Olivia Solon
@oliviasolon.bsky.social
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Covering tech at Bloomberg from London Signal: @oliviasolon.13 Email:
[email protected]
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Doug Madory
15 days ago
Iran's shutdown is now 15 days and counting. Small amounts of service have been restored in recent days.
#DigitalBlackoutIran
#IranRevoIution2026
State telecom TIC (A49666) re-established many of its lost connections with outside providers, such as GBI (AS200612) at 22:02 UTC on Jan-22.
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Itâs depressing to see women try to claw back control of their images by imploring a chatbot not to misuse their photos. Posts like these are reminiscent of the copyright declarations you used to see on Facebook. Totally understandable but unlikely to have the desired effect.
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Jasper Jackson
about 1 month ago
So much interesting in this (and good work on
@caseynewton.bsky.social
documenting it). One thing to note though, Google's watermarking identified the image of the badge as created by its AI tool. Other image generators haven't bothered implementing anything similar, why? (Looking at you, Sora.)
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Great work from
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and an illuminating case study in how journalists authenticate allegations/sources in an age of generative AI
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A âwhistleblowerâ tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
https://www.platformer.news/fake-uber-eats-whisleblower-hoax-debunked/
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Nudify apps have been around for ages, but it's wild to see a mainstream platform like X effectively become a revenge porn machine, generating AND publishing non-consensual intimate images of women
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Katelyn Jetelina
3 months ago
For the first time in my career, I canât tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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Jim Waterson
3 months ago
This thread chimes with my experience on so many fronts. Whether it's conspiracy theorists, freelancers pitching stories, or people applying for jobs it's so hard to filter based on writing quality. Weirdly I end up trusting the typo-strewn, clearly-dashed-out-by-a-human-in-a-hurry emails more now.
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Jim Waterson
3 months ago
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First youâre shocked as youâre mugged. Then youâre humiliated as the thief returns the device.
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
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"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/london-phone-thieves-prefer-android-iphone-l
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Houthi missile attacks on vessels in the Red Sea has created huge delays to several subsea cable projects, throttling the supply of internet capacity. It's forcing companies like Meta and Google to rethink how they route internet traffic globally
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Google, Meta Delay Red Sea Cables as Security Risks Rattle Plans
Multiple subsea internet cables slated to run through the Red Sea are yet to complete as planned, as political tensions and heightened security threats have made the route more dangerous and complicat...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/google-meta-delay-red-sea-cables-as-security-risks-rattle-plans
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The new poop emoji
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AppLovin has shut down a product linked to user and short-seller allegations that apps were being downloaded to mobile phones without consent. The product, called Array, was offered to device-makers and carriers to promote or preload apps on phones.
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AppLovin Axes Product Tied to Unwanted App Download Allegations
AppLovin Corp. said it has shut down a product linked to user and short-seller allegations that apps were being downloaded to mobile phones without consent.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-15/applovin-shuts-array-software-tied-to-unwanted-app-download-allegations
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The SEC has been probing AppLovin over its data-collection practices, according to people familiar with the matter My latest for
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AppLovin Has Been Probed By SEC Over Data-Collection Practices
The Securities and Exchange Commission has been probing the data-collection practices of the mobile advertising tech company AppLovin Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. The companyâs...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/applovin-has-been-probed-by-sec-over-data-collection-practices?embedded-checkout=true
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AI infrastructure ouroboros: Microsoft funds OpenAI, which pays for Microsoft & other cloud/data center companies for compute, and those cloud companies buy Nvidia GPUs, and Nvidia props those companies up with investment and guarantees to buy unused compute capacity.
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In 2021, a report alleged that Evolutionâs casino games could be played in sanctioned markets. The company denied the allegations, saying this wasnât possible without âsophisticated technical manipulation.â It also sued the law firm that submitted the report to a regulator.
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Devastated to learn that the Ibiza club Bezos and Sanchez went to was DC10. Stick to Ushuaia!
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Maaike
6 months ago
Big Parma is watching you
www.theguardian.com/food/2023/au...
