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Google says the DOJ's “radical” and “sweeping” proposals in the Search antitrust case risk “hurting” consumers, businesses, developers, and US competitiveness — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today shared a broad outline of radical changes it may demand …
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Filing: the US DOJ lays out “behavioral and structural remedies”, including a breakup, for the federal judge to consider in the Google Search antitrust case — - Antitrust officials also mull making Google share search data — Justice Department proposes multiple options in historic case
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| Financial Times: |
The US DOJ's quest to end Google's long-standing dominance remains the stuff of fantasy, as whatever the courts may order, any real reckoning will take years — A world where the tech giant gets dismantled is more plausible than it was, but investors have reason to be unfazed
More: The Guardian, The Times, The Information, Sharecast, and Borneo Bulletin Online. Mastodon: @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social
| Wall Street Journal: |
US judges have little modern precedent to guide them on whether a breakup like the one the DOJ is proposing in the Google Search antitrust case is appropriate — Antitrust enforcers search for tough remedies to counteract alleged monopoly abuses — WASHINGTON—U.S. antitrust enforcers haven't broken up a company in 40 years.
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| Washington Post: |
ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views — Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
HBO's documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery says Peter Todd, known for his Bitcoin codebase contributions, is Satoshi Nakamoto, a claim Todd denies — A new HBO documentary takes a swing at uncovering the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin.
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Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep — - Court banned platform in August as billionaire defied orders — Social network had 22 million users in South American country
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| Reuters: |
Turkey blocks access to Discord following a court decision over sufficient suspicion that the crimes of “child sexual abuse and obscenity” have been committed — Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord following a court decision, the country's infotech regulator said on Wednesday.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
MediaTek announces the 3nm Dimensity 9400 mobile chip, which features its own 8th-gen NPU, claiming “80 percent faster large language model prompt performance” — MediaTek has formally announced its new flagship mobile chipset, the Dimensity 9400.
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| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Study: X moves slowly to remove AI-made nudes reported as nonconsensual intimate media, if at all, but is quick if they're reported for copyright violations — Researchers posted AI-generated nude images to Twitter to see how the company responds to reports of copyright violation versus reports of nonconsensual nudity.
More: arXiv.org and Ars Technica
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
An era of politically motivated AI slop is here, exacerbating viral conspiracy theories and making a big impact after disasters, as in the US, Brazil, and Gaza — The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks. — By now, if you have spent any amount of time reading …
Threads: @technicallymims, @cwarzel, @esqueer_, @jasonkoebler, and @reckless1280. Mastodon: @gedankenstuecke@scholar …
X: @brianbrackeen, @josephfcox, and @marshallk
LinkedIn: Rafael Brown and Jason Koebler
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Braintrust, which helps companies evaluate and monitor their AI tools' performance, raised a $36M Series A led by a16z, a source says at a ~$150M valuation — Ankur Goyal built infrastructure for AI products twice before at Impira and Figma. Now, his AI evaluations startup Braintrust … | Financial Times: |
A look at challenges for Ireland in its role as a data center hub, as energy supply problems and planning hurdles force AWS and others to evaluate alternatives — Dublin goes from ‘leader to flounderer’ as planning and energy supply problems lead tech groups to invest elsewhere
X: @robgilbey and @europeangreent
| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
MiniMax, ByteDance, and 01.ai are among a group of Chinese AI companies that have launched AI products overseas, particularly in the US, to boost revenue growth — MiniMax, ByteDance and 01.ai launch apps overseas to boost revenue growth — Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups … | Pew Research Center: |
US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists — Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics| Jacob Robbins / PitchBook: |
Brazil-based Asaas, which offers payment processing, invoicing, fraud protection, and other financial services to SMBs, raised a $148M Series C led by BOND — Asaas, a Brazilian enterprise fintech company, has raised a $148 million Series C as global investors once more look for opportunities in Latin America's burgeoning tech scene.
More: FinSMEs
| Laura Dobberstein / The Register: |
OpenAI says Singapore will serve as its APAC hub and appoints Oliver Jay, who served as Asana's chief revenue officer, to lead its international expansion — Picks Singapore as APAC hub and outlines desire to get governments onside — Chat GPT-maker Open AI announced today that it's appointed … | Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: |
Marketing tech company Zeta Global agrees to acquire LiveIntent, another marketing tech provider, for $250M in cash and stock, in a deal set to close in Q4 2024 — Zeta said LiveIntent's database of customer information will strengthen its own offerings as marketers make first-party data a priority
More: Zeta Global and SiliconANGLE
X: @joshk and @chrisfralic
LinkedIn: Neej Gore, Peter Kuhn, Katherine Drebin, and Adam Berkowitz
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