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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
A look at OnlyFake, an underground website that claims to use “neural networks” to generate highly convincing fake IDs for $15; one ID passed OKX's verification  —  This piece was produced with support from The Capitol Forum.  —  An underground website called OnlyFake is claiming to use …
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Snap plans to lay off 10% of its global workforce, or ~529 employees, in part to “promote in-person collaboration”; the company cut 20% of staff in August 2022  —  Social media company Snap said on Monday that it would lay off 10% of its global workforce, or around 529 employees.
Bloomberg:
How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius' eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history  —  A few years ago, during one of California's steadily worsening wildfire seasons, Nat Friedman's family home burned down.
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Microsoft strikes an AI deal with Semafor for a breaking news feed called Signals; Ben Smith says it will be written by journalists, using AI as a research tool  —  Collaboration comes as tech giant faces multibillion-dollar lawsuit from the New York Times  —  Microsoft is working …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
YouTube says a “Vision Pro app is on our roadmap” but doesn't offer a timeframe; YouTube videos in 360 and VR playback modes are not viewable in visionOS Safari  —  Here's a little bit of an about-face: YouTube now says it has a Vision Pro app on its roadmap.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
The Oversight Board upholds Meta's decision to not remove a maliciously edited video of Biden but urges Meta to update its “incoherent” manipulated media policy  —  However, the board said Meta should update its “incoherent” manipulated media policy.
Will Canny / CoinDesk:
Oobit, which lets consumers pay using crypto while merchants receive fiat currency, raised a $25M Series A led by the investment arm of Tether and others  —  The round also included participation from Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder of Solana.  —  Register Now
Sylvia Westall / Bloomberg:
Yandex plans to sell its entire Russian business, including Russia's most popular search engine, to a group led by Yandex management in a deal valued at ~$5.2B  —  - Dutch-registered firm reaches agreement to sell Russian unit  — Fallout from the war in Ukraine forced tech giant to split up
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Source: Bethesda considers bringing its new Indiana Jones game to the PS5 months after its Xbox and PC debut, as part of Microsoft's new multi-platform approach  —  Bethesda's upcoming Indiana Jones game is also tentatively set to launch on Sony's PlayStation 5 console.

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Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump says Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic trainwreck” and “CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW”, after CBS aired a Late Show rerun in which Colbert mocked Trump

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney crosses the $6B milestone at the box office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic; no other studio has managed to reach $6B since 2015

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Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg:
StatusPro, which makes a first-person simulation NFL game for VR headsets, raised a $20M Series A led by GV

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Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk:
Montenegro's government says it has extradited Han Chang-joon, the former CFO of Terraform Labs, to South Korea
Bloomberg:
A Seoul court acquits Samsung Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee of stock manipulation charges, removing the threat of a jail time for the billionaire
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