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November 27, 2024, 4:10 AM

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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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