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December 27, 2023, 11:00 AM
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New York Times:
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging millions of articles were used in training, the first major US media organization to sue  —  Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon Prime Video plans to start showing ads starting on January 29, with an option for customers to pay an additional $2.99 per month to avoid the ads  —  Earlier this year, Amazon announced plans to start incorporating ads into movies and TV shows streamed from its Prime Video service …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan plans to join Jony Ive's LoveFrom to work on AI hardware; Sam Altman plans to provide the software underpinnings  —  - Design executive Tang Tan is set to leave Apple in February  — Tan will join Ive's LoveFrom design studio, work on AI project
David Pan / Bloomberg:
Filing: MicroStrategy acquired 14,620 BTC for $616M in cash, taking its total holdings to 189,150 BTC, worth $8B+, or almost 1% of the 19.58M BTC outstanding  —  - MicroStrategy's total Bitcoin holdings is now 189,150 coins … The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company run …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
How Apple hiring Stanford PhD Marcelo Lamego, who was CTO of Masimo sister Cercacor, in 2013 to add Watch health features sparked a fight that led to the US ban  —  Apple's hiring of a key engineer 10 years ago helped spark a fight that led its watch to be banned from the US.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Biden's administration declines to veto the ITC's Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 import ban over Masimo's patents; Apple asks an appeals court to halt the ban
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Japan is preparing regulations requiring Apple, Google, and others to allow third-party app stores and payment systems on their mobile platforms  —  Antitrust curbs to require tech giants to allow third-party app platforms and billing  —  Google and Apple both require apps …
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Researchers propose a protocol to secure AirTag against stalking while maintaining privacy; Apple revised its system to rotate device identifiers every 24 hours  —  Apple updated its location-tracking system in an attempt to cut down on AirTag abuse while still preserving privacy.
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Integris Health, Oklahoma's largest not-for-profit health network, confirms a November cyberattack resulting in stolen data, after patients get extortion emails  —  Integris Health patients in Oklahoma are receiving blackmail emails stating that their data was stolen in a cyberattack …
Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times:
Opensignal: UK 5G download speeds averaged 118.2M Mbps between August 1 and October 29, down 13% YoY, the slowest in the G7 in 2023; France averaged 221.1 Mbps  —  Research by Opensignal comes despite government's emphasis on benefits of technology to economic growth
Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the challenges Amazon faces in selling cars in the US: only 11% of its customers report buying $1,000+ items, dealerships sell most new cars, and more  —  Company aims to make online car purchases as seamless as getting everyday essentials  —  Willie Hall loves to browse and buy cars online, but he wants more options.
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CNBC:
Comcast confirms plans to spin off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO; the separation may take about a year

James Warrington / Telegraph:
Almost 93% of 600 Guardian and Observer staff organized by the NUJ vote in favor of strike action over the proposed sale of The Observer to Tortoise

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai testifies for the first time in his years-long national security trial; he is already serving a jail term for a fraud conviction

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Angela Watercutter / Wired:
Hollywood unions resisting AI being used to recreate actors' performances sets a precedent for future labor movements on how to push back against automation

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The Information:
Sources: Anthropic projects $850M+ in annualized revenue by 2024's end, or $70M+/month, an increase of over 8x from its monthly revenue around September 2023
Becky Peterson / The Information:
Filing: xAI incorporated as a for-profit benefit corporation in November, letting the startup prioritize a positive societal impact over shareholder obligations
More: The Decoder and CoinGape
Threads: @carnage4life.  Bluesky: @stephaniequilao.bsky.social.  X: @jamesrbuk and @amir
Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest:
Microsoft launches Microsoft Copilot for Android, a free ChatGPT-like app that supports GPT-4 and DALL-E 3; sources say an iOS version should arrive soon
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:
Filing: Grayscale Investments, which runs the world's largest BTC trust, says Barry Silbert resigned as chair, succeeded by Mark Shifke, and doesn't explain why
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