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Tue. 10/10 – The Veil Between Online And IRL Is Thin
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That whole bungled pricing thing has cost the Unity CEO his job. The big 23andMe breach is a different kind of hack. And it turns out if you fall victim to a scam, it’s probably because you were online. Can you charge enough to cover the costs of AI products? And is the Pixel brand finally having a moment.
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John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity after pricing battle (GamesBeat)
23andMe says private user data is up for sale after being scraped (ArsTechnica)
Social media scams are costing Americans more than ever (TechRadar)
Big Tech Struggles to Turn AI Hype Into Profits (WSJ)
Google has shipped almost 40 million Pixel phones since 2016, 10 million last year (9to5Google)
Elon Musk’s X Cut Disinformation-Fighting Tool Ahead of Israel-Hamas Conflict (The Information)