Tue. 10/10 – The Veil Between Online And IRL Is Thin
Oct 10, 2023•18 min
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Episode description
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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Links:
- 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)
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