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Sources: 97%+ of OpenAI staff have signed the letter threatening to quit in board standoff; investors explore legal measures to force board to reverse course — More than 95% of employees have threatened to quit and join Microsoft if board refuses to resign
More: The Verge, Wall Street Journal, SemiAnalysis, The Guardian, Washington Post, Platformer, Axios, BBC, New York Times, Business Insider, The Information, Wired, OpenAI, ComputerWeekly.com, Business Insider, Data Center Knowledge, and Telegraph
Bluesky: @fack.bsky.social. X: @lilianweng, @kevin_scott, @arthur_spirling, @mattturck, @willmanidis, @asemota, @lessin, @kris, @natemcgrady, @wyatt_privilege, @garybasin, @nivi, @fkasummer, @millionint, @tunguz, @teneikaask_you, @joannastern, @garymarcus, @alexandergerko, @liron, @loganbartlett, @munster_gene, @byrnehobart, @alexgraveley, @andrewmayne, @schrep, @e0m, @eriktorenberg, @10x_er, @coloradotravis, @levie, @shakoistslog, @gergelyorosz, @danshipper, @parmy, @quantian1, @reedalbergotti, @dharmesh, @paulg, @pmarca, @polynoamial, @marissamayer, @gerstenzang, @davidsacks, @muneeb, @ronconway, @levie, @mattpaulsonsd, @mustafasuleyman, @pearlf, @robleathern, @jowyang, @lex_node, @mickeyxfriedman, @alexrkonrad, and @tszzl
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| The Verge: |
Sources: Sam Altman's move to Microsoft is not a done deal; he and Brockman are open to returning to OpenAI if the remaining board members who fired him resign — Sam Altman's surprise move to Microsoft after his shock firing at OpenAI isn't a done deal. He and co-founder Greg Brockman …
More: Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Wired, Business Insider, Business Today, Fortune, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, Barron's Online, CNBC, SlashGear, Android Headlines, ZDNet, Wccftech, AppleInsider, nft now, The Nation, CCN.com, TechCrunch, iMore, NPR, WRAL TechWire, Analytics India Magazine, WinBuzzer, Slate, Wall Street Journal, Axios, and Los Angeles Times
Threads: @mranthropology. X: @austen, @eladgil, @gssp_acc, @dkthomp, @landay, @mattyglesias, @winnyeth, @brenthoberman, @alexeheath, @matei_zaharia, @stevemoraco, @emollick, @rikefranke, @wholemarsblog, @goodside, @gdb, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, @eriqgardner, @zeitchikwapo, @anothercohen, and @alexeheath
Forums: Hacker News, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and Beehaw
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More: Reuters, Windows Central, The Verge, Business Insider, Livemint, Bloomberg, Neowin, CCN.com, The Economist, HackerNoon, New York Times, New York Post, CoinGape, KNSD-TV, The Information, CryptoGlobe, Cryptopolitan, Decrypt, Watcher Guru, Analytics India Magazine, Business Insider, TechSpot, The Information, TechCrunch, Constellation Research, Engadget, and TechCrunch
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @emilychangtv, @levie, @alexeheath, @karaswisher, @emilychangtv, @tszzl, @danprimack, @emilychangtv, @amaldorai, @elonmusk, @alexrkonrad, @amir, @mikeisaac, @danprimack, @hamids, @toddbishop, @jakuuire, @kyliebytes, and @ilyasut
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Matthew Prince / @eastdakota: |
More: BGR, New York Times, Stratechery, and Financial Times
X: @m2jr, @mgsiegler, @eastdakota, @bryce, @stevehouf, @trav_winn, @asemota, @karaswisher, and @kantrowitz. Forums: Hacker News
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit — X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
