|
December 25, 2024, 12:55 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
Filing: Apple asks to participate in the remedial phase of Google's US antitrust case, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements — Apple (AAPL.O) has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely …
More: MacRumors, The Verge, Hindustan Times, TechIssuesToday.com, 9to5Mac, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Benzinga, Chrome Unboxed, Wccftech, iClarified, Invezz, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, MediaPost, PhoneArena, Investing.com, Finimize, Moneycontrol, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and PYMNTS.com
Bluesky: @paulsemenza, @megangray, @megangray, @kint, and @kint
X: @marionawfal, @parkerortolani, @laralogan, @9to5mac, @timsweeneyepic, @balancecrafting, and @appleinsider
Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace approves lifting its ban on “certain widely used foreign platforms”, naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps — - Allowing WhatsApp and Google Play may placate opponents — Major social networking sites have been blocked for years| The Information: |
Two major China-based Amazon merchants say Amazon reps have recently been offering incentives like free ads and lower commissions if they stop selling on Temu — For popular China-based Amazon merchants, bargain site Temu has been an attractive new place to sell their wares.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: Founders Fund seeks ~$3B for its third growth equity fund; it raised $3.4B for its second growth fund and $1.8B for its eighth early-stage fund in 2022 — - It also will have access to the incoming White House, thanks to Thiel's longtime support of President-elect Trump and the firm's numerous investments with Elon Musk.| Isaac Schorr / Mediaite: |
Elon Musk is one of two paid subscribers of an X account that has implied South Africa was better off under apartheid, slammed “Black ruled” countries, and more — Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, is a paid subscriber to a virulently racist X account.
More: ZeroHedge News and Wired
Bluesky: @mobiledom, @joyannreid, @jim-stewartson, @murshedz, @bft.wtf, @petedavidsonny, @timescarcass, @dennycarter, @garymarcus, and @juddlegum
Mastodon: @KimPerales@toad.social and @cdarwin@c.im
Threads: @bennjordan, @hunterwalk, @carnage4life, and @barrykatz41
X: @mehdirhasan, @deanobeidallah, and @meidas_laurena
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/FoxFiction, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/RepublicanValues
| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
Fiserv to acquire Toronto-based Payfare, which lets gig workers on platforms like Uber access their wages early, for $140M, expected to close in H1 2025 — U.S. fintech firm Fiserv (FI.N) will buy Canada's Payfare (PAY.TO) in a C$201.5 million ($140 million) deal as it looks …
More: Fiserv, Inc., Crowdfund Insider, FinTech Futures, FinTech Global, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and Finextra
| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Singapore issued 13 crypto licenses in 2024, pulling ahead of Hong Kong, where authorities have been more cautious, in the race to become a regional crypto hub — - Both cities have tried to attract crypto firms to their shores — Hong Kong authorities have been cautious handing out permits
More: crypto.news, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptonews, Bitcoin Insider, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cryptopolitan, and Tech in Asia. X: @crypto
| The Information: |
A look at OpenAI's interest in robotics, from investing in startups like Figure and Physical Intelligence to, sources say, considering making a humanoid robot — Over the past year, OpenAI has dropped not-so-subtle hints about its revived interest in robotics: investing in startups developing hardware …
More: SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, and San Francisco Business Times
X: @steph_palazzolo and @rohanpaul_ai
Forums: r/singularity and Slashdot
| Ann Cao / South China Morning Post: |
Ant splits Alipay into the Digital Payment Business Group focused on new payment products, and the Alipay Business Group focused on user growth and monetization — The company will adopt a ‘rotating presidential system’ for the two new businesses, with each unit president serving a six-month term
More: Tech in Asia and Pandaily
| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
President Biden signs the $895B 2025 defense policy bill, including $3B for the FCC's “rip and replace” program to get rid of Chinese networking equipment — The annual defense policy bill signed by President Joe Biden Monday evening allocates $3 billion to help telecom firms remove …
More: TechRadar, The Cyber Express, DatacenterDynamics, and Politico
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer data security scheme after Starwood's 2014 to 2018 breaches and Marriott's 2018 breach — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered Marriott International and Starwood Hotels to define and implement …
More: Federal Trade Commission, SiliconANGLE, iTnews, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
| Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk: |
US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing 4,502.9 BTC, worth $308M, from Japanese crypto exchange DMM in May 2024 — The $308 million hack of Japanese crypto exchange DMM in May was the work of North Korean hackers, the U.S. and Japanese law enforcement agencies said Monday.
More: Federal Bureau …, Coinspeaker, The Hacker News, The Japan News, SiliconANGLE, The Daily Hodl, NHK WORLD, The Coin Republic, UPI, The Japan Times, BeInCrypto, SecurityWeek, Agence France-Presse, Cointelegraph, BleepingComputer, Coinpedia Fintech News, CCN.com, crypto.news, Benzinga, Cryptonews, and Bloomberg
| Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: |
Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production — As data centers drain America's power grids, a fierce battle is being waged for electricity. On Navajo Nation land, many are on the losing end.
More: MIT Technology Review and The Verge
Bluesky: @nathanpatin, @opcanary, @craigcwhite, @arjunsubgraph, @laurawags, @parismarx.com, @climatebrad.hillheat.com, @disabilitystor1, @ahjohnson, and @thetnholler
X: @michaelgiberso3 and @mbazilian
| Laila Kearney / Reuters: |
Sponsor Posts
ElevenLabs:
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
Niantic Spatial:
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate.
Zoho:
Introducing the sandbox environment: Safely test and optimize e-signature workflows — Changes are an inevitable part of any workflow. The average agreement workflow involves recipients across organizations …
Introducing the sandbox environment: Safely test and optimize e-signature workflows — Changes are an inevitable part of any workflow. The average agreement workflow involves recipients across organizations …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Big Technology Podcast:
Anthropic's Mythos Dilemma, Violence Against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Hard Fork:
Anthropic's Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on Their Sam Altman Investigation + One Good Thing
The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.
Subscribe to Hard Fork.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Decagon's Jesse Zhang: Closing Customer Service Doom Loops With AI Concierges
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
Access:
OpenClaw for normies is here
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
When AI Kills
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ryan Roslansky: Turning AI Anxiety into Skills for the Future of Work
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 12:55 AM ET, December 25, 2024.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Wall Street Journal:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
| Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk: |
Earlier Picks
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |