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December 7, 2024, 2:55 AM
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Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
TikTok still faces a US ban if not sold by January 19, after a federal appeals court ruled that Congress has the power to take action to protect US interests  —  Panel rules Congress has the power to shut down Chinese-backed app in the U.S. because of national security concerns
Dave Lee / Bloomberg:
TikTok users shouldn't count on Trump to save the app, as his stance has been inconsistent and the app's existence brings little upside for him post-election  —  One of Trump's first important decisions could be to deprive Gen Z of its favorite app.  —  A federal appeals court ruling …
Kelvin Chan / Associated Press:
The EU sends TikTok an urgent request for information on Russia's role in Romanian election turmoil, a day after ordering it to retain all election-related data  —  The European Union said Friday it sent TikTok an urgent request for more information about Romanian intelligence files suggesting …
CNN:
Romania's top court annuls presidential election, after its security council revealed “hybrid Russian attacks”, like cyberattacks and TikTok influence campaigns  —  Romania's constitutional court has annulled the first round of the country's 2024 presidential election process …
Bloomberg:
David Sacks, Trump's AI and crypto czar, lacks deep ties to either industry but is a longtime critic of tech regulation, which investors view as more important  —  David Sacks, the VC and staunch Trump supporter, hasn't been a key player in either crypto or AI until now.
Rami Ayyub / Reuters:
The CFPB issues an order establishing supervisory authority over Google Payment; Google says it's challenging the decision in court  —  The US watchdog for consumer finance on Friday announced it was ordering federal supervision of Google Payment Corp., the internet giant's (GOOGL.O) …
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Palantir and Anduril announce a partnership to advance AI capabilities for US national security, focusing on data readiness and processing data at scale  —  The companies said they wish to ultimately expand the partnership to other industry partners  —  Palantir Technologies is partnering …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Meta announces Llama 3.3 70B, a text-only model that Meta claims can deliver the performance of its largest Llama model at a lower cost  —  Meta has announced the newest addition to its Llama family of generative AI models: Llama 3.3 70B.  —  In a post on X, Ahmad Al-Dahle …
Will Knight / Wired:
MLCommons, a nonprofit that helps companies measure the performance of their AI systems, announces the AILuminate benchmark to measure the safety of LLMs  —  MLCommons provides benchmarks that test the abilities of AI systems.  It wants to measure the bad side of AI next.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's in-house modems will debut next spring in the new iPhone SE, with 2nd-gen modems expected in higher-end products like iPhone 18 lineup in 2026  —  - Company plans first modem in 2025 and high-end version in 2026  — Initial chip, in iPhone SE, won't match Qualcomm capabilities
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: with its own modem in the pipeline, Apple is investigating bringing cellular connectivity to the Mac and headsets like Vision Pro for the first time
Chris Miller / Financial Times:
A look at the uncertainties for the chip industry under Donald Trump, including tariffs, the CHIPS Act, demand for AI chips, competition with China, and more  —  From tariffs to AI demand, US companies are pondering what comes next  —  What does the return of Donald Trump imply for the global chip war?
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
SpaceX got a Pentagon contract in August to expand Ukraine's access to Starshield, an encrypted signal over Starlink that's more difficult to hack into or jam  —  - Added Pentagon funding brings total terminals to 3,000  — Encrypted Starshield signal is difficult to hack into or jam
More: USA Today
Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg:
A MarketVector index of the bottom half of the largest 100 digital tokens has risen over 2x since Trump's November 5 election win, topping the ~46% Bitcoin jump  —  - A range of relatively unheralded tokens posted big advances  — Some analysts say this may be the start of a wider frenzy
Joel Khalili / Wired:
A US teen faces backlash for making ~$50K via a “soft rug pull” on Pump.Fun, which made $250M+ in less than a year and is struggling to protect users from scams  —  In less than 10 minutes, a US teen made a small fortune selling off a memecoin he'd made on a lark.
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Q&A with Samsara CEO Sanjit Biswas on how AI has changed the $30B company, which offers sensors, cameras, and software for managing vehicle fleets and equipment  —  THE SCENE  —  Samsara, a company that helps businesses track and monitor assets like vehicle fleets and equipment …

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New York Times:
Sources: an Iranian-aligned militia in Iraq is seeking the release of several detained militia members in exchange for freeing journalist Shelly Kittleson

Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Three independent journalists experiment with a 30-day bundle of their newsletters for $8.50, half the normal price, using a service called Trustfnd

Minho Kim / New York Times:
A US appeals court pauses a lower-court order that would have reinstated around 1,000 Voice of America journalists and staff who had been put on paid leave

More News

CNBC:
Q&A with Trump's pick for FCC chairman Brendan Carr about the Salt Typhoon hack, Section 230, tech companies' “collusion to suppress speech”, Starlink, more
OpenAI:
OpenAI expands its Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program to let developers create expert models in specific domains with very little training data
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Sauron, which is touting a waiting list of tech CEOs and VCs for its home security system that incorporates drones and facial recognition, raised an $18M seed
Reuters:
Sources: Ubisoft shareholders are considering how to structure a possible buyout of the game maker without reducing the founding Guillemot family's control

Earlier Picks

Casey Newton / Platformer:
The “AI is fake and sucks” people who take phony comfort in their AI skepticism need to accept that AI is more real and dangerous than they currently admit
Jennifer McKiernan / BBC:
When asked if Musk is a threat to democracy, Nick Clegg says Musk has the choice of becoming an avid Trump supporter or “a sort of political puppet master”
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft ends production of its $4,500+ Surface Studio 2+, after announcing the all-in-one desktop in October 2022, with seemingly no plans to make a successor
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI is discussing ditching a clause that cuts off Microsoft's access to OpenAI tech if OpenAI develops AGI, so that Microsoft can continue investing
Apollo Research:
An evaluation of six frontier AI models for in-context scheming when strongly nudged to pursue a goal: only OpenAI's o1 was capable of scheming in all the tests
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung releases One UI 7 beta for Galaxy S24, with a huge visual overhaul, a “Now Bar”, a vertically scrolling app drawer, new security and AI tools, and more
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