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Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5 — Social media giant's Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges — Meta's Threads is losing ground …
More: The Atlantic, Mashable, Social Media Today, The Verge, New York Times, and Washington Post
Threads: @jaypeters.11 and @michaelzanette
Bluesky: @metasynthesis.net, @carnage4life.bsky.social, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social, @jamesshelley.com, @mikebeas.com, @keithedwards.bsky.social, @lekevicius.com, @diwanow.com, @emilprotalinski.bsky.social, @malmer.com, @kevin-indig.bsky.social, @adrianweckler.bsky.social, @crowslabyrinth.com, @warnerdavid.bsky.social, @chickenpuppet.bsky.social, @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social, @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social, and @chadbourn.bsky.social
| Christine Lemmer-Webber / Dustycloud Brainstorms: |
ActivityPub co-author on Bluesky and ATProto being neither decentralized nor federated, and how Bluesky is building a good X replacement with a “credible exit” — Recently due to various events (namely a lot of people getting off of X-Twitter), Bluesky has become a lot more popular …
More: The Guardian, Werd I/O, and Simon Willison's Weblog
Mastodon: @j12t@j12t.social, @yuki2501@hackers.town, @cwebber@social.coop, @osma@mas.to, @doidydoidy@aus.social, @renchap@oisaur.com, @mtthgn@mastodon.social, @ricmac@mastodon.social, @lrhodes@merveilles.town, @rwg@aoir.social, and @lrhodes@merveilles.town
Bluesky: @ming.bsky.social, @jeffgreco.com, @eubiedrew.bsky.social, @werd.io, @kentbye.com, @january3.github.io, @davidcarroll.org, @dustyweb.bsky.social, @rabble.nz, @dustyweb.bsky.social, @hobg0blin.bsky.social, @steveklabnik.com, @dustyweb.bsky.social, @openrisk.eu, @illegaldaydream.bsky.social, and @beeps.gay
Forums: r/solarpunk and r/Mastodon
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who has known Elon Musk for several years, has sought Musk's counsel in recent weeks on the incoming Trump administration — Popular video app and Chinese parent ByteDance view rival social-media owner as conduit to the president-elect
More: New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Indian Express, Times of India, Reuters, Fortune, The Information, and Business Today
X: @jchengwsj, @ibd_ecarson, and @michaelsobolik
| Michel Martin / NPR: |
Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more — The Department of Justice is pushing for Google to spin off its Chrome browser. In August, a landmark ruling found Google …
More: WinBuzzer and Business Insider
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, the three incoming EU commissioners in charge of key tech policy areas into 2029 — The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula … | Franz Lidz / New York Times: |
How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020 — With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months.| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help — For 15 years, former Texas schoolteacher Kayla Morris put every dollar she could save into a home for her growing family.
More: The Information and The Verge
Mastodon: @MikeTRose@saturation.social, @EverMama8_@mastodon.social, and @augieray@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @ernie.tedium.co
X: @unacceptableone, @captainsmash, @amir, @mikeinohio, @davidb75478, @aprilmac, @chuckbell, @hugh_son, and @real_gadfly. LinkedIn: Hugh Son
| Reuters: |
Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels — A spike in electricity demand from the world's big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world's climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.
More: Wired
| Reuters: |
Huawei is targeting 100,000 applications for HarmonyOS over the next 6-12 months and currently has over 15,000 applications that can meet consumers' basic needs — China's Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S., said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system …
| Bloomberg: |
Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels — With bunkbeds, 24/7 tech support and state-of-the-art consoles, China's 21,000 esports hotels cater to gamers who prefer to play together.
Forums: r/China
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads — The Silicon Valley dream is to build a tech startup that is such a unique idea it alters the commercial universe and turns its founders into billionaires.| New York Times: |
Sources: the US government launched an investigation into the Salt Typhoon hack after Microsoft alerted it and telecom companies about anomalies — Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security …
More: Forbes, GeekWire, Benzinga, The Gateway Pundit, DataBreachToday.com, PCMag, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Japan Times, and Reuters
Mastodon: @cdarwin@c.im. Bluesky: @jeffkemp.bsky.social, @frank11285.bsky.social, @ericliptonnyt.bsky.social, and @gavinsblog.bsky.social. X: @matthewstoller
| New York Times: |
More: Ars Technica, Washington Post, Gizmodo, WebProNews, Futurism, The Times, HotAir, and CNBC
Threads: @yonetteajoseph. Mastodon: @Stegosaur@defcon.social. Bluesky: @anarcish.bsky.social, @wichmann.bsky.social, @mshelton.bsky.social, @vermij.org, and @matthewkupfer.bsky.social
X: @lionelbarber, @shashj, @0xalexei, @senblumenthal, @nakashimae, @arekfurt, @gizmodo, @jmhamiltonblog, @ericgeller, and @sreemoytalukdar
LinkedIn: Shannon Brandao, Nick Andersen, Richard Staynings, and Michael Shoebridge
Forums: r/espionage, r/AntiTrumpAlliance, r/uspolitics, r/somethingiswrong2024, and Slashdot
| Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept: |
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft — The Intercept's lawsuit argues that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline.Sponsor Posts
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