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Sources: US FTC has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft, focusing on its cloud and software licensing business and its cybersecurity and AI products — - FTC has sent detailed information demand to Microsoft — Questions focus on software licensing, cybersecurity and AI| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
The US FTC is investigating Uber after customers complained the company signed them up for Uber One without their consent and made it difficult to cancel — - Agency opened investigation into Uber One service this year — Uber's lawyers complained about agency's push for a settlement
More: PYMNTS.com, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Benzinga
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Sources: Elon Musk's xAI plans to debut a consumer app as soon as December; the startup built its Colossus data center, which uses 100K Nvidia GPUs, in 122 days — The Tesla CEO is racing to make xAI, which launched after its competitors, the world's most advanced AI company
More: Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, TheGamer, PC Gamer, Seeking Alpha, Cryptopolitan, Tech Startups, The Verge, The Economist, WinBuzzer, Mashable, PCMag, Watcher Guru, The Information, Quartz, CNET, Crypto Briefing, and Blue's News
X: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @tunguz, @marvid_ai, @evandolgow, @pgelsinger, @tobyphln, and @patrickmoorhead. Forums: r/teslainvestorsclub
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More: Spyglass, New York Post, Cautious Optimism, Forbes, The Information, Insider Gaming, and Benzinga
X: @danprimack, @mattturck, @tanarrowz, @danprimack, @trungtphan, @xdaily, @faizsays, and @wendysiegelman
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Filing: Google asks a US federal appeals court to throw out the Epic ruling that would force it to overhaul the Play Store, as it competes with Apple and more — Google said in a filing Wednesday that US District Judge James Donato's ruling is flawed and asked that the outcome of the long-running litigation be set aside.
More: PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Forbes, 9to5Google, and MediaPost
| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Chinese self-driving company Pony.AI raised $413.4M in its US IPO, after pricing shares at $13, which rose 19% at open, giving it a nearly $5.4B market cap — - IPO priced at top of marketed range raised $260 million — Firm also agreed private placements worth $153.4 million
More: Pony AI Inc., Pandaily, CnEVPost, Reuters, Benzinga, MarketWatch, MarketWatch, Nikkei Asia, SiliconANGLE, Pony AI Inc., Proactive, Fast Company, Tech Startups, TechCrunch, Barron's Online, Crunchbase News, Self Drive News, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg
X: @tonypengcomms, @nasdaqexchange, and @nasdaqexchange
| Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile's CSO says “suspicious behavior, discovery-type commands” on the company's network devices tipped it off to the suspected Salt Typhoon-linked breach — - Carrier says the unauthorized activity resembled Salt Typhoon — Companies trying to work together to avert further hacks| Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: investigators suspect Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 dragged its anchor for 100+ miles to sever two Baltic internet cables, possibly at the behest of Russia — NATO warships surround Yi Peng 3, a Chinese bulk carrier at the center of an international probe into suspected sabotage
More: TechCrunch and Engadget
Bluesky: @martinsfp.bsky.social. X: @thorstenbenner, @ajitpai, @airassets, @mandarkagade, @brianhioe, and @auonsson
Forums: r/Slovenia and r/europe
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Sources: Trump's team interviewed Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner and strong proponent of crypto and fintech companies, as a candidate to lead the SEC — - Atkins is a proponent of crypto and fintech companies — Uyeda, Tarbert and Stebbins have also been in contention| New York Times: |
Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November 27; sources: Zuckerberg, who has had a strained relationship with Trump, initiated the meeting — The president-elect has long been critical of Mr. Zuckerberg's social media platforms, saying they censor conservative viewpoints.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Italy, Europol, and others say they dismantled a pirate streaming service that redistributed IPTV, Sky, DAZN, and more to 22M+ users, making €250M+ per month — An international law enforcement operation has dismantled a pirate streaming service that served over 22 million users worldwide … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta appears to be developing a Threads feature inspired by Bluesky's “starter packs”, with profiles “handpicked by people on Threads” for users to follow — Hoping to quell some of the momentum behind social network Bluesky, a competitor to X and Meta's Threads …
More: Social Media Today, The Tech Basic, Engadget, TechCrunch, MediaPost, Business Insider, NewsBytes, and Axios
Threads: @mosseri, @bluesky_social, @chris, @carnage4life, @tituszban, @mistakenotmy, @joesbrat67, @eshumarneedi, @jrlebbs, @wongmjane, @cotyrosenblath, @chris, @tomwarrenuk, @vishesh92, @matthewfacciani, and @mayfield_ross. Mastodon: @countablenewt …
