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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 acquired suspended (with hyperlinks to Mastodon flagged as “doubtlessly dangerous”) shortly after posting about stated jet trackers. Then a bunch of tech reporters all acquired suspended, a minimum of a few of whom had been tweeting in regards to the jet tracker ordeal. After which — sure, there’s extra! — Elon joined a Twitter House that featured a handful of stated 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 characteristic was taken offline.
SBF arrested: Sam Bankman-Fried, founding father of the FTX cryptocurrency trade/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 Trade Fee introduced that it was formally charging SBF with defrauding traders, with investigations on different fees underway.
OpenAI desires to watermark the stuff its AI writes: “Did a human write that, or ChatGPT?” Kyle Wiggers asks. “It may be arduous to inform — maybe too arduous, its creator OpenAI thinks, which is why it’s engaged on a option to ‘watermark’ AI-generated content material.”
NSA warns of exploits in common networking gear: “The U.S. Nationwide Safety Company is warning that Chinese language government-backed hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in two extensively used Citrix networking merchandise,” writes Carly Web page. The flaw, which Citrix confirms is being actively exploited, permits hackers to run malicious code on gadgets usually present in enterprise networks.
iOS 16.2: This week Apple shipped out the newest model of iOS, and Ivan Mehta took a take a look at a few of its greatest options, from end-to-end encryption of extra iCloud knowledge, 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 possibly can put up to Instagram with out having to take an image? No? Me neither. However Instagram added a text-centric choice this week, and it’s a minimum of proving common sufficient to crack our high posts record — or, extra possible, persons are googling what the heck this new Instagram “Notes” factor is and touchdown on our web site. Regardless of the case, they kinda remind me of old-school AIM standing messages — they’re quick, ephemeral updates that reside in your DMs moderately than the principle feed (see picture under.)
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The Fairness crew is probably not 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 an excellent intestine microbiome as an toddler might help forestall continual well being points down the street.
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TC+ is the premium, members-only part of the location the place we get to step away from the information cycle and go a bit deeper on a few of 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 incorrect: 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 increase in your startup?: It’s a Haje double characteristic this week, together with his second hottest put up bearing on an all-too-common query: When it’s time to boost cash for a startup, how a lot is the correct quantity?
