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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.
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A US appeals court pauses the ITC's ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 imports due to the Masimo patent dispute, after Biden declined to veto the ban — Apple (AAPL.O) scored a victory on Wednesday as a U.S. appeals court paused a government commission's import ban … | 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.
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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 …
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| 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
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| 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 … | New York Times: |
Investigation: China's Ministry of State Security intel agency uses AI and other tech to challenge the CIA; US officials describe an AI system to track US spies — The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying A.I. and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States … | 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 …
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| 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.| 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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| 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 …
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| 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 growthSponsor Posts
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