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Filing: the US DOJ lays out “behavioral and structural remedies”, including a breakup, for the federal judge to consider in the Google Search antitrust case — - Antitrust officials also mull making Google share search data — Justice Department proposes multiple options in historic case| Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword: |
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The US DOJ's quest to end Google's long-standing dominance remains the stuff of fantasy, as whatever the courts may order, any real reckoning will take years — A world where the tech giant gets dismantled is more plausible than it was, but investors have reason to be unfazed| Wall Street Journal: |
US judges have little modern precedent to guide them on whether a breakup like the one the DOJ is proposing in the Google Search antitrust case is appropriate — Antitrust enforcers search for tough remedies to counteract alleged monopoly abuses — WASHINGTON—U.S. antitrust enforcers haven't broken up a company in 40 years.| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
HBO's documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery says Peter Todd, known for his Bitcoin codebase contributions, is Satoshi Nakamoto, a claim Todd denies — A new HBO documentary takes a swing at uncovering the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin.| Bloomberg: |
Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep — - Court banned platform in August as billionaire defied orders — Social network had 22 million users in South American country| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
MediaTek unveils the 3nm Dimensity 9400 mobile SoC, featuring a CPU with eight “big” cores and its own 8th-gen NPU, claiming 80% “faster LLM prompt performance” — MediaTek has formally announced its new flagship mobile chipset, the Dimensity 9400.| Washington Post: |
ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views — Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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Turkey blocks access to Discord following a court decision over sufficient suspicion that the crimes of “child sexual abuse and obscenity” have been committed — Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord following a court decision, the country's infotech regulator said on Wednesday.| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Study: X moves slowly to remove AI-made nudes reported as nonconsensual intimate media, if at all, but is quick if they're reported for copyright violations — Researchers posted AI-generated nude images to Twitter to see how the company responds to reports of copyright violation versus reports of nonconsensual nudity.| Bloomberg: |
CamScanner app maker Intsig is the best-performing China IPO stock in 2024 for $100M+ listings, after a euphoric market response to Beijing's stimulus measures — - Intsig Chairman Zhen Lixin's net worth hits $876 million — Shanghai-listed firm has surged since Sept. 26 debut| Sarah Vowell / Washington Post: |
A profile of the National Archives and Records Administration's Chief Innovation Officer Pamela Wright, who leads the agency's project to digitize 13B+ records — Sarah Vowell on the National Archives — “You had better remove the records,” Secretary of State James Monroe warned President … | Wall Street Journal: |
A look at disagreements over automation between US dockworkers and shipping industry officials, who say they need AI-powered stacking cranes and other machines — Striking dockworkers are back to work—but disagreement over automation stands in the way of lasting peace| Financial Times: |
A look at challenges for Ireland in its role as a data center hub, as energy supply problems and planning hurdles force AWS and others to evaluate alternatives — Dublin goes from ‘leader to flounderer’ as planning and energy supply problems lead tech groups to invest elsewhere| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
MiniMax, ByteDance, and 01.ai are among a group of Chinese AI companies that have launched AI products overseas, particularly in the US, to boost revenue growth — MiniMax, ByteDance and 01.ai launch apps overseas to boost revenue growth — Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Braintrust, which helps companies evaluate and monitor their AI tools' performance, raised a $36M Series A led by a16z, a source says at a ~$150M valuation — Ankur Goyal built infrastructure for AI products twice before at Impira and Figma. Now, his AI evaluations startup Braintrust … | Wall Street Journal: |
Short seller Hindenburg Research releases a report accusing Roblox of inflating user metrics to investors and prioritizing growth over child safety — Research firm alleges the videogame company has exaggerated user data and engagement figures — Short-selling firm Hindenburg Research … | Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
An era of politically motivated AI slop is here, exacerbating viral conspiracy theories and making a big impact after disasters, as in the US, Brazil, and Gaza — The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks. — By now, if you have spent any amount of time reading … | Laura Dobberstein / The Register: |
OpenAI says Singapore will serve as its APAC hub and appoints Oliver Jay, who served as Asana's chief revenue officer, to lead its international expansion — Picks Singapore as APAC hub and outlines desire to get governments onside — Chat GPT-maker Open AI announced today that it's appointed … | Pew Research Center: |
US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists — Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics| Bloomberg: |
Court filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk's “altruism versus greed” lawsuit is part of his “blusterous campaign to harass OpenAI for his own competitive advantage” — - Microsoft-backed AI company accuses billionaire of harassment — Musk says OpenAI founders enriched themselves draining assets
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