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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Beeper says “Beeper Mini is back” but now requires users to log in with their Apple ID, as phone number registration doesn't work; Beeper makes the service free — Just days after its debut, Beeper Mini was seemingly killed by Apple. Now, the iMessage app for Android is back, but how long will it last this time?
More: Beeper Blog, Engadget, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Verge, MobileSyrup, Liliputing, MSPoweruser, PCMag, Mashable, iThinkDifferent, Tom's Guide, Supercharged, and Wccftech
X: @ericmigi, @drewlipps, @anxiousholly, @mrackovan, @onbeeper, @snazzylabs, and @mattcantstop. Forums: Hacker News
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to give added weighting to streams of songs mixed in Dolby Atmos from 2024, possibly leading to higher royalties, to push Spatial Audio — - Service will more heavily weigh songs offered in Dolby Atmos — Push could encourage more music labels to adopt the format
More: The Verge, Engadget, Thurrott, TechHive, AppleInsider, MacRumors, BGR, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, Cult of Mac, and iMore
| Washington Post: |
US officials: China is ramping up its ability to disrupt key US infrastructure; 2023 victims include a Hawaii water utility, a West Coast port, and a pipeline — A utility in Hawaii, a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year, officials say
X: @nakashimae, @matt_schrader_, @ericgeller, @nakashimae, and @rc_greenway
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft partners with 60 unions representing 12.5M workers to create “an open dialogue” on AI's impact on them, and signs a ZeniMax staff contract on AI use — Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with labor unions to create “an open dialogue” on how artificial intelligence will impact workers.| Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
The US awards the first CHIPS Act grant to BAE Systems, giving the defense contractor $35M to quadruple production of chips used in F-15 and F-35 fighter jets — The award, which will go to BAE Systems, is part of a new government program aimed at creating a more secure supply of semiconductors.| Randy Nelson / data.ai: |
TikTok reaches $10B in gross revenue, including $3.84B in 2023 so far, $3.32B in 2022, and $1.72B in 2021, the fifth mobile app and the first non-game to do so — The short video social phenomenon has added nearly $4 billion this year alone, and it's all from virtual coins used to purchase gifts for the platform's content creators.
More: TechCrunch, Neowin, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: |
More: PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, TechStartups, Reuters, Fortune, Nikkei Asia, TechCrunch, Metaverse Post, Silicon Republic, Tech Xplore, and DealStreetAsia
X: @marikakatanuma and @kepspxbghvs
LinkedIn: Fabian Moa, CFA, FRM …, Ngoc Tran, Rudy A. Dalimunthe, Sheji Ho, and Jeremy Ang C. H.
| Quynh Nguyen / Bloomberg: |
Vietnamese media reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees Vietnam as a potential second home for the company and plans to open a design center in the country — Huang, speaking at a Hanoi semiconductor and artificial intelligence conference hosted by a Vietnam ministry Monday … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: starting on December 13, Biden's team plans to meet companies, labor advocates, and experts to talk global data flows to avoid internet “balkanization” — - White House undertaking review after US change in trade policy — Contentious debate underway as business groups apply pressure| Financial Times: |
A look at the race among chip giants to make 2nm chips, as Samsung and Intel identify the next leap in chip manufacturing as a chance to close the gap with TSMC — TSMC, Samsung and Intel battle to create ‘2 nanometre’ chips in moves that will shape the future of $500bn industry| Financial Times: |
Dealroom: Nvidia is the most active large-scale investor in AI startups in 2023, excluding accelerator funds like YC, with 35 deals, almost 6x more than in 2022 — US chipmaker takes stakes in groups that are also its customers in effort to ‘lock up the market’| Sara Dorn / Forbes: |
