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Sources: South Korean authorities suspect North Korean hacking group Lazarus of the $30M+ Upbit hack, which used methods resembling those of a 2019 Upbit theft — North Korean hacking group Lazarus is suspected to be behind a recent breach of around 45 billion won (US$30.6 million) …
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| Alex Forbes-Calvin / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Tim Sweeney says it “makes no sense” for stores like Steam to label games that are made using AI, since AI “will be involved in nearly all future production” — “It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production.”
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| Bloomberg: |
China's top economic planning agency warns about the risk of a bubble forming in the booming humanoid robotics industry; 150+ manufacturers operate in China — China's powerful economic-planning agency warned of the risks of a bubble forming in the country's humanoid robotics industry …
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| Reuters: |
The EC says it got notification from Apple that Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet DMA thresholds; Apple says the services should not be called “gatekeepers” — The European Commission said on Friday that Apple's (AAPL.O) Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet the thresholds to be considered …
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| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Getty CEO Craig Peters says Getty may rethink its UK presence if the CMA blocks its Shutterstock deal, arguing the CMA is overlooking AI's impact on imaging — CEO says competition watchdog is overlooking how quickly AI is reshaping image generation — Getty Images boss Craig Peters …
More: UKTN
| Reuters: |
CME Group says trading on its markets, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, was halted on November 28 due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne's data centers — An outage at the world's biggest exchange operator, CME Group, has halted trade on its currency platform and in futures spanning foreign exchange … | Stanford University: |
Stanford researchers develop a web-based tool that uses an LLM to downrank X posts with antagonistic language in a user's feed, to reduce “partisan animosity” — Gift from the Koum Family Foundation endows Israel Studies Program — PreferencesShow me... Faculty/Staff Student
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| Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: |
Nexperia warns customers face impending production halts and urges its Chinese unit to reengage, says it hadn't got “any meaningful response” despite outreach — Nexperia warned that customers across industries are facing impending production halts, while calling on its Chinese unit …
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| Politico: |
EU lawmakers agree on new rules that hold platforms like Meta and TikTok liable for financial scams that have been reported, requiring them to compensate banks — The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say. — BRUSSELS — Platforms including Meta and TikTok …
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| Jesse Whittock / Deadline: |
Australia passes a law requiring global streamers with 1M+ Australian subscribers to spend 10% of their local outlay or 7.5% of revenue on Australian originals — Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content … | Francesco Guarascio / Reuters: |
Sources: Vietnam's recent Huawei and ZTE 5G equipment deals bolster its ties with China following US tariffs, but could undermine US trust in Vietnam's networks — China's leading telecommunication firms Huawei and ZTE (000063.SZ) have won a string of contracts this year to supply 5G equipment in Vietnam …
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| Financial Times: |
OpenAI's data center partners are set to rack up nearly $100B in debt; sources say banks may lend another $38B to Oracle and Vantage to build more OpenAI sites — Cloud companies and developers rely on lossmaking start-up to repay huge loans — OpenAI's data centre partners are on course …
More: Yahoo Finance
| Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: |
How Motorola, which spun out its struggling smartphone business in 2011, successfully refocused on critical communication equipment, giving it a $60B market cap — Since spinning off its handset business, dealmaking has helped grow Motorola Solutions into a company worth more than $60 billion.| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
The USPTO issues new guidelines clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human inventors and cannot itself be considered an inventor — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new guidelines on Wednesday outlining when inventions created with the help of artificial intelligence can be patented.
More: Engadget and PYMNTS.com
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