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Sources: Musk is probing how he and his right-wing allies can go beyond aggressive X posts to destabilize the UK Labour government and remove Keir Starmer as PM — Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK
More: Semafor, Reuters, The i Paper, Business Standard, Daily Express, Sky News, The Times, Daily Express, Telegraph, The Irish Times, Financial Times, Deccan Herald, Republic World, The Indian Express, CBS Chicago on YouTube, The Mirror, Fortune, Mediaite, The US Sun, New York Times, New Republic, and Metro.co.uk
Bluesky: @premnsikka, @umakumaran, @pickardje, @mijrahman, @t0nyyates, @blairmcdougall, and @mijrahman
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: Elon Musk's UK obsession is driven by a few X accounts; an ex-Twitter exec says Musk may be the first tech leader to be radicalized by his own product — Tech billionaire's posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue — Elon Musk's recent obsession with UK politics …
More: Ars Technica, modernity, Byline Times, Reclaim The Net, and GB News
Bluesky: @lylescout, @bobrmitchell, @ianfraser, @yanisvaroufakis, @rswestmore.land, @bucketshopbob, @chez-rolez, @kadriliik, @mostlymammoths, @anneapplebaum, and @josiah.writes.news
Forums: r/technology and r/europe
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Google and Microsoft donate $1M to Trump's inauguration; Google says the donation, a YouTube livestream, and a homepage event link align with past inaugurations — Google donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund, becoming the latest major tech company to try …
More: The Verge, CNBC, Windows Central, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Breitbart, Bloomberg, The Guardian, New York Post, Forbes, The Block, Politico, The Wrap, UPI, Benzinga, Quartz, Watcher Guru, Silicon UK, The Independent, Cryptopolitan, Crypto Briefing, Coinpedia Fintech News, CryptoSlate, Associated Press, The Dispatch, and Fortune
Forums: r/esist, r/politics, and r/technology
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Ivanti warns that threat actors exploited a critical-rated zero-day in its widely used Connect Secure VPN tool to compromise its corporate customers' networks — U.S. software giant Ivanti has warned that a zero-day vulnerability in its widely-used enterprise VPN appliance has been exploited …
More: Google Cloud Blog, BleepingComputer, The Record, Ivanti, Cybersecurity …, Cybersecurity Dive, CRN, Rapid7, SecurityWeek, CyberScoop, DataBreachToday.com, The Register, MacSecurity.net, Cyber Security News, SC Media, Tech Monitor, Help Net Security, Infosecurity, ISPreview UK, Security Affairs, The Hacker News, Cyber Daily, CSO, The Stack, Security Boulevard, and CyberInsider
Bluesky: @phillyfilly and @campuscodi.risky.biz. Mastodon: @carlypage@mastodon.social. X: @uk_daniel_card. Forums: Slashdot
| Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat / Reuters: |
Frank McCourt's Project Liberty says it made a formal bid to ByteDance to buy TikTok's US assets and keep the app alive without its current algorithm — Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and its consortium of partners in The People's Bid … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Ubisoft says it is appointing advisers to review and pursue strategic options after an October 2024 report said its majority backers were considering a buyout — French video game publisher Ubisoft said Thursday it's appointing advisors to review and pursue strategic options after a report … | Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Apple says it “has never used Siri data to build marketing profiles” and never sold it for advertising or other purposes, after paying $95M to settle a lawsuit — A Siri lawsuit settlement over privacy issues has dredged up old rumors about iPhone ad targeting …
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X: @verge, @aaronp613, @pkafka, and @pkafka
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
xAI is testing a standalone iOS app for its chatbot Grok in several countries, like the US, Australia, and India; Grok was available only to X users until now — Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now.
More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, Neowin, WinBuzzer, iClarified, Tom's Guide, iDownloadBlog.com, Digital Trends, BGR, and NewsBytes
| Lillian Rizzo / CNBC: |
Disney says it has an estimated 157M global MAUs watching ad-supported content across its streaming services Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, including 112M US users — Disney said Wednesday it has an estimated 157 million global monthly active users watching ad-supported content across its streaming platforms — Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon launches Amazon Retail Ad Service to let companies show ads in search results, product pages, and other areas of their own websites, initially in the US — Amazon has turned into an online ad juggernaut in recent years, with brands paying big bucks for premium placement on the retailer's websites.
