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December 27, 2023, 10:25 AM

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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon Prime Video plans to start showing ads starting on January 29, with an option for customers to pay an additional $2.99 per month to avoid the ads  —  Earlier this year, Amazon announced plans to start incorporating ads into movies and TV shows streamed from its Prime Video service …
New York Times:
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging millions of articles were used in training, the first major US media organization to sue  —  Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan plans to join Jony Ive's LoveFrom to work on AI hardware; Sam Altman plans to provide the software underpinnings  —  - Design executive Tang Tan is set to leave Apple in February  — Tan will join Ive's LoveFrom design studio, work on AI project
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
How Apple hiring Stanford PhD Marcelo Lamego, who was CTO of Masimo sister Cercacor, in 2013 to add Watch health features sparked a fight that led to the US ban  —  Apple's hiring of a key engineer 10 years ago helped spark a fight that led its watch to be banned from the US.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
David Pan / Bloomberg:
Filing: MicroStrategy acquired 14,620 BTC for $616M in cash, taking its total holdings to 189,150 BTC, worth $8B+, or almost 1% of the 19.58M BTC outstanding  —  - MicroStrategy's total Bitcoin holdings is now 189,150 coins … The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company run …
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Japan is preparing regulations requiring Apple, Google, and others to allow third-party app stores and payment systems on their mobile platforms  —  Antitrust curbs to require tech giants to allow third-party app platforms and billing  —  Google and Apple both require apps …
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Integris Health, Oklahoma's largest not-for-profit health network, confirms a November cyberattack resulting in stolen data, after patients get extortion emails  —  Integris Health patients in Oklahoma are receiving blackmail emails stating that their data was stolen in a cyberattack …
Clement Tan / CNBC:
China's gaming regulator plans to “carefully study” the concerns of all stakeholders on draft rules aimed at curbing excessive online gaming and spending  —  - China's top gaming regulator said it will “carefully study” the concerns of all stakeholders on draft rules aimed at curbing excessive online gaming and spending.
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the challenges Amazon faces in selling cars in the US: only 11% of its customers report buying $1,000+ items, dealerships sell most new cars, and more  —  Company aims to make online car purchases as seamless as getting everyday essentials  —  Willie Hall loves to browse and buy cars online, but he wants more options.
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Angela Watercutter / Wired:
Hollywood unions resisting AI being used to recreate actors' performances sets a precedent for future labor movements on how to push back against automation  —  The year was dominated by talk of what artificial intelligence could do—and what it could do better than most humans.

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