Techmeme: London-based Tessl, which is building an AI to write and maintain code, raised $125M across seed and Series A, sources say at a $500M+ post-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

The EU fines Meta €797.72M for tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook and “imposing unfair trading conditions” on other online classified ads service providers — Facebook is undermining rivals by ‘tying’ its free Marketplace services with the social network, Brussels says

David Pierce / The Verge:

Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live — In the AI chatbot world, ubiquity is everything. Companies have raced to build desktop and mobile apps for their bots …

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X: @colinhughesuk, @nickadobos, @dmnkrr, @federicovillaw, @google, @geminiapp, @newsfromgoogle, and @sundarpichai

Forums: r/ios and r/Bard

Financial Times:

Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure — FTC chair Lina Khan continues to pursue Big Tech in final days of Biden presidency — The Federal Trade Commission is preparing …

More: Washington Post, Business Insider, Benzinga, The Information, New York Post, iTnews, and Watcher Guru

X: @arashmassoudi. Forums: Slashdot

Tony Romm / Washington Post:

Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted — The agency aims to conduct more rigorous direct oversight of the tech firm, a major move that Google has resisted in the final months of the Biden administration.

More: TechCrunch, The Information, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Engadget, TipRanks Financial, Reuters, Proactive, Cybernews.com, and ZeroHedge News

X: @tonyromm and @adamkovac. Forums: Slashdot

John Voorhees / MacStories:

Apple updates Final Cut Pro for macOS and iPadOS, adding AI closed captions and Vision Pro spatial video editing on macOS, and Logic Pro for macOS and iPadOS — Today, Apple revealed the latest updates to Final Cut Pro for the Mac and iPad, with both offering a variety of new features and simplified workflows.

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Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @maddox@mastodon.social, @karlcswanson@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, and @snazzyq@mas.to

X: @justinryanio, @justinryanio, @zollotech, @zollotech, @concept_central, @aaronp613, @aaronp613, @noahhermanyt, @tailosivetech, @thecomputerclan, @dylanmcd8, @thecomputerclan, @thomasgcarter, @thomasgcarter, and @stalman. LinkedIn: Brandon Charleson. Forums: r/macapps

Zac Bowden / Windows Central:

Microsoft releases Windows 11 ISOs for Arm64 PCs, letting users clean install Windows via official offline media, including the latest Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs — Windows 11 ISOs for PCs with an Arm64 processor are now officially available, but older Snapdragon laptops will need to jump through additional hoops to get them working.

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Bluesky: @jasontenpenny.com. Forums: Slashdot

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2 — OpenAI's ChatGPT is starting to work with other apps on your computer. — On Thursday, the startup announced the ChatGPT desktop app …

More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, VentureBeat, Neowin, The Verge, Tom's Guide, and TechRadar

X: @openai and @koltregaskes. Forums: MacRumors Forums

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Amazon One Medical expands telehealth services with cheap treatment plans and medication delivery for beauty and lifestyle issues like hair loss and skin care — Amazon One Medical is expanding its telehealth services with the launch of upfront and low-cost treatment plans and medication delivery …

More: About Amazon, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, Fast Company, CNBC, Chain Store Age, Quartz, FierceHealthcare, Reuters, and Bloomberg

LinkedIn: Harika Chatlapalli and Neil Lindsay

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

François Chollet, the AI pioneer who created Keras, says he is leaving Google after nearly 10 years to start a company with a friend, but doesn't offer details — François Chollet, a leading figure in the AI world, is leaving Google after close to a decade.

More: Google Developers Blog, Neowin, and The Decoder

X: @fchollet. Forums: Hacker News

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:

Google plans to stop showing political ads to users in the EU in 2025 due to uncertainties around new transparency rules set to go into effect in October 2025 — Google has announced it will stop showing political ads to users in the European Union next year due to uncertainties around the bloc's new transparency regulations.

More: The Keyword and Engadget

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:

Google updates Maps to help users search for products like home goods, clothing, and electronics and find stores nearby, improve traffic reporting, and more — Google has added some new travel and shopping features to Maps that aim to make it easier to find local products and stay on time during busy periods.

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Sam Sabin / Axios:

Anthropic is working with the US DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration to ensure Claude models don't share dangerous information about nuclear energy — - In red-teaming exercises, experts test systems by trying to break them. — NNSA has been testing Anthropic's models …

More: WinBuzzer and Hackaday

X: @jackclarksf and @jackclarksf. LinkedIn: Marina Favaro

Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:

Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai aims to raise $195M in its US IPO, targeting a valuation of up to $4.48B — Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony AI said on Thursday it was targeting a valuation of up to $4.48 billion in its initial public offering in the United States.

