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Financial Times:
X says it will accelerate plans to attract ad spending by SMBs, including outsourcing some ad sales to third parties, such as US marketing startup JumpCrew  —  Social media site accelerates plan to attract small businesses as billionaire owner battles big brands
New York Times:
Some marketing agencies say their brands don't plan to return to advertise on X, and others are advising brands to stop posting on X, after Elon Musk's comments
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Telegram announces new features related to channels, including better discovery of similar channels, emoji customization for reactions, and stats for stories  —  Telegram announced new features related to channels including better discovery of similar channels, emoji customization for reactions …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple and Paramount have discussed an Apple TV+ and Paramount+ bundle that would cost less than subscribing to both streaming services separately  —  Streamers are increasingly joining with rivals to offer bundles that help attract and keep subscribers
Marko Zivkovic / MacRumors:
Internal docs: Apple plans to include the Action button on the entire iPhone 16 lineup that would include a force sensor and “tact-switching functionality”  —  The release of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max saw the introduction of an entirely new user-configurable button known as the Action button …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to fix two zero-days “that may have been exploited”, reaching 20 zero-days patched in 2023  —  Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone …
Reuters:
A US district judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Montana's first-of-its-kind state ban on TikTok from taking effect on January 1, 2024  —  A U.S. judge late on Thursday blocked Montana's first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short-video sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1.
Stacy Elliott / Decrypt:
Coinbase reports receiving 13,079 law enforcement requests from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, up 6% YoY and 3x since 2020; almost 50% were from the US  —  Almost half of the 13,079 law enforcement requests Coinbase received in 2023 came from the U.S., according to a new report.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Tiger Global cut valuations of its portfolio companies in September 2023, including Superhuman by 45%, DuckDuckGo 72%, Yuga Labs 69%, and OpenSea 94%  —  The nearly $13 billion Private Investment Partners 15 fund marked down AI-powered email company Superhuman by 45% and cut …
Bloomberg:
Phil Spencer says Microsoft is talking to partners to help launch a mobile gaming store to take on Apple's and Google's app stores, but offers no launch date  —  Challenge to Apple, Google app stores could come soon.  —  Microsoft Corp. is talking to partners to help launch a mobile gaming store …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Valve launches a Steam Link app on Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro, letting users more easily play VR games from their Steam library wirelessly  —  Valve's Steam Link app, which lets you stream games from your Steam library to another device, is out now for the Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro headsets, according to a news post from Valve.
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that co-founder Ilya Sutskever won't be a board member, but that the company is “discussing how he can continue his work at OpenAI”
Richard Nieva / Forbes:
An interview with Yann LeCun and Joelle Pineau ahead of the 10th anniversary of Meta's Fundamental AI Research lab on ChatGPT, AI in the metaverse, and more  —  In an exclusive interview leading up to the 10th anniversary of Meta's AI lab, LeCun reflects on the artificial intelligence boom …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta plans to launch Threads in Europe in December, the largest expansion since its July debut, offering a choice of using Threads without a profile  —  Expansion is expected in December, a signal of company's commitment to microblogging service  —  Facebook parent Meta Platforms plans …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta expands Threads' keyword search feature to all markets where the app is available, with support for “all languages”, after testing in English and Spanish
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google says RCS in Google Messages now has over 1B MAUs, and adds Photomoji, Voice Moods, Screen Effects, Custom Bubbles, Animated Emoji, and other features  —  First, the number: according to Google, over 1 billion monthly active users are using RCS in Google Messages.
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Google updates Android, Wear OS, and Google TV devices, adding TalkBack AI-created image descriptions, more Live Caption languages, Assistant Routines, and more

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Axios:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr tells a Senate committee the FCC “is not an independent agency”; the agency removed “independent agency” from its site as he testified

John Rogers / Associated Press:
Peter Arnett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who covered the Vietnam War for the AP and the first Gulf War for CNN, has died at 91

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube says it will no longer give data to US Billboard charts after January 16, saying Billboard's ranking formula doesn't count ad-supported streams fairly

More News

Samyuktha Sriram / Unchained Crypto:
In a letter to two US Senators, Circle denies a report alleging it had a role in financing Hamas and Hezbollah and an “ongoing relationship” with Justin Sun
Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
State filings: Broadcom plans to lay off 1,267 VMware employees in California starting on January 26 and ~600 workers across Washington, Colorado, and Georgia
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Dell reports Q3 revenue down 10% YoY to $22.3B, vs. $23B est., Client Solutions revenue down 11% YoY to $12.3B, and expects ~$22B in Q4 revenue, vs. $23.9B est.

Earlier Picks

David Pierce / The Verge:
How OpenAI's low-key ChatGPT launch a year ago kickstarted a generational shift in the tech industry and what it all means for the future of AI and the world
Bloomberg:
Meta sues the FTC, claiming its in-house trials violate the US Constitution, and asks a court to halt the agency's bid to change a $5B privacy fine from 2020
Dalvin Brown / Wall Street Journal:
Google plans to start deleting, on December 1, personal Google accounts that have been inactive for at least two years; once deleted, no data can be recovered
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Amkor plans to package some Apple silicon chips in Amkor's new Arizona facility, invest $2B, employ 2,000+, and be ready for production in two to three years
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The BEUC and its members follow noyb in filing a complaint against Meta's €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy
AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
Meta officials say the US stopped proactively sharing information on foreign influence operations, as the company releases its Q3 2023 Adversarial Threat Report
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