From TLDR 2025-01-08
META IS ENDING ITS FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM IN FAVOR OF A 'COMMUNITY
NOTES' SYSTEM SIMILAR TO X'S (9 MINUTE READ) [5]
Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a series of major changes to
the company's moderation practices due to a shifting political and
social landscape and a desire to embrace free speech. The fact
checking program will be replaced with a community-driven system.
Content moderation policies that reduced the amount of political
content in user feeds will be undone. The election was a major
influence on Meta's decision - Zuckerberg has criticized governments
and legacy media for pushing more and more censorship.
NUCLEAR STARTUP DEEP FISSION PLANS TO BURY MICRO-REACTORS TO POWER
DATA CENTERS (4 MINUTE READ) [7]
Deep Fission is a nuclear startup that wants to bury small nuclear
reactors underground. The depth will act as a substitute for the tons
of concrete required to safeguard aboveground reactors. The startup
plans to lower its reactors on cables down a 30-inch, one-mile-deep
borehole. Any maintenance will require hauling the reactor to the
surface, which would take about an hour or two. Deep Fission is
targeting between five to seven cents per kilowatt-hour, half of what
new nuclear power costs today in the US. It has yet to receive a
license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
BLUE GHOST LUNAR LANDER SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH ON JANUARY 15TH (2 MINUTE
READ) [8]
The last lander to successfully reach the surface of the Moon's
cratered Mare Crisium region was the Soviet Luna 24 probe in August
1976. SpaceX is preparing to launch two landers there on January 15.
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost 1 lander will carry 10 NASA payloads to
the surface. It will collect data using tools designed to measure
various particulate compositions, thermal properties, and the
electromagnetic activity of both the Moon and the Earth. The other
lander, Resilience, is from Japanese spacecraft firm iSpace.
CHINESE VCS ARE HOUNDING FAILED FOUNDERS TO CLAW BACK THEIR
INVESTMENTS (1 MINUTE READ) [18]
Chinese investors are clawing back their investments in failed
startups by pursuing the personal assets of their founders in court,
resulting in some Chinese founders owing millions and ending up on
debtor blacklists.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PROLIFIC VOICE PHISHING CREW (22 MINUTE READ) [20]
A prolific voice phishing gang abuses legitimate services at Apple
and Google to force a variety of outbound communications to their
users.
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[5]
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-ends-fact-checking-program-c ommunity-notes-x-rcna186468?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[7]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/07/nuclear-startup-deep-fission-plans-to-bur y-micro-reactors-to-power-data-centers/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[8]
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338415/firefly-blue-ghost-1-moon-landin g-spacex-nasa-mission?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[18]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/07/chinese-vcs-are-hounding-failed-founders -to-claw-back-their-investments/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[20]
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prolific-voice- phishing-crew/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
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