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Twitter vs. ElonJet: One other wild one at Twitter this week. First got here the information that @ElonJet, an account that tracked the whereabouts of Elon’s personal jet, had been suspended. Then the official account of Twitter-competitor Mastodon received suspended (with hyperlinks to Mastodon flagged as “probably dangerous”) shortly after posting about mentioned jet trackers. Then a bunch of tech reporters all received suspended, at the very least a few of whom had been tweeting in regards to the jet tracker ordeal. After which — sure, there’s extra! — Elon joined a Twitter Area that featured a handful of mentioned suspended reporters (with Twitter Areas seemingly not recognizing/respecting the suspensions); after a couple of minutes of questions, Elon left the session and the total Twitter Areas function was taken offline.
SBF arrested: Sam Bankman-Fried, founding father of the FTX cryptocurrency alternate/Gordian knot that exploded oh-so-dramatically over the previous couple of months, was arrested within the Bahamas this week. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Securities and Change Fee introduced that it was formally charging SBF with defrauding buyers, with investigations on different costs underway.
OpenAI needs to watermark the stuff its AI writes: “Did a human write that, or ChatGPT?” Kyle Wiggers asks. “It may be onerous to inform — maybe too onerous, its creator OpenAI thinks, which is why it’s engaged on a solution to ‘watermark’ AI-generated content material.”
NSA warns of exploits in in style networking gear: “The U.S. Nationwide Safety Company is warning that Chinese language government-backed hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in two broadly used Citrix networking merchandise,” writes Carly Web page. The flaw, which Citrix confirms is being actively exploited, permits hackers to run malicious code on units usually present in enterprise networks.
iOS 16.2: This week Apple shipped out the most recent model of iOS, and Ivan Mehta took a take a look at a few of its finest options, from end-to-end encryption of extra iCloud information, a karaoke mode for Apple Music, and the general public rollout of the “infinite whiteboard” collaboration app, Freeform.
Instagram will get text-only posts: Ever wished you may submit to Instagram with out having to take an image? No? Me neither. However Instagram added a text-centric choice this week, and it’s at the very least proving in style sufficient to crack our prime posts listing — or, extra doubtless, persons are googling what the heck this new Instagram “Notes” factor is and touchdown on our website. Regardless of the case, they kinda remind me of old-school AIM standing messages — they’re brief, ephemeral updates that stay in your DMs slightly than the primary feed (see picture under.)
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The Fairness crew will not be clairvoyant, however they’re very, very sensible — and this week, after a couple of absurdly unpredictable years, they dared to make some predictions about 2023. The Discovered podcast, in the meantime, chatted with Tiny Well being founder Cheryl Sew Hoy in regards to the significance of the intestine microbiome — significantly in how having a very good intestine microbiome as an toddler can assist stop persistent well being points down the highway.
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TC+ is the premium, members-only part of the positioning the place we get to step away from the information cycle and go a bit deeper on among the stuff our readers inform us they like most. Right here’s what TC+ members have been studying most this week:
The one slide 99% of founders get unsuitable: Between his time as a reporter, a VC, and a startup pitch coach, Haje has checked out extra pitch decks than simply about anybody I do know. The most typical mistake he sees? It’s all about “the ask.”
How a lot cash do you have to elevate in your startup?: It’s a Haje double function this week, along with his second hottest submit bearing on an all-too-common query: When it’s time to boost cash for a startup, how a lot is the correct amount?
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