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Trump says David Sacks will be the “White House AI and crypto czar” to “work on a legal framework so the crypto industry has the clarity it has been asking for” — - New post will help Trump put imprint on developing industries — Venture capitalist Sacks helped Trump make inroads with tech| Marius Hobbhahn / Apollo Research: |
An evaluation of six frontier AI models for in-context scheming when strongly nudged to pursue a goal: only OpenAI's o1 was capable of scheming in all the tests — Paper: You can find the detailed paper here. — Transcripts: We provide a list of cherry-picked transcripts here.| Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal: |
TikTok still faces a US ban if not sold by January 19, after a federal appeals court ruled that Congress has the power to take action to protect US interests — Panel rules Congress has the power to shut down Chinese-backed app in the U.S. because of national security concerns| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft ends production of its $4,500+ Surface Studio 2+, after announcing the all-in-one desktop in October 2022, with seemingly no plans to make a successor — Surface Studio 2+ is now out of stock in most markets, and there are seemingly no plans to make a new one.| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
The “AI is fake and sucks” people who take phony comfort in their AI skepticism need to accept that AI is more real and dangerous than they currently admit — It's fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it's real and dangerous — I.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung releases One UI 7 beta for Galaxy S24, with a huge visual overhaul, a “Now Bar”, a vertically scrolling app drawer, new security and AI tools, and more — Months later than expected, Samsung has officially unveiled its Android 15 update, One UI 7, and the company … | Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI is discussing ditching a clause that cuts off Microsoft's access to OpenAI tech if OpenAI develops AGI, so that Microsoft can continue investing — Start-up discusses removing provision to protect powerful technology from being misused for commercial purposes| Financial Times: |
Industry insiders believe Pat Gelsinger's hasty exit could be a prelude to Intel moving away from manufacturing its chips altogether, in a blow to US ambitions — The Silicon Valley-based company could scale back its semiconductor manufacturing business in a blow to American ambitions| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
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Romania's top court annuls presidential election, after its security council revealed “hybrid Russian attacks”, like cyberattacks and TikTok influence campaigns — Romania's constitutional court has annulled the first round of the country's 2024 presidential election process … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's in-house modems will debut next spring in the new iPhone SE, with 2nd-gen modems expected in higher-end products like iPhone 18 lineup in 2026 — - Company plans first modem in 2025 and high-end version in 2026 — Initial chip, in iPhone SE, won't match Qualcomm capabilities| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on changing company culture to attract top engineers, fighting misinformation via open-source intelligence, and more — In what has become a bit of an annual tradition, I sat down with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels at AWS re:Invent this week.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
A Brazilian judge overturns an injunction that would have forced Apple to enable iOS sideloading in 20 days, calling the regulator's decision “disproportionate” — Following a report earlier today about Apple appealing a Brazilian antitrust regulator's ruling on the App Store … | Bill Allison / Bloomberg: |
FEC filing: Elon Musk poured at least $274M into US political groups in 2024, including $238.5M for his America PAC, making him the biggest US political donor — - Musk gave at least $274 million to elect Trump, GOP allies — Trump has tapped Musk to help reshape federal bureaucracy| Jennifer McKiernan / BBC: |
When asked if Musk is a threat to democracy, Nick Clegg says Musk has the choice of becoming an avid Trump supporter or “a sort of political puppet master” — Billionaire and X owner Elon Musk could become a “political puppet master” in the US, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.| Reuters: |
Sources: Ubisoft shareholders are considering how to structure a possible buyout of the game maker without reducing the founding Guillemot family's control — Shareholders of Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBIP.PA) are considering how to structure a possible buyout of the Assassin's Creed video … | Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase publishes FDIC documents, obtained via a lawsuit, that it says prove crypto businesses were systematically walled off from banking by the regulator — Crypto banking activity was paused or prevented by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. at a large number of U.S. banks in 2022 … | Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Sauron, which is touting a waiting list of tech CEOs and VCs for its home security system that incorporates drones and facial recognition, raised a $18M seed — By incorporating drones, facial recognition and high-tech sensors, Sauron aims to super-charge home security … | Paul Ziobro / MarketWatch: |
GitLab co-founder Sid Sijbrandij steps down as CEO to focus on his health, transitions to executive chair, and names former New Relic CEO Bill Staples as CEO — Gitlab co-founder Sid Sijbrandij is stepping down as chief executive due to focus on his health, including treatment for cancer.
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