AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet

• Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023).
• Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
• If ChatGPT doesn't get a better grasp of facts, nothing else matters.
• Move over ChatGPT, Microsoft's new AI tool is helping developers code faster.
• ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
• OPWNAI: Cybercriminals starting to use ChatGPT.
• MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
• Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.
• AI-powered "robot" lawyer won't argue in court after jail threats.
• More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
• Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun calls ChatGPT "not particularly innovative".
• Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.
• US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
• Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent.
• GitHub: 100 million developers and counting.
• To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
• The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
• Why Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition at Concerts.
• James Dolan gives fiery interview defending facial recognition tech at MSG.
• AI makes Ariana Grande sing a Billie Eilish song.

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Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP

• Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
• Twitterrific: End of an Era.
• In Memory of Tweetbot.
• Extremely Hardcore.
• Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.
• Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms.
• Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230.
• R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google.
• Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.
• India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary.
• As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin.
• TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral.
• How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation.
• Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
• Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees.
• Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens.
• Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL).
• How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches.
• Comixology hit hard by Amazon's massive layoffs.
• Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
• CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy.
• The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure.
• T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
• AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
• Former Exec explains why on Reddit.

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Guests: Patrick Beja, Brianna Wu, and Shoshana Weissmann

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CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter

• CES 2023 Recap
• A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency's passwords in minutes
• Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
• CNET Is Experimenting With an AI Assist. Here's Why
• A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What?
• Acer 516 Gaming Chromebook
• Neeva Ad-free Search Engine
• NFL Playoffs 2023: Fox Sports Details 1080p/HDR Production Efforts
• Apple rumored to be prepping bid for English Premier League football streaming rights
• YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget
• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Lost $1.2 Billion in Just Nine Months in Newest Division - Bloomberg
• iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late
• YouTube may fix controversial policy to demonetize videos with swearing | Engadget
• New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt

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CES 2023, Lastpass hack, Meta's EU fine, FCC's robocall fine, Tesla autopilot

• Adorable Rice Balls Reimagine Japan's Cutest Bird as Anime-Style Delinquents.
• Yo-Kai To Debut Desktop Ramen Robot For Space-Constrained Retail Formats at CES 2023.
• Stacey sets the stage for CES 2022.
• CES 2023 kicks off with more than 112,000 attendees.
• There was a lot of pee on the CES 2023 show floor.
• The tech that went too far at CES 2023.
• Surprise: Samsung is making SmartThings hardware again!
• M-Pwr By Masonite.
• Podcast: CES has more Matter and many voices.
• Nanoleaf's latest smart lights boast Matter support and learning automation.
• GE Profile Smart Stand Mixer.
• Lastpass: Hackers stole customer vault data in cloud storage breach.
• Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker.
• European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry.
• FCC proposes record $300 million fine against auto warranty robocall campaign.
• Ana de Armas Fans Can Sue Over Deceptive Movie Trailer, Court Rules.
• Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up.
• The importance of communite for creators.
• About the founder of Sound Blaster

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Highlights from throughout the year

• Remember SECOND LIFE? Its Founder is Back For The METAVERSE!
• Neil Young's Spotify Ultimatum.
• Fidonet vs. the Internet.
• Apple Studio Display Doesn't Cut It.
• How To Remove Personally Identifiable Info From Google Search.
• Apple Supports FIDO Passkey.
• Google's LAMDA AI "Sentient"?
• Attorney's iPhone Seized in January 6th Investigation.
• Audiophiles Fall For MoFi's Digital Tricks.
• Why Did Cable Lose Broadband Market Share?
• LastPass hack.
• How Do You Really Feel About the Dynamic Island? 
  

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2022 year in review, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence, Ukraine, Elon Musk

• Spotify Boycott
• War in Ukraine
• Crypto crash & FTX
• Acquisitions
• Twitter and Elon Musk
• The Metaverse
• Apple
• Tech worker revolt
• Hacking
• Government
• Passkeys
• Streaming Wars
• AI Revolution
• In Memoriam

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• Alex Barredo: @joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
• Impulsive and Unjustified: CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists – Including Its Own Donie O'Sullivan.
• Elon Musk Launches a Manhunt After Alarming Incident.
• Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council, Yoel Roth flees home.
• Elon Musk, Management Guru?
• Senate votes to ban TikTok use on government devices.
• What is TikTok & is TikTok Safe?
• TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds.
• FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas.
• FTX Investor Impact: Timeline of Realized Cryptocurrency Gains and Losses Shows FTX Hit Investor Wallets Less Than Previous Crises.
• Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards.
• Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful: We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise.
• Apple backs out of Sunday Ticket negotiations with NFL.
• Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta.
• Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access.
• Netflix lets advertisers take their money back after missing viewership targets.
• ConnectSafely giving out $1K grants to schools & nonprofits.

