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| Keith Laing / Bloomberg: |
Tesla plans to update Autopilot in 2M+ cars after the NHTSA issued a recall, following a probe that found its means for keeping drivers engaged were inadequate — - US regulator finds system doesn't do enough to prevent misuse — Agency will keep defect investigation open, monitor remedies
More: NHTSA, The Register, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Ars Technica, Washington Post, The Verge, The Verge, The Information, Telegraph, HotHardware, New York Times, VICE, Reuters, TechCrunch, Mercury News, Gizmodo, Axios, T3, Associated Press, Tech.co, New York Post, The Robot Report, Semafor, TechStartups, CNBC, Engadget, Los Angeles Times, BGR, Rolling Stone, NBC News, The Messenger, SlashGear, Financial Times, Wired UK, Notebookcheck, Metro.co.uk, Electrek, and Newser
X: @wholemarsblog, @zsk, @carlquintanilla, @wholemarsblog, @troyteslike, and @tomgara. Forums: Hacker News
| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
Google announces Gemini Pro for enterprises, letting Cloud clients build apps for free, with some limits, and plans to add Gemini Pro to AI Studio and Vertex AI — Gemini Pro is aimed at businesses and app developers — Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced a slate of upgraded artificial intelligence features … | Zoë Schiffer / The Verge: |
A look at Twitter's culture before Elon Musk's takeover, when employees focused on improving the health of online conversations rather than growth at all costs — the early '10s, Twitter was at the height of its power. The company had yet to turn a profit, but it had played a crucial role …
More: The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, CNN, The Verge, and Pixel Envy
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
More: TechCrunch, Notebookcheck, Newser, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
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| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Axel Springer signs a multiyear deal with OpenAI, which plans to offer ChatGPT news summaries and use Politico, Business Insider, and others to train AI models — Generative-AI company reaches multiyear pact with owner of Politico, Business Insider and major European properties
More: Axel Springer SE, OpenAI, Reuters, Axios, VentureBeat, The Messenger, Bloomberg, The Verge, Financial Times, Fortune, The Decoder, CNBC, Politico, MSPoweruser, and Analytics India Magazine
| Bloomberg: |
Coinbase rolls out spot crypto trading on its international exchange, starting with BTC-USDC and ETH-USDC pairs via API access for non-US institutional clients — - Hazy regulatory outlook deters some investors from US venues … Institutional investors can initially trade Bitcoin and Ether …
More: Coinbase, CoinDesk, Blockworks, Finbold, The Block, CoinJournal, Crypto Briefing, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, Cointelegraph, and crypto.news. X: @coinbase
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
The EU Council and Parliament back a deal to reclassify millions of ride-hailing and food delivery app workers as staff, which could cost the industry billions — European Union negotiators backed a deal to reclassify millions of people working for ride-hailing and food-delivery apps …
More: Council of the EU, Politico, European Parliament, TechCrunch, Euractiv, Wired, Financial Times, WeeTracker, and Tech Xplore
X: @eucouncilpress, @ep_president, @timchristiaens5, @ben_wray1989, @epsocialaffairs, @nicolasschmiteu, @ben_wray1989, @_aloisi, and @maxvonthun. LinkedIn: Olgu Özdemir Ertürk
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple expands Self Service Repair to the iPhone 15 lineup and M2 Macs, brings the program to 24 more countries, and releases an Apple Diagnostics tool in the US — Apple today announced it has expanded its Self Service Repair program to cover the iPhone 15 lineup and Mac models powered by M2 chips …
More: Apple, Engadget, Thurrott, The Verge, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, TidBITS, Lifewire, MSPoweruser, TechRadar, iClarified, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, BGR, AppleInsider, iMore, and Supercharged. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU plans to hit Apple with a ban on anti-steering App Store rules for music streaming rivals and a possible fine in 2024, after Spotify's complaint — - EU to ban allegedly abusive App Store rules for music rivals — Antitrust decision due early 2024 and could come with fines| Bloomberg: |
Sources: 3AC co-founder Su Zhu for the first time faced questioning in a Singapore court about the fund's collapse; Teneo estimates 3AC owes creditors ~$3.3B — - Failed crypto fund's co-founder Zhu was arrested in September — Liquidators seek information for creditors owed $3.3 billion
More: Decrypt, CCN.com, Default, CryptoSlate, Protos, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, CoinDesk, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, The Block, and CryptoPotato. X: @clemtan
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Etsy plans to lay off 11% of its workforce, or ~225 employees, as the e-commerce marketplace grapples with slow consumer spending and increased competition — Etsy is laying off roughly 11% of its workforce, a spokesperson confirmed, as the e-commerce site that helps small businesses sell … | Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
