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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
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| Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword: |
Google says the DOJ's “radical” and “sweeping” proposals in the Search antitrust case risk “hurting” consumers, businesses, developers, and US competitiveness — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today shared a broad outline of radical changes it may demand …
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| Financial Times: |
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
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| 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.
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| Bloomberg: |
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to David Baker for “computational protein design” and Demis Hassabis and John Jumper — - Demis Hassabis, John Jumper share half the $1.1 million award — Remainder goes to David Baker for building new proteins| Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: |
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| Reuters: |
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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft issues the final Surface Duo 2 security update ahead of its end of support on October 21; the Duo 2, released in October 2021, got one Android update — Microsoft has issued the final security update for Surface Duo 2 ahead of its end of support date on October 21.
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| 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.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| 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
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| Seth Fiegerman / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI says it suspects that China-linked SweetSpecter tried to phish its employees earlier in 2024, posing as a ChatGPT user to send customer support emails — The unsuccessful effort involved posing as a ChatGPT user. … OpenAI said a group with apparent ties to China tried to carry … | 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
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| New York Times: |
How Withheld for Privacy and other proxy services that help domain operators shield their identities have turned Iceland into a global hub for illicit activity — A Reykjavik building that houses a penis museum and an H&M is also the virtual home to an array of perpetrators of identity theft, ransomware and disinformation.| 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 … | 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
X: @europeangreent and @robgilbey
| 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 … | 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.
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