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Sources: Chinese government hackers breached the US Treasury Department's OFAC, which administers economic sanctions, and two other Treasury offices — Treasury's sanctions office hacked by Chinese government, officials say A troubling series of breaches of U.S. firms and agencies …
More: Engadget, Tech Monitor, Tom's Hardware, New York Times, BBC, Tech.co, Silicon Republic, TechCrunch, ITPro, and Reuters
Bluesky: @nathanattrill. X: @nakashimae, @unusual_whales, @latikambourke, @matthew_pines, and @ericgeller
Forums: r/worldnews, r/technology, and r/somethingiswrong2024
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Asus, Samsung, and MSI separately unveil the world's first 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitors, offering 4K OLED at 240Hz, without giving release dates or pricing — 27-inch 4K OLED 240Hz monitors seem to be like buses: you wait ages for one and then three turn up at once.
More: VideoCardz.com, FlatpanelsHD, Club386, The Verge, PC Gamer, ExtremeTech, TechPowerUp, Digital Trends, TweakTown, Sam Lover, Sammy Fans, and SammyGuru
| Yueqi Yang / The Information: |
Sources: Morgan Stanley's E-Trade explores adding crypto trading, if approved by Federal Reserve, anticipating a favorable regulatory environment under Trump — Morgan Stanley's online stock-trading arm, E-Trade, is exploring adding crypto trading in anticipation of a more favorable crypto … | Financial Times: |
While the crypto industry anticipates lighter regulation and wider adoption under Trump, some critics worry about systemic risks, particularly from stablecoins — The sector expects lighter regulation and wider adoption under the president-elect, but some worry about systemic risks
More: DL News and Cryptopolitan
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Telegram rolls out a new account verification method powered by third-parties, new search filters for private chats, and the ability to turn gifts into NFTs — Telegram has rolled out its first update of the year, adding a new account verification method powered by third-parties …
More: Telegram, Financial Express, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, CoinGape, CCN.com, and Neowin
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Pornhub now blocks users in 17 US states, including almost all of the South, after blocking Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina due to age verification laws — Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that's since spread across the entire U.S. south …
More: The Independent, RedState, Florida Politics, Forbes, PinkNews, KnowTechie, Gizmodo, and PCWorld
Bluesky: @johngcole, @k3n5s, @quinnypig.com, @joshtaylor, @kinkslayer, @zoocoup, @surcomplicated, @jabolins, @tyleraking.com, @luridity.com, @aetataureate, @chadloder, @jasonkoebler.mastodon …, and @weaselcheese.com
Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org and @adam@windbag.org
| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Experts warn of a rise in personalized phishing emails targeting corporate executives with personal details probably obtained via AI analysis of online profiles — Fast-developing technology gives hackers ability to craft ‘perfect’ fraudulent emails — Corporate executives are being hit … | Financial Times: |
Nvidia invested $1B across 50 funding rounds and several corporate deals in 2024, up from $872M in 2023; the majority of the deals were with “core AI” companies — Group emerges as crucial backer of start-ups seeking to gain from the tech revolution its chips are powering| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating effort to automate social interactions — Why AI friends are coming to Facebook and Instagram. — Among Meta's many resolutions for the new year — making augmented reality …
More: The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, Futurism, The Debrief, and Passionfruit
Bluesky: @kylehugh.es, @ronhole, @frydawolff, @sternbergh, @hypervisible, and @jwherrman. Mastodon: @dbreunig@note.computer
X: @andrewcurran_, @justinebateman, @timcast, @battleangelviv, @p_kallioniemi, @awestruckvox, @_whitneywebb, and @nnewsteevie
Forums: Hacker News and r/interesting
| Matt Simons / Courthouse News Service: |
A US judge blocks parts of California's SB 976, a law to protect kids from social media, over companies' 1A rights, but okays banning addictive feeds for minors — Parts of the law will still take effect Wednesday. — A federal judge on Tuesday barred the state of California …
More: PCMag, Silicon Republic, TechCrunch, MLex, Originally Reported …, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Bloomberg Law, Neowin, State of California, and TechIssuesToday.com
X: @montezumachavez, @argueswithtrees, @agrobbonta, @2aupdates, @2aupdates, @2aupdates, @agrobbonta, and @agrobbonta. Forums: r/technology
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the company's aggressive plans for 2025, including competing with prediction markets like Kalshi — Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. After a bumpy few years following Robinhood's 2021 IPO … | Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
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