Karl Vick / TIME:
Iranian activists smuggle Starlink receivers into the country for a backup internet, citing “no Starlink donation” from SpaceX nor US government participation — Starlink receivers have begun to arrive inside Iran, smuggled into the country in hopes of providing a backup internet …
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Sunday, October 23, 2022
Iranian activists smuggle Starlink receivers into the country for a backup internet, citing "no Starlink donation" from SpaceX nor US government participation (Karl Vick/TIME)
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Several artists whose work was included in the dataset used to train Stable Diffusion say they are angry that they weren't informed, asked for consent, or paid (Rachel Metz/CNN)
Rachel Metz / CNN:
Several artists whose work was included in the dataset used to train Stable Diffusion say they are angry that they weren't informed, asked for consent, or paid — Erin Hanson has spent years developing the vibrant color palette and chunky brushstrokes that define the vivid oil paintings for which she is known.
Apple will expand ads to the App Store's main Today tab and "You Might Also Like" section of individual app listings, starting October 25 globally except China (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple will expand ads to the App Store's main Today tab and “You Might Also Like” section of individual app listings, starting October 25 globally except China — In an email to developers this week, Apple announced that app-related ads will begin appearing in the App Store's main Today tab …
LG Gram 17 review: weighs just under three pounds, even with a huge 17", 2560 x 1600 display but graphics are weak, the chassis is flimsy, and pricey at $1700+ (Monica Chin/The Verge)
Monica Chin / The Verge:
LG Gram 17 review: weighs just under three pounds, even with a huge 17", 2560 x 1600 display but graphics are weak, the chassis is flimsy, and pricey at $1700+ — If you want a Windows laptop with as large of a screen as possible, your options are basically the Dell XPS 17 or the LG Gram 17.
Banks compelled to retain debt from Twitter deals, here's why
Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order the removal of online posts ahead of October 30 election, in an aggressive move to combat misinformation (Jack Nicas/New York Times)
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Brazil's elections chief gets unilateral power to order the removal of online posts ahead of October 30 election, in an aggressive move to combat misinformation — Brazilian authorities granted the country's elections chief broad power to order the takedown of online content in a bid …
Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral on TikTok show how the app's vast reach plus tools like "duet" and "stitch" can amplify harassment (Washington Post)
Washington Post:
Interviews with over three dozen creators about going viral on TikTok show how the app's vast reach plus tools like “duet” and “stitch” can amplify harassment — TikTok's explosive stardom has created a new kind of celebrity. But nothing goes viral like rage.
Experts: India's TikTok clones like Moj and Josh have failed to replicate TikTok's success, and Instagram and YouTube will take over India's short-video segment (Adnan Bhat/Rest of World)
Adnan Bhat / Rest of World:
Experts: India's TikTok clones like Moj and Josh have failed to replicate TikTok's success, and Instagram and YouTube will take over India's short-video segment — Creators are instead gravitating toward Instagram and YouTube, which may eventually be the winners in the Indian short-video segment.
Friday, October 21, 2022
How to enable and use 'Panic mode' on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Researchers submitted 20 ads with "blatant" voting misinfo and TikTok approved 90% of them, Facebook approved a "significant number", YouTube approved none (Jennifer Korn/CNN)
Jennifer Korn / CNN:
Researchers submitted 20 ads with “blatant” voting misinfo and TikTok approved 90% of them, Facebook approved a “significant number”, YouTube approved none — New York CNN Business — Facebook and TikTok failed to block advertisements with “blatant” …
Sources: Apple's head of hardware design Evans Hankey is leaving three years after replacing Jony Ive; Hankey told staff that she will stay for six more months (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's head of hardware design Evans Hankey is leaving three years after replacing Jony Ive; Hankey told staff that she will stay for six more months — Apple Inc.'s head of hardware design, Evans Hankey, is leaving the iPhone maker three years after taking the role …
WhatsApp starts testing avatars in beta
Happy Diwali 2022: Here's how to send stickers to your loved ones on Instagram
Telegram will launch auctions for its usernames via TON blockchain, following a TON auction for wallet usernames, some of which sold for $200K+ (Callan Quinn/The Block)
Callan Quinn / The Block:
Telegram will launch auctions for its usernames via TON blockchain, following a TON auction for wallet usernames, some of which sold for $200K+ — - The Telegram messaging app is soon to launch a username auction platform. — Other elements of the Telegram ecosystem, including channels …
Apple sues Masimo, says the medical tech company "carefully studied Apple's IP" during its patent-infringement suit against Apple in order to make its W1 watch (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Apple sues Masimo, says the medical tech company “carefully studied Apple's IP” during its patent-infringement suit against Apple in order to make its W1 watch — Apple Inc sued medical technology company Masimo Corp in Delaware federal court on Thursday, accusing its new W1 line …
OpenAI pauses the use of the Sky voice in ChatGPT after users said it sounded too much like Scarlett Johansson, says voice was not chosen to be an "imitation" (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg : OpenAI pauses the use of the Sky voice in ChatGPT after users said it sounded too much like Scarlett Johansson,...
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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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Andrew Tarantola / Engadget : An adapted excerpt from the book “Your Computer Is on Fire”, on how voice assistants like Siri and Alexa al...