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| Jack Queen / Reuters: |
Anthropic sues to block the DOD from designating it a supply chain risk, says the designation is unlawful and violates its free speech and due process rights — Anthropic on Monday filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating …
More: Wired, The Verge, CNBC, The Atlantic, CNN, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Defense One, NPR, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Financial Times, Politico, TechCrunch, The Verge, Semafor, International Business Times, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, Telegraph, FedScoop, Al Jazeera, InfoRiskToday.com, Inc.com, Blockonomi, Bloomberg, Sherwood News, Newser, The Information, Implicator.ai, BBC, Lawfare, U.S. Courts of Appeals, NOTUS, Business Insider, Engadget, San Francisco Business Times, The Hill, Quartz, The Freedom Academy …, Axios, and NBC News
X: @theobearman, @deredleritt3r, @hadas_gold, @_nathancalvin, @var_epsilon, @deanwball, @peterwildeford, @deanwball, and @joycewhitevance
Bluesky: @flingjore.com, @mrsdeborahlynn, @lorak, @seldo.com, @leahfeiger, and @revealinglight
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/politics, r/Anthropic, r/law, r/technology, r/technology, r/news, r/ChatGPT, r/artificial, and r/Anthropic
| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
More than 30 staffers from OpenAI and Google, including DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, file an amicus brief in support of Anthropic in its fight with DOD — Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
More: Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Information, The Deep View, and CourtListener
X: @w01fe, @turn_trout, @thezvi, @william_fitz, @s_oheigeartaigh, @arozenshtein, and @zeffmax. Bluesky: @peard33
Forums: r/technology, r/OpenAI, and r/Anthropic
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
More: 9to5Mac, Fortune, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, Decrypt, NBC Bay Area, Washington Times, New York Sun, and CBS News
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Jay Graber is stepping down as Bluesky CEO, saying a “seasoned operator focused on scaling and execution” is needed; VC Toni Schneider is named interim CEO — Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky's board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
More: Bluesky, The Verge, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Toni.org, Reuters, Engadget, Social Media Today, GeekWire, Thurrott, Fast Company, and TheDesk.net
Bluesky: @toni.bsky.team, @joshsternberg.com, @bnewbold.net, @davelee.me, @craigbrittain.com, @anildash.com, @chriswolfvision, @caseynewton, @danabra.mov, @kandake.africa, @rose.bsky.team, @ryanlcooper.com, @wired.com, @quillmatiq.com, @fraying, @clairewillett, @strngwys, @daveweigel, @gilliandn, @jay.bsky.team, @evansutton, @masnick.com, and @brainnotonyet. Mastodon: @liaizon@social.wake.st
Forums: Hacker News, r/BlueskySocial, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Charles Lamanna / Microsoft 365 Blog: |
Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork, integrating Anthropic's Claude Cowork tech into Microsoft 365 Copilot and using Work IQ to ground its actions in work data — AUDIENCE — Try Microsoft 365 Copilot — Available on desktop and mobile devices — If you have used Copilot …
More: The Register, VentureBeat, Fortune, Inc, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, Microsoft Tech Community, Yahoo Finance, Thurrott, Axios, CRN, Tech in Asia, Silicon Republic, TestingCatalog, eWeek, iPhone in Canada, The Economic Times, Cyber Security News, Sherwood News, Moneycontrol, GeekWire, CNET, XDA Developers, and The Verge
X: @satyanadella, @clamanna, @tunguz, @yacinelearning, @nizzyabi, @boringbiz_, @sandraleow, @marlene_zw, @geoffreylitt, @jshpigler, @clamanna, @jeffteper, @zackkorman, @patrickmoorhead, @akoustov, @ndrewpignanelli, @rihardjarc, @emollick, @metacriticcap, and @laurentgiret
LinkedIn: Charles Lamanna, Larry Cannell, and Nicole Herskowitz
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft launches E7, which bundles Office tools and Copilot, for $99/user/month, a 65% jump; of its 450M+ business users in January, ~3% also paid for Copilot — Microsoft Corp. is launching a new bundle of workplace software with the aim of getting more people to use its artificial intelligence tools for the office.| OpenAI: |
OpenAI agrees to acquire Promptfoo, which fixes security issues in AI systems being built and is “trusted by 25%+ of Fortune 500”, to fold into OpenAI Frontier — Accelerating agentic security testing and evaluation capabilities in OpenAI Frontier
More: The Verge, PYMNTS.com, TheEnergyMag, SiliconANGLE, Promptfoo, Bloomberg, The Next Web, Business Today, Tech in Asia, CRN, and TechCrunch
X: @openai, @snsf, @mil0theminer, @cryptopunk7213, @dkundel, @benhylak, and @monali_dambre. LinkedIn: Vanessa Sauter. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Brian Westover / PCMag: |
MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max) review: “Super core” architecture and 40-core GPU deliver beastly performance, but still retains a five-year-old design — Outstanding — THE BOTTOM LINE — Pros & Cons — “Super core” architecture delivers incredible performance
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Hardware Canucks on YouTube, Macworld, CNET, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada, CGMagazine, Six Colors, The Deep View, TechRadar, Notebookcheck, Creative Bloq, Creative Strategies, Justin Tse on YouTube, Alex Ziskind on YouTube, No Film School, Tyler Stalman on YouTube, LaptopMedia.com, and Kotaku
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
More: CNET, CNET, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechRadar, Brian Tong on YouTube, PCMag, Wired, CNN, Telegraph, Tom's Guide, Daring Fireball, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, The Sun, Mashable, The Independent, The Mac Observer, Popular Mechanics, iDrop News, iClarified, WhistleOut, 9to5Mac, and Stuff. X: @lanceulanoff
| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
| John Higgins / The Verge: |
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic debuts Code Review for Claude Code, which uses agents to check pull requests for bugs, and says a code review could average $15-$25 in token usage — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic launches AI agents to review developer pull requests. — Internal tests tripled meaningful code review feedback.
