Young founders and coders applying for Elon Musk's DOGE cite a range of professional and civic motivations; sources say DOGE is seeking 100 full-time DC hires
The incoming Trump administration's planned agency for cutting government excess is seeking 100 full-time hires in the nation's capital …
Sources: investigators suspect Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 dragged its anchor for 100+ miles to sever two Baltic internet cables, possibly at the behest of Russia
NATO warships surround Yi Peng 3, a Chinese bulk carrier at the center of an international probe into suspected sabotage Bluesky: @martinsfp.bsky.social . X: @auonsson , @airassets...
Bluesky says it is working to comply with EU rules and is consulting with its lawyers, after the bloc accused the social network of flouting its regulations
Bluesky said it's working to comply with European Union rules after the bloc accused the fast-growing social media platform of flouting its digital regulations.
Meta says Threads had 35M new signups since November 1 and is now going on three months of 1M+ million signups per day; Threads had 275M+ MAUs in Q3 2024
- Bluesky said last week it now has more than 20 million users. … - According to the new data, another 20 million new signups have been added in the past 11 days.
A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts as its growth surges; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100
www.platformer.news/bluesky- grow... Alex Stamos / @stamos.org : 1) Many underestimate the investment the PRC has put into influencing the US social media sphere. — 2) The destru...
The EU says Bluesky breaches its rules for not disclosing key details about itself, and has asked 27 governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky”
Social media platform that has grown in exodus from Elon Musk's X is accused of not declaring user numbers
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership
President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Google & Alphabet — As part of its lawsuit over how we distribute Search …
How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to buy it in April 2023
The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars.
Google says it will test removing news articles from EU-based publishers from Search for 1% of users in France, Poland, Greece, Belgium, and other EU countries
As Google continues to navigate its relationship with publishers, regulators, and news readers, the company is starting a pretty drastic test …
In a letter to investors, Bolt says it is finalizing a $450M Series F at a $14B valuation; documents show the deal terms are bewildering and hard to believe
This is a pay-to-play VC deal for the ages. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... @erinkwoo [image] Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi : Wild: Breslow back to Bolt as CEO, company raising $450M...
Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed to diversify Silicon Valley are closing or rebranding to stay afloat, as critics attack DEI efforts
Groups like Girls In Tech and Women Who Code promised to attract women and people of color to the tech industry.
Documents: OpenAI signed a letter of intent in 2019 to spend $51M on brain-inspired chips developed by startup Rain AI, in which Sam Altman had invested $1M+
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Ahead of the UK's AI summit, Chinese scientists warned of AI's “existential risk to humanity”; the UK announces that South Korea will host the next AI Summit
Attendees of Bletchley Park gathering convened by UK premier Rishi Sunak warn of ‘existential risk to humanity’
At the UK's AI Safety Summit, the UK releases the Bletchley Declaration, signed by 29 countries, and the US Commerce Secretary announces an AI Safety Institute
The world is locked in a race, and competition, over dominance in AI, but today, a few of them appeared to come together …
Automattic plans to acquire Texts, a $15 per month messaging app that works with WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Signal, iMessage, and more, for $50M
Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a number of other popular web properties, just made a different kind …
BMW drops a controversial subscription that activates heated seats or other hardware already in its cars, limiting subscriptions to software-based functions
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The UK government pulls back from new encryption rules in the Online Safety Bill, averting a clash with Big Tech, as the bill enters its final stages
Ministers will not immediately enforce online safety bill powers to scan apps after WhatsApp threatened shutdown
X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks
The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times …
Elon Musk says X will amend its creator payouts policy to take no cut until a payout exceeds $100K, and plans to talk to Tim Cook about lower App Store fees
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Elon Musk says Twitter has temporarily limited verified accounts to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping
Censorship Expert Says Musk ‘Has Stepped on a Rattlesnake’ Jonas Mäki / Gamereactor UK : Twitter stops data collection by adding lots of restrictions Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegrap...