Techmeme: Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over alleged teen account recommendations to child predators, saying the case misrepresents the state's investigation (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

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Sources: OpenAI considered developing a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others — OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. — The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing …

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Anthropic raised an additional $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary cloud partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators — Anthropic, OpenAI's close rival, has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to make Amazon Web Services …

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational Siri version, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it as early as spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16 — - Company is working on overhaul that employees call ‘LLM Siri’ — Unveiling planned for next year, with rollout coming in 2026

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Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:

A UK CMA report finds that Apple's policies hold back innovation in mobile browsers and recommends investigating Apple and Google's mobile ecosystem activities — Apple's restrictions on mobile browsers are limiting innovation and holding back new features that could benefit iPhone users …

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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

Texas' AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to find if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued the WFA in August — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers …

More: MediaPost, Texas Attorney General, Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Post Millennial, Reclaim The Net, and Bloomberg Law

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Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:

The UK plans to draft a regulatory framework to oversee stablecoins and staking services as part of a single overarching regime for cryptoassets in early 2025 — - Planned legislation pushed back due to change of government — New administration to publish single overarching crypto regime

More: CoinDesk, TechCrunch, Cointelegraph, Blockchain News …, Cryptonews, CCN.com, The Paypers, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, PYMNTS.com, and CoinJournal

Lauren Feiner / The Verge:

Snap files to dismiss New Mexico's lawsuit over alleged teen account recommendations to child predators, saying the case misrepresents the state's investigation — Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens' accounts to child predators is backwards …

More: Engadget, Bloomberg Law, and Reuters

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Brave Search introduces AI chat to let users ask follow-up questions to initial queries, bringing together capabilities of chat-first and search-first tools — Brave announced on Thursday that it's introducing an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search.

More: Brave, Windows Central, Ghacks, Neowin, and Thurrott

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:

Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well — Google is pulling the plug on its next Pixel Tablet, citing fears the product wouldn't sell very well. — • — TL;DR

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Emma Roth / The Verge:

SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and will no longer display certain tenant scores — SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, will no longer use AI-powered “scores” to evaluate whether someone using housing vouchers would make a good tenant.

More: Pivot to AI, Bloomberg Law, Associated Press, Benzinga, and NBC News

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Hannah Lang / Reuters:

Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve — A slew of crypto companies including Ripple, Kraken and Circle are jostling for a seat on President-elect Donald Trump's promised …

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Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls on Donald Trump to “push harder” against cyberattacks from Russia, China, and Iran amid a wave of state-sponsored hacks — Big Tech group's president calls on new US administration to take tougher approach on state-sponsored cyber attacks

More: Business Insider, Benzinga, and The Information. X: @amir

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:

Spotify adds new audiobook features for Premium users: video clips up to 30 seconds long, Author Pages, and visuals that appear while users listen — Spotify is enhancing the audiobook experience for premium users through three new experiments: video clips, author pages, and the ability to add visuals that appear while users listen.

More: Engadget, Spotify, Spotify, BetaNews, Radio Ink, The Bookseller, Digital Music News, MakeUseOf, and iPhone in Canada Blog

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