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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Ten current and former Meta employees share frustrations over Meta's surrender to the right on speech issues; one called the changes “a precursor for genocide”  —  “I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer  —  I. The past
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Meta's fact-checking overhaul is set to deepen a growing schism between how platforms handle content moderation in the US and in stricter regions like Europe  —  As platform scales back moderation in line with conservative demands in the U.S., it still has to maneuver through stiffer regulations in Europe and elsewhere.
Bloomberg:
Ex-Facebook Director Katie Harbath says Mark Zuckerberg's team uses elections to take stock of “where society is, to readjust how they're approaching content”  —  - Meta CEO accused fact checkers of bias and destroying trust  — Facebook and Instagram continue fact-checking outside US
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Zuckerberg demanded a review of an algorithm change after his 2023 knee surgery Facebook post got anemic attention; Meta downplays the significance
Fox News:
Donald Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta's “presentation was excellent”
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Meta's fact-checking partners PolitiFact and FactCheck.org say they had no role in deciding what the company did with fact-checked content, denying Meta's claim  —  Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.
David Gilbert / Wired:
Meta's fact-checking partners, including USA Today, say they were blindsided by Meta's decision to drop them and reject claims of being “too politically biased”
Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg:
Major quantum computing stocks, up 300%+ in the past year, fell on January 7 after Jensen Huang said “very useful” quantum computers are likely decades away  —  The shares of IonQ Inc. and other companies linked to quantum computing tumbled in premarket trading on Wednesday …
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that MediaTek will be able to sell the CPU chip that the two companies unveiled for Project DIGITS, Nvidia's new desktop computer  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) Chief Executive Jensen Huang said on Tuesday that MediaTek (2454.TW) will be able to sell the desktop central processor chip …
Bernadette Christina / Reuters:
Indonesia says Apple still can't sell its iPhone 16 in the country, despite a deal to build a local production facility, as it hasn't met domestic content rules  —  Apple (AAPL.O) still cannot sell its iPhone 16 in Indonesia despite striking a deal to build a local production facility there …
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Meta says it will launch a test in Germany, France, and the US to post eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace, after the EU fined it €798M for abusing dominance  —  - Company was fined €798 million by EU for abusing dominance  — Meta still challenging landmark fine through EU courts
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Microsoft open sources the 14B-parameter AI model Phi-4 and its weights, available on Hugging Face under a MIT License, after releasing it in December 2024  —  Even as its big investment partner OpenAI continues to announce more powerful reasoning models such as the latest o3 series, Microsoft is not sitting idly by.
Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Sources: Movement Labs, which is building a layer-2 Ethereum blockchain, is set to raise a $100M Series B at a ~$3B valuation, after raising $38M in April 2024  —  Movement Labs, a San Francisco-based software developing team building a layer-2 blockchain on Ethereum, is close to wrapping …
Simon Sharwood / The Register:
Akamai plans to end its CDN services in China on June 30, 2026, moving clients to an Akamai CDN outside China unless they switch to a local option like Tencent  —  Akamai has decided to end its content delivery network services in China, but not because it's finding it hard to do business in the Middle Kingdom.
More: Akamai.  Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
Hayden Field / CNBC:
In a statement with his family, Sam Altman denies the sexual abuse allegations made by his sister Ann in a lawsuit and says she faces “mental health challenges”  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
AWS says it plans to invest “at least” $11B to expand cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Georgia, which is becoming a popular US state for data centers  —  On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing division, said that it plans to invest “at least” …
Tim Culpan / Culpium:
Sources: TSMC's Arizona plant is now producing systems-in-package for the Apple Watch, almost certainly the S9, in addition to the A16 processor for iPhones  —  I've finally landed on a name for this publication: Culpium.  Further publishing announcements at the end.
Arno Rosenfeld / The Forward:
Docs: The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer Wikipedia editors who it says are “abusing their position” to publish antisemitic content  —  The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023  —  Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices.
Sotiris Nikas / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan files two lawsuits over its investment in fintech Viva Wallet; source: JPM claims €916M, alleging Viva deprived JPM the value of its 2022 investment  —  In a Greek lawsuit the bank is claiming €916 million ($943 million) over allegations that Viva's chief executive officer …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Disney CEO Bob Iger's pay package rose 11.5% in 2025 to $45.8M; the Disney board is expected to name his successor early this year

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Analysis: among the top 50 news websites in the US and the UK, 34% blocked all major AI training bots; 14%, including Fox and Substack, allowed access to all

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Bloomberg:
Samsung reports preliminary Q4 operating profit of ~$4.5B, vs. est. of ~$6.2B, and revenue of ~$51.7B, below est., due to hefty R&D and capacity expansion costs
Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central:
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with an IP69 rating, but most AI tools need internet connectivity
Associated Press:
Las Vegas police say the man who exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, including to seek info on explosive targets
Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire:
Washington state's AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal info of 2M+ residents in an August 2021 cyberattack
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