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December 23, 2022, 3:45 PM

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Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
ByteDance fired four employees after finding that they had accessed data on US TikTok users, including reporters, while trying to learn the sources of a story  —  ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists' physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.
Wayne Ma / The Information:
A look at challenges facing Apple's semiconductor group; sources: Apple cut a next-gen GPU with ray tracing from iPhone 14 Pro due to battery and thermal issues  —  For more than a decade, Apple's silicon engineering group has helped give Apple a competitive edge in smartphones and laptops.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Filing: Meta agrees to pay $725M to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of letting third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, access user data  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing …
New York Times:
A look at Microsoft's “nice guy” strategy to close its Activision deal; sources: Microsoft hopes to win over EU regulators, which could force the US to settle  —  Federal regulators have sued to block the $69 billion acquisition, but the company has settled on a path forward and is preparing to force the issue.
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft files a rebuttal to the FTC's lawsuit to block its Activision deal, saying the deal won't hurt competition and that it isn't the top game developer  —  Software giant files documents opposing claims that transaction would harm competition in videogame industry
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter will now let Blue subscribers upload 60-minute, 1080p videos up to 2GB on the web; iOS and Android users are still limited to 10-minute, 512MB videos  —  After taking over Twitter, Elon Musk had long promised that the company is working toward making the platform more appealing to video creators.
Financial Times:
Sources: TSMC is in advanced talks with key suppliers about setting up its first European plant in Dresden, Germany; construction could begin in early 2024  —  Company to send senior executives to Dresden early next year to discuss potential factory project in Germany
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