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January 3, 2024, 9:20 AM
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Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
Facebook rolls out Link History, an opt-out setting that tracks all the links a user clicked in the mobile app, and plans to use the data for targeted ads  —  Facebook introduces a confusing new setting as the walls close in on Zuckerberg's data machine.  —  Facebook recently rolled out a new …
Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Fidelity and other spot bitcoin ETF issuers jockey for an early advantage to attract investors, ahead of reported SEC approvals to launch as soon as January 10  —  As the Securities and Exchange Commission appears on the precipice of approving the first wave of Bitcoin ETFs …
Iyaz Akhtar / PCMag:
Samsung plans to hold its next Galaxy Unpacked event on January 17 at 10am PT in San Jose, and streamed on YouTube, to showcase new Galaxy devices and Galaxy AI  —  ‘Galaxy AI is coming,’ reads the tagline, so get ready for Samsung-developed artificial intelligence.
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk:
Filing: MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor begins selling $216M worth of shares, but says he remains “optimistic about MicroStrategy's prospects”  —  Saylor said earlier that he would use the proceedings from the sales to address personal obligations and buy more bitcoin to his personal account.
Fred Wilson / AVC:
2024 predictions: AI will help make Web3 usable in mainstream applications and Web3 will help us trust AI, Web3 regulatory clarity, flat VC investing, and more  —  As we enter 2024, the capital markets have found their footing and are moving higher.  The Fed has taken interest rates as far …
Rasmus Nielsen / Financial Times:
Despite the focus on generative AI misinformation, much of the policy discourse ignores that politicians pose the gravest threat, ahead of big elections in 2024  —  As we head into a big election year, beware the risks of misleading statements from those at very top
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Pornhub blocks access in two more states, Montana and North Carolina, in protest of the states' age verification laws  —  Happy new year to people in Montana and North Carolina, who just joined a growing list of states that now require identification to view porn, or are blocked from viewing it altogether …
Laurie Clarke / Politico:
Critics and tech firms worry that the UK's Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill, a surveillance law now whisking through parliament, undermines user privacy  —  Despite the protestations of industry and campaigners, ministers are whisking a new bill through parliament.
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: US customer cancellations at major streamers rose to 6.3% in November, up from 5.1% YoY; 24% of users canceled 3+ subscriptions over the past two years  —  Hulu, Netflix and other streamers are turning to bundles, discounts and ad-supported plans as customer defections rise

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TMZ.com:
Sources: Paramount told the offices of LA Mayor Karen Bass and CA AG Rob Bonta the company would announce Tuesday it was leaving the state; no announcement came

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Politico plans to launch Decoded, a daily tech policy briefing and its second subscription offering, on October 5, to be paywalled in Q1 2027 and cost ~$1K/year

Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
Brown Brothers Media built an AI-fueled network of websites by buying established publications, creating fake writers, and flooding sites with AI-created posts

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Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Orbit Chain, which facilitates cross-blockchain transactions, loses ~$81M after an attack on its cross-chain bridge protocol, reminiscent of Lazarus Group hacks
Sean Endicott / Windows Central:
Valve ended Steam support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 on January 1, saying the app used a now-defunct embedded Chrome version; <1% of Steam users have those OSes
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
X posts with link previews now display titles or headlines in the bottom left corner of the image, but the text size is small and long headlines get cut off
Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac:
A deal by the 38 OECD members that took effect on January 1 says that platforms must report users' earnings made on their services to local tax authorities
BBC:
After UK regulators approved Microsoft's Activision deal in October 2023, Brad Smith rows back his criticism of the UK, saying the CMA had been “tough and fair”
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Telegram rolls out version 10.5 of its app, offering “totally redesigned” voice and video calls with new animations and backgrounds
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