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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 …
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| 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 …
More: Crypto Briefing, Watcher Guru, and crypto.news
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While the crypto industry anticipates lighter regulation and wider adoption under Donald Trump, some 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| 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 sharing 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.
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| 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, The Verge, Silicon Republic, Financial Express, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Blockchain News, 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
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| 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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Apple to pay $95M to settle a lawsuit claiming Apple recorded private conversations when Siri was unintentionally activated and shared the data with advertisers — Apple (AAPL.O) agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy.| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating overhaul meant to automate social interactions — Why AI friends are coming to Facebook and Instagram. — Among Meta's many resolutions for the new year …
More: Creative Bloq, PetaPixel, The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, Futurism, The Debrief, and Passionfruit
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X: @andrewcurran_, @justinebateman, @timcast, @battleangelviv, @p_kallioniemi, @awestruckvox, @_whitneywebb, and @nnewsteevie
Forums: Hacker News and r/interesting
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the company's aggressive plans for 2025, including competing with prediction market startups like Kalshi and Polymarket — Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. After a bumpy few years following Robinhood's 2021 IPO …
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
In 2024, warning calls about catastrophic AI risks were drowned out by the tech industry's promotion of a practical and prosperous vision of generative AI — For several years now, technologists have rung alarm bells about the potential for advanced AI systems to cause catastrophic damage to the human race.Sponsor Posts
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