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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days — Trump, the infamous dealmaker, is exploring unconventional ways to rescue the Chinese-owned video app from a nationwide ban …
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| NBC News: |
An official says the Biden administration is “exploring options” to implement the law without causing TikTok to go dark for US users on January 19 — Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban in the U.S. on the popular app is set to begin on Sunday.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew plans to attend Trump's inauguration after being invited to sit on the dais, joining Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at the event — Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump's inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.
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| Reuters: |
Source: over 700K new users joined Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, in just two days; Sensor Tower: the app's US downloads were up more than 200% YoY this week — New users have piled in to Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed U.S. ban on the popular social media app TikTok …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Mistral announces a content deal with the Agence France-Presse to improve answer accuracy in Le Chat, marking the French AI startup's first such partnership — Just a day after Google inked a deal with The Associated Press, Mistral is also announcing a content deal with the Agence France-Presse … | Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press: |
During oral arguments, SCOTUS seemed open to a Texas law requiring age checks to view online porn, but could send the case back to a lower court — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AI researcher François Chollet and Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop launch Ndea, an AI research and science lab focused on “developing and operationalizing AGI” — François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs.
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| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
BitMEX is fined an additional $100M for US Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020; it pleaded guilty in July 2024 and previously agreed to pay $110M — - BitMEX has been slapped with an additional $100 million fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020.| Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: |
TSMC says it will raise 2025 capital spending to $38B-$40B, an over 30% increase after three years of stagnation — World's biggest chipmaker faces less efficient operations in US and Japan but gets boost from AI demand — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has cut …
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| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
| Karen Freifeld / Reuters: |
The US Commerce Department adds 25 China-based companies, including Alibaba-backed LLM developer Zhipu AI and chip designer Sophgo, to its restricted trade list — The Biden administration added more than two dozen Chinese entities to a U.S. restricted trade list on Wednesday, including Zhipu AI … | Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nothing seeks to raise at least $100M in its Series C; it crossed $1B in lifetime sales, sold 7M devices to date, and doubled revenue to $500M+ in 2024 — - Nothing CEO Pei known for co-founding popular OnePlus brand — Startup exploring expansion beyond phones, watches and earbuds| Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Jio Platforms partners with Polygon Labs to integrate Web3 and blockchain services into Jio's apps and services; Jio Platforms has over 450M users in India — Indian telecom and technology company Jio Platforms (JPL) is taking significant steps to enhance the digital experience for its more than 450 million users.| Pete Schroeder / Reuters: |
Block agrees to pay $80M to a group of 48 US state financial regulators that say it had insufficient policies for policing money laundering through Cash App — Block Inc (SQ.N) has agreed to pay a fine of $80 million to a group of 48 state financial regulators after the agencies determined …
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| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Eve, which makes AI tools for law firms, raised a $47M Series A led by a16z, and says its revenue has grown by 5x over the last eight months — For about a year, I've been hearing that lawyers are using AI in droves. But it wasn't until I talked to Jennifer Gore last week that I started to understand what that meant in practice.| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Insight Partners raised $12.5B for its 13th flagship fund, down from its initial target of $20B, making it one of the biggest tech-focused funds — The firm reduced its initial fundraising target from $20 billion. — Insight Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm …
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| John Reynolds / Tech.eu: |
Brokerage firm IG Group acquires UK trading app Freetrade for £160M; Freetrade raised ~£30m via crowdfunding and was valued at £650m in 2021 during the pandemic — Freetrade, the UK trading app, has been acquired by the listed trading platform and spread betting group IG Group in a £160M deal.
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| New York Times: |
Anduril plans to build a $1B factory in Columbus, Ohio called Arsenal-1 to eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year — The company said its Columbus plant could eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year.| Eric Geller / Wired: |
Joe Biden plans to issue a cybersecurity EO to improve the way the government monitors its networks, buys software, uses AI, and punishes foreign hackers — US president Joe Biden just issued a 40-page executive order that aims to bolster federal cybersecurity protections, directs government use of AI … | Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Four current Meta employees, citing internal discussions, say the actual number of full-time staff who will have to relocate from California to Texas is limited — Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias.
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| Bloomberg: |
Official report: Chinese hackers who breached the US Treasury accessed 400+ computers and stole over 3K files; classified data and email systems were safe — - Hackers likely stole more than 3,000 files from department — Treasury found no evidence of lingering access or malwareSponsor Posts
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