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Twitter vs. ElonJetAnother wild on Twitter this week. An account tracking the whereabouts of Elon’s private jet, Elon Jet, has come under fire for the first time. Then Twitter-rival Mastodon’s official account was suspended (with links to Mastodon labeled as “potentially dangerous”) shortly after they posted about the alleged jet trackers. Then many tech reporters were all banned, at least some were tweeting about the jet-tracking challenge. And then – yes, there is more! – Elon joined a Twitter space involving a handful of banned journalists (who apparently didn’t know or respect the bans on Twitter Spaces). After a few minutes of questions, Elon left the session and the Full Twitter Spaces feature Taken offline.
SBF caught: Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange / Gordian Knot, which exploded oh-so-amazingly in the last few months, was arrested this week in the Bahamas. Not long after, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it was formally suing SBF for allegedly defrauding investors and conducting investigations into other allegations.
OpenAI wants to mark things that AI writes“Did a human write that or chatgpt?” Kyle Wiggers asks. “It can be hard to tell – maybe too hard, the creator OpenAI thinks, which is why the ‘watermark’ is working to create AI-generated content.”
NSA warns about exploits in popular network devices“The US National Security Agency is warning that Chinese government-sponsored hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in two Citrix networking products,” Carly Page wrote. The flaw, which Citrix has confirmed is being actively exploited, could allow hackers to run malicious code on devices located on corporate networks.
iOS 16.2Apple released its latest version of iOS this week, and Evan Mehta took a look at some of its best features, including end-to-end iCloud data encryption, a karaoke mode for Apple Music, and a public release. “Unlimited Whiteboard” Collaboration App, Freeform.
Instagram gets text-only posts: Ever wanted to post on Instagram without having to take a photo? no? so am i. But Instagram added a text-centric option this week, and it’s at least proving popular to crack our lists of top posts — or maybe people are just landing on our site wondering what this new Instagram “note” thing is. Whatever the case, it reminds me of old-school AIM status messages – they’re short, timely updates that live in your DMS instead of the main feed (see image below).
Image Credits: Instagram
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TechCrunch+
TC+ is a members-only section of the site where we step away from the news cycle and delve a little deeper into some of the things our readers tell us they love the most. Here’s what TC+ members were reading the most this week:
A slide shows 99% of creators are wrong.Haje has seen more pitches than anyone I know between his time as a journalist, a VC, and a start-up Pete coach. The most common mistake he sees? It’s all about “the question”.
How much money should you raise for your startup?This week is Haje’s double feature, the second most popular post touching on a very common question: What is the right amount when it comes time to raise money for a startup?
