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Sources: Apple plans a Mac mini in 2024 with M4 and M4 Pro options that is less than half the size of the current mini, its first major design change since 2010 — - It's the first major design change to Mac mini since Jobs era — Entire Mac line to get updated with AI-focused M4 processors
More: MacRumors, The Information, Redmond Pie, XDA Developers, Pocket-lint, iMore, Tom's Guide, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, Dexerto, ZDNET, iClarified, MobileSyrup, Engadget, Macworld, Supercharged, The Apple Post, Wccftech, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, Financial Express, Ars Technica, Trusted Reviews, PCMag, TechRadar, Patently Apple, SlashGear, Lifewire, Appleosophy, Digital Trends, The Verge, 9to5Mac, BGR, AppleInsider, Thurrott, MacDailyNews, Notebookcheck, Six Colors, and iPhone in Canada Blog
X: @upintheozone, @classicii_mrmac, @tomwarren, @appltrack, @brandonbutch, @vadimyuryev, @sadlyitsbradley, @markgurman, @jonfingas, and @andrew_osu
Forums: r/apple, r/macmini, and MacRumors Forums
| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Email: the World Federation of Advertisers discontinues activities of its nonprofit, GARM, following X's antitrust lawsuit, but intends to contest X's claims — - The World Federation of Advertisers is ‘discontinuing’ the activities of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.
More: New York Times, Ars Technica, checkmyads.org, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, Social Media Today, Fortune, Mashable, Reclaim The Net, Gizmodo, Adweek, The Verge, Vox, New York Post, The Guardian, USA Today, CNBC, Quartz, Engadget, and PC Gamer
Threads: @kateaconger, @r.gilmore, @davechensky, @daveleebbg, @kbode, @mac_ryan_, @crumbler, @renee.diresta, @mac_ryan_, @karaswisher, and @catthekin. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
X: @lindayax and @catthekin
LinkedIn: Michael Follett, Arielle Garcia, Sarah Kay Wiley, Ruben Schreurs, and Marc Zander
Forums: r/elonmusk, r/Twitter, r/law, r/law, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/stupidpol, and Ars OpenForum
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify says Apple's new “unacceptable” plan “disregards the fundamental requirements” of EU's DMA; Tim Sweeney calls it “malicious compliance” with “junk fees” — Count Spotify and Epic Games among the Apple critics who are not happy …
More: MacRumors, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, iClarified, and MacDailyNews
Bluesky: @blowdart.me. X: @timsweeneyepic, @bzamayo, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @mzunigap, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @lewis_crofts, and @lewis_crofts
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts new rules and fees for apps in the EU that link to the web for purchases, including allowing links to any website, and removes other restrictions — Following the EU ruling in June that said Apple's App Store anti-steering policies are officially in breach of the Digital Markets Act, Apple is announcing changes.
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Threads: @eshumarneedi. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @iKyle@mastodon.social, and @stroughtonsmith …
X: @mgsiegler, @ballmatthew, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @eric_seufert, @mgsiegler, @mysk_co, and @bzamayo. Forums: r/apple
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the UK is considering revisiting parts of the Online Safety Act to give authorities more power to force social media companies to curb harmful content — - Starmer has few existing levers to curb incendiary content — Officials consider revisiting key parts of Online Safety Act| David Ingram / NBC News: |
Researchers: 50 false or misleading claims about the US election posted on X in 2024 by Elon Musk have generated nearly 1.2B views and none had a Community Note — The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate said that Musk's debunked claims are spreading widely and do not appear … | Josh Self / Politics.co.uk: |
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X: @josh_self_, @telegraph, @josh_self_, @shayan86, @jackbailey2, @philmoorhouse76, @drjennings, @albertonardelli, @jakubkrupa, @gerryhassan, @sundersays, @mattzeitlin, @jonathanpienews, @mij_europe, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, and @jimmysecuk
Forums: r/LabourUK, r/EnoughMuskSpam, and r/NewsAndPolitics
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with DOJ antitrust boss Jonathan Kanter on the US' Google win, the Apple deal, competition, being “overjoyed”, Google's appeal, market definitions, and more — AAG Jonathan Kanter says the Google monopoly verdict belongs on the ‘Mount Rushmore of antitrust.’| Wired: |
OpenAI reveals details of GPT-4o's safety testing, including concerns that its anthropomorphic voice may make some users emotionally attached to their chatbot — The company has revealed details of AI model safety testing—including concerns about its new anthropomorphic interface.
