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2023 Hackaday Supercon: The Rest of the Talks

The 2023 Hackaday Superconference is only two weeks away, and we’re happy to announce the second half of the slate. As always, this is a great mix of well-known Hackaday faces, and folks we haven’t yet met. Whether they’re fixing up the Apollo Guidance Computer, building their own airplanes, trapping rubidium atoms, or teaching robots

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Trucking marketplace Convoy abruptly starts winding down operations; sources say the company had ~$320M in revenue as of October, down from $630M in 2022 (Maria Heeter/The Information)

Maria Heeter / The Information: Trucking marketplace Convoy abruptly starts winding down operations; sources say the company had ~$320M in revenue as of October, down from $630M in 2022  —  Trucking startup Convoy is shutting down and a majority of its executive team is stepping down, the company told employees Thursday …

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OpenAI rolls out DALL-E 3 access to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers and says it has prepared a safety mitigation stack for the model (Umar Shakir/The Verge)

Umar Shakir / The Verge: OpenAI rolls out DALL-E 3 access to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers and says it has prepared a safety mitigation stack for the model  —  OpenAI is launching wider availability of its latest text-to-image generator.  On Thursday, the company is giving ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers access …

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US v. SBF: Can Sun, FTX’s ex-top lawyer, says SBF asked for “legal justifications” for why FTX was short $7B of user funds, undermining SBF’s good-faith defense (Luc Cohen/Reuters)

Luc Cohen / Reuters: US v. SBF: Can Sun, FTX’s ex-top lawyer, says SBF asked for “legal justifications” for why FTX was short $7B of user funds, undermining SBF’s good-faith defense  —  Cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s former top lawyer testified on Thursday at its founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial …

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The FBI and DOJ say thousands of IT workers sent by North Korea to work remotely with US companies with false IDs have sent millions in wages to the country (Jim Salter/Associated Press)

Jim Salter / Associated Press: The FBI and DOJ say thousands of IT workers sent by North Korea to work remotely with US companies with false IDs have sent millions in wages to the country  —  Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars …

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OpenAI is opening up DALL-E 3 access

Image: OpenAI OpenAI is launching wider availability of its latest text-to-image generator. On Thursday, the company is giving ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers access to the new DALL-E 3 model that works within the ChatGPT app. OpenAI says it has prepared a safety mitigation stack for the model that makes it ready for an expanded

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Poll: Is the OnePlus Open hot or not?

Credit: Roland Quandt/WinFuture After all the rumors, leaks, and speculation, the OnePlus Open has finally launched. It is the first foldable to join the brand’s portfolio of devices. Since this is OnePlus’s first attempt at a foldable phone, we wanted to know what you think of the company’s latest hardware. Do think the Open hits

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Discord overhauls its moderation tools with a new warning system and a teen safety assist feature, plans to roll out an in-app shop for Discord members, more (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Discord overhauls its moderation tools with a new warning system and a teen safety assist feature, plans to roll out an in-app shop for Discord members, more  —  Discord is overhauling the way it moderates its platform with a new warning system and teen safety assist feature.

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A US judge sentences a social media influencer to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016, including via Twitter ads (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: A US judge sentences a social media influencer to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016, including via Twitter ads  —  – A Trump-supporting social media influencer was sentenced to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress the votes …

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The FCC votes 3-2 to begin to re-establish net neutrality rules, starting by inviting public comments; the effort still faces a long legal and political battle (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: The FCC votes 3-2 to begin to re-establish net neutrality rules, starting by inviting public comments; the effort still faces a long legal and political battle  —  The Federal Communications Commission officially began its effort to re-establish net neutrality at its monthly meeting today …

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The OnePlus Open is my favorite foldable yet

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Once the underdog champion, it’s been years since OnePlus has delivered a stand-out hit. The transition under OPPO wasn’t too smooth, and OnePlus has struggled to regain the trust of its fans despite its posturing as the poster child of the value-Android-flagship movement. But something’s changed. Earlier this year,

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OnePlus Open review: thin and light for a foldable and good multitasking support, but no water resistance or wireless charging, and very costly at $1,700 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: OnePlus Open review: thin and light for a foldable and good multitasking support, but no water resistance or wireless charging, and very costly at $1,700  —  The OnePlus Open finds a happy medium between the Pixel Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 5 size-wise, but it’s too close in price to

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