Molly White / Citation Needed:
As people yearn for the web’s “good old days”, bringing those days back is possible with new tech, the possibility of new protocols, and more internet users — Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better …
TMTG co-founder Andy Litinsky, testifying as a witness in an insider trading case, says Trump nearly derailed the DWAC deal in October 2021, before signing on (Matthew Goldstein/New York Times)
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
TMTG co-founder Andy Litinsky, testifying as a witness in an insider trading case, says Trump nearly derailed the DWAC deal in October 2021, before signing on — Andy Litinsky, who helped start the former president’s social media company, revealed Mr. Trump’s last-minute doubts about an agreement that made them all very wealthy.
AI has the potential to ease the US meat industry’s labor vulnerability by letting robots perform some of the high precision tasks required to butcher meat (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
AI has the potential to ease the US meat industry’s labor vulnerability by letting robots perform some of the high precision tasks required to butcher meat — Advances in computer vision and machine learning allow robots to perform some of the high precision tasks required to butcher beef and chicken.
As social media platforms pivot away from news distribution, a look at news sites like The Verge, which function like social media, with aggregation and more (Kyle Chayka/New Yorker)
Kyle Chayka / New Yorker:
As social media platforms pivot away from news distribution, a look at news sites like The Verge, which function like social media, with aggregation and more — As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online real estate.
Universal Music Group and TikTok agree a new music licensing deal to bring UMG music back to the platform, including “improved remuneration” and AI protections (Jem Aswad/Variety)
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Universal Music Group and TikTok agree a new music licensing deal to bring UMG music back to the platform, including “improved remuneration” and AI protections — The months-long standoff between Universal Music Group and TikTok over royalty payments and AI policies is finally over …
Anonymous social media app Sidechat has become both a place for dialog and a breeding ground for hate speech amid US college protests over the Israel-Hamas war (Sofia Barnett/Wired)
Sofia Barnett / Wired:
Anonymous social media app Sidechat has become both a place for dialog and a breeding ground for hate speech amid US college protests over the Israel-Hamas war — Amidst tensions about free speech on university campuses and the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, anonymous social media app Sidechat has become a hotbed of vile rhetoric.
Cybersecurity experts say responses to the new US data breach disclosure rules, which have raised legal risks for public companies and their CISOs, have varied (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Cybersecurity experts say responses to the new US data breach disclosure rules, which have raised legal risks for public companies and their CISOs, have varied — New US rules around the disclosure of data breaches are heaping more pressure on information security chiefs
A look at Intel’s efforts to build Ohio One, a “mega fab” that could become the world’s largest chip factory and for which the company has committed $28B (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A look at Intel’s efforts to build Ohio One, a “mega fab” that could become the world’s largest chip factory and for which the company has committed $28B — A few months ago, a tugboat set off from New Orleans, pushing a barge up the Mississippi River.
The US DOJ sentences Ukrainian national Yaroslav Vasinskyi to 13+ years in prison and orders $16M in restitution for helping REvil conduct ransomware attacks (Hannah Rabinowitz/CNN)
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
The US DOJ sentences Ukrainian national Yaroslav Vasinskyi to 13+ years in prison and orders $16M in restitution for helping REvil conduct ransomware attacks — A Ukrainian national was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution …
Microsoft announces plans to invest $2.2B in cloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia over four years and train 200,000 people with AI skills in the country (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Microsoft announces plans to invest $2.2B in cloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia over four years and train 200,000 people with AI skills in the country — – Nadella announces plan for more AI infrastructure in Malaysia — Tech companies are targeting Southeast Asia as new growth area
