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Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children under 16, brushing aside lawmaker concerns on both sides; tech companies could be fined up to A$50M — - Australia's social media laws to be among strictest in world — Children under age of 16 will be banned from opening accounts
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, and r/worldnews
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US FTC opens an antitrust investigation into 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
More: New York Times, The Register, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, Computerworld, CNN, Tech Monitor, Reuters, Washington Post, The Verge, ITPro, Forbes, Reuters, Proactive, TechPowerUp, WinBuzzer, Android Headlines, Thurrott, The Information, Pixel Envy, Benzinga, Seattle Business Journal, 80 Level, BetaNews, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, Investing.com, Seeking Alpha, Reuters, Capital Brief, and Tech in Asia
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Ofcom: 22.9M UK adults visited Reddit in May 2024, up 47% YoY, making it the fifth biggest social media platform in the UK, above X's 22.1M and LinkedIn's 18.3M — Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK
Bluesky: @mattnavarra.com. X: @jim_edwards. LinkedIn: Ollie Wrighton. Forums: r/CasualUK, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/technology, r/europe, and r/unitedkingdom
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ofcom: UK adults now spend 4 hours and 20 minutes on average daily online, a jump from 3 hours and 41 minutes in 2023, which was only an 8-minute bump over 2022 — Adults are spending an average of 4 hours and 20 minutes each day online across smartphones, tablets and computers in the U.K. … | Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Microsoft says a feature to let US users play and buy Xbox games from the Xbox app on Android is “ready to go live as soon as the court makes a final decision” — A few weeks ago, Microsoft exec Sarah Bond said that in November, “players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android.”
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/Android, r/xbox, and r/xcloud
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba releases QwQ-32B-Preview under an Apache 2.0 license and claims the “reasoning” AI model beats OpenAI's o1 models on the AIME and MATH tests — A new so-called “reasoning” AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has arrived on the scene. It's one of the few to rival OpenAI's o1 …
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X: @natolambert, @alibaba_qwen, @victormustar, @justinlin610, and @victormustar. Forums: r/singularity
| 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, talks Elon Musk and DOGE, and more — - Marc Andreessen discussed Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Joe Rogan's podcast.
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
The US FTC finalizes amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule, letting the agency pursue scam tech support companies even when consumers initiate the calls — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), making it easier to protect consumers …
More: Engadget, Federal Trade Commission, Silicon Republic, Android Authority, ISPreview UK, and PYMNTS.com. X: @ftc
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Trump's team interviewed Paul Atkins, a former US 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
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X: @edzitron, @tonyguoga, @s_alderoty, @intangiblecoins, and @deitaone
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Young founders and coders applying for Elon Musk's DOGE cite a range of professional and civic motivations; sources say DOGE is seeking 100 full-time DC hires — The incoming Trump administration's planned agency for cutting government excess is seeking 100 full-time hires in the nation's capital … | The Information: |
More: Business Insider, YourStory.com, and Bloomberg
X: @sriramk, @pmarca, @nmasc_, @scobleizer, @brian_armstrong, @stevesi, @brij, @dwr, and @ktmboyle
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
The US FTC is investigating Uber over Uber One's enrollment and cancellation process; Uber says “Uber One members can easily cancel their membership in the app” — - Agency opened investigation into Uber One service this year — Uber's lawyers complained about agency's push for a settlement
More: Android Authority, BBC, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Benzinga
| Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile's CSO says “suspicious behavior, discovery-type commands” on the company's network routers tipped it off to the potentially Salt Typhoon-linked breach — - Carrier says the unauthorized activity resembled Salt Typhoon — Companies trying to work together to avert further hacks| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Google asks a US federal appeals court to throw out the Epic ruling that would force it to overhaul Google Play, arguing 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: Reuters, Android Headlines, 9to5Google, TipRanks Financial, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, Forbes, and MediaPost
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Spotify stops allowing developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features, like song and artist recommendations and Audio Analysis — Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within …
More: Spotify for Developers, Music Ally, and The Spotify Community
| Wall Street Journal: |
How Huawei and other Chinese tech companies are bombarding workers in Taiwan, Europe, and Silicon Valley with job offers in areas like advanced chips and AI — Huawei offered triple pay to lure staff from a key supplier of chip-making parts, sparking German investigation| Niall Firth / MIT Technology Review: |
How Altera deployed up to 1,000 AI agents that used LLMs to interact in Minecraft, finding that they formed a remarkable range of personality traits and roles — Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn't just survive — they thrived. They developed in-game jobs, shared memes …
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