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November 27, 2024, 11:55 AM
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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”  —  A group of artists created a webpage allowing anyone to make AI videos using Sora.  They argue the maker of ChatGPT used artists as “PR puppets” without pay.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a Hugging Face project that let anyone generate videos using OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls the company's duplicity and “art washing”
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Bluesky says it's up to outside organizations to respect user consent, after a Hugging Face employee posted a 1M-post dataset from Bluesky's API for ML research  —  Update: Following the publication of this article on Tuesday evening, van Strien removed the dataset.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in the Mate 70, 70 Pro, 70 Pro+, and X6 is its first fully self-developed mobile OS that reportedly doesn't use open-source Android code  —  Huawei on Tuesday launched the Mate 70 series of smartphones that can run on the company's latest self-developed operating system …
Paul Triolo / American Affairs Journal:
A look at the evolution of China's chip industry and Huawei under US export controls, as GPUs have become the new focal point of US-China tech competition
Financial Times:
Sources: Elon Musk has given investors who backed his $44B Twitter acquisition 25% of the shares in xAI, which is set to close a $5B round at a $50B valuation  —  Investors hit by losses following billionaire's takeover of social media platform reap rewards from shares in his AI start-up
Alex Stedman / IGN:
Sony says it has sold 160M+ PlayStation 2 units globally since its 2000 launch, the highest-selling console of all time, followed by the Nintendo DS and Switch  —  It's the highest-selling console of all time.  —  In honor of the PlayStation's 30th anniversary, Sony has launched …
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware:
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 review: the new $45+ module is a compact Pi 5 with more power than a CM4, but whose cooling fan doesn't work with a passive cooler  —  The Raspberry Pi 5 now in a Compute Module 4 sized package  —  Tom's Hardware Verdict
IDC:
IDC expects global smartphone shipments to grow 6.2% YoY to 1.24B units in 2024, due to Android shipments growing 7.6% YoY and iPhone shipments growing 0.4% YoY  —  Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 6.2% year-over-year in 2024 to 1.24 billion units, according …
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
TikTok plans to block under-18s from using beauty filters, amid mental health concerns, and says it is tightening its systems to block under-13s from the app  —  Social media platform under pressure to improve security as it announces plans to block under-13s from signing up
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: investigators suspect Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 dragged its anchor for 100+ miles to sever two Baltic internet cables, possibly at the behest of Russia  —  NATO warships surround Yi Peng 3, a Chinese bulk carrier at the center of an international probe into suspected sabotage
Felix Ng / Cointelegraph:
US appeals court: the OFAC exceeded its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts, as they aren't property because they cannot be owned  —  A US appeals court ruled the Treasury's OFAC “overstepped” when it sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash's smart contracts.
CNBC:
Sources: OpenAI is letting current and former staff sell ~$1.5B worth of RSUs until December 24 in a tender offer to SoftBank, a deal spurred by Masayoshi Son  —  OpenAI is allowing employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank, CNBC has learned.
Barbara Booth / CNBC:
US police in California, Colorado, and Indiana are testing Draft One, Axon's AI tool that generates police reports from Axon's bodycam audio, with 75 officers  —  With law enforcement focused on reducing crime rates and budget pressures, while recruiting and retaining staff …
Reuters:
Samsung names Jun Young-hyun as its co-CEO as well as head of its memory chip business and appoints Han Jin-man as president and head of its foundry business  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Wednesday announced new heads of its memory and foundry chip units, as it scrambles to catch up with SK Hynix …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
An analysis finds over 54% of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated; LinkedIn says it doesn't track how many posts are created by AI  —  A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform's embrace of AI tools has been a success.

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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
AMC Networks says it is reducing its 1,800 person workforce by “less than 5%” through voluntary buyouts

Brier Dudley / Local News Initiative:
How three Northwest newspapers have remained independent and avoided closure: selling to employees, diversifying print operations, and nurturing future owners

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures Television and CBS settle their legal battle over the distribution of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune; Sony will gradually take over distribution

More News

Ashley Rindsberg / Pirate Wires:
A look at the UK's planned Digital Markets Unit, which will regulate US tech companies under the DMCC, passed in May 2024, and have the power to halt any M&A
Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg:
Amsterdam-based Just Eat plans to delist from the London Stock Exchange on December 27, due to its shares' low liquidity, shifting to just an Amsterdam listing
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Roblox now offers 25% more Robux when users buy on the web or via gift cards than when they make an in-app purchase via Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store

Earlier Picks

David Shepardson / Reuters:
The FCC approves a license for SpaceX and T-Mobile to use Starlink for supplemental telco coverage from space in a bid to extend internet access to remote areas
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
HP reports Q4 revenue up 1.7% YoY to $14.1B, Personal Systems revenue up 2% to $9.59B vs. $9.74B est., forecasts Q1 profit below est.; HPQ drops 7%+
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $1.01B, above $982.8M est., a $16.8M net loss, vs. a $26.7M net income in Q3 2023, and raises its FY 2025 outlook
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
Kraken says it is shutting down its NFT marketplace almost two years after launching the service
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts
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