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A University of Cambridge analysis reveals how cheap SMS text message verification to create online accounts fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns — Analysis reveals how cheap text message verification fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns
More: COTSI, Science, University of Cambridge, and Reuters
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| Micah Zimmerman / Bitcoin Magazine: |
The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the “actual delivery” of a digital asset, aiming to support broader access to regulated crypto markets — The CFTC is withdrawing outdated crypto delivery guidance, paving the way for updated rules amid expanding oversight.
More: CFTC and Bitcoinist.com
| Bloomberg: |
How Oracle's massive Stargate deal with OpenAI has pushed Oracle to the center of the AI boom, turning its market cap into a barometer on AI sentiment — Silicon Valley is in the midst of another epic boom, and Larry Ellison has Oracle right at the center of it, for better or worse.
More: Bloomberg Law, Implicator.ai, Gizmodo, Yahoo Finance, Tom's Hardware, CNBC, Benzinga, Reuters, DatacenterDynamics, Investor's Business Daily, The Information, Proactive, ZeroHedge News, Capital Brief, Crypto Briefing, and Blockonomi
LinkedIn: Brody Ford. Bluesky: @patrickhowelloneill.com and @bobbyallyn. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Sarah Holder / Bloomberg: |
A look at Netflix House in Philadelphia, a new 100K sq. ft. location for in-person experiences, which resembles a Disneyland attraction and a Dave & Buster's — The entertainment company's new “Netflix House” experience is bringing the brand's shows into former department stores.
More: The Hollywood Reporter, Esquire, Visit Philadelphia, and Netflix Tudum
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
To build more powerful AI systems, some AI leaders are focusing on pursuing an approach called continual learning, which mimics how people learn over time — AI leaders are increasingly talking about the benefits of building models that can keep learning after they've been trained. But first...| Brooke Sutherland / Bloomberg: |
The AI boom is delaying US municipal projects, as ~$4T in AI infra spending through 2030 shifts skilled construction workers to AI data centers — The data center construction boom is sucking up resources from other parts of the market. State and local projects may face particular competition for labor.
More: TechCrunch. X: @entrepreneur_cm. Bluesky: @prietschka, @simond1954, @danny.page, and @tnewmsblues. Forums: r/technology
| Taylor Telford / Washington Post: |
Blowback over posts about the death of Charlie Kirk has prompted companies to be more aggressive about monitoring employees' social media activity — Fervor over employee posts about Charlie Kirk's death is leading companies to adjust policies and step up monitoring of workers' online conduct.| Mishal Husain / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on defining superintelligence, its application in the medical field, universal basic income, regulation, and more — The AI race is entering an uncharted and expensive new phase. This has been the year of the mega-deal — billions poured into data centers … | Tim Wu / Financial Times: |
Despite talk of an existential US-China AI race, the Chinese state and its major companies are spending more to dominate other domains, such as EVs and robotics — Over the past year, major US tech companies have spent more than $350bn on AI-related infrastructure, with projections of over $400bn for 2026.
More: Fox News and Motley Fool
| Isabelle Lee / Bloomberg: |
Seagate and Western Digital, with stocks each up 200%+ in 2025, will join Nasdaq 100 before the December 22 market open; GlobalFoundries will leave the index — Six firms are set to join the Nasdaq 100 Index as part of its annual reconstitution, the benchmark's overseer said Friday.
More: Reuters, Nasdaq, DL News, CoinDesk, Dow Jones Newswires, Nasdaq, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Cointelegraph
X: @business, @munshipremchnd, and @seekingalpha
| Robin Wigglesworth / Financial Times: |
Cisco's stock touched a new record high of $80.25 on December 10, surpassing its previous split-adjusted high of $80.06 on March 27, 2000; CSCO is up 31.64% YTD — 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 — It only took 25 years, eight months and 13 days, but the stock of Cisco Systems finally hit a new record high.
More: Bloomberg, CNBC, Barchart.com, and Barron's Online
| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
Sources: The Trump administration is drafting a new cyber strategy that would enlist private companies to mount offensive cyberattacks on foreign adversaries — President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to turn to private businesses to help mount offensive cyberattacks …
Bluesky: @tomtruth, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @metacurity.com, @lukaszolejnik, and @rondeibert
Forums: r/cybersecurity and r/technology
| Financial Times: |
Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sector in 2025 amid concerns over AI threat — Private capital giant shorted loans and cut exposure to sector amid concerns over threat from AI| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground motion-based gaming system targeted toward kids and projects more than $150M of sales this year — How an obscure company pivoted, then pivoted again, nearly ran out of money—and built a hit productSponsor Posts
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