A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what's happening in tech (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what's happening in tech  —  Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists.

Adam Mosseri and current and former employees recount how Threads came to life with a small team focused on shipping a bare-bones app on a breakneck schedule (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Adam Mosseri and current and former employees recount how Threads came to life with a small team focused on shipping a bare-bones app on a breakneck schedule  —  A company in crisis went back to basics to deliver a viral hit.  But can Adam Mosseri's bare-bones Twitter clone reinvigorate an aging tech giant?

Last day to file ITR is July 31: How to file Income Tax Return online

Filing Income Tax Returns (ITR) is mandatory for salaried and self-employed individuals, HUF, MNCs, and firms to declare their income and pay taxes. The last date for filing ITR for the assessment year 2023-24 is July 31, and belated filers would incur a Rs. 5,000 penalty. Taxpayers must file ITRs to establish financial credibility with banks and get loans. ITRs can be filed online via the Income Tax Department's e-filing portal, which requires personal and income details, deduction proofs, and bank account details. https://ift.tt/dJKI4kS

An investigation citing hundreds of Turkish people claims Android's earthquake warning system failed to send alerts for the 7.8-magnitude quake on February 8 (BBC)

BBC:
An investigation citing hundreds of Turkish people claims Android's earthquake warning system failed to send alerts for the 7.8-magnitude quake on February 8  —  James Clayton and Ben Derico in San Francisco & Anna Foster in Turkey  —  Google's earthquake warning system failed …

A look at Indian nonprofit Karya, which sells AI training data and redirects all the profit to its workers, who retain ownership of the data they create (Billy Perrigo/TIME)

Billy Perrigo / TIME:
A look at Indian nonprofit Karya, which sells AI training data and redirects all the profit to its workers, who retain ownership of the data they create  —  In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun's glare.  It is early morning in Alahalli village …

AMD plans to invest $400M and create 3,000 new engineering roles in India by 2028 and to build its largest design center in Bengaluru by the end of 2023 (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
AMD plans to invest $400M and create 3,000 new engineering roles in India by 2028 and to build its largest design center in Bengaluru by the end of 2023  —  U.S. chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) said on Friday it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years …

Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Apple plans to require developers to submit reasons to use certain APIs in their apps starting this fall, to prevent the misuse of those APIs for fingerprinting  —  The App Store review process is very strict to ensure that apps comply with Apple's guidelines.  And soon, this whole process will get even stricter.

How to pin, unpin a conversation on Snapchat

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Hackers infecting Call of Duty players with new malware, here’s how

Hackers are distributing a worm through Activision’s popular Call of Duty gaming franchise, according to a report by Techcrunch. The malware is believed to be able to spread automatically through online lobbies from one infected player to another. It is thought that hackers have found one or multiple bugs in the game which are being exploited to execute malicious code on other players’ computers. This has prompted Activision to take the game offline while they investigate the issue. https://ift.tt/x6odFgA

The SEC's Paul Munter warns that the accounting firms working with crypto companies could be held liable for misleading public statements made by their clients (Colin Wilhelm/The Block)

Colin Wilhelm / The Block:
The SEC's Paul Munter warns that the accounting firms working with crypto companies could be held liable for misleading public statements made by their clients  —  - The SEC's chief accountant issued a warning to accounting firms that work with crypto clients, saying auditors …

Realme GT 5 name officially confirmed, tipped to launch in August

Realme has announced its flagship smartphone, the Realme GT 5, which will be launched in August 2023 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. While the Realme GT 5 Pro will be launched towards the end of this year or the first quarter of 2024. The smartphone is expected to have a 6.74-inch OLED panel with a 144Hz refresh rate, a 16-megapixel front camera, and a triple-camera unit on the back. The Realme GT 5 is expected to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen chipset and offer up to 16GB LPDDR5 X RAM and 1TB UFS 4.0 storage. https://ift.tt/j4flwMp

PUBG releases official collaboration trailer with Street Fighter

PUBG has released a trailer showcasing its collaboration with Street Fighter, which includes character skins, special moves and Street Fighter-themed loot crates. The new features come as part of the game's summer update, which also rewards players with exclusives for in-game events. PUBG also announced a partnership with Dragon Ball Super, which sees characters Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Frieza all added to the game. https://ift.tt/WCbmUP7

Source: about 10 years ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard to overstate battery range; in 2022, Tesla created a "Diversion Team" to suppress thousands of complaints (Reuters)

Reuters:
Source: about 10 years ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard to overstate battery range; in 2022, Tesla created a “Diversion Team” to suppress thousands of complaints  —  About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” …

Indian political parties court big and small social media influencers ahead of the 2024 elections, offering to pay for political messages with no disclosures (Srishti Jaswal/Rest of World)

Srishti Jaswal / Rest of World:
Indian political parties court big and small social media influencers ahead of the 2024 elections, offering to pay for political messages with no disclosures  —  As the campaign for the 2024 elections in India goes digital, social media influencers have become a powerful tool to try and shape voter behavior.

Slack experienced an "outage across the app" starting around 5AM ET for about an hour, including issues with sending messages and search (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge:
Slack experienced an “outage across the app” starting around 5AM ET for about an hour, including issues with sending messages and search  —  Slack, the workplace chat app, experienced an outage this morning, with messages failing to send on the service.