Isobel Asher Hamilton

isobel@thedailyupside.com

Isobel Asher Hamilton (she/her) is a senior reporter at The Daily Upside. Previously she worked at Business Insider and Mashable. She specializes in covering Big Tech, social media, and AI. Isobel is based in London.

Social Media

Twitter Seeks Out Political Advertisers

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Twitter (or X, pick your poison) is aggressively courting political ads on its platform.

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Big Tech

Amazon’s Prime Day Isn’t About Sales Anymore

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Amazon’s October Prime sales event wrapped up Tuesday, and this year saw a massive shift in consumer behavior.

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Policy & Power

The War on Junk Fees Just Got Wider

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The FTC made a big splash on Wednesday with an announcement that it’s planning new rules to stamp out “junk fees.”

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Geopolitics

China’s Subsidies Draw More International Wrath

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The EU plans to launch an antitrust probe into China’s domestic subsidies for steelmakers, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Launches Search Engine for Medical Records

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Google’s cloud division says it’s launching a new AI-powered tool designed to rifle through and compile patients’ medical records.

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Autos

UAW Notches Win for EV Battery Workers with GM

The United Auto Workers announced on Friday that it had called off a planned walkout at a General Motors plant in Arlington, Texas.

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Social Media

Twitter’s Latest Ad Problem: Users Flagging Them for Misinformation

Twitter designed the community notes feature for users to add context to possible misleading tweets. Now it’s a liability for advertisers.

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Regulation

UK Sets Up Framework to Eventually Ban Cigarettes for All

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he plans to raise the legal smoking age by one year every year.

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Big Tech

Meta Plans an Ad-Free Subscription Service in the EU

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Meta is rolling out subscription versions of Instagram and Facebook in Europe that won’t feature targeted ads.

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Industrials

The Next Great Sea Battle

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An intense geopolitical fight is raging at the moment, and the future of deep sea mining does hang in the balance.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Gets Caught In EU-China Crossfire

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The EU’s antitrust investigation claims that China is artificially flooding the market with cheap EVs via enormous state subsidies.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Pumps Billions into AI Firm Just as Chat-GPT Alexa-fies Itself

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Amazon — along with every other Zuckerberg, Musk, and Harry — is trying to get ahead in the generative AI race.

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Technology

Elon Musk’s Tweet About Neuralink’s Test Monkeys Could Spell Trouble

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The Securities and Exchange Commission may have to double the size of its staff just to keep an eye on Elon Musk’s tweets.

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Technology

Uber Threatens European Pullout Over Driver Classification

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The EU is poised to pass legislation that would classify Uber drivers as employees, rather than contracted workers.

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Geopolitics

G7 Plans Russian Diamond Crackdown, Industry Says ‘Not so Fast’

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A G7 plan to crack down on sanctioned Russian diamonds has run into resistance from some of the industry’s biggest players.

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Big Tech

Leaked Microsoft Docs Reveal its ‘Hybrid’ Cloud Dreams

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Electric Vehicles

Saudi Arabia Reportedly Wooing Tesla for New Factory, Musk Denies It

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Energy

Ozempic-Maker Invests in Renewables

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Industrials

Space Is No Vacuum for Lawyers

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Energy

Can US Solar Avoid the Same Financing Doldrums as Wind Power?

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