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The Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251M over a Facebook breach that affected ~29M users globally and ~3M in the EU and EEA in September 2018 — Meta has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) in the European Union for a Facebook security breach that affected millions … | Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal: |
The European Commission opens a formal DSA investigation into TikTok over concerns foreign actors used it to interfere in the Romanian presidential elections — The probe comes after judges in the country annulled the outcome of the first round of presidential elections, citing concerns of Russian interference
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Framework releases a $39 modular component to add two extra M.2 slots to the Laptop 16, letting users have 26TB+ of storage, and updates the Laptop 16's cooling — The most ambitious laptop ever made just got a long-promised modular upgrade. … At launch, you only had two options …
More: Framework Blog, Thurrott, Tom's Hardware, TechPowerUp, and XDA Developers
| NBC News: |
Source: Trump meets with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Mar-a-Lago, the same day that the company asks the Supreme Court to block the law that could ban the app — President-elect Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok in 2020 but was blocked by the courts. He has since changed his position on the issue.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google debuts Whisk, an image generator that takes other images as prompts to suggest the subject, scene, and style, and uses the new, “latest” Imagen 3 version — Google has announced a new AI tool called Whisk that lets you generate images using other images as prompts instead of requiring a long text prompt.
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| Financial Times: |
The UK opens a consultation on AI and copyright, and aims to offer an “opt out” copyright exception, force companies to open models to scrutiny, and more — Consultation could see easier access to copyrighted works but require tech groups to be clearer on what they have used
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Databricks raised $10B from a16z, Thrive, and others at a $62B valuation, among the largest VC raises in history; documents show Databricks has $2.6B in revenue — As CEO of Databricks, Ali Ghodsi has performed a series of ‘strategic surgeries’ to make his company one of the fastest-growing startups in Silicon Valley
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| Sonia Rolley / Reuters: |
Congo files criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain — The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple (AAPL.O) subsidiaries in France and Belgium …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
The US FTC issues long-awaited rules requiring companies to display the full price of hotels, concert tickets, and more up front, rather than hiding “junk fees” — The industries must display the full price of a hotel room, concert ticket or sporting event upfront to customers or face potential federal punishment.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Quartz, TechCrunch, and The Verge
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has 100M+ DAUs, revealing its DAU figure for the first time, and 300M+ MAUs, up from 275M+ MAUs in November 2024 — It's a notable milestone not just because it's a big number; it's also the first time Meta has a daily active user figure publicly.
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| Rishav Chatterjee / Reuters: |
Australia's privacy watchdog says Meta agreed to a AU$50M settlement over a 2020 Cambridge Analytica lawsuit alleging 300K+ Facebook users' data was exposed — The Australian Information Commissioner said on Tuesday it has withdrawn civil penalty proceedings against Meta Platforms (META.O) …
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| Wired: |
Interpol says calling online scams “pig butchering”, a widely used phrase, is unhelpful as gangs “appear to have” created the phrase to describe victims — Experts say the catchall term for online fraud furthers harm against victims and could dissuade people … | CNBC: |
Waymo plans to test its robotaxis in Tokyo in early 2025, its first international expansion, partnering with taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and taxi hailing app GO — Alphabet-owned Waymo announced Monday that it will start testing its autonomous vehicles in Tokyo in early 2025, the company's first step toward international expansion.
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| Elisha Bala-Gbogbo / Reuters: |
Nigeria arrests 792 suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, in a raid on a building believed to be a crypto romance scam call center — Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims …
More: Decrypt, CoinDesk, Protos, Blockchain News, Cryptonews, and The Crypto Times. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Molly White / Bloomberg: |
After Trump's win, a look at what the crypto industry could do next, including weakening financial rules that might protect consumers from the next crypto crash — The industry is now in a position to weaken financial rules that might protect consumers from the next crypto crash.
More: Cryptopolitan
| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
UK-based BVNK, a stablecoin infra startup with ~$40M in annualized revenue, raised a $50M Series B led by Haun Ventures; a source said it values BVNK at ~$750M — As crypto prices soar to all-time highs, venture investors are pouring capital into a red-hot corner of the blockchain industry …
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