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November 26, 2024, 10:15 AM

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Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
The US awards Intel up to $7.865B under the CHIPS Act to help build or expand chip plants in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon, including $1B+ later in 2024  —  Government grant is less than originally expected because the chip giant is also receiving separate funding for defense
Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
Bluesky says it is working to comply with EU rules and is consulting with its lawyers, after the bloc accused the social network of flouting its regulations  —  Bluesky said it's working to comply with European Union rules after the bloc accused the fast-growing social media platform of flouting its digital regulations.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts as its growth surges; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100  —  This article includes references to child sexual abuse material (CSAM).  —  Aaron Rodericks didn't know what he was looking at.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Google proposes Search tweaks in the EU to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locations and results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia  —  Google has proposed more changes to its search results in Europe after some smaller rivals complained about lower traffic …
Wall Street Journal:
A ransomware attack on major supply chain software provider Blue Yonder is disrupting operations at Starbucks, the UK's Sainsbury's and Morrisons, and others  —  Attack strikes operations managed through Blue Yonder, one of the largest supply chain technology providers
New York Times:
Huawei unveils the $760+ Mate 70 series, powered by its HarmonyOS Next, calling the flagship the “smartest” Mate phone, as it continues to face US chip curbs  —  Last year, a chip breakthrough put Huawei on top of the Chinese smartphone market.  Now it is rolling out its newest phone, the Mate 70 series.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default, another improvement seemingly sparked by competition from Bluesky  —  Threads will now let users decide what feed they want as their default when opening the app.  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced …
Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake initiates legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to pump Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track that attacks Drake  —  In a legal petition, the star's company accuses UMG of serious wrongdoing — a stunning twist months after his high-profile feud with Kendrick.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Qualcomm's interest in an Intel acquisition has cooled; CEO Cristiano Amon says “right now, at this time, we have not identified any large acquisition”  —  - A deal would likely have been one of the largest ever in tech  — Qualcomm “hasn't identified large acquisition,” CEO said
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that X deprioritizes posts with links in their main text, to stop “lazy linking”, and tells users to “put the link in the reply”  —  Elon Musk confirmed that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X in a revelation …

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