A look at the prevalence of deepfake porn in South Korea, where its parliament has revised a law to make watching or possessing deepfake porn content illegal (Hyung-Jin Kim/Associated Press)

Hyung-Jin Kim / Associated Press:
A look at the prevalence of deepfake porn in South Korea, where its parliament has revised a law to make watching or possessing deepfake porn content illegal  —  Three years after the 30-year-old South Korean woman received a barrage of online fake images that depicted her nude, she is still being treated for trauma.

Two Harvard students demo using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, PimEyes, and other tools to instantly identify strangers’ names, phone numbers, addresses, and more (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Two Harvard students demo using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, PimEyes, and other tools to instantly identify strangers’ names, phone numbers, addresses, and more  —  The technology, which marries Meta’s smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools …

Dogecoin has become surprisingly popular among businesses looking to accept crypto for real-world purchases, largely due to the memecoin’s low transaction costs (Teresa Xie/Bloomberg)

Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
Dogecoin has become surprisingly popular among businesses looking to accept crypto for real-world purchases, largely due to the memecoin’s low transaction costs  —  – King of memecoins becomes popular among small businesses  — Musk hints Dogecoin may be accepted for Tesla merch again

Analysis: OpenAI, the third-most valuable VC-backed company after SpaceX and ByteDance, is worth far more than any VC-backed company at the time of their IPO (Rosie Bradbury/PitchBook)

Rosie Bradbury / PitchBook:
Analysis: OpenAI, the third-most valuable VC-backed company after SpaceX and ByteDance, is worth far more than any VC-backed company at the time of their IPO  —  OpenAI wrapped up its $6.6 billion financing at a $157 billion valuation—a remarkable achievement that raises the stakes for CEO …

PitchBook and the NVCA: global VC activity declined in Q3; VC investments in Asia hit $14.9B, the lowest figure since Q1 2017, impacted by China’s deep decline (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
PitchBook and the NVCA: global VC activity declined in Q3; VC investments in Asia hit $14.9B, the lowest figure since Q1 2017, impacted by China’s deep decline  —  Global venture capital activity declined in Q3, confirming that 2024 will be another weak year for venture investments and exits …

Analysis: Microsoft’s finance leases, commencing between FY 2025 and FY 2030, mainly for data centers, has risen by $100B+ in less than two years to $108.4B (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Analysis: Microsoft’s finance leases, commencing between FY 2025 and FY 2030, mainly for data centers, has risen by $100B+ in less than two years to $108.4B  —  As Microsoft investors get ready for quarterly earnings this month, there’s one particular metric that’s become increasingly important: finance leases.

Twitch includes raids, which let streamers who are going offline to send viewers to other channels, in its average viewer count, easing the path to make partner (James Hale/Tubefilter)

James Hale / Tubefilter:
Twitch includes raids, which let streamers who are going offline to send viewers to other channels, in its average viewer count, easing the path to make partner  —  Twitch’s path to partnership is not an easy one.  Any streamer who wants to become an official partner of the platform has to meet …

WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion, abuse of power, and greed (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion, abuse of power, and greed  —  Hosting provider WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power.

An investigation finds over a dozen crypto companies unknowingly hired IT workers, who used fake IDs and successfully navigated interviews, from North Korea (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk:
An investigation finds over a dozen crypto companies unknowingly hired IT workers, who used fake IDs and successfully navigated interviews, from North Korea  —  More than a dozen blockchain firms inadvertently hired undercover IT workers from the rogue state, incurring cybersecurity and legal risks, a CoinDesk investigation found.