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Twitter vs ElonJet: Another wild one on Twitter this week. First came the news that @ElonJet, an account that tracks the whereabouts of Elon’s private jet, had been suspended. Twitter competitor Mastodon’s official account was suspended (with links to Mastodon marked as “potentially harmful”) shortly after he posted about the plane trackers. Then a group of tech reporters were suspended, at least several of whom tweeted about the plane tracker ordeal. And then, yes, there is more! — Elon entered a Twitter Space with a handful of suspended reporters (although Twitter Spaces don’t seem to acknowledge/respect suspensions) After a few minutes of questioning, Elon left the session and the entire Twitter Spaces went offline.
SBF Arrested: Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX/Gordian Knot cryptocurrency exchange that has exploded so dramatically in recent months, was arrested this week in the Bahamas. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it was officially indicting SBF for investor fraud, while investigations into other allegations were ongoing.
OpenAI wants to watermark things the AI writes: “Was this written by a human or by ChatGPT?” asks Kyle Wiggers. “It might be hard to say, maybe too hard, thinks its creator, OpenAI, which is why it’s working on a way to ‘tag’ AI-generated content.”
NSA Warns of Vulnerabilities in Popular Networking Devices: “The US National Security Agency is warning that Chinese government-backed hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in two widely used Citrix networking products,” writes Carly Page. The vulnerability, which Citrix confirms is actively exploited, allows hackers to execute malicious code on devices often located on corporate networks.
iOS16.2: This week Apple released the latest version of iOS and Ivan Mehta took a look at some of the best features, from end-to-end encryption of more iCloud data, a karaoke mode for Apple Music and the public launch of the “infinite whiteboard” collaboration application, Freeform.
Instagram Welcomes Text-Only Posts: Ever wish you could post to Instagram without having to take a photo? Not? Me neither. But Instagram added a text-focused option this week, and it’s proving to be at least popular enough to break our top posts list or, more likely, get people Googling what the heck these new Instagram “notes” are. on our website. Whatever the case, they kind of remind me of old-school AIM status updates: they’re short, ephemeral updates that live in your direct messages rather than your main feed (see image below).
Photo credit: Instagram
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The Equity team may not be forward-thinking, but they are very, very smart, and this week, after a few wildly unpredictable years, they’ve dived in to make some predictions around 2023. The Found Meanwhile, the podcast chatted with the founder of Tiny Health, Cheryl Sew Hoy, on the importance of the gut microbiome, specifically how having a good gut microbiome in childhood can help prevent chronic health problems in later life.
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TC+ is the premium member area of the site where we can get away from the news cycle and dig a little deeper into some of the things our readers love and are good at. What TC+ members read most this week:
A slide 99% of founders are wrong: Between his days as a reporter, VC, and startup pitch coach, Haje has seen more pitch covers than almost anyone I know. The most common error you see? That is the question”.
How much money should you raise for your startup?: It’s a double post from Haje this week, with her second most popular post tackling a common question: When it’s time to raise money for a startup, what is the correct amount?
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Jason Jack is an experienced technology journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in computer science and engineering, he has a deep understanding of the latest technology trends and developments. He writes about a wide range of technology topics, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, software development, and cybersecurity.
