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December 10, 2024, 1:55 AM

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OpenAI:
OpenAI launches Sora in select countries; ChatGPT Pro offers up to 500 videos per month at up to 1080p, and ChatGPT Plus offers up to 50 videos at up to 720p  —  We're moving our video generation model out of research preview.  —  Learn more System Card  —  Our video generation model …
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John Russell / HPCwire:
Google says it made a major quantum error correction breakthrough, unveils its Willow quantum chip with 105 improved qubits, and shares benchmarks and a roadmap  —  Google today introduced its latest quantum chip — Willow (~100 qubits) — coinciding with two key achievements run on the new chip …
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Norwegian payment service Vipps launches the world's first Apple Pay alternative on iOS, following Apple's move to open NFC access to developers from iOS 18.1  —  Norwegian payment service Vipps has become the world's first company to launch a competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone …
Patrick McKenzie / Bits about Money:
A deep dive into “debanking”, which crypto advocates, including a16z, claim has been used against them by US political actors and agencies without due process  —  Recently, noted VC Marc Andreessen kicked off a discussion about debanking, in a podcast with his co-founder Ben Horowitz …
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $14.06B, vs. $14.1B est., and signs a deal with Meta to train Llama models on Oracle's cloud; ORCL drops 7%+ after hours  —  Oracle shares slid 7% in extended trading on Monday after the database software company reported fiscal second-quarter results …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
In mockups on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $72-per-year or $8-per-month subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more  —  Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions.  The company first announced plans to develop …
Issie Lapowsky / Rest of World:
How WhatsApp evolved from a messaging app into a business messaging growth platform, aggressively luring big businesses to its suite of paid messaging products  —  WhatsApp is already the world's most widely used messaging app.  Meta wants it to be a lot more.  —  • PHILADELPHIA, UNITED STATES
Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
Filing: TikTok asks a US court to put on hold a law forcing a sale or ban of the app until SCOTUS can review it and the Trump admin can determine its position  —  TikTok asked that a US law forcing a sale or ban of the app by China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. be put on hold to give the US Supreme Court a chance to review.
Kali Hays / Fortune:
Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju says the startup, now focused on its API and licensing, has seen “triple digit growth” and has “a clean balance sheet, no debt”  —  Stability AI's CEO said the company' was back in growth mode after a rough period, with business …

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