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Q&A with The Verge EIC Nilay Patel on upcoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the alliance between Trump and Musk and how it threatens the First Amendment, and more — “All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created.”| Bloomberg: |
Trump names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr as FCC chair; Carr floated limiting Section 230 and says the FCC has “an important role to play reining in Big Tech” — - Senior Republican on panel seeks to rein in tech, backs Musk — Carr wrote a chapter of Project 2025 on the FCC's priorities
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Sources: in recent months, Nvidia has asked its suppliers to change the design of server racks for Blackwell GPUs several times to overcome overheating problems — Nvidia is grappling with new problems related to its much-anticipated Blackwell graphics processing units for artificial intelligence …
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How Tim Cook may navigate Trump's presidency, a closer look at Apple's upcoming smart home command center, sources detail a new AirTag coming in 2025, and more — With its heavy reliance on China, Apple remains vulnerable to Donald Trump's tariffs. But Tim Cook likely has a plan to soften the blow.
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Sources: CISA Director Jen Easterly and Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan plan to leave the agency on January 20, 2025, the day of Trump's inauguration — Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Jen Easterly speaks during Kyiv International Cyber Resilience Forum 2024 on February 7, 2024.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Trump's transition team is looking for candidates to lead the US Department of Transportation and develop a federal framework for autonomous vehicles — - Policy leaders are being pursued for key Musk priority — Tesla CEO, named to efficiency role, plans push on robotaxis
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How Wall Street is preparing to cash on AI hysteria; analysis say delivering on AI's promise will require $1T+ for data centers, electricity, and more — Finance's marquee names are ready to gatecrash the artificial-intelligence party. — At a dinner hosted by some of Morgan Stanley's top bankers … | Bloomberg: |
Xiaomi reports Q3 revenue up 31% YoY to ~$12.8B, above ~$12.4B est., and a ~$738.5M net income, above ~$653M est., buoyed by growing smartphone and EV sales — - Xiaomi again raises delivery target for SU7 sedan for 2024 — Handset shipments grow thanks to continued industry recovery
More: South China Morning Post, Reuters, Xiaomi Corporation, and Gizmochina
| Bloomberg: |
Netflix says 60M households watched the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams — - Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faced off in heavily anticipated bout — Users complained on social media of difficulty watching fight
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How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to buy it in April 2023 — The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars.| Reuters: |
Sources and ads: Foxconn tells recruiters that help hire iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age, gender, and marital criteria and its name from ads — Apple supplier Foxconn has ordered the hiring agents that help recruit iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age … | Financial Times: |
Samsung unveils a $7.2B share buyback plan, its first since 2017, aimed at boosting its stock, which has fallen 30%+ in 2024 on concerns over Chair Lee Jae-yong — First repurchases in seven years are aimed at boosting stock and may help avoid margin call for founding family
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