More: Claude, The Register, TechCrunch, The New Stack, The Verge, and VentureBeat
X: @gilgnyc, @derrickcchoi, @rhyssullivan, @kayvz, @sterlingcrispin, @lanreadelowo, @claudeai, @adocomplete, @bznotes, @jarredsumner, @claudeai, @rohanvarma, @trq212, @dillon_mulroy, @claudeai, @yuchenj_uw, @lucas_montano, @icesolst, @bcherny, and @daniel_mac8. Bluesky: @natemoo.re. Forums: r/ClaudeAI
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple delayed the release of its smart home display, planned for this month, until later this year to let the company finish work on the new Siri — Apple Inc.'s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long … | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
UK data center developer Nscale raised a $2B Series C led by Aker and 8090 Industries at a $14.6B valuation and adds Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board — Nscale, a UK developer for artificial intelligence data centers, has raised $2 billion in funding and added a trio …
More: CNBC, Nscale, SiliconANGLE, The Register, TheEnergyMag, Reuters, Axios, TechCrunch, TelecomTV, The Guardian, BayStreet.ca, Data Center Knowledge, DatacenterDynamics, Implicator.ai, The Times, World of Software, ComputerWeekly.com, City A.M., Techzine Global, Financial Times, Sifted, and Reuters
X: @kanishkanarayan, @michaeldell, @darlingtondev, @nscale_cloud, @uksovereignai, @stefanroberts, @andrewhart, @peterkyle, @_iainmartin, @sebjohnsonuk, and @nickclegg
LinkedIn: Josh Payne and Alex Sharp
| Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press: |
The DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over live events in the US — Justice Department lawyers announced Monday that they'd reached a settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster …
More: New York Times, NY State Attorney General, Big Tech on Trial, Wall Street Journal, Politico, NBC News, Variety, The Wrap, WHDH-TV, Semafor, Washington Post, Associated Press, Ars Technica, CBS News, Deseret News, ABC11, SFist, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, Yahoo Finance, FOX 10 Phoenix, Digital Music News, Bisnow, Sports Business Journal, Insurance Journal, CNBC, Miami New Times, BIG by Matt Stoller, Proactive, UPI, Bloomberg Law, The Independent, Billboard, Axios, Gothamist, Rolling Stone, Front Office Sports, The Hollywood Reporter, Claims Journal, Courthouse News Service, CNN, Fast Company, Financial Times, and Fox Business
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Qualcomm unveils the Arduino Ventuno Q, a single-board computer for AI and robotics applications, powered by Dragonwing IQ8 processor and 16GB of RAM — It marries a Qualcomm processor with a microcontroller and comes with 16GB of RAM. — Qualcomm, which purchased microcontroller board …
More: Qualcomm, Forbes, Arduino Blog, TechCrunch, HotHardware, The Verge, eeNews Europe, and Notebookcheck
| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Nasdaq partners with Kraken to develop a framework for 24/7 tokenized stock trading, targeting a 2027 launch, focusing on corporate governance like proxy voting — Nasdaq sought approval in September to let investors trade tokenized versions of its listed stocks and other exchange-traded products
More: Kraken Blog, Nasdaq, Inc., The Information, Bitcoin News, American Banker, Reuters, and Investor's Business Daily
Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz, @michaelcaley, and @danny.page
| Wired: |
Sources: Nvidia is pitching NemoClaw, an upcoming open-source AI agent platform for enterprises, and plans to offer security and privacy tools for it — Ahead of its annual developer conference, Nvidia is readying a new approach to software that embraces AI agents similar to OpenClaw.| Financial Times: |
SoftBank's stock is down ~48% since Nov. 3, as scrutiny into the scale of its OpenAI involvement grows; on Monday, SoftBank fell 9.8% on Stargate delay reports — Japanese group has suffered from recent share falls and a negative outlook from rating agency S&P| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country under new security commitments, reversing a 2024 order to wind down TikTok's Canadian subsidiary — Canada will allow TikTok to continue operating in the country, a complete reversal after the government had previously ordered …
More: Reuters, Global News, iPhone in Canada, Wall Street Journal, Government of Canada, and Dow Jones Newswires. Forums: r/canada
| Aisha Down / The Guardian: |
UK's AI drive, touted since 2024 and featuring splashy NScale and CoreWeave deals, to build datacenters is riddled with phantom investments and shaky accounting — Exclusive: Rented datacentres and ‘supercomputer’ site that's still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer's push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’
Bluesky: @mxhollyclara and @hannahfearn
Forums: Hacker News, r/unitedkingdom, r/ukpolitics, and r/BetterOffline
| Jake Angelo / Fortune: |
NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters: just 26% had a positive view of AI, while 46% had a negative view, the third worst net negative score of all topics — Artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every part of daily American life. It's being adopted across the professional sphere …
More: Gizmodo, Decrypt, The Verge, CNET, and NBC News
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