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Sources: DOJ antitrust officials plan to ask a judge to force Google to sell Chrome, license Search data, uncouple Android from Search and Google Play, and more — - Antitrust officials also to seek data licensing, AI measures — Google says the proposals would harm consumers and developers
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X: @adamkovac, @jason_kint, @markgurman, @florian4gamers, @bdsams, @suhail, @ryanbarwick, @rustybrick, @ceaddl, @mishaalrahman, @stevesi, @bdsams, @maxwinebach, @tomwarren, @suhail, @dylanmcd8, @mikeisaac, @loudmouthjulia, @adamscochran, @mishaalrahman, @jason_kint, @adamkovac, @suhail, @stevesi, @jason_kint, @gerritd, @blaw, @ericnewcomer, and @rakeshsfnyc. LinkedIn: Alan Chapell
| Reuters: |
Sources: Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media powerhouse behind the Elden Ring game, in the coming weeks; Kadokawa had a ~$2.7B market cap — Sony (6758.T) is in talks to acquire Kadokawa (9468.T), the Japanese media powerhouse behind the “Elden Ring” game …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram says it is testing letting users reset the algorithmic suggestions that power Feed, Reels, and Explore, and the update “will soon roll out globally” — The app will offer users a chance for a “fresh start” with the algorithm. — If your Instagram recommendations … | Jason Del Rey / Fortune: |
Memo: Amazon employees find there is too much of a delay between asking the new LLM-based Alexa a question and getting a response or seeing it complete a task — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. — Amazon's race to create an AI-based successor to its voice assistant Alexa has hit more snags … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Perplexity debuts a shopping feature offering product recommendations, one-click checkout, and more for Pro users in the US, alongside a merchant program — AI-powered search engine Perplexity is venturing into e-commerce. On Monday, the company debuted a new shopping feature …
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| CNN: |
Two Baltic Sea internet cables, connecting Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany, were suddenly disrupted, sparking concerns about Russian sabotage — Two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea have been suddenly disrupted, according to local telecommunications companies …
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X: @auonsson, @auonsson, @auonsson, @danobrien20, @drox_maritime, @sentdefender, @bayraktar_1love, @gerashchenko_en, @the_lookout_n, @navylookout, @elisabethbraw, @bastianbrauns, @euan_macdonald, @revishvilig, @elinavaltonen, @alex_kokcharov, @yasminalombaert, and @germanydiplo. LinkedIn: Aaron Bateman, PhD
Forums: Hacker News, r/anime_titties, r/europe, r/technology, r/BalticStates, r/Slovenia, r/europe, r/worldnews, and r/neoliberal
| Faris Mokhtar / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has raised its offer to invest in Indonesia from about $10M to almost $100M, in a bid to persuade the government to lift its iPhone 16 sales ban — - Company increases investment proposal tenfold, sources say — Indonesia banned sales of iPhone 16 over local content rules
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| Brian Merchant / Blood in the Machine: |
Bluesky is booming partly because it isn't hindered by bad adtech, AI slop, throttled links, and largely hostile user experiences, unlike some of its big rivals — No bad adtech, no AI, no throttling links. Bluesky is a booming because it's everything big tech is not — Greetings all —
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Forums: Hacker News, r/BlueskySocial, r/TrueReddit, and r/Foodforthought
| Bruna Horvath / NBC News: |
Social media users criticize Coca-Cola over an AI-generated Christmas video; many creatives say it is distasteful to use AI tech instead of the work of artists — The video was meant to pay homage to a classic 1995 Coca-Cola commercial. — Coca-Cola is facing backlash online …
More: Tom's Guide, The Shortcut, Dataconomy, and Metro.co.uk
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Source: Google is working on a multi-year project to fully migrate Chrome OS to Android, to better compete with the iPad — To compete with the iPad, Google plans to push Android as its unified desktop OS. — • — TL;DR — A source within Google has told Android Authority …
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| Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: |
Super Micro hires BDO USA as its new independent auditor and files a plan to come into compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements; SMCI jumps 29%+ pre-market — - The company filed a plan to stay listed on the Nasdaq — Super Micro said it appointed a new auditor in press release
More: Reuters, Tech Monitor, Super Micro Computer, Inc., MarketWatch, Benzinga, Barron's Online, Fortune, and CNBC
| Philip Stafford / Financial Times: |
Sources: Trump Media is nearing an all-share purchase of Intercontinental Exchange's crypto trading platform Bakkt; DJT closed up 16.65% and BKKT up 162.46% — Truth Social owner is close to an all-share takeover of Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt — Donald Trump's social media company …
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Mistral adds web search, image generation, Canvas for editing, and more to its Le Chat chatbot, and unveils Pixtral Large, a 124B-parameter multimodal model — Mistral, the French startup that made waves last year with a record-setting seed funding amount for Europe, has launched a slew …
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Bluesky: @sungkim.bsky.social. X: @arthurmensch, @mistralai, @guillaumelample, @arthurmensch, @bfl_ml, @dchaplot, @dchaplot, @mistralai, @rowancheung, @simonw, @jchudnov, @rowancheung, @sophiamyang, @dchaplot, and @pierrevalade. LinkedIn: William El Sayed. Forums: r/singularity
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan have been expanding their AI teams in Silicon Valley in recent months, despite US efforts to stymie Chinese companies — Alibaba, ByteDance and Meituan seek to poach top talent from US rivals despite Washington's chip curbs
More: Benzinga
| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
A look at emails between Elon Musk and Sam Altman from OpenAI's early days, discussing its Microsoft partnership, fundraising, staff compensation, AGI, and more — Emails in Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI expose the startup's rocky origins. … As OpenAI was ironing out a new deal with Microsoft in 2016 …
More: LessWrong, Business Today, and Futurism
X: @techemails, @johnrushx, @ohabryka, @techemails, and @kyliebytes
| NBC News: |
The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email communications between congressional offices and library staff between January and September 2024 — The Library of Congress didn't specify who was behind the hack. — The Library of Congress said hackers broke into its communications systems …
More: Associated Press, Nextgov/FCW, and Security Affairs
X: @chadpergram, @homelandgop, and @chadpergram
| Rob Pegoraro / PCMag: |
Brendan Carr claims Big Tech “worked with marketing, ad, & ‘fact checkers’ to punish free speech outlets” and asks tech leaders about NewsGuard partnerships — Brendan Carr, currently a senior GOP commissioner, is a longtime opponent of net neutrality regulation …
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X: @brendancarrfcc, @danpfeiffer, @mattmfm, @ericliptonnyt, @ericliptonnyt, @jimsciutto, @shaunmmaguire, @shortlawyer, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @matthewkeyslive, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @matthewstoller, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @neil_chilson, @elonmusk, and @lindayax. Forums: r/ASTSpaceMobile
| Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA clears Google's partnership with Anthropic, finding that Google has not gained “material influence” over the AI startup, following a formal probe — - Google pledged to invest $2 billion into the startup last year — Investment in Anthropic avoids full blown CMA investigation
More: London Evening Standard, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, The Independent, and GOV.UK
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Google and Nvidia say Google's Quantum AI division will use Nvidia's Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components — - Project will use Nvidia's Eos supercomputer to run simulations — Quantum computing remains a long-range bet for tech industry
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