More: Wall Street Journal, Texas Attorney General, New York Times, The Popehat Report, Reuters, The Hill, Gizmodo, The Guardian, BBC, IGN, Daily Mail, Business Post, Social Media Today, Business Times, CoinGape, Tech Xplore, Associated Press, Android Headlines, and Cryptopolitan
Threads: @originalspin, @deanobeidallah, @noturtlesoup17, @davmicrot, @chancerydaily, @aridrennen, @swaffordaustin, @chrisgeidner, @oneunderscore__, @dogs10gods0, @tristansnell, @matthewcortland, @nicholasrfish, @matthewcortland, @esqueer_, @rodhilton, @malwaretech, and @datadrivenmd. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @kenwhite.bsky.social
X: @kenpaxtontx, @scottjshapiro, @collinrugg, @joshuaerlich, @jamisonfoser, @chrisgeidner, @wendysiegelman, @advisercounsel, and @rmac18. Forums: r/FreeSpeech
| Sharon Knolle / The Wrap: |
More: Axios, PlainSite, Wall Street Journal, Game Developer, CNN, Dot Esports, United States District Court, The Northern District of Texas, Mashable, Bloomberg, and Fortune
Threads: @mike.hixenbaugh. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com. X: @lindayax, @elonmusk, @watcherguru, @eriqgardner, @jason_kint, @oneunderscore__, @xdaily, @nandoodles, @parismarx, @parkermolloy, @jason_kint, @xdaily, @scottbudman, @oneunderscore__, @jason, @yashar, @jason_kint, and @ggreenwald
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
More: The Information, Reuters, 9to5Mac, and Engadget
| The Verge: |
Epic v. Google: a Google exec confirms that Spotify pays no commission when users buy subscriptions via Spotify's payment system and 4% when they pay via Google — Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments …
More: Hindustan Times, PCMag, TechCrunch, NewsBytes, Phandroid, PhoneArena, SamMobile, Android Central, and Engadget
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
Epic v. Google: Tim Sweeney says Android is a “fake open platform”; under cross-examination, Sweeney admitted to paying a 30% cut to Sony, Xbox, and Nintendo — - Fortnite maker's CEO testifies at high-stakes antitrust trial — Google has denied abusing power in app distribution market| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about a potential merger as part of an effort to persuade Amodei to replace Sam Altman as CEO — OpenAI's board of directors approached Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of rival large-language model developer Anthropic …
More: Reuters, Business Insider, Finbold, CCN.com, Cryptonews, The Messenger, CoinGape, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, Coinpedia Fintech News, Metaverse Post, The Decoder, CoinDesk, and Coinspeaker
X: @lexnfx, @nealkhosla, @amir, @pitdesi, @nmasc_, @kateclarktweets, @quinnypig, and @anissagardizy8
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and r/ChatGPT
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI's board offered the interim CEO role to former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, before Emmett Shear accepted — Before Emmett Shear accepted the Interim CEO role at OpenAI, the board offered it to Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Microsoft-owned GitHub …
More: The Messenger, CNBC, Bloomberg, The Verge, Sharon's AI Extra, and The Information
| Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: |
More: Reuters, Fortune, Business Insider, CoinGape, Forbes, TechPowerUp, and Semafor
Threads: @mikehos3 and @anthonymbeltran
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
In a lawsuit, the US SEC accuses Kraken of commingling customer and corporate funds while operating as an unregistered broker, clearing agency, and dealer — The U.S. crypto exchange is the latest targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a series of similar actions being fought in court by other companies.
