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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple's seeming sense of entitlement to commissions from third-party iOS apps shows a confrontational stance, instead of seeking to lessen regulatory pressure — That take didn't last long. … Sweeney's description makes it sound as though Apple is demanding its commission from all web sales …
More: Washington Post, 9to5Mac, Apple Developer, IGN, Wired, InfoQ, MacRumors, and iMore
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Apple details new US App Store rules letting devs link to external payments, says apps in its Video Partner and News Partner program are not eligible — Apple this week updated its App Store rules to comply with a court order after the Supreme Court declined to hear … | Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Google News is boosting sites that use AI to rip off other outlets and churn out content; Google says News doesn't focus on whether articles are by humans or AI — Google News is boosting sites that rip-off other outlets by using AI to rapidly churn out content, 404 Media has found.
More: 404 Media, Engadget, and Bloomberg
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Andy Baio / Waxy.org: |
A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023 — Ello launched on August 7, 2014 with big dreams and big promises, a new social network defined by what it wouldn't do.| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Google's TAG says Russia-linked hacking group Cold River is ramping up its activity and using new tactics, like data-stealing malware, to cause more disruption — Google researchers say they have evidence that a notorious Russian-linked hacking group — tracked as “Cold River” … | Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Sundar Pichai says Google will see more “role eliminations” in 2024, though “not at the scale” of 2023's reductions and not affecting every team — Google has laid off over a thousand employees across various departments since January 10th.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
In the footnotes of the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra online listings, Samsung says that Galaxy AI features will be free only until the end of 2025 — AI is the big selling point of Samsung's new Galaxy S24 series, but the new, rather good suite of Galaxy AI features may eventually come with a cost, the company has confirmed.| Reuters: |
Sources: Reddit has drawn up plans for an IPO in March 2024, with a public filing in late February, the first major social media IPO since Pinterest's in 2019 — Social media platform Reddit has drawn up detailed plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March … | Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Zuckerberg says Meta wants to build and open source AGI, and brings AI group FAIR closer to the generative AI team; Meta will own 340K+ H100 GPUs by 2024's end — And he wants Meta to open source it. Eventually. Maybe. … Fueling the generative AI craze is a belief that the tech industry …
More: PCMag, VentureBeat, The Information, and Forbes
| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
The EU Council and Parliament reach a provisional deal on the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, which will force all crypto companies to run user due diligence — Crypto firms have to do checks on transactions of 1,000 euro or more, and the framework adds measures to mitigate risks in transfers with self-hosted wallets.| Jon Keegan / The Markup: |
A Consumer Reports study involving 709 volunteers: 186,892 companies had sent data about the volunteers to Facebook, or an average of 2,230 companies per person — A new study looks at who is sending information about your online activity to Facebook … By now most internet users know their online activity is constantly tracked.
More: Consumer Reports, The Register, Search Engine Land, New York Post, The Verge, Thurrott, and Consumer Reports
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Have I Been Pwned adds almost 71M email addresses tied to stolen accounts from the Naz.API dataset, which allegedly contains 1B+ lines of stolen credentials — Have I Been Pwned has added almost 71 million email addresses associated with stolen accounts in the Naz.API dataset to its data breach notification service.
More: Ars Technica, Troy Hunt, Security Boulevard, TechSpot, TechRadar, SecurityWeek, Laptop Mag, and Have I Been Pwned …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram adds nighttime nudges for teens, encouraging them to close the app and go to sleep after they spend more than 10 minutes in Reels or DMs late at night — Instagram is introducing new nighttime nudges for teen accounts to limit their time on the app, the company announced on Thursday.
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
StatCounter: Bing ended 2023 with 3.4% global search market share, up less than 1 percentage point after ChatGPT; Google had 91.6%, Yandex 1.6%, and Yahoo 1.1% — - Search engine has steadily increased usage but remains tiny — Google meanwhile is racing to add its own AI enhancements| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
TSMC reports Q4 revenue down 1.5% YoY to ~$19.62B and net income down 19.3% YoY to ~$7.56B, both above estimates on the back of weaker macroeconomic conditions — - TSMC reported fourth-quarter revenue slipped 1.5% from a year ago to NT$625.53 billion, while net income dropped 19.3% from a year ago to NT$238.71 billion.| Chainalysis: |
Illicit crypto addresses received $24.2B in 2023, down 39% YoY from $39.6B, and stablecoins accounted for the majority of the transaction volume, replacing BTC — This blog is a preview from our upcoming 2024 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to sign up and reserve your copy now.
More: Wired, CoinDesk, Axios, Crypto Daily, Reuters, Cointelegraph, DeCential, DL News, CCN.com, and CryptoPotato. Forums: Hacker News
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Iowa sues TikTok for having an “inaccurate” 12+ age rating on the App Store and a “T” Play Store rating, claiming inappropriate content is “easily accessible” — TikTok is getting sued by the state of Iowa over claims that it's lying to parents …
More: The Hill, 9to5Mac, Neowin, Associated Press, Iowa Attorney General, and Reuters
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI announces a deal with Arizona State University, which will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to build personalized AI tutors — - OpenAI on Thursday announced its first partnership with a higher education institution: Starting in February, Arizona State University …
More: Fortune, Reuters, and Constellation Research
| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
DefiLlama: since its November 2023 agreement with US agencies, Binance has had $4.6B net inflows, including $3.5B in January, far outpacing rivals like OKX — - New CEO Richard Teng must still contend with lawsuit from SEC — Crypto traders are again flocking to Binance …
More: Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, CoinGape, and The Block
| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
SEC v. Coinbase: in an opening hearing, Coinbase says that buying crypto on an exchange is more like collecting Beanie Babies than investing in a stock or bond — - Exchange compares tokens to plush toys to oppose regulation — Courts are divided on whether crypto sales are securities| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
Fairly Trained, a nonprofit founded by ex-Stability AI VP Ed Newton-Rex, will give certification labels to AI companies that get consent for their training data — New system seeks to create a sort of ‘organic’ or ‘fair trade’ label for AI. — A new initiative will evaluate …
More: TIME, InfoWorld, TNW, The Verge, Music Ally, Cryptopolitan, Fairly Trained, and Wired. Bluesky: @stagefright.bsky.social
| Access Now: |
Gaza's internet and telecoms have been fully shut down for seven straight days, the longest time since October 2023; 12 of its ISPs are down since October 2023 — For seven consecutive days, internet and telecommunications services have been fully shut down in the Gaza Strip.
More: TechCrunch and New York Times
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature online starting at 6am PT on January 18 and in Apple Stores on the same day — Earlier today, a US appeals court rejected Apple's request to pause the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 ban as the company appeals …
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Digital Onboarding, a SaaS company specializing in helping financial institutions strengthen relationships with customers, raised $58M from Volition Capital — Digital Onboarding, a SaaS company specializing in helping financial institutions strengthen relationships with customers …
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