Journals

Casey Newton / Platformer: A look at how tech executives use “delay, deny, and deflect” when pressed on user safety and what it means for journalism, as shame loses power over public life  —  What is the role of tech… Read More »A look at how tech executives use “delay, deny, and deflect” when pressed on user safety and what it means for journalism, as shame loses power over public life (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: X’s location tool shows revenue sharing incentivizes US political content from international sock puppet and bot accounts, making polarization a side hustle  —  The ‘psyops’ revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse… Read More »X’s location tool shows revenue sharing incentivizes US political content from international sock puppet and bot accounts, making polarization a side hustle (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: South Korea, the EU, the UK, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others aim to build “sovereign AI”; Gartner expects $1.5T in AI spending in 2025, up 50% from 2024  —  South Korea and others… Read More »South Korea, the EU, the UK, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others aim to build “sovereign AI”; Gartner expects $1.5T in AI spending in 2025, up 50% from 2024 (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: X exposing political accounts’ location shows why trust and safety teams mattered: to combat coordinated inauthentic behavior, not “censorship” of viewpoints  —  from the it’s-almost-as-if-there-are-some-bad- actors-online dept  —  For the last few years, Matt Taibbi …

Luz Ding / Bloomberg: Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$35B, vs. ~$34.5B est., Chinese e-commerce revenue up 16% YoY, and net income down to ~$3B, as it boosts cloud spending  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. reported better-than-expected… Read More »Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$35B, vs. ~$34.5B est., Chinese e-commerce revenue up 16% YoY, and net income down to ~$3B, as it boosts cloud spending (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: TSMC files a trade secret lawsuit against Intel executive Lo Wen-jen, alleging a high likelihood he leaked secrets after a two-decade career at TSMC  —  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. sued a former executive who left to… Read More »TSMC files a trade secret lawsuit against Intel executive Lo Wen-jen, alleging a high likelihood he leaked secrets after a two-decade career at TSMC (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk / Reuters: Poland’s antitrust office UOKiK is probing whether Apple’s ATT limits third-party data collection in mobile ads while giving Apple’s own ads service an edge  —  Poland’s anti-monopoly office UOKiK is investigating whether Apple (AAPL.O) is restricting… Read More »Poland’s antitrust office UOKiK is probing whether Apple’s ATT limits third-party data collection in mobile ads while giving Apple’s own ads service an edge (Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk/Reuters)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: A look at NY’s RAISE Act, requiring AI companies to publish safety protocols and disclose serious incidents, as its co-sponsor is targeted by a pro-AI super PAC  —  New York is 3,000 miles away from the… Read More »A look at NY’s RAISE Act, requiring AI companies to publish safety protocols and disclose serious incidents, as its co-sponsor is targeted by a pro-AI super PAC (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: A job listing shows Google is developing a new Android-based “Aluminium OS” that is “built with AI at the core”, potentially as a ChromeOS replacement for PCs  —  Google wants to replace ChromeOS with Aluminium… Read More »A job listing shows Google is developing a new Android-based “Aluminium OS” that is “built with AI at the core”, potentially as a ChromeOS replacement for PCs (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: India’s November 21 labor law has granted legal status to millions of gig workers, but benefits are unclear and access to social security remains elusive  —  India has granted legal status to millions of gig and… Read More »India’s November 21 labor law has granted legal status to millions of gig workers, but benefits are unclear and access to social security remains elusive (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)