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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to fix two zero-days that may have been exploited, reaching 20 zero-days patched in 2023  —  Apple released emergency security updates to fix two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks and impacting iPhone, iPad …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google says RCS in Google Messages now has over 1B MAUs, and adds Photomoji, Voice Moods, Screen Effects, Custom Bubbles, Animated Emoji, and other features  —  First, the number: according to Google, over 1 billion monthly active users are using RCS in Google Messages.
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Google updates Android, Wear OS, and Google TV devices, adding TalkBack AI-created image descriptions, more Live Caption languages, Assistant Routines, and more  —  Wear OS and Google TV are also getting new tools.  —  Google is rolling out a trio of system updates to Android, Wear OS and Google TV devices.
New York Times:
Some marketing agencies say their brands don't plan to return to advertise on X, and others are advising brands to stop posting on X, after Elon Musk's comments  —  Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times's DealBook Summit.
Kim Masters / The Hollywood Reporter:
Linda Yaccarino's former associates describe her as difficult and volatile, but hardworking, and say her self-regard made her think she could manage Elon Musk
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta plans to launch Threads in Europe in December, the largest expansion since its July debut, offering a choice of using Threads without a profile  —  Expansion is expected in December, a signal of company's commitment to microblogging service  —  Facebook parent Meta Platforms plans …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta expands the keyword search feature of Threads to all markets where the app is available, with support for “all languages”  —  Instagram's Twitter/X rival, Threads, is becoming more competitive with the expansion of its keyword search feature to all markets where the app is available.
David Pierce / The Verge:
How OpenAI's low-key ChatGPT launch a year ago kickstarted a generational shift in the tech industry and what it all means for the future of AI and the world  —  OpenAI didn't mean to kickstart a generational shift in the technology industry.  But it did.  Now all we have to decide is where to go from here.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The BEUC and its members follow noyb in filing a complaint against Meta's €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy  —  Meta Platforms' (META.O) advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month …
Reuters:
A US district judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Montana's first-of-its-kind state ban on TikTok from taking effect on January 1, 2024  —  A U.S. judge late on Thursday blocked Montana's first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short-video sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1.
Sarah Young / Reuters:
Microsoft plans to spend £2.5B in the UK over three years, its largest investment in the country to date, to underpin AI growth, including by bringing 20K+ GPUs  —  Microsoft's (MSFT.O) plan to pump 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) into Britain over the next three years …
Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
Filings: Broadcom plans to lay off 1,267 VMware employees in California starting on January 26 and about 600 workers in Washington, Colorado, and Georgia  —  Barely a week after completing the $69 billion acquisition of the Palo Alto cloud computing company VMware, Broadcom has started the process of significant workforce reductions.
Bloomberg:
Meta sues the FTC, claiming its in-house trials violate the US Constitution, and asks a court to halt the agency's bid to change a $5B privacy fine from 2020  —  - Suit says agency proceedings violate constitutional rights  — FTC sought to amend privacy pact over alleged broken promises
Bloomberg:
Indian IT giants Infosys and Wipro cut college recruitment in October as global demand cools, leaving hundreds of thousands of tech graduates in peril  —  India's giant tech firms are curbing hiring, adding to the youth unemployment problem in the country  —  For years, India's tech graduates …
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Amkor plans to package some Apple silicon chips in Amkor's new Arizona facility, invest $2B, employ 2,000+, and be ready for production in two to three years  —  As part of its efforts to expand its U.S. manufacturing, Apple today announced that Amkor will package some Apple silicon chips …
AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
Meta officials say the US stopped proactively sharing information on foreign influence operations, as the company releases its Q3 2023 Adversarial Threat Report  —  Russia, Iran and China are likely to conduct influence operations via fake social media accounts ahead of the 2024 election, a new Meta report says.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
WhatsApp begins letting users hide their locked chats behind a secret code, rolling out globally in the coming months, after debuting locked chats in May 2023  —  WhatsApp is introducing a new way to keep your locked chats away from prying eyes.  Instead of having your locked chats folder visible …
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun says “there is really no commercial downside” to sharing Meta's AI tech openly, even as many peers take the opposite approach  —  Meta Platforms Inc. executives, speaking at an event Thursday, said there's been no major drawbacks to openly sharing …
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Dalvin Brown / Wall Street Journal:
Google plans to start deleting, on December 1, personal Google accounts that have been inactive for at least two years; once deleted, no data can be recovered  —  How to revive your Google account before it's too late  —  Google will start to sweep away cobweb-collecting Gmail accounts this week.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Dell reports Q3 revenue down 10% YoY to $22.3B, vs. $23B est., Client Solutions revenue down 11% YoY to $12.3B, and projects Q4 revenue of $22B, vs. $23.9B est.  —  - Demand jumps for high-performance servers that support AI  — Company projects annual revenue will increase in coming year

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From Mediagazer

Anna Betts / The Guardian:
A judge orders an evidentiary hearing for next week to determine whether the Infowars auction was conducted fairly

Michael Gold / New York Times:
President-elect Donald Trump announces he has chosen Karoline Leavitt, who served as his campaign's press secretary, to be his White House press secretary

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

More News

Ben Mitchell / The Independent:
Facebook, Instagram, Google, Amazon, TikTok, YouTube, Microsoft, and others sign the UK's Online Fraud Charter to fight scams, fake ads, and romance fraud
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg:
UK judges reverse a decision to block a full UK CMA investigation into Apple's dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming, saying the agency acted lawfully

Earlier Picks

New York Times:
Spotify Wrapped 2023's new Sound Town, which links listeners to cities, leaves users baffled and entertained after many were designated to Burlington, Vermont
Eddie Makuch / GameSpot:
Xbox CFO Tim Stuart says Microsoft wants to bring “first-party experiences” and Xbox Game Pass to PlayStation, Nintendo, and “every screen that can play games”
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the US is “somewhere between a decade and two decades away from” chip independence and reaffirms his company's commitment to China
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that co-founder Ilya Sutskever won't be a board member, but that the company is “discussing how he can continue his work at OpenAI”
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