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December 27, 2023, 11:48 AM

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New York Times:

The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging millions of articles were used in training, the first major US media organization to sue — Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.

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Blake Brittain / Reuters:

A US appeals court pauses the ITC's ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 imports due to the Masimo patent dispute, after Biden declined to veto the ban — Apple (AAPL.O) scored a victory on Wednesday as a U.S. appeals court paused a government commission's import ban …

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan plans to join Jony Ive's LoveFrom to work on AI hardware; Sam Altman plans to provide the software underpinnings — - Design executive Tang Tan is set to leave Apple in February — Tan will join Ive's LoveFrom design studio, work on AI project

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

How Apple hiring Stanford PhD Marcelo Lamego, who was CTO of Masimo sister Cercacor, in 2013 to add Watch health features sparked a fight that led to the US ban — Apple's hiring of a key engineer 10 years ago helped spark a fight that led its watch to be banned from the US.

More: 9to5Mac, Dexerto, San Francisco Business Times, AppleInsider, The Verge, Supercharged, BGR, WRAL TechWire, Pocket-lint, and Reuters. X: @markgurman

David Pan / Bloomberg:

Filing: MicroStrategy acquired 14,620 BTC for $616M in cash, taking its total holdings to 189,150 BTC, worth $8B+, or almost 1% of the 19.58M BTC outstanding — - MicroStrategy's total Bitcoin holdings is now 189,150 coins … The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company run …

New York Times:

Investigation: China's Ministry of State Security intel agency uses AI and other tech to challenge the CIA; US officials describe an AI system to track US spies — The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying A.I. and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States …

More: Wall Street Journal. X: @hofrench, @timothys, @shashj, @jchengwsj, and @andreasharsono

Nikkei Asia:

Sources: Japan is preparing regulations requiring Apple, Google, and others to allow third-party app stores and payment systems on their mobile platforms — Antitrust curbs to require tech giants to allow third-party app platforms and billing — Google and Apple both require apps …

More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, iMore, SamMobile, WebProNews, AppleInsider, Supercharged, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, and Neowin

X: @loudmouthjulia, @ballmatthew, @florian4gamers, and @florian4gamers

Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:

Researchers propose a protocol to secure AirTag against stalking while maintaining privacy; Apple revised its system to rotate device identifiers every 24 hours — Apple updated its location-tracking system in an attempt to cut down on AirTag abuse while still preserving privacy.

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Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:

A look at the challenges Amazon faces in selling cars in the US: only 11% of its customers report buying $1,000+ items, dealerships sell most new cars, and more — Company aims to make online car purchases as seamless as getting everyday essentials — Willie Hall loves to browse and buy cars online, but he wants more options.

Forums: Slashdot

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:

Integris Health, Oklahoma's largest not-for-profit health network, confirms a November cyberattack resulting in stolen data, after patients get extortion emails — Integris Health patients in Oklahoma are receiving blackmail emails stating that their data was stolen in a cyberattack …

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Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times:

Opensignal: UK 5G download speeds averaged 118.2M Mbps between August 1 and October 29, down 13% YoY, the slowest in the G7 in 2023; France averaged 221.1 Mbps — Research by Opensignal comes despite government's emphasis on benefits of technology to economic growth

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

60 Minutes' CECOT segment, pulled by Bari Weiss, was mistakenly aired in Canada via an app owned by Global Television, which airs 60 Minutes in the country

Ali Watkins / New York Times:

Channel 4 says Jimmy Kimmel will share a message on Christmas Day as part of its Alternative Christmas Message show, emphasizing the importance of free speech

Reuters:

Israel's cabinet votes to shut down popular national radio station Army Radio, saying it has become a platform for views that “attack” its armed forces

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Sam Nussey / Reuters:

SoftBank tells T-Mobile US to issue 48.75M shares, worth ~$7.59B, to the conglomerate after the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, taking its stake from 3.75% to 7.64%

More: Barron's Online, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg

Tobias Mann / The Register:

As more high-performance computing chips pushed past 1 kW in 2023, like Nvidia's GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, many manufacturers adopted direct liquid cooling

Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot

Financial Times:

China struggles to contain a shadow market for business data, as most companies shun the 48 official exchanges set up by local governments to tighten control

Angela Watercutter / Wired:

Hollywood unions resisting AI being used to recreate actors' performances sets a precedent for future labor movements on how to push back against automation

More: WinBuzzer, The Hollywood Reporter, and Gizmodo

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Song Jung-a / Financial Times:

After over a year of testing, South Korean internet giant Naver plans to let companies use its Rookie office helper robots that can deliver meals and parcels

More: Analytics Insight and PYMNTS.com

X: @cshenoy and @scottlincicome

George Hammond / Financial Times:

PitchBook: Microsoft, Google, and Amazon made investments amounting to 66% of the $27B raised by generative AI startups in 2023, vastly outspending VC firms

More: PYMNTS.com and City A.M.

X: @monkchips. Forums: Slashdot

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:

Researchers are increasingly using the Harry Potter books to experiment with generative AI, citing the series' wide range of language data and complex wordplay

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Earlier Picks

Laura Hughes / Financial Times:

An NHS scheme to use AI sensors in kettles and fridges to monitor ~140 discharged patients' drinking and eating patterns reduced unplanned readmissions by 77%

Clement Tan / CNBC:

China's gaming regulator plans to study stakeholders' concerns to “further modify and improve” the draft rules for curbing excessive online gaming and spending

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The Information:

Sources: Anthropic projects $850M+ in annualized revenue by 2024's end, or $70M+/month, an increase of over 8x from its monthly revenue around September 2023

More: PYMNTS.com, The Decoder, Tech in Asia, SiliconANGLE, and Reuters

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Becky Peterson / The Information:

Filing: xAI incorporated as a for-profit benefit corporation in November, letting the startup prioritize a positive societal impact over shareholder obligations

More: CoinGape and The Decoder

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Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest:

Microsoft tests a feature that lets Windows 11 users reinstall the OS using Windows Update, a method that preserves files, settings, and installed apps

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Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest:

Microsoft launches Microsoft Copilot for Android, a free ChatGPT-like app that supports GPT-4 and DALL-E 3; sources say an iOS version should arrive soon

Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:

Filing: Grayscale Investments, which runs the world's largest BTC trust, says Barry Silbert resigned as chair, succeeded by Mark Shifke, and doesn't explain why