Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Background actors describe their worries over lack of control of their digital likenesses, which is one key issue in the SAG-AFTRA strike — After four weeks of working as a background actor on the Disney+ series WandaVision during the pandemic, Alexandria Rubalcaba was told by the production crew to report to a tractor trailer.
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Background actors describe their worries over lack of control of their digital likenesses, which is one key issue in the SAG-AFTRA strike (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
Nothing Phone (1) starts receiving Android 14 Beta 3 update
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Endor Labs, which offers code and pipeline governance tools, raised a $70M Series A led by Lightspeed, just 10 months after launching (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Endor Labs, which offers code and pipeline governance tools, raised a $70M Series A led by Lightspeed, just 10 months after launching — Code and pipeline governance startup Endor Labs Inc. said today it has closed on a big funding round, reeling in $70 million in an early-stage round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Apple is reportedly working on second-generation AirTag
France's AFP sues X in Paris, saying the company refused to discuss potential content distribution payments under a 2019 law; Elon Musk calls the move "bizarre" (Shubham Kalia/Reuters)
Shubham Kalia / Reuters:
France's AFP sues X in Paris, saying the company refused to discuss potential content distribution payments under a 2019 law; Elon Musk calls the move “bizarre” — said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in Paris against Elon Musk's X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter …
India cutting off internet in Manipur state on May 4 after ethnic conflict broke out did not quell the violence and provided cover for murders, rapes, and arson (Parth M.N./Wired)
Parth M.N. / Wired:
India cutting off internet in Manipur state on May 4 after ethnic conflict broke out did not quell the violence and provided cover for murders, rapes, and arson — Since May 4, the Indian government has shut off the internet in Manipur, giving cover to murders, rapes, and arson.
Vivo V29 5G goes official in Europe, might release in India soon
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Galaxy S24+ may get ‘bigger’ battery than Galaxy S23: Report
Amazon plans to roll out the biggest overhaul to its grocery business since buying Whole Foods in the coming weeks, including one cart for supermarket offerings (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Amazon plans to roll out the biggest overhaul to its grocery business since buying Whole Foods in the coming weeks, including one cart for supermarket offerings — It's revamping stores, unifying online shopping carts and offering fresh-food delivery to customers who aren't Prime subscribers.
Microsoft rolls out spatial audio for Teams on Windows and macOS after a few months of testing; the audio of each person on a call now has a distinct position (Chris Welch/The Verge)
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Microsoft rolls out spatial audio for Teams on Windows and macOS after a few months of testing; the audio of each person on a call now has a distinct position — After a few months of testing the feature, Microsoft has widely rolled out spatial audio for its Teams desktop app on Windows and macOS.
X renames TweetDeck to XPro; the URL remains tweetdeck.twitter.com and much of the copy is unchanged, including the "Tweet like a pro" tagline (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
X renames TweetDeck to XPro; the URL remains tweetdeck.twitter.com and much of the copy is unchanged, including the “Tweet like a pro” tagline — With the rename and rebrand complete on the web, Android, and iOS, X is now turning its attention to TweetDeck, which is now called “XPro.”
Internal Binance data and current and former employees say Chinese users traded ~$90B in crypto assets on the exchange in May 2023, despite China's crypto ban (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Internal Binance data and current and former employees say Chinese users traded ~$90B in crypto assets on the exchange in May 2023, despite China's crypto ban — Retaining its Chinese footprint will be crucial for Binance as it faces a global regulatory crackdown
Google gives the Fitbit app a Material You makeover
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Binance announces an exchange in Japan that complies with local rules and offers 34 tokens, open for applications in mid-August before a December 1 launch (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Binance announces an exchange in Japan that complies with local rules and offers 34 tokens, open for applications in mid-August before a December 1 launch — - Local platform is intended to fully comply with Japanese rules — Binance facing regulatory pressure in other parts of the world
Chandrayaan 3 completes its orbits around the Earth, what’s next
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter : Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone : A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say ...