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Unsealed docs in a lawsuit by 30+ state AGs: Meta received 1.1M+ reports of under-13s on Instagram since early 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those — Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint.
More: Yahoo News, Associated Press, Business Insider, Engadget, PCMag, CNN, Mashable, LinkedIn, Times of India, NewsBytes, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and New York Post
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Benedict Evans / Financial Times: |
AI development will likely move faster and be more dispersed and less controlled after a failed coup at OpenAI, accelerating what the coup was trying to prevent — Failed coups, as seen at OpenAI, often accelerate the thing that they were trying to prevent — Over the past week, OpenAI's board went through four CEOs in five days.
More: Citation Needed, Wall Street Journal, InfoWorld, Cryptopolitan, Australian Financial Review, and Gizmodo
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Forums: r/neoliberal and Beehaw
| Patrick McKenzie / Bits about Money: |
A look at Binance and CZ's “Bond villain” compliance strategy and how their settlements will allow the US to deflate Binance while minimizing collateral damage — James Bond films have a certain formula to them. It is more interesting when seen from the perspective of the villain.
More: Financial Times and Cryptopolitan
Threads: @carnage4life and @carnage4life
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Forums: Hacker News and r/Buttcoin
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A look at Shein's NYC pop-up store, which resembled its website and may have only reinforced Shein's image of being quick, cheap, and not quite as it seems — The Shein pop-up store in New York this month resembled the e-commerce giant's website, except picture-perfect.| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
A look at Replicator, a Pentagon initiative expected to accelerate hard decisions on what AI tech is reliable enough to deploy, including on weaponized systems — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones …
More: Cryptopolitan. Threads: @nafo_marvin. X: @mikepesoli and @fbajak
LinkedIn: Patrick Biltgen and Francis Syms
Forums: r/singularity, r/Futurology, and Slashdot
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe: US online Black Friday sales hit $9.8B, up 7.5% YoY; Salesforce, which uses different metrics, says online sales hit $16.4B in the US and $70.9B globally — A rush of deep discounts and the growth of flexible payment options were the drivers behind $9.8 billion in online sales …
More: Adobe for Business, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, PCMag, The Economic Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Information, PhoneArena, International Business Times, New York Post, and The Messenger
X: @sarthakgh, @danprimack, @dps, @patrickc, @morningbrew, @tobi, @retailrobgarf, @tobi, @web3qn, @chairmannatto, and @glenngabe. LinkedIn: Mike Landau
| Lavender Au / Wired: |
A look at the growing usage of social media apps like Douyin among the elderly in China since the COVID-19 lockdowns, often to find companionship — As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China's elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship.| Laura Kayali / Politico: |
Russia's interior ministry adds Meta's spokesperson Andy Stone to its wanted list, according to state-owned news agency TASS — The reason Andy Stone was added to the list was not indicated, according to the Russian news agency. — Russia's interior ministry has added the spokesperson …
More: Livemint, The Kyiv Independent, Blaze Media, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, India Today, Reuters, and The Verge
X: @nexta_tv, @rakeshlobster, @quinnypig, @thattylerpopp, @sobollyuboven, and @xsovietnews. Forums: r/worldnews
| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to internally announce on Monday that it is winding down its Nuverse gaming brand and is fully retreating from mainstream video games — TikTok maker ByteDance is set to internally announce on Monday the winding down of its Nuverse gaming brand and full retreat …
More: Bloomberg and The Information
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Dutch media: Chimera, a China-linked hacker group, infiltrated Dutch semiconductor giant NXP's network between 2017 and 2020 and stole chip designs and more — The full extent of the security breach is unknown. — Chimera, a Chinese-linked hacker group, has infiltrated the network …
Mastodon: @malwarejake@infosec.exchange and @dyckron@mstdn.ca
Forums: r/worldnews, r/chipdesign, r/gadgets, r/hacking, r/Netherlands, r/technology, r/technews, and r/ADVChina
| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
AWS unveils the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a $195 compact computer, adapted from the Fire TV Cube, allowing workers to access cloud-based virtual desktops — Amazon Web Services Inc. today debuted the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a compact computer that workers can use to access cloud-based virtual desktops.
More: GeekWire, Amazon Web Services, Inc., and About Amazon
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Huawei announces it's moving its smart car unit's core tech and resources into a new joint venture with Changan Auto, which is taking a 40% stake in the company — China's Huawei (HWT.UL) said on Sunday it will move core technologies and resources in its smart car unit … Sponsor Posts
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