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The EU accuses Meta and TikTok of violating their obligations to give researchers adequate access to public data on their platforms under the DSA — Move comes as EU faces pressure over enforcing its tech lawbooks. — BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Friday accused Meta and TikTok … | Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches a “company knowledge” ChatGPT update to let Business, Enterprise, and Education users search for data in connected apps like Slack and GitHub — The ‘company knowledge’ update allows ChatGPT to be used as a search engine for workspace data.| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Sources: JPMorgan plans to allow institutional clients globally to use their holdings of bitcoin and ether as collateral for loans by end of year — JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to allow institutional clients to use their holdings of Bitcoin and Ether as collateral for loans by the end …
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
IBM says it was able to run a key algorithm for correcting qubit errors, which runs alongside quantum chips, on readily available AMD chips — IBM (IBM.N) said on Friday it is able to run a key quantum computing algorithm on commonly available chips from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) …
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| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it may turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe, citing “intense lobbying” in Germany and other countries over alleged anticompetitive conduct — In a statement to the German Press Agency, Apple claimed that it may have to turn off App Tracking Transparency in Europe …
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Pricempire: after Valve updated the exchange rate of Counter-Strike digital items, the market fell by $1.75B, or 25%, on October 23; in 2024, a gun sold for $1M — The value of digital items in the popular video-game Counter—Strike has fallen 48% following an update by the title's developer Valve Corp.
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| Bloomberg: |
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company expects to earn close to $15B in profit in 2025, up from around $13B in 2024 — Tether Holdings Ltd. expects close to $15 billion in profit this year, as the stablecoin issuer's rapid growth continues to attract investors keen to back the closely-held company.
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| Emily Mason / Bloomberg: |
Crypto.com follows Circle, BitGo, and others in applying for a US bank charter, as it seeks to further its custody-service business for products such as ETFs — Crypto.com became the latest cryptocurrency firm to pursue a US bank charter as it seeks to further its custody-service business …
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| Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law: |
A US judge says Meta lawyers told staff to block or remove parts of internal teen mental health research to limit liability; Meta says no findings were removed — Meta Platforms Inc.'s lawyers advised employees to block or remove portions of internal research on teen mental health harm … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Automattic files counterclaims against WP Engine's October 2024 lawsuit and alleges that WP Engine has been abusing the WordPress trademark — On Friday, WordPress maker Automattic filed its counterclaims in the lawsuit initiated by hosting company WP Engine in October 2024 … | Jeannine Amodeo / Bloomberg: |
Sources: banks are preparing to launch a $38B debt sale to fund Oracle data centers, including $23.25B for a Texas data center and $14.75B for a Wisconsin site — Banks are preparing to launch a $38 billion debt offering as soon as Monday that will help fund data centers tied to Oracle Corp … | Alex Heath / Sources: |
Sources: Snap is in talks with investors, including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, to raise at least $1B for its AR glasses division — New details on Evan Spiegel's quest to win the AR race. Also: this week on ACCESS. — ∙ Paid — Snap is in talks to raise at least … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
New York-based Valthos, which is developing AI tools to detect and prevent AI-enabled bioweapon attacks, raised $30M from OpenAI, Founders Fund, and Lux Capital — OpenAI, Founders Fund and Lux Capital have invested in Valthos, a startup using AI to try to prevent AI-enabled destruction.
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Interviews with 23 current and ex-AWS employees and others about AWS' challenges, including intense competition, internal bureaucracy, and lackluster AI efforts — The company that basically invented the cloud business is widely perceived as trailing its rivals in artificial intelligence.| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Trump's pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality — The move by Trump comes as his family works to profit from coins.| Wall Street Journal: |
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