Bluesky: @earleyedition.bsky.social, @rose.bsky.team, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @aisupremacy.bsky.social, @dannygroner.bsky.social, @cameronwilson.bsky.social, @samfr.bsky.social, @rose.bsky.team, and @darthbluesky.bsky.social
Forums: r/BlueskySocial and r/BlueskySocial
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Filing: Intel's $7.86B US government subsidy requires the company to own at least 50.1% of Intel Foundry if the unit is split into a new privately held entity — Intel (INTC.O) said on Wednesday its deal for $7.86 billion in U.S. government subsidies restricts the company's ability …
Forums: r/hardware
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Cloudflare says it lost 55% of all logs pushed to customers over a 3.5-hour period due to a bug on November 14; Cloudflare sends ~4.5T logs to customers daily — Internet security giant Cloudflare announced that it lost 55% of all logs pushed to customers over a 3.5-hour period due to a bug …
More: CSO, The Cloudflare Blog, TechRadar, and The Register
| Alex Stedman / IGN: |
Sony says it has sold 160M+ PlayStation 2 units globally since its 2000 launch, the highest-selling console of all time, followed by the Nintendo DS and Switch — It's the highest-selling console of all time. — In honor of the PlayStation's 30th anniversary, Sony has launched …
More: Sony, Game Developer, TheGamer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott, Gameranx, TechSpot, HotHardware, Destructoid, Pure Xbox, KitGuru, Eurogamer.net, and GamesIndustry.biz
Bluesky: @emilprotalinski.bsky.social and @kylebrussell.bsky.social
X: @stealth40k, @zhugeex, @zhugeex, and @zhugeex
| Ana Altchek / Business Insider: |
On Joe Rogan's podcast, Marc Andreessen criticizes the “raw administrative power” of US agencies like the CFPB, SEC, and FTC, discusses Elon Musk and DOGE, more — - Marc Andreessen discussed Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Joe Rogan's podcast.
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X: @palmerluckey, @basedtorba, @banklesshq, @caitlinlong_, @eladgil, @basedtorba, @pmarca, @aaronjbkofsky, @elonmusk, @aaronjbkofsky, @brian_armstrong, @donaldjtrumpjr, @nic__carter, @thezvi, @benaverbook, @qwqiao, @nick_pennie, @campbelljaustin, @nic__carter, @prestonjbyrne, @growing_daniel, @benswann_, @basedbeffjezos, @amasad, @joeykrug, @growing_daniel, @arrington, @elonmusk, @rob_weissman, @chrisvanhollen, @robblackwellab, @fscdems, @aarondklein, @repgreglandsman, @dylangyauchl, @freddyriz, @senkatiebritt, @elonmusk, @matthewstoller, @davidsacks, @walterkirn, @aridavidpaul, @bgurley, @alexh_johnson, @matthewstoller, @econliberties, @johnedeaton1, @mehdirhasan, @helaineolen, @public_citizen, @vivekgramaswamy, @danprimack, @davidsegalri, @cernovich, @geiger_capital, @ryangrim, @bgurley, @womandefiner, @lhfang, @dorajfacundo, @austen, @autismcapital, and @lhfang. Forums: r/JoeRogan
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Chat is rolling out huddles to let users instantly start an audio-first meeting, with a floating window displaying controls to add video or share screens — As previewed in August of 2023, Google Chat is adding an audio-first meeting feature called “Huddles” that are described as being “instant-on.”
More: Google Workspace Updates and The Verge
| Marty Swant / Digiday: |
US filing: Google sent subpoenas in October 2024 to OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft for the remedies part of the US v. Google search antitrust trial — For the remedies phase in the Google search antitrust trial, the giant has subpoenaed three of its biggest rivals — OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft.| Jon Henley / The Guardian: |
Romania's regulator calls for TikTok's suspension after an ultranationalist's shock first-round win fueled by viral TikTok videos, amid vote interference fears — Far-right, pro-Moscow candidate Călin Georgescu came from 5% in polls to win presidential election's first round
More: Politico, Financial Times, Politico, El País, Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald, Euronews, BNN Bloomberg, Politico, Укр …, Universul.net, euronews on YouTube, The Gateway Pundit, Euronews, Asia Financial, Euronews, Euronews, Romania Insider, and bne IntelliNews
X: @dan_tfhc, @paulaerizanu, @paulaerizanu, @mikiashvili_m, @daractenus, @joni_askola, and @daractenus. Forums: r/neoliberal
| The Information: |
Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at a16z, is leaving the firm; source: he has talked to Elon Musk about joining the Department of Government Efficiency — Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former product leader at Twitter, is leaving the firm four years after joining …
More: Bloomberg and Coinpedia Fintech News
X: @brij, @nmasc_, @scobleizer, @sriramk, @pmarca, @brian_armstrong, @stevesi, @dwr, and @ktmboyle
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in the Mate 70, 70 Pro, 70 Pro+, and X6 is its first fully self-developed mobile OS that reportedly doesn't use open-source Android code — Huawei on Tuesday launched the Mate 70 series of smartphones that can run on the company's latest self-developed operating system … | Paul Triolo / American Affairs Journal: |
More: Wall Street Journal, GSMArena.com, Wired, Huawei Central, and TrendForce News
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