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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
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Bluesky: @kint.bsky.social. X: @metanewsemea, @akinunver, @eu_competition, @gateklons, @auerdirk, @lewis_crofts, @s8mb, @johnwilson, and @vestager
LinkedIn: Triinu Järviste, Ana Brandusescu, Hazar Başar, and Markus Reinisch
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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 … | 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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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 …
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Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @rowancheung, @benhylak, @aqueelmiq, @stevenheidel, @dylanmatt, @edwinarbus, @gregmadison, @openaidevs, @embirico, and @koltregaskes. Forums: MacRumors Forums
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OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers — Previously limited to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, the app opens a ‘companion window’ on your PC, allowing you to easily use the AI chatbot alongside any other Windows programs.| 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.| 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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| 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.| 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 — Pony AI is seeking a valuation of up to $4.48 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, it said on Thursday, as the Chinese self-driving firm moves ahead with its long-sought plan for a New York listing.
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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.| 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
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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.| 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 …
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LinkedIn: Harika Chatlapalli and Neil Lindsay
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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 … | 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.| 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 … | 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, Dwarkesh Patel on YouTube, and ZeroHedge News
X: @dwarkesh_sp, @emostaque, @pronounced_kyle, @suhail, @dwarkesh_sp, @alber_romgar, @austen, @the_greatabyss, and @aryaman2020. Forums: news.ycombinator.com
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X names Mahmoud Reza Banki as CFO, the first publicly known CFO at the company; Trump pardoned the former Tubi CFO in January 2021 for making false statements — Mahmoud Reza Banki, former Tubi finance chief, joins platform amid financial challenges — Elon Musk's X Corp. named Mahmoud …
More: Fortune, Business Insider, VCCircle, Reuters, Reuters, Variety, and Deadline. X: @silvermanjacob
| Dag Spicer / CHM: |
Thomas E. Kurtz, an American mathematician, computer scientist, and co-inventor of the BASIC programming language with John Kemeny, died at 96 on November 12 — 2023 CHM FELLOW — With deep sadness, we say goodbye to computer pioneer Thomas Kurtz. — Thomas Eugene Kurtz (Feb. 22 1928-Nov. 12 … | 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: Social Media Today, AV Club, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and Engadget
Threads: @mosseri, @bluesky_social, @willoremus, @crumbler, @theericajoy, @bluesky_social, and @wongmjane. Forums: Slashdot
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Applied Materials reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.05B, vs. $6.95B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue below estimates; AMAT drops 5%+ after hours — Applied Materials (AMAT.O) forecast first-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, a sign of sluggish demand … | 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, Engadget, WinBuzzer, Euractiv, and MediaPost
X: @manderljung, @vmanancourt, @bertuzluca, and @jonasschuett
LinkedIn: George Manea and Céline Castets-Renard
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Lenovo reports Q2 revenue up 24% YoY to $17.85B, above est., and net income up 44% YoY to $358.5M, vs. $343.3M est.; IDC: Lenovo's PC shipments grew 3% YoY — - Quarterly profit, revenue both increased at double-digit pace — Company grew PC shipments despite overall market decline
More: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Lenovo
| 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| 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: Washington Post and Computerworld
| Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg: |
Ilya Lichtenstein is sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring with his wife, Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, to launder money from the 2016 Bitfinex hack — - Ilya Lichtenstein tried to launder proceeds of Bitfinex hack — His rapper wife ‘Razzlekahn’ is set to be sentenced on Monday
More: Reuters, Decrypt, US Department of Justice, The Block, CNBC, Associated Press, Cointelegraph, and CoinGape
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