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Microsoft's Activision deal, Esports fading, Twitter Files, Apple car delays

• Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft's Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge.
• TikTok National-Security Deal Faces More Delays as Worry Grows Over Risks.
• The Hype Around Esports Is Fading as Investors and Sponsors Dry Up.
• Musk calls to prosecute Fauci, drawing swift backlash.
• Twitter HQ is putting office supplies up for sale in a big auction.
• Musk's 'Twitter Files' offer a glimpse of the raw, complicated and thankless task of moderation.
• Tesla calls self-driving technology 'failure,' not fraud.
• 11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles.
• Elon Musk's Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse.
• China Scraps Most Covid Testing, Quarantine Requirements in Policy Pivot.
• Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Until 2026.
• Apple's Anti-Union Tactics in Atlanta Were Illegal, US Officials Say (AAPL).
• Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups.
• NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon.
• San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots.
• End of an era as the last 747 rolls off the production line.
• We're All Capable of Going 'Goblin Mode'.

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Musk and Ye, chatting with ChatGPT, SF killer robots, Apple China protests

• Elon Musk explains why Ye was suspended from Twitter.
• EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation.
• Twitter reinstates account of Daily Stormer's infamous neo-Nazi creator.
• Elon Musk's Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America.
• Which VR headset does Georgia prefer?
• China pledges to slowly exit 'zero covid'.
• Apple to Lose 6 Million iPhone Pros From Tumult at China Plant.
• Inside the Covid revolt at the Zhengzhou 'iPhone City' plant.
• Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China.
• Elon Musk Says 'Misunderstanding' With Apple Is Resolved.
• Apple limited a crucial AirDrop function in China just weeks before protests.
• Stable Diffusion with Core ML on Apple Silicon.
• @hankgreen: Someone suggested that I ask MidJourney to show me a cat but to keep adding "A"s until it wasn't a cat anymore. Here is "cat."
• Who Is the Woman Haunting A.I.-Generated Art?
• ChatGPT.
• @JoannaStern: HOLY #@*%!!!! The robots can indeed replace me. And they have a better handle on dash and comma usage.
• Jailbreaking ChatGPT on Release Day.
• Leo plays around with ChatGPT.
• Building A Virtual Machine inside ChatGPT.
• SF police killer robots could be approved. Here's what that means.
• U.S. Army Planned to Pay Streamers Millions to Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty.
• Feds likely to challenge Microsoft's $69 billion Activision takeover.
• Happy birthday and farewell, SMS! It's time for RCS.
• U.S Cable TV Companies Quietly Bled Another 785,000 Paying Customers Last Quarter.
• Smash World Tour organizers blame Nintendo for championship shutdown.
• Report: ID.me Lied About Pretty Much Everything While Providing Identification Services To The Government.
• Physicists Create 'the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine'
• Pantone's 2023 color of the year is 'Viva Magenta'

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Apple chaos in China, Robocall crackdown, NFT nightclubs, Black Friday slump

• The Top Tech and Tools You Need for Taking Digital Notes.
• Ford Mustang Mach-E loses its Consumer Reports recommendation.
• Musk will restore Twitter accounts banned for harassment, misinformation.
• Twitter new user signups at an 'all-time high,' says Elon Musk.
• Protests Erupting Across China.
• Mass resignations of iPhone workers; report of 30% production hit
• China Covid: Protests continue in major cities across the country.
• Apple hobbled a crucial tool of dissent in China weeks before widespread protests broke out.
• Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China.
• FCC cuts off a voice provider for failing to protect against robocalls.
• New York Imposes 2-Year Moratorium on New Proof-of-Work Mining After Gov. Hochul Signs Bill.
• El Salvador's $300 Million Bitcoin 'Revolution' Is Failing Miserably.
• Miami nightclub owners are struggling with slumping sales after losing top-spending crypto clientele in wake of FTX implosion and crypto downfall, report says.
• Restaurant and private members lounge to be built controversially in San Francisco's 'public' Salesforce Park.
• Amazon Alexa is a "colossal failure," on pace to lose $10 billion this year.
• Callisto - Lockheed Martin.
• Black Friday Lured Shoppers Back, in Early Test for Holiday Spending.
• The Best Cyber Monday Deals 2022: Laptops, Robot Vacuums, AirPods, More.
• French man wins right to not be 'fun' at work in wrongful termination case.

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