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Forbes:
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones  —  Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
Some TikTok staff and users see Trump as a possible savior from the ban; others question whether Trump even cares about the app now that the campaign is over  —  Trump has signaled he's against a possible ban of the viral video-sharing app  —  Some TikTok staff and creators …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
With Elon Musk's ascension in Trump's orbit, tech leaders on the right hope to steer the second Trump administration, bringing a startup ethos to the government  —  With Elon Musk's ascension in Trump-world, tech leaders on the right see an opportunity to bring a start-up ethos to the federal government.
Financial Times:
Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7nm or smaller as of this coming Monday  —  World's biggest contract chipmaker acts to ensure it is in line with US restrictions on Chinese access to latest processors
Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk:
Block says it is investing less in music streaming app Tidal and winding down decentralized “Web5” venture TBD to focus on its bitcoin mining rigs and wallet
Ming-Chi Kuo:
Kuo: Apple plans to upgrade the high-end iPhone 18's wide-angle lens in 2026 to a variable aperture camera; Sunny Optical will be the primary shutter supplier  —  Key Growth Drivers for Sunny Optical's Apple Orders in 2025-2026:  —  1. Lens Supply Allocation to Rebound Significantly from ~5% in 2024 to 15-20% in 2025
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages  —  TikTok on Thursday debuted a new feature that will more closely connect its app, which already influences which songs top the charts …
Sebastian Sinclair / Decrypt:
Detroit plans to accept crypto for tax and fee payments from mid-2025 via a PayPal platform that will convert them to USD, becoming the largest US city to do so  —  Starting in mid-2025, Detroit residents will be able to pay with popular cryptos like Bitcoin and Ethereum through a PayPal-managed platform.
Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
Source: Amazon is discussing a second multibillion-dollar Anthropic investment, asking Anthropic to use servers with Amazon chips; Anthropic prefers Nvidia GPUs  —  Amazon is discussing making a second multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI rival Anthropic, according to a person involved in the discussions.
Mark Hachman / PCWorld:
Mercury Research: AMD's desktop CPU market share, in units, grew from 19.2% in Q3 2023 to 28.7% in Q3 2024 and from 19.5% to 22.3% for mobile in the same period  —  AMD's desktop CPU market share jumped nearly 10 percent in the last year, an analyst reported Thursday, on the heels …
Bloomberg:
Sony reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$19.45B, operating profit up 73% YoY to ~$2.96B vs. ~$2.18B est., and PS5 sales of 3.8M units, down from 4.9M a year ago  —  - Chinese hit ‘Wukong’ helped game sales on aging PlayStation 5  — Image sensor business was hurt by demand lull in North America
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US federal judge dismisses Raw Story and AlterNet's copyright lawsuit against OpenAI over LLM training, for now, saying the outlets couldn't show enough harm  —  A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI that claimed it misused articles …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Arthur L. Carter, who started a Connecticut newspaper in 1981, bought and sold The Nation, and founded the New York Observer in 1987, has died at 93

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney's Zootopia 2 surpasses $1B at the global box office, the fastest PG-rated film to do so after just 17 days in release

More News

Reuters:
Sources: Trump's transition team is considering Dan Gallagher, a former SEC commissioner and Robinhood's current legal chief, to replace SEC chair Gary Gensler
Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
iVerify's founder says the FBI is investigating whether China used its access to Verizon networks to infect the iPhones of staff of a US presidential campaign

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Bloomberg:
An interview with Changpeng Zhao about his four months of incarceration, investing in X, forced separation from Binance, plans for the future, and more
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nvidia plans to add a 100-hour monthly cap for new Performance and Ultimate GeForce Now users from January 1 to avoid raising prices “in the foreseeable future”
Devindra Hardawar / Engadget:
Mac mini (2024) review: incredibly fast with the M4 Pro, well-equipped for creative work, and smaller design takes less space, but spec upgrades are overpriced
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Microsoft starts rolling out AI-powered text editing feature Rewrite in Notepad, and Generative Fill and Generative Erase features in Paint to Windows Insiders
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