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December 16, 2024, 4:25 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable device the size of two iPad Pros for 2028, a Magic Mouse revamp, and an AirTag with triple the range of the current one  —  Apple's new vision for the future of computing is a giant, iPad-like foldable device.  Also: The company rethinks the mouse …
New York Times:
While businesses frequently try to get on an incoming president's good side, the past week's frenzy of tech leaders to woo Trump stood out from other industries  —  It was a week of frenzied activity, as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for the President-elect.
Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk:
Electric Capital annual survey: total developers working in crypto fell 7% YoY globally, and Solana was the most popular blockchain among new developers  —  Ethereum remained the blockchain with the most devs, and the overall population of software builders in crypto was flat, the VC firm said in its annual survey.
Aimee Ortiz / New York Times:
US officials: hackers likely accessed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders, and there's a “high probability” sensitive info was stolen  —  An “international cybercriminal group” harvested the personal data of potentially hundreds of thousands of people …
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
How tech is stoking cycles of violence in US schools, with students using phones and social media to arrange, provoke, record, and spread school brawl videos  —  Ricardo Martinez, an 11th grader, was in his high school lunchroom in April when a mass brawl erupted.
William Langley / Financial Times:
Chinese merchants are rapidly expanding their presence on Russian e-commerce platforms like Ozon Global and Wildberries to find new markets and avoid US tariffs  —  Ozon and Wildberries welcome Chinese sellers looking for new markets as sanctions hit both countries' traders
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch:
Telegram says it removed 15.4M groups and channels with harmful content in 2024, and its new moderation page shows more enforcement since Pavel Durov's arrest  —  Telegram has been under unprecedented pressure to clean up its platform this year, after its founder Pavel Durov was arrested …
George Hammond / Financial Times:
A profile of Donald Trump's AI and crypto czar David Sacks, who has urged AI companies and other tech startups to boost US competitiveness and national security  —  Silicon Valley investor and podcast host has joined Elon Musk in securing a key role in incoming US administration

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