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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's plans for 2025, a year likely to be seen as a stepping stone toward more revolutionary products, rather than one of remarkable innovation — Apple plans a loaded 2025, with plans for an overhauled iPhone line, new AI features, a smart home push and updates to products it hasn't refreshed in a while.
More: 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Supercharged, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Engadget, Digital Trends, Appleosophy, Cult of Mac, TechCrunch, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, The Verge, and Tom's Guide
X: @chaitanyaontech, @markgurman, and @tom_krikorian
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Renée DiResta: |
Meta's changes to its content policies will appease vocal political critics only for the short term, and they signal a retreat from responsibility to users — Hello! Happy new year! It was a busy week in tech policy land. Yesterday was the SCOTUS hearing on TikTok (interesting legal takes).| Financial Times: |
Some advertisers raise brand safety concerns over Meta's content moderation changes, fearing a surge in harmful content and misinformation on its platforms — Facebook owner's move to loosen policing of online content has raised fears over a surge in misinformation
More: The Daily Upside and Australian Financial Review
| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
More: Business Today, Werd I/O, Forbes, Latest - Truthout, Daring Fireball, Meta.mk, Pixel Envy, PowerfulJRE on YouTube, Le Monde, The Information, New York Post, Althouse, The Economic Times, HuffPost, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Livemint, and Patently Apple
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Mastodon: @samiamsam@mastodon.social, @alebaffa@famichiki.jp, and @mergesort@macaw.social
Threads: @oliverdarcy and @mollyjongfast
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| Aitor Hernández-Morales / Politico: |
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LinkedIn: Andrew Soteriou, Noah Gift, and Alberto Alemanno
Forums: r/politics, r/AnythingGoesNews, r/inthenews, r/europe, r/Destiny, r/eutech, and r/europeanunion
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
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Threads: @zuck and @vivllainous
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| Financial Times: |
On Monday the UK will announce a five-year investment in government-owned AI computing capacity; a UK-commissioned report suggests building a ~100K GPU cluster — Labour to expand sovereign computing power in response to report by British venture capitalist| Tyler Wilde / PC Gamer: |
Tim Sweeney says Big Tech leaders, who used to pretend to be Democrats, are now pretending to be Republicans to skirt antitrust laws and “crush competitors” — The Trump administration is expected to be softer on antitrust cases, which as we know are one of Sweeney's major pursuits.
More: Business Today and TechSpot
Forums: Hacker News, r/SocialistGaming, r/americanoligarchy, and r/AnythingGoesNews
| David Allen Green / Financial Times: |
More: TheJournal.ie. Bluesky: @danielagabor, @jwsidders, @henrymance, and @ianfraser. Mastodon: @davidallengreen …. Threads: @joanwestenberg
LinkedIn: Stuart Lambert, Lauri Rechardt, and Lindsay Pentelow
Forums: r/ukpolitics and r/technology
| Michael Savage / The Guardian: |
More: The News International, BBC, Morning Star, The Independent, and The Guardian
Forums: r/unitedkingdom, r/technology, and r/ukpolitics
| Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: |
As researchers talk about the arrival of supersmart AI, far fewer voices are trying to envision and articulate what a world awash in AI might actually look like — What to make of the statements of the AI labs? — Recently, something shifted in the AI industry.
More: Vox, Robotics News, and Maginative
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @iblis-bane.co.za, and @mergesort.me
| Abigail Bassett / The Verge: |
A look at Watch Duty, a free app that has become a crucial lifeline for LA during the wildfires by showing active fires, evacuation zones, and other vital info — ‘We view what we are doing as a public service,’ says the cofounder of the nonprofit that millions of people are relying on to stay safe.
More: Gizmodo, The San Francisco Standard, New York Times, TechCrunch, Six Colors, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Bluesky: @abigailbassett, @rmac, @katlaronde, @lainna, @lainna, @shannonosaka, @anildash.com, @wolfiesmom, @hepatitisme, and @alexheath
X: @watchdutyapp, @watchdutyapp, @renfromberkeley, @davidmarcus, @watchdutyapp, @watchdutyapp, @officialhambly, @franklinleonard, @katewillett, and @michaelmiraflor. LinkedIn: Kevin Bullock. Forums: r/technews
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
Microsoft notifies customers in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand of upcoming ~30% to ~45% price hikes for Microsoft 365 plans — Won't say if other nations will be hit, but will ‘listen, learn, and improve’ as buyers react - so far with anger
Bluesky: @mals and @bdsams.com
| John Micklethwait / Bloomberg: |
Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait predicts AI's impact on journalism: jobs will change, not vanish, reporting and breaking news will remain valuable, and more — The news business is facing its next enormous challenge. Here are eight reasons to be both optimistic and paranoid.| Jon Keegan / Sherwood News: |
A case study of the amount and kinds of ads in 12 shows on the ad-supported tiers of Netflix, Peacock, Disney+, Max, Paramount+, and Hulu — We watched 12 shows on six platforms to find out how much of your life you give up to save a few bucks each month. — It's getting harder to avoid ads on streaming video.
More: CNBC and Simon Owens's Media Newsletter
Bluesky: @chicagomike and @sherwood.news
X: @raywongy, @ranimolla, and @atty_at_claw
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Matt Mullenweg deactivates the accounts of several WordPress.org members, some of whom have been leading a push to create a new fork of the open-source project — Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg has deactivated the accounts of several WordPress.org community members …
More: Hi, I'm Heather Burns, WordPress.org, acecomments.mu.nu, anderegg.ca, WinBuzzer, The Verge, Computerworld, and Search Engine Journal
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @mor10.com, @tcarmody, @daniloc.xyz, @serrata.org, and @elkmovie
Mastodon: @baldur@toot.cafe, @roytanck@mastodon.online, @m@goopply.com, @jalefkowit@vmst.io, @berniethewordsmith@masto.es, and @jalefkowit@vmst.io
X: @jdevalk, @wpengine, @webdevlaw, @vinnysgreen, @ryancduff, @arniepalmer, @daniel_iser, @okko, @audrasjb, @agressiva, @deviorobert, @sereedmedia, and @p3ob7o
Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/programmingcirclejerk, r/Wordpress, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Financial Times: |
A UK trial in the £1.5B class action suit against Apple is set to begin on Monday over allegations that the company levies “excessive and unfair” App Store fees — iPhone maker faces claim it levies ‘excessive and unfair’ charges on software downloaded from its App Store … Sponsor Posts
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