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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership  —  President, Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Google & Alphabet  —  As part of its lawsuit over how we distribute Search …
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Filing: the US DOJ asks a judge to force Google to sell Chrome, restrict Android from favoring Google Search, and ban default search deals on iOS and other Oses  —  U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through …
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
Forcing Google to sell Chrome sounds good on paper but the reality of it happening is fairly small as it will be extremely messy, if not impossible to execute  —  The idea that Google would be broken up as a result of their loss in the antitrust trial against their Search monopoly was never going to happen.
Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers  —  - Antitrust officials propose options in historic lawsuit  — Google says government pushing ‘radical agenda’ beyond case
Paresh Dave / Wired:
Four former Google executives say innovation by rivals is key to breaking Google Search's dominance, and ChatGPT-like tools will one day supplant Google Search  —  Despite shared concerns about Google's power, critics of the company and former executives express little agreement on what …
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
The CFPB will supervise tech companies with digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo, with 50M+ annual transactions, treating them more like banks  —  The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will now treat those companies more like banks as long as they handle …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri says Threads is rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people that users follow, warns that creators' “unconnected” reach may go down  —  As Bluesky's user numbers continue to rise, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says Threads will change its For You page to show fewer posts from accounts you don't follow.
Steven Levy / Wired:
How Satya Nadella put Microsoft back on top, including by cleaning up its toxic culture, embracing open source, and crafting the OpenAI deal, as it nears 50  —  When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool.  He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.
Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance:
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% YoY to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est.  —  Nvidia (NVDA) reported its Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines …
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The Trump administration's promises of mass deportations may lead to increased use of spyware like Graphite; ICE has a $2M contract with Graphite maker Paragon  —  Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups.
Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider:
Google Quantum AI and DeepMind researchers debut ML decoder AlphaQubit, which surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors  —  - Google researchers introduced AlphaQubit, an AI-powered decoder that improves quantum error correction, reducing errors …
Anna Gross / Financial Times:
Several media and tech executives say UK VC Matt Clifford, who has advised successive Tory and Labour governments, has an outsized influence over AI policy  —  British venture capitalist has advised successive Tory and Labour governments  —  Last year, as thousands of customers withdrew …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for CBS News as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast extends Mike Cavanagh's contract through January 1, 2029, and grants a ~$35M performance-based stock package; he's set to become co-CEO in January 2026

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Swetha Gopinath / Bloomberg:
London-based Lighthouse, which offers tools to help hotels analyze market demand and rates, raised a ~$370M Series C led by KKR, sources say at a $1B+ valuation
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology
Rod McGuirk / Associated Press:
Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for systemic violations
Larry Dignan / Constellation Research:
Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., and partners with Anthropic to bring Claude 3.5 models to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 20%+
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