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Cheese and chips: parmesan producers fight fakes with microtransponders
Counterfeits are the bane of the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, which is now trialling tech in the rind
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/18/parmesan-producers-fight-fakes-microtransponders-chips-rind
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A series of short-seller reports about AppLovin have exposed the ugly underbelly of mobile ad tech
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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AppLovin Short Sellers Discover Mobile Ad Techâs Ugly Underbelly
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloombergâs journalists around the world. Today, Olivia Solon addresses the spate of reports alleging one of Google and M...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-23/applovin-short-sellers-discover-mobile-ad-tech-s-ugly-underbelly
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I like how hyperscalers shifted from using shell companies to develop data centers as quietly as possible to avoid community pitchforks to calling them things like Gigazilla and bragging about how they will consume all of Spainâs power and water
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Antonella Napolitano
7 months ago
New by
@oliviasolon.bsky.social
(
@bloomberg.com
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@tomasstatius.bsky.social
(
@lighthousereports.com
): a EU border control system - with biometric info on 1.7 million people - has extremely serious cybersecurity issues.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is why these stories are important:
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Cybersecurity Flaws Plagued EU Border Control System, Audit Shows
An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and conf...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/europe-s-schengen-border-software-vulnerable-to-hacks-audit-says?embedded-checkout=true
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Lighthouse Reports
7 months ago
This reporting by
@tomasstatius.bsky.social
@oliviasolon.bsky.social
follows our previous exposé of a related EU biometric border system fiasco involving French industrial group Atos
bsky.app/profile/ligh...
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An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software & security vulnerabilities, according to confidential documents seen by
@bloomberg.com
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@lighthousereports.com
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EU Border Software Vulnerable to Hacks, Confidential Reports Warn
An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and conf...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/europe-s-schengen-border-software-vulnerable-to-hacks-audit-says?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MTQzNzk4MSwiZXhwIjoxNzUyMDQyNzgxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWVI3NFZUMVVNMFcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIzMkI3NjREMjRGNDQ0OTEyQjE0Mzc1OTA4ODY4N0FFNiJ9.Y1ORK2-Q2ANi1g_mptFAaSmZEZU9vHO02jCnjvgu3Ic
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Journalists in movies are usually depicted as highly unethical -- sleeping with sources, making covert recordings, breaking into places to steal documents. But really we're spending 6 hours trawling LinkedIn for current and former employees.
7 months ago
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The absolute entitlement with which my kids demand water. They cannot wait 5 minutes for their thirst to be quenched. In the 80s we never had access to water. No water bottles. We survived as desiccated husks, lucky to get the occasional cup of orange squash.
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What's with these natalist/god complex billionaires? Telegram founder Pavel Durov says he has fathered 6 kids with three partners as well as more than 100 other kids via his sperm donations.
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Telegramâs Durov to Leave Fortune to 100 Children Heâs Fathered
Telegram billionaire founder and Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov plans to leave his vast fortune to the more than 100 children heâs fathered, according to an interview with Franceâs Le Point magaz...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-19/telegram-s-durov-to-leave-fortune-to-100-children-he-s-fathered
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Jacob Aron
8 months ago
"I'm sorry, you're right to point out the mistake. I didn't bomb the target you asked for, I bombed something statistically resembling the target you asked for. I'll do better next time!"
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đłïžââ§ïž TĂĄr-TĂĄr Binks
8 months ago
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Joseph Cox
8 months ago
I just tried to pre-order the Trump T1 Phone, the new all gold phone from the Trump Organization. The website failed, went to an error page, and then charged my credit card the wrong amount of $64.70. I have no idea whether or how Iâll receive the phone.
www.404media.co/trump-mobile...
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I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount
I got a confirmation email saying I'll get another confirmation when it's shipped. But I haven't provided a shipping address.
https://www.404media.co/trump-mobile-phone-preorder-fail/
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Jim Waterson
8 months ago
If anyone wants a dumb story then if you ask Amazon Alexa to âplay More by Pulpâ (the name of their new album) it just plays âmore random old songsâ by Pulp and is probably hitting their streaming numbers.
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Alan Rusbridger
8 months ago
I imagine all these jobs will go with AI
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It is astonishing how much the information ecosystem as accessed via Google search has deteriorated over the past 2 years.