More: Search Engine Land, The Verge, The Information, MediaPost, Chain Store Age, MarTech, Tech Xplore, Adweek, Retail Brew, Ad Age, and Forbes. LinkedIn: Justin M. Swagler
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A US judge rules that Google must face a class action claiming Google collected users' personal data from their phones after switching off Web & App Activity — Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones …
More: Ars Technica, SC Media, San Francisco Business Times, Newswise, PhoneArena, Computerworld, NewsBytes, PYMNTS.com, Forbes, and MediaPost. Forums: r/degoogle
| Stephen Totilo / Game File: |
December court filing: Activision revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops III cost $450M+ to make, Modern Warfare cost $640M+, and Black Ops Cold War cost $700M+ — The biggest development budgets ever disclosed by a game company, buried in a court filing (but found by Game File), along with updated sales figures.
More: iPhone in Canada Blog, Creative Bloq, PlayStation LifeStyle, VideoGamer, and KitGuru
Bluesky: @tslwhidbey, @isaacalves, @mdelamerced, @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk, @knoebel, and @stephentotilo
LinkedIn: Jesper Juul and Stephen Totilo
| Colby Hall / Mediaite: |
GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin says Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump the day before announcing that Meta would replace fact-checking with Community Notes — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Donald Trump the day before announcing his social media platforms would end …
More: The Hill, The Independent, Prospect Magazine, GreenBot, The Economist, Tomorrow USA, The Wrap, Decider, and Times of India
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
More: 404 Media, Financial Times, Wired, Cautious Optimism, YourStory, Beyond Search, Reuters, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Business Insider, AfroTech, Semafor, Platformer, TechCrunch, and Washington Post
Bluesky: @rani, @natecardozo, @joshsternberg.com, @0x0.boo, @0x0.boo, @karlbode.com, @mmasnick, @willoremus.com, and @viacristiano
Mastodon: @KimPerales@toad.social, @ethanz@social.coop, and @stefthepef@mastodon.social. Threads: @jtroll
X: @shayan86, @jonathanstray, and @_jaybaxter_
Forums: r/technology, r/KeepOurNetFree, and r/technology
| Steven Scheer / Reuters: |
Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz names veteran exec Fazal Merchant as president and CFO to prepare for a US IPO; sources: Wiz has annual revenues of ~$500M — Israeli startup Wiz said on Thursday it had named veteran executive Fazal Merchant as president and chief financial officer …
More: Seeking Alpha, Globes Online, The Information, Wall Street Journal, and CRN
| Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: |
Filing: the Northern District Court of California gives the US government final approval to sell 69,370 BTC, worth $6.5B, seized in its Silk Road investigation — The ruling does not ensure immediate liquidation of the seized Bitcoin, as federal asset forfeiture requires several administrative processes.
More: CoinDesk, Coinpedia Fintech News, CourtListener, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, NewsBTC, Cryptopolitan, CryptoGlobe, CryptoSlate, Inside Bitcoins, crypto.news, CCN.com, CryptoPotato, The Coin Republic, Watcher Guru, The Crypto Times, CoinGape, Cryptonews, Blockchain.News, Benzinga, and Crypto Briefing
X: @tier10k and @ericjackson
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank and its majority-owned Arm are weighing acquiring Oracle-backed Ampere, which designs ARM-based server CPUs; Ampere is exploring its options — Talks could still fall apart, the people cautioned. It's also possible Ampere could end up being bought by another suitor.| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Elon Musk calls on California and Delaware AGs to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business; source: OpenAI had no plans for such an auction — Latest salvo in legal battle over ChatGPT-maker's restructuring as a for-profit company — A lawyer for Elon Musk has called … | Peter Eavis / New York Times: |
US dockworkers and shipping industry officials reach a tentative labor agreement, overcoming their differences over automated cargo-moving machinery at ports — Dockworkers and employers on the East and Gulf Coasts had until Jan. 15 to reach a new agreement that settled differences over automation.
More: The Boston Globe and NBC News
| Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times: |
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