The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : E...
Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine
The EU has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - prompting an angry reaction from the US.
The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators on Friday …
Q&A with Signal President Meredith Whittaker on the app's 10th anniversary, its EU focus, being a nonprofit, Pavel Durov's arrest, X, the US election, and more
On its 10th anniversary, Signal's president wants to remind you that the world's most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. Mastodon: @KathyReid@aus.social and @baldur@too...
How Avery Johnson and Warren Brodey, early members of the American Society for Cybernetics, created a lab in 1967 with a utopian vision to personalize computing
How Avery Johnson and Warren Brodey, early members of the American Society for Cybernetics, created a lab in 1967 with a utopian vision to personalize computing
https://www.ft.com/... Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : Tech solutionism"has..driven the development of wearable devices that track our health metrics and social media platforms th...
A profile of Father Paolo Benanti, an engineer and ethicist who advises theologians and priests, including Pope Francis, on the moral and ethical issues of AI
A profile of Father Paolo Benanti, an engineer and ethicist who advises theologians and priests, including Pope Francis, on moral and ethical issues in AI
On February 26, two days after war broke out in Europe for the first time in decades, Father Paolo Benanti walked briskly through the centre of Rome dressed in a hooded robe. Tweet...
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
I've been thinking about Matt Mullenweg's response to Brian Armstrong's response … Rick Webb / Webb Chatham Report : Good morning. Hello. How are you? #562 Cooper Midroni / Future ...
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don't even provide authenticated responses
By limiting iOS apps' ad tracking capabilities, Apple could see increased commissions from IAPs and subscriptions if developers start charging for apps
as every company involved in advertising will be forced to learn the new rules https://www.ft.com/... Neil Shah / @neiltwitz : Great reporting! Software has been eating the world b...
Sources: EU is considering a deal with TSMC or Samsung to build an advanced semiconductor factory in Europe in an attempt to avoid relying on the US and Asia
Biden administration says it is working to address the global chip shortage; Biden is expected to sign an EO directing a supply chain review in the coming weeks
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A look at challenger search engines like UK-based Mojeek, You.com, and Neeva, founded by former Google execs, all targeting Google as it fights antitrust suits
A look at challenger search engines like UK-based Mojeek, You.com, and Neeva, founded by former Google execs, all targeting Google as it fights antitrust suits
Challengers such as Neeva bet on alternative approaches as tech giant faces regulatory scrutiny Tweets: @psb_dc , @martinsfp , @paulnemitz , @francesca_bria , and @aghose Tweets: T...
A look at the top 100 companies according to market cap added YTD amid the pandemic, with Big Tech leading: Amazon gained ~$401B, Microsoft ~$270B, Apple ~$219B
Financial Times : Tweets: @daveleeft , @francesca_bria , and @financialtimes Tweets: Dave Lee / @daveleeft : No prizes for guessing number one, but there are some surprises here. ...
A look at the top 100 companies according to market cap added YTD amid the pandemic, with Big Tech leading: Amazon gained ~$401B, Microsoft ~$270B, Apple ~$219B
The first in an FT series on corporate resilience in a year of human and economic devastation Tweets: @francesca_bria , @financialtimes , and @daveleeft Tweets: Francesca Bria / @f...
To remain this big and unregulated, Facebook aligns itself with powers that be, as its actions in Myanmar and now in the US show
To stay this big and unregulated, the social media platform can't afford to upset rulers — Oligarchs are immoral business leaders who …
Germany says it will adopt a decentralized approach to digital contact tracing backed by Apple and Google, abandoning its home-grown alternative
Germany becomes the newest to sign on to #decentralized tracing apps! Check out the coverage via @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/... Andrus Ansip / @ansip_eu : Germany changed cou...
Australia launches a contact-tracing app that records digital handshakes between smartphones via Bluetooth, seeing 1.1M signups within a few hours
- Software records digital handshake between smartphones — Tracking app needs to overcome privacy concerns to succeed