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Q&A with The Verge EIC Nilay Patel on a likely FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Elon Musk's alliance with Donald Trump and how it threatens the First Amendment, and more — “All of these men are now hopelessly trapped in a problem their own platforms and algorithms created.”| Bloomberg: |
Trump names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr as FCC chair; Carr floated limiting Section 230 and says the FCC has “an important role to play reining in Big Tech” — - Senior Republican on panel seeks to rein in tech, backs Musk — Carr wrote a chapter of Project 2025 on the FCC's priorities
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MicroStrategy bought ~51,780 bitcoin for ~$4.6B between November 11 and November 17, its largest purchase since starting in 2020, and now holds $29B+ in bitcoin — - Firm announced a $21 billion equity sale plan last month — Sold 13.6 million shares in past week to fund Bitcoin purchase| New York Times: |
How Substack is betting on politics content and recruiting stars like Nate Silver, as profits remain elusive; sources: Elon Musk sought to buy it in April 2023 — The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars.
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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.
More: T3, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, Macworld, MacRumors, PCMag, TechRadar, AppleInsider, Pocket-lint, Phandroid, Cord Cutters News, BGR, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Android Headlines, MacDailyNews, Business Standard, O'Grady's PowerPage, Supercharged, Neowin, Lowyat.NET, MySmartPrice, nextpit, Inside Orchard, Engadget, The Verge, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, MacRumors, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, FlatpanelsHD, and Wccftech
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Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
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How Wall Street is preparing to cash in on AI hysteria; analysis: delivering on AI's promise will require $1T+ for data centers, electricity, and comms networks — Finance's biggest names are ready to gatecrash the artificial-intelligence party. — At a dinner hosted by some of Morgan … | Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Roblox debuts new parental controls and gatekeeping features, like letting parents link accounts to a child's and banning text chat for under 13s outside games — Videogame company has denied the allegations and says the new protections were planned before a short seller's report| Pew Research Center: |
News influencers survey: 20% of US adults say they get news from social media influencers, 85% of influencers are on X and 27% identify as right-wing, and more — The creators and consumers in the world of news and information on social media — Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Sources and ads: Foxconn tells recruiters that help hire iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age, gender, and marital criteria and its name from job ads — Apple supplier Foxconn has ordered the hiring agents that help recruit iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age …
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, PhoneArena, Livemint, Times of India, Business Today, and Tech in Asia. X: @munsifv
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Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt trials its digital wallet in Belgium to let 7M citizens receive social services and share data with businesses, as he worries about AI — The inventor of the World Wide Web is on a laudable mission to give everyone control of their online data. He's fighting an uphill battle.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Trump's transition team is looking for candidates to lead the US Department of Transportation and develop a framework to regulate autonomous vehicles — - Policy leaders are being pursued for key Musk priority — Tesla CEO, named to efficiency role, plans push on robotaxis
More: Reuters, Financial Times, Fast Company, Jalopnik, Electrek, Quartz, TESLARATI, Proactive, Fortune, EV, Notebookcheck, and Benzinga
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Forums: r/waymo, r/technology, r/politics, r/Law_and_Politics, r/MVIS, r/SelfDrivingCars, and r/lazr
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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 …
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