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Polymarket says the FBI seized CEO Shayne Coplan's phone and electronics; source: the DOJ is investigating Polymarket for allegedly accepting bets from US users — - Polymarket says FBI agents seized CEO's phone, electronics — Platform has taken recent measures to weed out US traders
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Buttcoin, r/neoliberal, and r/Conservative
| Ramish Zafar / Wccftech: |
AMD says it will lay off ~4% of its global staff to align “resources with our largest growth opportunities”; SEC filing: AMD had 26,000 employees at 2023's end — According to a spokesperson, chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is laying off a portion of its global workforce.| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
A US judge rules that Meta must face trial in a US FTC lawsuit seeking its breakup over claims that it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to crush its competitors — Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break up over claims … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI plans to launch a new AI agent codenamed Operator, which can use a computer to take actions on a person's behalf, in January — The new software, codenamed “Operator,” is set to be released in January. — OpenAI is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence agent codenamed …
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, MarkTechPost, The Information, Tom's Guide, Quartz, and eWeek
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
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Sources: Instagram's ad unit plans to launch ads on Threads in early 2025; Meta's public statements imply any ad rollout for Threads next year will be slow — Meta Platforms plans to introduce advertisements to its text app, Threads, early next year, hoping to cash in on the app's rapid growth …
More: PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, The Wrap, Reuters, Social Media Today, Engadget, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Threads: @mattnavarra, @davidcelis, @jonloomer, @guillecummings, and @theofficialkatya. Forums: Slashdot
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
In a policy blueprint, OpenAI says the US and its neighbors should form a “North American Compact for AI” to compete with China in talent, financing, and more — - The startup called for a ‘North American Compact on AI’ — OpenAI said US must backstop, streamline AI infrastructure
More: PYMNTS.com, FedScoop, Washington Post, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, The Information, and Fox News
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are seeing diminishing returns from costly efforts to build new AI models; a new Gemini model is missing internal targets — Three of the leading artificial intelligence companies are seeing diminishing returns from their costly efforts to develop newer models.
More: The Daily Upside, MacRumors, Windows Central, ZeroHedge News, Proactive, BGR, PetaPixel, TechCrunch, and The Information
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Forums: r/technology, r/OpenAI, and MacRumors Forums
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon debuts Amazon Haul, a storefront in its app offering “crazy low prices” on a range of items, with free shipping on $25+ orders, to take on Temu and Shein — Amazon has rolled out a new storefront featuring apparel, home goods, electronics and other items priced below $20 …
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LinkedIn: Dharmesh Mehta, Margaux Logan, and Miya Knights
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Cisco reports Q1 revenue down 6% YoY to $13.8B, vs. $13.77B estimated, net income down 25% to $2.7B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates — - Company has been working to recover from yearlong slump — Federal government spending is seen as a weak spot for Cisco
More: SiliconANGLE, Cisco, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, Proactive, Constellation Research, Benzinga, MarketWatch, and CNBC. X: @thetranscript_
| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
CoreWeave closed a $650M secondary share sale led by Jane Street, Magnetar, Fidelity Management, and Macquarie Capital, a source says at a $23B valuation — AI cloud startup CoreWeave said on Wednesday it has closed a $650 million minority investment led by Jane Street, Magnetar …
More: CRN, NBC10 Philadelphia, CoreWeave, and PitchBook
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google announces new features for the Fitbit Ace LTE, its smartwatch for kids, including family group chats, messaging for siblings, and a new mini-game — Fitbit's Ace LTE, the smartwatch designed for ages 7+, is introducing new features to help families stay connected and get active together.
More: The Keyword, Android Central, Techopedia, Android Police, How-To Geek, Android Authority, Phone Scoop, CNET, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, MakeUseOf, and Neowin
| Charles Daly / Bloomberg: |
Klarna files for a US IPO; analysts put Klarna's implied valuation at ~$14.6B in October 2024 after shareholder Chrysalis upped the value of its stake to ~$154M — Swedish payments firm Klarna Group Plc has filed for an initial public offering in the US, ending months of speculation … | Theodore Schleifer / New York Times: |
Sources detail Elon Musk's role in Trump's transition: Mar-a-Lago meetings, calls with world leaders, voicing support for Brendan Carr at the FCC, and more — He's on the patio. He's on the golf course. Everywhere Donald Trump looks, there is the world's richest man.