More: TechCrunch

Eric Geller / Wired:

Experts expect Trump to relax business cybersecurity rules, drop human rights concerns on spyware, and take an aggressive stance on US adversaries' cyber armies — Experts expect Donald Trump's next administration to relax cybersecurity rules on businesses, abandon concerns around human rights …

More: FedScoop and Semafor

Mastodon: @ericgeller@mastodon.social. Bluesky: @lookitup.baby. X: @ericgeller and @ericgeller

Umar Shakir / The Verge:

Echoing TikTok's gifting, YouTube is rolling out “jewels” that users can buy to support creators during livestreams, for those in the YouTube Partner Program — YouTube is taking a page out of the TikTok playbook by adding “jewels” you buy to exchange for gifts for your favorite creators during livestreams.

More: Android Police, TechCrunch, Tubefilter, Neowin, and How-To Geek

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Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast:

Q&A with pseudonymous AI researcher Gwern Branwen on anonymity, the grand theory of intelligence, seeing LLM scaling early, AGI timelines, blogging, and more — Legacy & Anonymity in the Age of AGI — Gwern is a pseudonymous researcher and writer. He was one of the first people to see LLM scaling coming.

More: Don't Worry About the Vase and Dwarkesh Patel on YouTube

X: @dwarkesh_sp, @emostaque, @pronounced_kyle, @suhail, @dwarkesh_sp, @alber_romgar, @austen, @the_greatabyss, and @aryaman2020. Forums: news.ycombinator.com

Jay Peters / The Verge:

Adam Mosseri says Threads had “more than 15M signups in November alone” and it is “going on three months with more than a million signups a day” — Bluesky might be on the rise, but Instagram and Threads boss Adam Mosseri wants you to know that Threads is still much bigger.

More: TechRadar, AV Club, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Threads: @mosseri, @crumbler, @theericajoy, @bluesky_social, and @wongmjane. Forums: Slashdot

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google says real-time protections against scam calls and malicious apps are rolling out now on Pixel 6 and newer and other Android phones in the coming months — After demoing at I/O 2024 in May, Google is rolling out real-time Scam Detection for phone calls on Pixel devices.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

London-based Tessl, which is building an AI to write and maintain code, raised $125M across seed and Series A, sources say at a $500M+ post-money valuation — Many startups and larger tech companies have taken a crack at building artificial intelligence to code software.

More: SiliconANGLE, Fortune, Tech.eu, Tessl.io, Tech Funding News, Index Ventures, City A.M., and UKTN

X: @indexventures. LinkedIn: Guy Podjarny

Claire Che / Bloomberg:

JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 5.1% YoY to ~$36B, above $35.9B est., and net income up 48% YoY to ~$1.6B, suggesting a recovery in segments of China's economy — - Topline growth was moderate, even off a low 2023 base — Investors want evidence of a broad consumer spending rebound

More: BusinessLIVE, Investor's Business Daily, and Reuters

Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:

BSA, representing OpenAI, Microsoft, and others, urges Trump to review rules that are “unnecessarily impeding AI adoption” but to keep some of Biden's moves — The Scoop — A lobbying group representing the tech industry is urging the incoming Trump administration …

More: The Verge

New York Times:

A look at “blind box livestreaming”, an e-commerce trend in China that has become an entertaining and, some users and experts said, addictive pastime — How many plastic trinkets would you end up with? The game keeps many addicted, buyers and spectators alike.

Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:

Sources: the US House Select Committee on China summoned Amazon staffers in September to discuss concerns about Amazon's shopping partnership with TikTok — Retail giant was summoned to Washington in September to speak to House Committee on China … The meeting has not been previously reported.

More: The Information, CNBC, and Modern Retail. X: @ali_lev

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

The EU publishes its first draft of a Code of Practice under the AI Act for general-purpose AI models, including provisions for copyright and systemic risk — A first draft of a Code of Practice that will apply to providers of general-purpose AI models under the European Union's AI Act has been published …

More: European Commission, WinBuzzer, MediaPost, and Euractiv

X: @manderljung, @vmanancourt, @bertuzluca, and @jonasschuett

Quentyn Kennemer / The Verge:

Snap unveils new Snapchat location and privacy tools, including letting parents request their teen's location and view their location-sharing settings — Once known only for its self-destructing pics, Snapchat has steadily evolved its location-oriented social media features.

More: Benzinga, Neowin, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Pocket-lint, The Economic Times, TechCrunch, The Indian Express, and BGR

Bloomberg:

Foxconn reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to a record ~$57.01B, a ~$1.5B net income, vs. ~$1.41B est., and expects half of its server orders in 2025 to be for AI — - Both beat quarterly profit estimates thanks to AI servers — Hon Hai cloud products to match mobile phone sales in 2025

More: Computerworld, Nikkei Asia, Cryptopolitan, Hon Hai, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, BusinessLIVE, The Economic Times, Focus Taiwan, Reuters, RTÉ, and Reuters

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