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December 17, 2023, 6:45 PM

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New York Times:
Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows  —  When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix.
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Q&A with Deepu Talla, Nvidia's VP and GM for Embedded and Edge Computing, on the role of generative AI in robotics, designing humanoid robots, trends, and more  —  A version of this q&a first appeared in TechCrunch's free robotics newsletter, Actuator.  Subscribe here.
Michael Acton / Financial Times:
An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic's win over Google and his concerns that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” through “fake” remedies  —  ‘Fortnite’ maker's boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant
Washington Post:
Experts and lawmakers say Tesla's largest recall yet is unlikely to solve Autopilot's fundamental flaw: Tesla failing to limit where drivers can use the feature  —  Tesla's software update adds warnings to improve driver attention while using Autopilot — but doesn't limit where drivers can engage the technology
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:
Erin Woo / The Information:
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces contingent pricing for subscriptions, letting developers give users a discounted price if they're actively subscribed to another subscription  —  Apple has announced a new “contingent pricing” feature for subscriptions in the App Store.  According to the company …
Yue Wang / Forbes:
SenseTime says co-founder Tang Xiao'ou, who was also a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness on December 15 at age 55  —  Tang Xiao'ou, who also taught information engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness, according to SenseTime.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleads guilty to hacking and stealing over $12.3M from Nirvana Finance and an unnamed crypto exchange in July 2022  —  Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022.
George Hammond / Financial Times:
An interview with Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li on the lack of resources for academic AI, Silicon Valley's “bro” culture, keeping AI safe for humanity, and more  —  The China-born technologist on Silicon Valley's ‘bro’ culture — and her mission to keep AI safe for humanity

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