More: The Information, NBC News, The Wrap, New Yorker, New Jersey Online, Gizmodo, and Washingtonian
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Forums: r/politics and r/politics
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
An interview with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who won't rule out more Xbox games on other consoles, says an Xbox handheld is “a few years out”, and more — Phil Spencer is planning how to enter and partner in the handheld device and mobile-store markets
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X: @jasonschreier, @dinabass, and @tomwarren
Forums: r/socialism, r/NintendoSwitch, r/xbox, r/Games, and r/PS5
| Callie Holtermann / New York Times: |
Bluesky says it gained 1M+ users in the week since the US election, mostly in the US, the UK, and Canada, and crossed 15M users; Bluesky had 6M users in August — With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.
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Threads: @oliverdarcy, @mosseri, @keithedwards, @crumbler, @crumbler, @navneetalang, and @tomgara. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Bluesky: @mcuban.bsky.social, @mikeisaac.bsky.social, @kantrowitz.bsky.social, @karaswisher.bsky.social, @jaz.bsky.social, @emilyliu.me, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @bsky.app, @sarahjeong.bsky.social, and @nihilscio.bsky.social
X: @emollick, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @bluesky, @arictoler, @mikeisaac, and @semaforben. LinkedIn: Dana Thomas
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
DeepL, which was valued at $2B in May 2024, debuts DeepL Voice to give users real-time text translations of others speaking in one of 13 different languages — DeepL has made a name for itself with online text translation it claims is more nuanced and precise than services from the likes of Google … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says it will test removing news articles from EU-based publishers from Search for 1% of users in France, Poland, Italy, Spain, and other EU countries — As Google continues to navigate its relationship with publishers, regulators, and news readers, the company is starting a pretty drastic test …
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Central, and Android Headlines
| Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads — Audio-streaming giant plans to pay hosts to make podcast videos and allow premium subscribers to watch them without ads| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
FBI and CISA: Chinese hackers breached multiple US telecom companies, compromising the “private communications” of US officials and stealing customer call data — CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” … | Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Toronto-based Zero Gravity Labs, which is building a decentralized AI operating system, raised a $40M seed and secured a $250M “token purchase commitment” — The seed round included contributions from Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Polygon and Animoca Brands
More: SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, and The Block
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Google DeepMind releases AlphaFold 3's source code and model weights for academic use, which could accelerate scientific discovery and drug development — Google DeepMind has unexpectedly released the source code and model weights of AlphaFold 3 for academic use, marking a significant advance …
More: Google DeepMind on GitHub, Nature, Science, The Decoder, The Rundown AI, Wall Street Pit, ExtremeTech, MarkTechPost, Maginative, Analytics India Magazine, and The Researcher Daily
X: @pushmeet, @maxjaderberg, @paulynamagana, @ddelalamo, and @officiallogank. LinkedIn: Juan Castillo
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Docs and sources: Amazon has discontinued a secretive effort to develop an at-home fertility tracker, which was part of its moonshot incubator Grand Challenge — Amazon has discontinued a secretive effort to develop an at-home fertility tracker, according to internal documents and people familiar with the matter.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK consumer rights group Which? launches a legal claim against Apple, seeking £3B in compensation, alleging that Apple locked ~40M UK users into iCloud services — U.K. consumer rights group ‘Which?’ is filing a legal claim against Apple under competition law on behalf of some 40 million users …
More: BBC, Reuters, The Independent, Yahoo Finance, Daily Mail, The Mirror, London Evening Standard, and Which?
| Bloomberg: |
How gambling apps are indebting Brazilians, after legalization; Nubank reassured investors in September 2024 that it had limited exposure to troubled bettors — The boom shocked policy makers who are now scrambling to control it — At the headquarters of the United Nations …
X: @jdorosario, @_night_brain__, @ezraklein, @lpolgreen, @lucas_shaw, @otis_reid, @thestalwart, and @pkafka. Forums: r/neoliberal
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 8% YoY to ~$23.9B and net income up 20% YoY to ~$7.4B, vs. ~$6.2B est., buoyed by Dungeon & Fighter Mobile and Black Myth: Wukong — - Net income for the September quarter beat analyst estimates — Tencent kicks off a busy earnings season for China techSponsor Posts
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