Tue. 10/10 – The Veil Between Online And IRL Is Thin

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)