slows  —  Construction of TSMC's chip plant in Arizona …

Sources: after struggling to raise at a $4B valuation Stability AI secured a convertible note worth under $25M; Stability AI denies fundraising difficulties (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: after struggling to raise at a $4B valuation, Stability AI secured a convertible note worth under $25M; Stability AI denies fundraising difficulties  —  Stability AI, the artificial intelligence startup that has been struggling to raise funding at a $4 billion valuation …

Meta publishes a deep dive on how AI influences Facebook and Instagram content and releases 22 "system cards" covering AI use in Feed Stories Reels and more (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta publishes a deep dive on how AI influences Facebook and Instagram content and releases 22 “system cards” covering AI use in Feed, Stories, Reels, and more  —  Meta has published a deep dive into the company's social media algorithms in a bid to demystify how content is recommended for Instagram and Facebook users.