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Harry Litman
8 months ago
Great â looks as if the White House used AI to draft a health report and wound up inserting citations for articles that donât exist. They put cheating high schoolers to shame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/well/maha-report-citations.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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French movies perform well in France but it's been a while since there's been an international hit. Dimitri Rassam wants to change that with The Accursed Kings -- the riskiest movie project out of France since Luc Besson's ~$200m sci-fi flop Valerian
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French Producer Woos Hollywood With Epic That Inspired Game of Thrones
His godfather is Francis Ford Coppola and his family is French cinema royalty, but Dimitri Rassam says heâs carving his own path with plans to make a global blockbuster
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-16/trump-movie-tariff-threat-creates-opportunity-says-france-s-dimitri-rassam
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Tom Février
9 months ago
đ«đ· đŹ French producer Dimitri Rassam is the godson of Francis Ford Coppola. He is also betting tens of millions of euros on âThe Accursed Kingsâ, an epic medieval saga destined to revive French cinema on the world scene. By
@benoitberthelot.bsky.social
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www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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French Producer Woos Hollywood With Epic That Inspired Game of Thrones
His godfather is Francis Ford Coppola and his family is French cinema royalty, but Dimitri Rassam says heâs carving his own path with plans to make a global blockbuster
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-16/trump-movie-tariff-threat-creates-opportunity-says-france-s-dimitri-rassam?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NzQwMjg0NCwiZXhwIjoxNzQ4MDA3NjQ0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTV0NTMFNEV1gyUFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEMjk1RDc5RkRFQzc0QjQ4OEJDMUY1Mjc1Mjg1RUQ2NSJ9.VebweHQ3RhO_ZMeclfbiPb1TdIsHgO3448cCeh0q_DE
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Dare Obasanjo
10 months ago
The Internet of Things ended up being the internet of unsupported products. Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe. Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
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Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats
No more controlling these âsmartâ thermostats from a phone.
https://www.theverge.com/news/656332/google-ending-support-nest-thermostats
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Eliot Higgins
9 months ago
đ§” Thereâs a thread going around misrepresenting my work and Bellingcatâs education strategy. I want to use this as an opportunity to explain what weâre actually doingâand why it matters. This is about truth, democracy, and how we build a more resilient society.
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Omaze, known for helping charities with its "Million Pound House Draw," only gives 17% of ticket sales to charity. What's happening to the rest of the money? (I guess a lot goes to Meta ads)
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J.M. Berger
10 months ago
I'd be a lot more interested in a product that would correctly do my taxes than a product that writes novels more me.
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Tim Onion
10 months ago
Illegal ideas.
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Illegal casinos and sports books dominated the US online gambling market -- earning 74% of gross gaming revenue (a whopping $67.1 billion) in 2024.
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This is delightful: Trading cards depicting local, middle-aged men take off in the Japanese town of Kawara
www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...
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Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town
A trading card game consisting of real-life ojisan (middle-aged men) are going viral with kids in the city of Kawara in Fukuoka Prefecture.
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/middle-aged-man-trading-cards-go-viral-in-japan/
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Brad Heath
10 months ago
This is true: The Trump administration said it has imposed a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory, whose only inhabitants are the U.S. and U.K. service members at the military base on Diego Garcia.
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Vicki Turk
10 months ago
London journos! I'm speaking at this event at the Frontline Club on Friday alongside
@oliviasolon.bsky.social
, hosted by
@lsmwilson.bsky.social
. We'll be talking about how AI, algorithms, and disinformation are reshaping truth and power. Come join the discussion!
www.eventbrite.com/e/feeds-fake...
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Feeds, Fakes and Fractures: The New Frontlines of Democracy
How AI, algorithms and disinformation are reshaping truth, power and politics â and what it means for democracyâs future
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/feeds-fakes-and-fractures-the-new-frontlines-of-democracy-tickets-1307077557159
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Matt Novak
10 months ago
âI faced political repression from the Chinese Communist Party for criticizing Xi Jinping [âŠ] I never expected to face such a distressing experience after escaping persecution from the CCP in China, only to encounter a somewhat similar situation at New College in the United StatesâŠâ
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Gavin Esler
10 months ago
Every White House correspondents dinner that I attended had a comedian mocking the President of the Day. Not this year âŠ.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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White House Correspondentsâ Association cancels comedian headliner for annual dinner
The group's board unanimously decided it would no longer feature a comedic performance, WHCA President Eugene Daniels wrote in an email Saturday.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/29/white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump-00259299
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Prem Thakker ă
10 months ago
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise â setting students up to be detained without warning. It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk â on a wider scale.
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SCOOP: ICE Revoking Studentsâ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the Universityâs Knowledge
âNever seen something like this,â say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
https://zeteo.com/p/ice-manually-revoking-university-students-residency-status-middle-east
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Has an "independent" law firm hired by a company to investigate allegations of internal wrongdoing ever come out with a devastating confirmation of the allegations?
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Nearly Legal
11 months ago
I had to get my siteâs web hosts to take steps when traffic to the site went up by 200%, way over my plan and costing me a lot. All AI crawlers pretending not to be and cycling IP addresses. They are actively making smaller web projects impossible.
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