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| Jon Levine / New York Post: |
Trump supports H-1B visas, saying “I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I've been a believer in H-1B”, siding with Musk in the MAGA debate on the issue — President-elect Trump told The Post Saturday he supports immigration visas for highly skilled workers …
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| Angrej Singh / Axios: |
Some conservative critics of Elon Musk allege censorship and claim they were stripped of their X verification badges after challenging his views on H-1B visas — - Since Musk purchased Twitter and implemented sweeping staff cuts, it's often been difficult to get answers as to whether …
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| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute — - Biden administration says Chinese control of app is threat — TikTok says law infringes rights of 170 million Americans
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| New York Times: |
How Donald Trump went from backing a TikTok ban in 2020 to backing off in 2024, as he became a political star on the platform with more than 14.7M followers — In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration's effort to do just that.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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| A.J. Vicens / Reuters: |
The US plans to update HIPAA with new cybersecurity rules to protect patients' private data, including mandatory encryption and multifactor authentication — Healthcare organizations may be required to bolster their cybersecurity, to better prevent sensitive information from being leaked … | Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: |
AT&T and Verizon say their networks are now clear after the Salt Typhoon intrusion; AT&T says a few “individuals of foreign intelligence interest” were targeted — - Carriers said hackers targeted political, intelligence figures — White House said nine telecom companies were victims| Greg Otto / CyberScoop: |
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
A look at Google's pressure-filled 2024 under Sundar Pichai, notching some AI wins with new Gemini models and navigating product mishaps, layoffs, and more — Google's blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015 and pushed …
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Finland, Canada, the US, and other countries are testing tech for passport-free travel, including facial recognition and a “digital travel credential” — Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport's days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.
More: TechSpot. Bluesky: @xenago and @folletto
Forums: Hacker News, r/canada, r/Passports, r/technews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: 50%+ of the US households showing highly-distorted power readings from February to October were within 20 miles of significant data center activity — AI data centers are multiplying across the US and sucking up huge amounts of power. New evidence shows they may also be distorting …
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LinkedIn: Mark Stouse, George A. Tilesch, David Deubelbeiss, and Tamara Kneese, Ph.D.
Forums: r/technology, r/technology, and r/inthenews
| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Three industry groups sue the IRS, challenging a rule that would require some DeFi brokers to report users' personal information to the agency starting in 2027 — - The Blockchain Association and two other groups sued the IRS to challenge a recently-finalized rule that would require DeFi front-ends … | Bloomberg: |
RWA.xyz estimates the total value of tokenized real-world assets, excluding stablecoins, is $13B, as Opimas says just 0.003% of global asset value is tokenized — - ‘It may even be bigger than the internet,’ proponent says — BlackRock, Trump's election win have re-energized efforts
More: CryptoGlobe
| Clara Murray / Financial Times: |
Analysis: mentions of deepfakes or AI-made content in X's Community Notes were more correlated with new image generation model releases than elections in 2024 — The panic over AGI disinformation in this year's political cycle seems to have been overblown — Around this time last year …
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