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| Nicola M White / Bloomberg: |
The SEC sues Elon Musk, claiming he failed to timely disclose a major purchase of Twitter shares ahead of his takeover of the social media platform in 2022 — - Agency alleges billionaire ignored disclosure deadline in 2022 — Musk's lawyer says he did ‘nothing wrong’ and SEC has no case
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Sources and docs: Meta has dismantled its system that identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach, and told content-ranking teams to stop penalizing misinfo — The company built effective systems to reduce the reach of fake news. Last week, it shut them down — I.
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Threads: @writewordsmakemagic and @sourlyfe
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed debuts iOS and Android apps; its Android app is the top Social app on Google Play in some markets, including the US — Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, has launched its official mobile apps. The service today runs …
More: Ars Technica, Android Police, Engadget, The Verge, HotHardware, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Moneycontrol, TheJournal.ie, PetaPixel, and nextpit
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Email: Sonos CPO Maxime Bouvat-Merlin is leaving; some employees say he shares a significant amount of blame for the brand damage after the botched app revamp — A day after Sonos announced a CEO transition, the company is making more moves. Chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin will also be leaving his position.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple joins UALink, an industry group working on a next generation AI accelerator architecture standard meant to challenge Nvidia's dominance with NVLink — Apple has officially gained a board seat on the Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium, a group of more than 65 members developing next generation AI accelerator architecture.
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| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
Internal memo: Meta is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based terminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year — Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to cut about 5% of its lowest performers with the intent of backfilling their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to employees.
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Biden signs an EO that directs the DOD and DOE to lease land to companies building gigawatt-scale AI data centers and clean power facilities, and more — President Biden issued an executive order today aimed at speeding the development of AI data centers in the US.
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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches Tasks, rolling out in beta to ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers, to let users schedule reminders, with up to ten active at any given time — OpenAI is launching a new beta feature in ChatGPT called Tasks that lets users schedule future actions and reminders.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Parallels rolls out an “early technology preview” of x86 emulation on Parallels Desktop for Macs with Apple silicon, warning that performance is “really slow” — Virtualization software like Parallels and VMware Fusion give Mac owners the ability to run Windows … | Elliptic: |
Huione Guarantee, a Telegram marketplace that facilitates “pig butchering” and other scams, recently launched several crypto products, including a stablecoin — - Huione Guarantee is a Telegram-based marketplace serving fraudsters in South East Asia, including those responsible for so-called “pig butchering” scams.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
DJI removes its geofence around US “No-Fly Zones”, replacing it with a warning, saying the update “aligns” with FAA rules and follows similar changes in the EU — For over a decade, you couldn't easily fly a DJI drone over restricted areas in the United States.
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
The US says the FBI hacked ~4.2K devices in the US to delete PlugX, malware used by China-backed hackers since 2014, after obtaining warrants in August 2024 — U.S. authorities have confirmed that they disrupted the operations of a Chinese state-backing hacking group, which infiltrated millions … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Intel Capital plans to split off from its parent into a standalone fund with a new name in H2 2025; Intel Capital has invested $20B+ into over 1,800 companies — - It was founded in 1991, and has invested more than $20 billion into over 1,800 companies.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
The UK CMA opens an investigation into whether Google has “strategic market status” in search and how it impacts consumers, advertisers, publishers, and rivals — LONDON — Britain's competition watchdog on Tuesday said that it's opening a formal antitrust investigation into Google's search and search advertising services.
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| Laura Bratton / Yahoo Finance: |
Quantum computing stocks rebound after a big dip that followed skeptical comments from Nvidia's Huang; RGTI closes up 47.93%+ but is still down ~55% from Jan. 2 — Quantum computing stocks rebounded Tuesday afternoon after a massive sell-off fueled by Big Tech CEOs expressing skepticism … | Reuters: |
Apple and Amazon fight off a UK lawsuit filed on behalf of ~36M consumers alleging they colluded to bar most resellers of Apple and Beats products on Amazon — Apple (AAPL.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) have successfully fought off a mass lawsuit in Britain over alleged collusion between the tech giants …
More: PYMNTS.com
| CyberScoop: |
Experts say Donald Trump and others pushing for stronger US cyber offense must clarify if escalation is a proper response to recent Chinese cyber breaches — Learn more. — In recent months, incoming Trump administration national security adviser Mike Waltz and some lawmakers have suggested …
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| Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Elmsford, NY-based quantum computing startup SEEQC raised a $30M Series A extension co-led by Booz Allen and NordicNinja, following a $22.4M Series A in 2020 — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have said that “very useful quantum computers” are probably still 20 years away … | Sifted: |
Report: UK startups raised €16.4B in 2024, Germany raised €9.4B, France raised €7.1B; investment in French AI startups grew from €1B in 2023 to €1.9B in 2024 — Investment in French artificial intelligence companies almost doubled last year but still lags behind …
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| Steven Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNET: |
Red Hat acquires Neural Magic, which has built tools to boost generative AI inference workloads and raised $50M from a16z and others, for an undisclosed sum — Red Hat, the IBM-owned open-source software giant, has completed its acquisition of Neural Magic, a pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) optimization startup.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
The US, Japan, and South Korea say North Korean-backed hackers stole $659M+ in crypto heists in 2024, were behind the $235M WazirX hack in July, and more — North Korean-backed hackers stole at least $659 million through multiple cryptocurrency heists in 2024, while also deploying IT workers … Sponsor Posts
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