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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

AWS launches Data Transfer Terminal to let customers upload data to AWS Cloud by plugging in storage devices from a set of physical locations — At its re:Invent 2024 conference in Las Vegas, Amazon on Sunday announced a somewhat unusual new service for Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers …

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Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:

AWS adds new generative AI features to Amazon Connect, which helps companies run their contact centers, including letting Lex-powered assistants use Amazon Q — Amazon Web Services Inc. is adding more artificial intelligence features to its Amazon Connect service, which helps companies run their contact centers more efficiently.

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

AWS announces AWS Security Incident Response to help customers prepare for, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware attacks — Companies often struggle with how to respond to cybersecurity incidents. According to one recent poll, only three …

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Laura Dobberstein / The Register:

The UN's ITU and the International Cable Protection Committee announce a 40-member global advisory body to support the resilience of submarine telecom cables — On the same day that a submarine cable suspected of having been cut by a Chinese ship was repaired, two major telco bodies convened …

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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: a number of tech executives, including Sam Altman, worry that Elon Musk's new proximity to Trump could supersize rivalries in ways that favor Musk — OpenAI's Sam Altman ranks high on the billionaire's list of enemies; car companies and tech giants scramble for allies in the incoming Trump administration

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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

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Bloomberg:

Analysis: US spot bitcoin ETFs now hold 1M+ bitcoin, or about 5% of the total and about as many bitcoin frozen in Satoshi Nakamoto's wallet — - ‘Bitcoin OGs no longer have control,’ says longtime investor — ETFs now hold about as many Bitcoin as Satoshi's wallet

More: Cryptopolitan and Financial Times. Bluesky: @bloomberg.com

Bloomberg:

Analysis: US spot bitcoin and ether ETFs logged record monthly net inflows, $6.5B and $1.1B, respectively, in November 2024, buoyed by Trump's crypto embrace

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Bloomberg:

Inside Helsinki's Slush 2024, a startup event described as a mix of TED Talks, Eurovision, and Shark Tank, attended by ~13K people, with LPs up 46% YoY to 350+ — The saunas were hot and the money was flowing at Slush, which featured demos, DJs and a growing emphasis on defense technology.

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Bluesky: @thomwolf. Threads: @benedictevans. LinkedIn: Slush

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Bengaluru-based Swiggy expands 10-minute food delivery service Bolt to 400+ Indian cities and towns, and says it has partnered with 40K+ restaurants, like KFC — Swiggy, a leading food delivery and quick commerce firm, said Monday it has expanded its 10-minute food delivery service Bolt …

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Jonathan Moules / Financial Times:

An interview with Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton on the company's London listing, establishing a sales department, single-board device assembly in Wales, and more — Group's microcomputers are used widely but Eben Upton worries about losing entrepreneurial spirit after listing

Ian Hogarth / Financial Times:

VC firm Plural's cofounder says Europe, which is yet to create a $1T company, must start supporting experienced founders and start providing “audacious capital” — In 2024, artificial intelligence is consistently front-page news. From Nvidia hitting a trillion-dollar market cap …

More: Spyglass. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @chetwisniewski …

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LinkedIn: Nils G., Peter Fedoročko, Yann LeCun, Maria Wasastjerna, Klen Jäärats, and William Kadouch-Chassaing. Forums: r/neoliberal

Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: BYD's contract-manufacturing arm, which has 10K+ engineers and ~100K employees dedicated to the Apple's supply chain, now assembles 30%+ of all iPads — BYD has grown into a top iPad assembler and has put around 100,000 people to work for Tim Cook's company

Bluesky: @shreyassudhakar.com. LinkedIn: Christian M. Bucholdt

Jie Ye-eun / The Korea Herald:

South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions completes its merger with Sapeon Korea, SK Telecom's AI chip subsidiary; Rebellions values the merged entity at ~$929M — Rebellions CEO Park Sung-hyun (Rebellions) — Artificial intelligence startup Rebellions said Monday that it has completed …

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