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Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children under 16, brushing aside lawmaker concerns on both sides; tech companies could be fined up to A$50M — - Australia's social media laws to be among strictest in world — Children under age of 16 will be banned from opening accounts| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Ofcom: 22.9M UK adults visited Reddit in May 2024, up 47% YoY, making it the fifth biggest social media platform in the UK, above X's 22.1M and LinkedIn's 18.3M — Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ofcom: UK adults now spend 4 hours and 20 minutes on average daily online, a jump from 3 hours and 41 minutes in 2023, which was only an 8-minute bump over 2022 — Adults are spending an average of 4 hours and 20 minutes each day online across smartphones, tablets and computers in the U.K. … | Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Microsoft says a feature to let US users play and buy Xbox games from the Xbox app on Android is “ready to go live as soon as the court makes a final decision” — A few weeks ago, Microsoft exec Sarah Bond said that in November, “players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android.”| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US FTC opens an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on its cloud and software licensing business and its cybersecurity and AI products — - FTC has sent detailed information demand to Microsoft — Questions focus on software licensing, cybersecurity and AI| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba releases 32.5B-parameter QwQ-32B-Preview under Apache 2.0 and claims the “reasoning” AI model beats OpenAI's o1-preview on the AIME and MATH tests — A new so-called “reasoning” AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has arrived on the scene. It's one of the few to rival OpenAI's o1 … | Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
The US FTC finalizes amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule, letting the agency pursue scam tech support companies even when consumers initiate the calls — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), making it easier to protect consumers … | Ana Altchek / Business Insider: |
On Joe Rogan's podcast, Marc Andreessen criticizes the “raw administrative power” of US agencies like the CFPB, SEC, and FTC, talks Elon Musk and DOGE, and more — - Marc Andreessen discussed Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Joe Rogan's podcast.| Niall Firth / MIT Technology Review: |
How Altera deployed up to 1,000 AI agents that used LLMs to interact in Minecraft, finding that they formed a remarkable range of personality traits and roles — Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn't just survive — they thrived. They developed in-game jobs, shared memes … | Bloomberg: |
An ex-staffer sues Binance for dismissing her for allegedly raising concerns about a co-worker taking a bribe; Binance says she was fired for poor performance — - Binance staffer accused of bribing to speed up client process — Binance says employee was dismissed for poor performance| Wall Street Journal: |
How Huawei and other Chinese tech companies are bombarding workers in Taiwan, Europe, and Silicon Valley with job offers in areas like advanced chips and AI — Huawei offered triple pay to lure staff from a key supplier of chip-making parts, sparking German investigation| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
India's competition watchdog launches a probe into Google's restrictive policies for real-money games on Android, following a complaint by gaming app WinZO — India's competition watchdog on Thursday ordered a probe into Google's restrictive policies for real-money games on its platform … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Young founders and coders applying for Elon Musk's DOGE cite a range of professional and civic motivations; sources say DOGE is seeking 100 full-time DC hires — The incoming Trump administration's planned agency for cutting government excess is seeking 100 full-time hires in the nation's capital … | The Information: |
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Cloud backup startup Eon raised $70M led by BOND at a $1.4B valuation, taking its total funding to $200M since its January 2024 founding by three AWS alumni — - BOND led a $70 million funding round, Eon's third this year — Cloud backup startup was founded by Amazon Web Services alumni
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