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November 17, 2024, 9:25 PM

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Sources: in recent months, Nvidia has asked its suppliers to change the design of server racks for Blackwell GPUs several times to overcome overheating problems  —  Nvidia is grappling with new problems related to its much-anticipated Blackwell graphics processing units for artificial intelligence …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
How Tim Cook may navigate Trump's presidency, a closer look at Apple's upcoming smart home command center, sources detail a new AirTag coming in 2025, and more  —  With its heavy reliance on China, Apple remains vulnerable to Donald Trump's tariffs.  But Tim Cook likely has a plan to soften the blow.
Bloomberg:
Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams  —  - Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faced off in heavily anticipated bout  — Users complained on social media of difficulty watching fight
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John Hendel / Politico:
Trump says FCC commissioner Brendan Carr will chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission  —  Carr can assume control of the agency once Trump takes office in January.  —  President-elect Donald Trump …
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Q&A with Future of Life Institute co-founder Max Tegmark on AGI, how Elon Musk could constructively engage with the Trump administration on AI safety, and more  —  More than 33,000 people—including a hall of fame of AI experts—signed a March 2023 open letter calling on the tech industry …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail efforts by Google and Meta to sink KOSA, which passed in the Senate almost unanimously, by dividing US House lawmakers with culture war issues  —  Tech giants and their allies lean on culture-war issues to splinter bipartisan support for the bill
GovTech:
US DHS issues guidance on adopting AI in critical infrastructure, identifying AI-driven attacks, targeted attacks on AI systems, and design flaws as core risks  —  A new series of recommendations from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is designed to enable cloud providers, AI developers …
Daniela Dib / Rest of World:
Research center Bitácora Social estimates that six out of 10 catalog sellers in Mexico now sell products from online platforms, including Shein and Temu  —  A large community of catalog saleswomen are selling items from the Chinese platform.  —  • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
Tom Carreras / CoinDesk:
An interview with Juan Carlos Reyes who heads El Salvador's digital asset regulator CNAD, which employs 35, on the agency's crypto regulation approach and more  —  The National Commission of Digital Assets is the agency in charge of regulating crypto in El Salvador, the first nation to accept Bitcoin as legal tender.

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