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December 27, 2019, 8:35 AM
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Chuin-Wei Yap / Wall Street Journal:
Huawei got ~$46B in loans from Chinese state lenders, saved $25B in taxes from state incentives, $2B in land discounts, and $1.6B in grants in the last 25 years  —  China's tech champion got as much as $75 billion in tax breaks, financing and cheap resources as it became the world's top telecom vendor
William Feuer / CNBC:
FAA proposes new rule requiring most drones to implement remote ID systems that allow tracking by law enforcement, envisions compliance within three years  —  - The rule will implement a remote ID system to identify and track drones in real-time.  — Such a rule has long been in the works.
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
YouTube gives creators more ways to handle copyright disputes with a YouTube Studio update that includes an Assisted Trim tool to edit out claimed content  —  An automatic trim feature helps directly tackle the problem  —  YouTube's recent Studio update is finally giving people an easier way to deal with copyright claim disputes.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Facebook Messenger now requires a Facebook account to sign up, removing the option to use a phone number, says a vast majority of users log in through Facebook  —  Facebook has quietly removed the ability to sign up for Messenger without a Facebook account, the company confirmed to VentureBeat this afternoon.
Varun Mishra / Counterpoint Research:
iPhone XR has been the top-selling model globally in every quarter since Q4 2018 and contributed to over one-quarter of total Apple sales in Q3 2019  —  According to Counterpoint Research's Market Pulse, the iPhone XR was the top-selling model globally in Q3 2019, capturing 3% market share.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast is in advanced talks to acquire Xumo, which offers an ad-supported video streaming service, as Comcast prepares to launch NBC's Peacock  —  Deal would help cable giant's digital-video ambitions as it prepares to launch its own video-streaming service
Associated Press:
Turkey's top court rules that a two-year ban on Wikipedia violates freedom of expression; it remains unclear when access to the site will be restored  —  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's highest court on Thursday ruled in favor of Wikipedia, saying the Turkish government's two-year ban …
Ari Levy / CNBC:
A look at Netflix's meteoric growth in the past decade, which saw its stock deliver more than 4,000% return, the best performing among S&P 500 companies  —  - Netflix was by far the best performer in the S&P 500 during the decade among companies currently in the index.
Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
NY governor has vetoed a bill that would have legalized e-bikes/scooters citing safety concerns; bill was overwhelmingly passed in June by the NY legislature  —  He just vetoed a bill that was overwhelmingly passed in June  —  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a bill …
Amanda Keton / Wikimedia Foundation:
Wikimedia says India's proposed intermediary liability rules will impact Wikipedia and limit access to information online, urges government to redraft rules  —  The Wikimedia Foundation is deeply concerned about new proposed changes to India's intermediary liability rules …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Sources: building on tactics deployed during 2018 midterms, US Cyber Command is exploring additional strategies to counter Russian 2020 election interference  —  Military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials …

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From Mediagazer

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at an AI-reliant news site for 19 towns south of Boston, which uses public meeting transcripts and LLMs to produce stories and has 350 paid subscribers

More News

Kim Zetter / Politico:
How VR Systems, a small FL-based election tech company that Mueller suggested was hacked by Russia, could be a weak link in maintaining US election integrity
Aditya Hadi Pratama / Tech in Asia:
Indonesian education platform Ruangguru, which claims to serve 15M+ students and 300K+ teachers, raises $150M Series C led by General Atlantic and GGV Capital

Earlier Picks

Cade Metz / New York Times:
Chuck Peddle, a key designer of the cheap MOS 6502 CPU that powered the first big wave of personal computers, like Commodore PET and Apple II, has died at 82
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Report: APT20, a Chinese government-linked hacking group, has bypassed key fob-enabled 2FA in recent attacks on government orgs and managed service providers
Paddy Baker / CoinDesk:
Hedera Hashgraph, which has raised $100M+ in 2018 ICO, asks investors to wait longer for purchased tokens, to help stabilize their cratering price
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Uber says Travis Kalanick, its former CEO, will step down from the company's board of directors effective Dec. 31; Kalanick has sold all of his stock in Uber
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