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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk files for an injunction to halt OpenAI's for-profit transition, alleging that OpenAI is discouraging investors from backing rivals like xAI, and more  —  Attorneys for tech billionaire Elon Musk have filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI, several of its co-founders …
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Bluesky requires parody, satire, and fan accounts to label themselves as such, after a researcher found 44 of its 100 most-followed accounts have a doppelganger  —  Parody and fan accounts will have to clearly label their profiles.  —  Bluesky has updated its impersonation policy to be …
Financial Times:
OpenAI says it plans to build data centers in parts of the US Midwest and Southwest; sources: OpenAI is spending $5B+ a year and is “not close to breaking even”  —  ChatGPT-maker aims for big boost from new AI products, Apple partnership and infrastructure investment
Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
A look at Death Clock, an app that claims to predict the user's likely date of death by using an AI model trained on a dataset of 1,200+ life expectancy studies  —  - Model trained on longevity studies is popular on fitness app  — Technology may have wider applications in economics, finance
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Salesforce says online Black Friday sales grew 5% YoY to $74.4B globally, including $17.5B in the US, up 7% YoY; Adobe: US online sales grew 10.2% YoY to $10.8B  —  The momentum of Thanksgiving — which saw consumers spend a record $33.6 billion spent globally online on the day — looks like it continued into Black Friday, with a bang.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Salesforce says online Thanksgiving day sales grew 6% YoY to $33.6B globally and 8% YoY to $8.1B in the US; Adobe says US online sales grew 9% YoY to $6.1B
Financial Times:
Some UK policymakers worry whether Elon Musk will complicate UK-US ties, as his diatribes against the Labour government extend well beyond tech and free speech  —  A London-based VC has connected Boris Johnson and the Tesla chief, who Tony Blair has praised as ‘an extraordinary innovator’
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg:
Ethereum faces questions over its direction as its reliance on Layer-2 blockchains grows, leading to lower fee collection, while rivals like Solana gain ground  —  - The blockchain has seen fees slide after technical upgrades  — Criticisms have weighed on Ether, which has underperformed
Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Meta says it will require advertisers globally to get verified before running financial service ads targeting Australian users, starting in early February 2025  —  Exclusive: Businesses to require financial services license number to post Facebook ads, while individuals will need government-issued ID
Jack Coleman / TheGamer:
Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, has now raised $750M+ in crowdfunding, and its single-player spin-off Squadron 42 won't be out until 2026  —  - Star Citizen has eclipsed $750 million in crowdfunding.  — There is no release date in sight for Star Citizen.

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News and The Free Press announce Things That Matter, a series of town halls and debates, starting in early 2026, with Sam Altman, J.D. Vance, and others

John Rogers / Associated Press:
Peter Arnett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who covered the Vietnam War for the AP and the first Gulf War for CNN, has died at 91

Financial Times:
Sources: Standard General hedge fund founder Soo Kim has been in talks with a major WBD shareholder over potentially buying or investing in the WBD TV networks

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David Marcus / @davidmarcus:
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government or regulators to stop Libra and “it was 100% a political kill”

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Harry Brumpton / Bloomberg:
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says generative AI tools helped it lower fraud by 30% and its AI messaging app cut call center wait times by 40% in 2024
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
A look at the DOJ's proposed remedies in the Google Search antitrust case, and why experts say forcing a Chrome sale may not be biggest threat to Google's power
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