A profile of Nandini Jammi, co-founder of Check My Ads, a nonprofit ad watchdog that works to cut off the revenue streams of far-right creators and publishers — Nandini Jammi is fighting to defund right-wing influencers like Alex Jones — When Elon Musk reinstated far-right influencer … | Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Apple updates its law enforcement guidelines to require a judge's order to share users' push notification data, in line with Google, instead of only a subpoena — Apple (AAPL.O) has said it now requires a judge's order to hand over information about its customers' push notification to law enforcement … | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Google, Meta, Qualcomm, and seven other tech companies form the Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems, aiming to promote more open digital ecosystems in the EU — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Meta Platforms (META.O), Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and seven other tech companies on Wednesday teamed … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Your Books, a hub to let users organize all of their books, including print, Kindle, and Audible titles, while also providing recommendations — Amazon today is launching its own competitor to Goodreads, a book tracking and recommendations site it also owns.| Alexander Martin / The Record: |
A parliamentary report warns that the UK is vulnerable to a “catastrophic ransomware attack at any moment” due to the government's failures to tackle ransomware — Because of the British government's failures to tackle ransomware, there is a “high risk” the country faces a … | Nico Grant / New York Times: |
Google's Epic loss, where a jury found Google guilty on all 11 antitrust claims, may portend its legal fate in two, more significant US antitrust cases in 2024 — A trio of antitrust cases on the docket threaten to reshape Google's business and sap its profits.
More: The Verge, BIG by Matt Stoller, Gamereactor UK, Bloomberg, Tech Xplore, Washington Post, TechCabal, New York Post, The Information, Slate, CNBC, iTnews, Reuters, and Engadget
| Malak Saleh / Engadget: |
Meta is working to extend its fact-checking to Threads in early 2024; ratings currently only appear on Threads content with matching Facebook or Instagram posts — The program will roll out next year, according to executives. — Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.
More: Meta, Cryptopolitan, Mashable, Android Headlines, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, PhoneArena, WinBuzzer, Social Media Today, and The Verge
Threads: @mosseri, @faith_jvs, @chris, @voorhees_dnb, and @luhtestoni
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The FCC issues a final denial of Starlink's request for $885M to expand rural coverage, saying Starlink “failed to demonstrate” an ability to offer the service — The FCC has made a final denial of Starlink's application for $885 million in public funds to expand … | Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate claims to have hacked Russia's state tax service and that Russia has been trying to restore the service for four days — Ukraine's defense intelligence directorate (GUR) said it infected thousands of servers belonging to Russia's state tax service with malware …
More: Reuters, gur.gov.ua, pravda.com.ua, Security Boulevard, Hackread, Meduza.io, Cybernews.com, Security Affairs, and BleepingComputer. Forums: Slashdot
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft warns that threat actors are misusing OAuth apps to automate phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for crypto mining — Microsoft warns that financially-motivated threat actors are using OAuth applications to automate BEC and phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for cryptomining.| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance cancels the Pico 5, an upcoming VR headset from its Pico subsidiary, after Pico 4 sales fell far short of expectations and the VR market sags — Chinese tech giant ByteDance might have set Facebook owner Meta Platforms on its heels with its hugely popular TikTok app.
More: Road to VR, UploadVR, and The Verge
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Google plans to shorten Maps' default auto-delete history feature from 18 months to three months and let users store Maps Timeline data locally on their devices — Google Maps has gotten some fun updates recently, and now it's offering some more privacy-forward tweaks as it adds more ways to control your location data.| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Mena Kato, Microsoft's head of Japan partnerships, who is trying to reverse years of failure selling Xbox in a Sony and Nintendo dominated market — - Japanese studios need to go beyond PlayStation, Mena Kato says — Sony and Nintendo command country's video game market
More: Windows Central and Pure Xbox
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
A Pew survey of US adults finds ~38% support a federal TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023; Republicans' support of a ban dropped from 60% to 50% — A new Pew survey suggests that the Republican-led push to ban the app will face a huge challenge in persuading voters, many of whom use the app themselves
More: The Hill, Associated Press, Tubefilter, and Pew Research Center
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