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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
AWS announces the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a $195 compact computer, adapted from the Fire TV Cube, to let workers access cloud-based virtual desktops — Amazon Web Services Inc. today debuted the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a compact computer that workers can use to access cloud-based virtual desktops.
More: Amazon Web Services, Inc., MSPoweruser, About Amazon, The Register, and GeekWire
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Unsealed documents in a lawsuit by 30+ state AGs: Meta received 1.1M+ reports of under-13s on Instagram since early 2019 yet “disabled only a fraction” of them — Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint.
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| Benedict Evans / Financial Times: |
AI development will likely move faster and be more dispersed and less controlled after a failed coup at OpenAI, accelerating what the coup was trying to prevent — Failed coups, as seen at OpenAI, often accelerate the thing that they were trying to prevent — Over the past week, OpenAI's board went through four CEOs in five days.
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| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
ByteDance plans to “restructure” its gaming business; sources say ByteDance will wind down its Nuverse gaming brand and retreat from mainstream video games — TikTok maker ByteDance is set to internally announce on Monday the winding down of its Nuverse gaming brand and full retreat …
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| Reuters: |
The US, the UK, and more than a dozen other countries release joint guidelines for AI system development, including creating systems that are “secure by design” — The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described … | Patrick McKenzie / Bits about Money: |
A look at Binance and CZ's “Bond villain” compliance strategy and how their settlements will allow the US to deflate Binance while minimizing collateral damage — James Bond films have a certain formula to them. It is more interesting when seen from the perspective of the villain.
More: Financial Times and Cryptopolitan
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe: US online Black Friday sales hit $9.8B, up 7.5% YoY; Salesforce, which uses different metrics, says online sales hit $16.4B in the US and $70.9B globally — A rush of deep discounts and the growth of flexible payment options were the drivers behind $9.8 billion in online sales …
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| Laura Kayali / Politico: |
Russia's interior ministry adds Meta's spokesperson Andy Stone to its wanted list, according to state-owned news agency TASS — The reason Andy Stone was added to the list was not indicated, according to the Russian news agency. — Russia's interior ministry has added the spokesperson …
More: Business Today, Blaze Media, The Kyiv Independent, Associated Press, India Today, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Reuters, and Livemint
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A look at Shein's NYC pop-up store, which resembled its website and may have only reinforced Shein's image of being quick, cheap, and not quite as it seems — The Shein pop-up store in New York this month resembled the e-commerce giant's website, except picture-perfect.| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
A look at Replicator, a Pentagon initiative expected to accelerate hard decisions on what AI tech is reliable enough to deploy, including on weaponized systems — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones …
More: Cryptopolitan. Threads: @nafo_marvin. X: @mikepesoli and @fbajak
LinkedIn: Patrick Biltgen and Francis Syms
Forums: r/singularity, r/Futurology, and Slashdot
| Lavender Au / Wired: |
A look at the growing usage of social media apps like Douyin among the elderly in China since the COVID-19 lockdowns, often to find companionship — As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China's elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship.
LinkedIn: Yongjian L. and Ethan Tan
| Reuters: |
Huawei plans to move its smart car unit's core tech and resources into a new joint venture with Changan Auto, which is taking a 40% stake in the company — China's Huawei (HWT.UL) said on Sunday it will move core technologies and resources in its smart car unit, which has chalked up robust sales …
More: South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, Huawei Central, Bloomberg, Pandaily, and Gasgoo
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