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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI  —  A group appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI's video generator, in protest of what it's calling duplicity and “art washing” on OpenAI's part.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in Mate 70 series of smartphones is the company's first fully self-developed OS that reportedly no longer uses open-source Android code  —  Huawei on Tuesday launched the Mate 70 series of smartphones that can run on the company's latest self-developed operating system …
Paul Triolo / American Affairs Journal:
A look at the evolution of China's semiconductor industry and Huawei under US export controls, as GPUs become the new focal point of US-China tech competition  —  Since I last wrote about China's responses to U.S. export controls in these pages, in February 2024, much has changed …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts  —  On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion's bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy.  In the objection, Elon Musk's lawyers argued that X has …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Bluesky says it is up to outside orgs to respect user consent, after a Hugging Face employee published a dataset of 1M posts from Bluesky's API for ML research  —  A machine learning librarian at Hugging Face just released a dataset composed of one million Bluesky posts …
Felix Ng / Cointelegraph:
US appeals court finds the OFAC exceeded its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts, as they can't be owned and so are not “property”  —  A US appeals court ruled the Treasury's OFAC “overstepped” when it sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash's smart contracts.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
A lawsuit between two Amazon influencers over allegations of copyright infringement shows the challenges of defining originality and ownership in content  —  One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home.  But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
An analysis finds over 54% of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated; LinkedIn says it doesn't track how many posts are created by AI  —  A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform's embrace of AI tools has been a success.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
The FCC approves a license for SpaceX and T-Mobile to use Starlink to offer supplemental coverage from space in a bid to extend internet access to remote areas  —  The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it has approved a license for T-Mobile (TMUS.O) and Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink unit …
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $1.01B, vs. $982.8M est., a $16.8M loss, compared to a $26.7M profit a year earlier, and raises its FY 2025 outlook  —  Cybersecurity company were dragged down by expected headwinds following one of the worst computer outages ever
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Roblox is offering 25% more Robux for users buying on the web and via gift cards than those making an IAP via Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store  —  As scrutiny around Apple and Google's app store fees ramps up around the world, Roblox is now offering users who buy its game currency …

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CNN:
Sources: Pete Hegseth pushed for two F-15 crew members rescued from Iran to join a 60 Minutes story; Bari Weiss lobbied Hegseth to give CBS exclusive access

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Leaked report: Paramount leaving California “would result in losses of 2,750 and 5,550 job-years”, and economic losses between $1.01B-$2.03B for the state

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Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
HP reports Q4 revenue up 1.7% YoY to $14.1B, Personal Systems revenue up 2% to $9.59B vs. $9.74B est., forecasts Q1 profit below est.; HPQ drops 7%+

Earlier Picks

Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
Kraken says it is shutting down its NFT marketplace almost two years after it was launched
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Dell reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $24.4B, vs. $24.67B est., Infrastructure Solutions Group up 34% driven by AI sales, net income up 12%; DELL drops 11%
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta says Threads had 35M new signups since November 1 and is now going on three months of 1M+ signups per day; Threads had 275M+ MAUs in Q3 2024
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
/dev/agents, which plans to build a cloud-based OS for AI agents that can work across phones, laptops, and cars, raised $56M, a source says at a $500M valuation
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
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
Tron founder Justin Sun invests $30M in Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor in the DeFi project; the US SEC sued Sun in 2023
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