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November 18, 2024, 4:15 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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.
The Information:
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 …
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
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
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
Reuters:
Sources: Tata Electronics agrees to buy a 60% stake in Pegatron's iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu, India, forming a joint venture, and will run the daily operations  —  India's Tata Electronics has agreed to buy a majority stake in Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron's only iPhone plant in India …
Financial Times:
Chinese smartphone manufacturers are ramping up their efforts in Europe to grab marketshare from Apple and Samsung with tech such as foldable devices  —  Realme, Oppo and Honor are looking to challenge Samsung and Apple on the continent with fancier handsets
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
Edison: 31% of US weekly podcast listeners say YouTube is their most used platform to listen to podcasts, surpassing Spotify at 27% and Apple Podcasts at 15%  —  One of the most powerful companies in entertainment has become the king of podcasts because we don't just listen to people talking into microphones for hours.
Bloomberg:
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail efforts by Google and Meta to sink KOSA, which passed in the Senate almost unanimously, by dividing US House lawmakers with culture war issues  —  Tech giants and their allies lean on culture-war issues to splinter bipartisan support for the bill
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Q&A with Future of Life Institute co-founder Max Tegmark on AGI, how Elon Musk could constructively engage with the Trump administration on AI safety, and more  —  More than 33,000 people—including a hall of fame of AI experts—signed a March 2023 open letter calling on the tech industry …
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