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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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X: @peteryared, @lucas_shaw, @deggans, @markgurman, @jbflint, @jbflint, @stoolpresidente, @kantrowitz, @film_girl, @richontech, @taylor_soper, @film_girl, @ashleevance, @richontech, @larrymadowo, @erratarob, @mikeisaac, @alexrkonrad, @mikeisaac, @thetanmay, @erratarob, @erratarob, @mikeisaac, @jbflint, @jbflint, @eyesaymeme, @kevinadams26, @sherman4949, @sherman4949, and @ludwigahgren. Forums: r/television
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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.
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Threads: @markgurman and @markgurman
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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: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised — Carrier joins growing list of known victims, including AT&T and Verizon, of the major Chinese spying operation
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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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300B as part of a recent buyback offer, one of its highest valuations ever — Investors see Trump victory as a positive with threat of TikTok ban looming in U.S. — TikTok parent ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300 billion …
More: Reuters, NewsBytes, Nairametrics, Wall Street Pit, TechCrunch, and BNN Bloomberg
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The US FTC's DNC Registry data shows the agency received ~1.1M consumer complaints about robocalls in FY 2024, down from ~1.2M in FY 2023 and 3.4M+ in FY 2021 — FTC releases annual Do Not Call Registry Data Book showing total reports about unwanted calls decreased further in 2024
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Ukraine's drone suppliers are using US-based Auterion's tech to ramp up production of automated attack drones that are cheap and can evade electronic jamming — Kyiv's drone suppliers are ramping up production of computer-guided drones that are cheap and can't be electronically jammed
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LinkedIn: Lisa Hammitt and Michael Shoebridge
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Sources: Tata Electronics agrees to buy a 60% stake in Pegatron's iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu, India, forming a joint venture, and will run the daily operations — India's Tata Electronics has agreed to buy a majority stake in Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron's only iPhone plant in India …
More: AppleInsider, Times of India, Financial Express, Patently Apple, and NewsBytes
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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 … | Gavin Anderegg / anderegg.ca: |
Bluesky is working to become fully decentralized but it could take years amid financial concerns as it makes money only by selling domains for usernames — November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky.
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Bluesky: @sewerliberal.bsky.social, @stark.soy, @danny.page, @conraddoucette.bsky.social, @levikornelsen.itch.io, @stephenmcgann.uk, @ianfogg.bsky.social, @davidgerard.co.uk, @gavin.anderegg.ca, @kachumbali.bsky.social, @davidbisset.com, @stoddart.bsky.social, and @jonworth.eu
Forums: Hacker News, r/AnythingGoesNews, and lobste.rs
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Investigation: Microsoft offered the US government free cybersecurity upgrades in 2021, increasing government reliance on Microsoft due to high switching costs — - Raising the Bar: President Joe Biden asked tech companies to “raise the bar on cybersecurity.”| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
An Ohio man is sentenced to three years for running crypto mixer Helix, which laundered $311M+ from 2014 to 2017; he must forfeit $311M+ and assets worth $400M+ — The operator of the cryptocurrency mixing service Helix was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday.Sponsor Posts
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