In a 2+ hour talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, and others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users “do something illegal” — Elon Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, newly reinstated to X after a five-year ban, launched a live-streamed chat …
More: The Verge, Associated Press, NPR, Politico, The Hill, Telegraph, Business Insider, New York Post, Fortune, Mediaite, Livemint, Social Media Today, Washington Post, The Messenger, Deadline, South China Morning Post, Wall Street Journal, and Variety
Threads: @ikepigott, @owillis1977, @oliverdarcy, @dankim312, @dsilverman, @keubikooriginal, @tapaseaswar, @anneapplebaum2000, @ian_bassin, @benjamin_goggin_, @moskov, @edcarson1971, @noturtlesoup17, @realjuddlegum, @kenpopehat, @cwarzel, @keubikooriginal, and @realjuddlegum
Mastodon: @therobburgessshow …, @StefanThinks@beige.party, @JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @erosalie@infosec.exchange, @kevinrns@mstdn.social, and @kbeninato@mstdn.party
Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @bencollins.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @travisview.bsky.social, @kattenbarge.bsky.social, and @bencollins.bsky.social
X: @danalarsen, @oneunderscore__, @edzitron, @jason, @davidsacks, @jason, @ivanthek, @shayan86, @gregpinelo, @maryangelaperna, @brooke, @tron, @benjysarlin, @seyitaylor, and @marceelias. LinkedIn: Jon Younger PhD
Forums: news.ycombinator.com and r/RealTesla
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More: Engadget, Reuters, BBC, New York Post, Silicon Republic, Reuters, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Axios, Business Insider, PCMag, The Hill, New.blicio.us, New York Daily News, The Messenger, CNBC, Reclaim The Net, Rolling Stone, CNN, and Bloomberg
Threads: @crumbler, @mattbinder, @carnage4life, @oliverdarcy, @malwaretech, @carnage4life, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @carnage4life, @seth.abramson, @deanobeidallah, @lorakolodny, @goatburgler, @mossbergwalt, @shannonrwatts, @jnewberger, @shannonrwatts, @ruthzknits, and @karaswisher
Mastodon: @lauren@mastodon …, @lauren@mastodon …, @TodayInTwitter@mastodon …, @rodhilton@mastodon.social, @LeslieBurns@legal.social, @John@socks.masto.host, @I_am_stefan@dembowski.social, @Andy_European@mastodon.online, @UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org, @ariegoldshlager@mstdn.social, and @davidakin@mstdn.ca
Bluesky: @tommyg.bsky.social, @ogdenprime.bsky.social, @adnan.social, @epro.social, and @kenwhite.bsky.social
X: @elonmusk, @jaketapper, @tszzl, @amoneyresists, @wholemarsblog, @rabois, @jason, @karaswisher, @buccocapital, @jason, @danprimack, @nytliz, @eliothiggins, @catturd2, @eliothiggins, @eliothiggins, @johnwilson, @agoldmund, @vivekgramaswamy, @nntaleb, @damonimani, @david_leavitt, @shannonrwatts, and @adamkinzinger. LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/WhitePeopleTwitter, r/technology, r/Conservative, and r/RealTesla
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Armada, which aims to bring AI grade computing to remote places like oil rigs using Starlink, raised a $40M Series A, a source says at a nearly $250M valuation — Led by former DataRobot CEO Dan Wright, one-year-old Armada is leveraging a “close collaboration” with Elon Musk's SpaceX … | Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Paris-based Mistral AI raised €385M from a16z, Lightspeed, and others, sources say at a ~$2B valuation, and releases its open-source La plateforme model — The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots. Rivals like OpenAI and Google argue that approach can be dangerous.
More: Mistral AI, Crunchbase News, Tech.eu, Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, TechCrunch, CryptoSlate, Metaverse Post, Tech Xplore, The Decoder, CoinGape, Silicon Republic, TechStartups, Andreessen Horowitz, Cointelegraph, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and New.blicio.us
Mastodon: @MattHodges@mastodon.social. X: @karpathy, @paulbz, @dctanner, @emollick, @jcsamuelian, @art_zucker, @dchaplot, @josephjacks_, @unsorsodicorda, @tianle_cai, @eladgil, @omarsar0, @alexsablay, @iankar_, @alphasignalai, @nicoritschel, @space_colonist, @arthurmensch, @_philschmid, @dchaplot, @karpathy, @realgeorgehotz, @abacaj, @basedbeffjezos, @levelsio, @maccaw, @lulumeservey, @jxmnop, @abacaj, and @vikhyatk
LinkedIn: Peter Cranstone, Wahaj Siddiqui, Taha Zemmouri, and Girish Mallapragada. Forums: Hacker News
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