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| 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
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Bluesky: @newsynick and @anshelsag
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/hardware, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: with its own modem in the pipeline, Apple is investigating bringing cellular connectivity to the Mac and headsets like Vision Pro for the first time — - Apple explores bringing cell service to Macs for first time — Company is preparing three-year rollout to replace Qualcomm
More: AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and iClarified
| 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
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X: @tiktokpolicy, @kalshi, @reppfluger, @repfeenstra, @jappleby, @mike_pence, @jasonmiyaresva, @adrianzenz, @kyurieff, @adamkovac, @repdanbishop, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @danprimack, @ggreenwald, @wendyranderson, @repdustyjohnson, @committeeonccp, @repauchincloss, @sentomcotton, @joemosch, @repgallagher, @jtlonsdale, @reaganinstitute, @michaelsobolik, @msmelchen, @mdubowitz, @heritage_action, @committeeonccp, @luke_metro, @itsdeaann, @johngramlich, @frankluntz, @moreperfectus, @kyoag, @tylerbishop, @danprimack, @sarahfrier, @zsk, and @daphnehk. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: r/law, r/economy, r/neoliberal, r/Music, and r/politics
| 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.
More: TechCrunch, Apollo Research, OpenAI, Business Insider, Techstrong.ai, BGR, Transformer, and VentureBeat
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X: @mariushobbhahn, @nabeelqu, @kevinbankston, @shakeelhashim, @alexmeinke, @alexmeinke, @mariushobbhahn, @mariushobbhahn, @apolloaisafety, @openai, @yellinben, @charlotte_stix, @simonw, @davidskrueger, @apolloaisafety, @balesni, @balesni, @simonw, @thedavidsj, and @shakeelhashim. LinkedIn: Larry Bridgesmith
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta announces Llama 3.3 70B, a text-only model that Meta claims can deliver the performance of its largest Llama model at a lower cost — Meta has announced the newest addition to its Llama family of generative AI models: Llama 3.3 70B. — In a post on X, Ahmad Al-Dahle …
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X: @aiatmeta, @chris_j_paxton, @arm, @lmstudioai, @poe_platform, @metafordevs, @matei_zaharia, @corbtt, @simonw, @groqinc, @amd, @zacharyhorn, @reach_vb, @yuchenj_uw, @kimmonismus, @togethercompute, @rowancheung, @ahmad_al_dahle, @itspaulai, @scobleizer, @bgurley, @_prasannalahoti, @flo_re2003, @mikelecheve, @bensprecher, @arjunram, @ryanmorrisonjer, and @vanshkharidia. LinkedIn: Benjamin Marie
| 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.
More: MacRumors, The Verge, Ars Technica, Neowin, mjtsai.com, ExtremeTech, XDA Developers, and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @crowslabyrinth.com and @zac.onl. X: @tomwarren. LinkedIn: James Sanders. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| 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.
More: Marcus on AI. Bluesky: @rjcc, @markuspantsar, @matrig.net, @ariehkovler.com, @neighbor, @jeremy.lewi.us, @chrislhayes, @robert.blue, @avellino, @catherinebreslin, @rickywlmsbong, @wildebees, @chrismoranuk, @sethlazar.org, @garymarcus, @garymarcus, @fabiochiusi, @mviktoro, @liedra.net, @emilytav, @rachelcoldicutt, @megannotarte.com, @tracynorton, @malwaretech.com, @micah541, @garymarcus, @eryk, @garymarcus, @caseynewton, @jayrosen, and @hypervisible. Mastodon: @glecharles@gardenstate.social. Threads: @katienotopoulos
| 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 …
More: The Verge, Benzinga, Gameranx, and Wccftech
Bluesky: @knoebel. X: @natebecker. Forums: r/pcgaming, r/PS5, r/xbox, r/gamernews, r/gaming, and r/Games
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI expands its Reinforcement Fine-Tuning Research Program to let developers create expert models in specific domains with very little training data — What is Reinforcement Fine-Tuning? — This new model customization technique enables developers to customize our models using dozens …
More: ZDNET, TechRadar, and eWeek
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| CNN: |
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 …
More: BleepingComputer, TechRadar, Kyiv Insider, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Record, Fox News, Укр …, Wall Street Journal, Euronews, Le Monde, and NTD
| 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
More: The Verge, Inc, Business Insider, Buzzsprout, Cointelegraph, WinBuzzer, Reuters, Business Standard, The Decoder, and TechCrunch
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A US teen faces backlash for making ~$50K via a “soft rug pull” on Pump.Fun, which made $250M+ in less than a year and is struggling to protect users from scams — In less than 10 minutes, a US teen made a small fortune selling off a memecoin he'd made on a lark.
More: crypto.news. Bluesky: @natashabernal, @davidgilbert, and @joelkhalili. LinkedIn: Joel Khalili
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/technews
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
xAI makes its AI chatbot Grok available to all users of X; non-Premium subscribers can send up to 10 messages to Grok every two hours — Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is now available to free users on X. Several users noticed the change on Friday, which gives non-Premium subscribers the ability … | 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 …
More: Breitbart. Bluesky: @stephencsmith, @davepark, @insurgentprof, @timothypmurphy, @newshq, @thorinklosowski.com, @willoremus.com, @siracusa.mastodon …, @evacide, @nitasha, @kleinman, and @jathansadowski.com
Mastodon: @Laukidh@infosec.exchange, @siracusa@mastodon.social, @desafinado@mastodon.social, @mattwilcox@mstdn.social, and @SteveThompson@mastodon.social
Forums: r/Futurology and r/technology
| 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.
More: All Things Distributed, Bloomberg, and SiliconANGLE
| 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 …
More: Samsung Newsroom, Samsung Newsroom, Android Authority, SammyGuru, HotHardware, 9to5Mac, KnowTechie, Sam Lover, Gizchina.com, SamMobile, Android Police, 9to5Google, Wccftech, Android Police, 9to5Google, Pocket-lint, TechRadar, GSMArena.com, How-To Geek, SamMobile, Engadget, Forbes, Droid Life, The Verge, Digital Trends, and PCMag
| Bloomberg: |
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
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Bluesky: @fritschner, @fishecon, @kevinbblackistone, @gsoh31, and @daniloc.xyz
Mastodon: @realDonaldTrump … and @realDonaldTrump …
Threads: @carnage4life and @kalihays1
X: @sama, @tyler, @bgarlinghouse, @chamath, @growing_daniel, @luke_metro, @trumpdailyposts, @amasad, @iohk_charles, @s_alderoty, @shaunmmaguire, @emiliemc, @loomdart, @mattzeitlin, @davidsacks, @josephofiowa, @creatine_cycle, @quantian1, @dalibali2, @altcap, @twobitidiot, @eladgil, @luke_metro, @nearcyan, @pledditor, @adamscochran, @iamdcinvestor, @avocado_toast2, @wilplatypus, @levie, @iampaulgrewal, @collin_mccune, @jason, @yashar, and @autismcapital
Forums: r/Buttcoin and r/politics
| 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: |
More: Fabricated Knowledge, diginomica, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and CNBC
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Apple's John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak on the company's work on transformer-based AI models after GPT-3, building Apple Intelligence, more — Apple's leaders claim the company wasn't late to generative AI, but instead following what has become its familiar playbook: try to be the best, not the first.| CNBC: |
Q&A with Trump's pick for FCC chairman Brendan Carr about the Salt Typhoon hack, Section 230, tech companies' “collusion to suppress speech”, Starlink, more — Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC exclusive interview with FCC Commissioner & & President-Elect Trump's Pick …
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