More: OpenAI, TechCrunch, The Verge, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, and Neowin
X: @lindsmccallum, @simonw, @joheidecke, @openai, and @teknium1. LinkedIn: Sandro Gianella. Forums: r/OpenAI
| Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: |
The UK CMA opens a formal merger inquiry into Amazon's Anthropic investment after getting “sufficient information” about the deal; Amazon is “disappointed” — CMA to escalate matter to the first phase after seeking views on tech giant's investment in the AI start-up
More: GOV.UK, Engadget, TechCrunch, Cointelegraph, New York Times, CNBC, Euractiv, Cryptopolitan, The Information, CIO Dive, SiliconANGLE, The Crypto Times, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, CRN, PYMNTS.com, ComputerWeekly.com, Benzinga, Proactive, The Guardian, Thurrott, Reuters, NewsBytes, Silicon Republic, Maginative, WinBuzzer, Bloomberg, and Bitcoin Insider
X: @auerdirk, @kayjebelli, and @laz_radic
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
OpenAI rolls out the ability for ChatGPT free users to create up to two images per day with DALL-E 3, after launching DALL-E 3 to Plus subscribers in October — OpenAI is going to let users of ChatGPT's free tier make up to two images per day with its DALL-E 3 model, the company announced on Thursday.| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Take-Two reports Q1 net bookings up 1% YoY to $1.22B, vs. $1.25B est., net revenue up 4%, and expects sequential growth in net bookings in FY 2026 and FY 2027 — Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO.O) said on Thursday it expects to see sequential growth in its net bookings in fiscals 2026 and 2027 … | Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Sources: Japanese cybersecurity company Trend Micro, which has a market value of about $6.5B, is exploring a sale after attracting buyout interest — Trend Micro (4704.T), a Japanese cybersecurity firm with a market value of about 950 billion yen ($6.5 billion), is exploring a sale …
More: SiliconANGLE and Bloomberg
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Putin signs a law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia; only Russian legal entities and individuals included in a register will have the right to mine — Only Russian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs included in a register will have the right to mine
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
TikTok and Pinterest partner with Amazon to let users buy items from Amazon ads without leaving the social media apps — Amazon's e-commerce business is huge but slow-growing, while shopping on social media has been taking off. That's prompted Amazon to look for ways to team up with popular social media apps.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google's DeepMind Robotics team shows a table tennis robot that it says is a “solidly amateur human-level player” when pitted against a human — Sports have long served as an important test for robots. The best-known example of the phenomenon may be the annual RoboCup soccer competition …
More: arXiv.org, The Decoder, How-To Geek, Popular Science, Ars Technica, and AIM. X: @googledeepmind
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NYC-based Cents, which provides business management and payments services for the laundry industry, raised a $40M Series B, taking its total funding to $77M+ — The garment care market is substantial, with an annual value of approximately $60B. Despite this large addressable market …
More: FinSMEs, VC News Daily, Cents, Commercial Observer, Axios, and Tech Funding News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: enterprise AI company Glean is in advanced talks to raise $250M led by DST Global at a $4.5B valuation, about double its valuation from February 2024 — The $250 million investment would double the company's valuation from six months ago, a sign of continued enthusiasm for generative AI
More: PYMNTS.com
| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
Hugging Face acquires XetHub, a collaboration platform started by ex-Apple employees who raised $7.5M to help developers work with and build large-scale models — Purchased for an undisclosed sum, XetHub is staffed by a number of former Apple employees. Hugging Face thinks …
More: Hugging Face, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, AIM, Seattle Business Journal, and GeekWire
X: @mattmcilwain, @aymericroucher, @julien_c, and @jeffboudier
LinkedIn: Ajit Banerjee, Aymeric Roucher, Rajat Arya, Brigitte Tousignant, Jeff Boudier, and Matt McIlwain. Forums: r/LocalLLaMA
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
CloudPay, which offers cloud-based payroll and payments services to businesses, raised $120M led by Blue Owl Capital, taking its total funding to $228M — In 1996, two companies, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, formed a venture called CloudPay to provide payroll and payments services to enterprise clients.Sponsor Posts
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