More: Kraken Blog, US Securities …, Reuters, San Francisco Business Times, DL News, CoinGape, Bloomberg, Cryptonews, Decrypt, CCN.com, crypto.news, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Insider, Crowdfund Insider, Bitcoinist.com, Coinspeaker, The Crypto Basic, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cryptopolitan, CoinGeek, CryptoGlobe, Blockonomi, CoinMarketCap Academy, Watcher Guru, Bitcoin News, and Crypto Daily
X: @senlummis, @jespow, @krakenfx, @jespow, @orlando_btc, @indian_bronson, @coinbureau, @ryansadams, @0xmert_, @twobitidiot, @mayazi, @ryansadams, @cuntycakes123, @belisarius2020, @leomschwartz, @leomschwartz, @conraddit, @jseyff, @cameron, @parrotcapital, @twobitidiot, and @attorneyjeremy1. Forums: r/Bitcoin
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Q&A with Del Harvey, who led Twitter's trust and safety team for 13 years until 2021, on the X rebrand, her role, Gamergate, Donald Trump, January 6, and more — From Israel vs. Hamas threats to Donald Trump's “wild” posts, Del Harvey helped make the platform's hardest content moderation calls for 13 years.
Mastodon: @anildash@me.dm, @aulia@octodon.social, @kennwhite@mastodon.social, and @igb@mastodon.hccp.org
X: @emmaroller and @wexler
| Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority: |
YouTube confirms that “users who have ad blockers installed may experience suboptimal viewing”, after users reported five-second delays on non-Chrome browsers — - Users are reportedly seeing a five-second delay when loading YouTube videos in non-Chrome browsers …
More: 404 Media, Android Authority, Thurrott, Daily Mail, PCMag, Dexerto, Tom's Hardware, The Daily Dot, Benzinga, Gizchina, Android Police, and Android Headlines
Forums: Hacker News, r/youtube, r/technology, and r/technews
| Financial Times: |
Filings: Tether deposited $1B+ with Britannia Financial, founded by a Tory donor later charged by the US with bribery, a rare look at its banking relationships — Funds from the world's largest stablecoin issuer are at the centre of a High Court battle — Tether deposited more than $1bn …
More: Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, crypto.news, Protos, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinDesk, and CryptoPotato
X: @bitfinexed, @bondhack, and @ttmygh
Forums: r/Buttcoin and r/CryptoCurrency
| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Broadcom plans to close its $69B VMware acquisition on November 22, after receiving approval from Chinese regulators, which added new restrictions — Broadcom (AVGO.O) said it planned to close its $69 billion acquisition of cloud computing firm VMWare (VMW.N) on Wednesday …
More: The Register, CRN, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, ITPro, and Broadcom Inc.
| Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: |
Palantir and Accenture win a £480M NHS contract to overhaul the UK's patient data system; some worry about privacy as patients can't opt out of data sharing — - Platform will help hospitals detect patterns in medical data — Palantir's software managed UK's Covid vaccine rollout| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon Prime Video plans “shoppable ads” where viewers can scan QR codes for instant purchases, during NFL's first-ever “Black Friday” game, which it's carrying — E-commerce giant to feature exclusive deals, QR codes during NFL game to spur more purchases| Washington Post: |
Investigation: as Amazon and Netflix back down on daring films, self-censorship pervades the Indian streaming industry due to pressure from Modi's ruling BJP — MUMBAI — Over a three-decade career, the filmmaker Anurag Kashyap often trained a critical eye on his native India as he wove tales …
X: @aaschapiro, @gerryshih, @gerryshih, @anujbhuwania, @vakashas, @radishharmers, @mrnarci, @anantguptaag, and @gerryshih
Forums: r/atheismindia, r/india, and r/TrueReddit
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
CISA debuts a pilot program offering “cybersecurity shared services” to non-federal critical infrastructure entities in healthcare, education, and other sectors — The U.S. government is offering “cutting-edge cybersecurity shared services” to critical infrastructure organizations that need it most.| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: X's Community Notes operate slowly and inconsistently during the Israel-Hamas war; across nearly 400 posts, a typical Note took seven hours to appear — In late September, Elon Musk wrote on X that he hoped “people around the world engage in citizen journalism … | Bloomberg: |
Both the US and China see advanced chip packaging, once an afterthought, as a path to higher performance; Intel says the US has just 3% of global capacity — The emerging field of advanced packaging is being hailed as an inflection point for the semiconductor industry. China is moving in on the same arena.
More: The Register and Bloomberg
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