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November 18, 2024, 11:10 AM

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Oliver Darcy / Status:
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
Bloomberg:
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
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.
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.
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
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
The Information:
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 …
Reuters:
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 …

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