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SCOTUS says it will hear a challenge from TikTok, ByteDance, and TikTok users on January 10 to the law that could lead to the US banning the app on January 19 — Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will take up a challenge to a new law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S.
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Bluesky: @attorneynora, @stevevladeck, @daphnek, @anupamchander, @kateconger.com, @stevevladeck, @daphnek, and @lorak
X: @tiktokpolicy, @eff, @vecchtweets, @jacobhuebert, @aaronparnas, @rmfifthcircuit, @adamkovac, @mikesacksesq, @annabower, @joemosch, @sarahpperry, @neamarahmani, @marctshort, @kylegriffin1, @polymarket, @derektmuller, @joshdivinemo, @richardmre, @ronaldrichards, @markwarner, @stevenmazie, @joshgerstein, @jimmyhooverdc, @ebakerwhite, @munster_gene, @steve_vladeck, and @macaesbruno. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: r/geopolitics, r/technology, r/politics, r/news, and r/technews
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Apple says Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the EU's DMA, more than any other company, and that these could affect users' privacy and security — Apple (AAPL.O) on Wednesday hit out at Meta Platforms (META.O), saying its numerous requests to access the iPhone maker's software tools …
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X: @andymstone, @markgurman, and @andymstone
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| Bloomberg: |
The European Commission has pressed Apple to rework iOS so that it's more compatible with smartwatches, earbuds, headsets, and other devices from competitors — - Apple cites concerns that Meta access may undermine privacy — EU watchdog has pressed company to rework iOS operating system| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US is investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has a ~65% US market share in homes and SMBs, and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025 — TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks — U.S. authorities are investigating whether …
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Bluesky: @shiraovide, @shiraovide, @sambiddle.com, @sambiddle.com, and @metacurity.com
Threads: @dsilverman and @pkedrosky
X: @rgb_lights, @laughing_mantis, @kate_okeeffe, @matrosov, @kate_okeeffe, @laraseligman, @verambergen, @tomcottonar, @jsrailton, @ericgeller, @dnvolz, @jsrailton, @joellthayer, @thomasgermain, @dnvolz, and @jsrailton. LinkedIn: Jason Livingood
Forums: Hacker News, r/homelab, r/privacy, r/TpLink, r/TPLink_Omada, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub offers Copilot in VS Code for free with 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month; GitHub now has 150M developers, up from 100M in early 2023 — Microsoft-owned GitHub today announced a free version of its popular Copilot code completion/AI pair programming tool …
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LinkedIn: Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Dylan Thomas, and Ricardo Ferreira
Forums: Hacker News, r/FlutterDev, r/OpenAI, and r/mAndroidDev
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI debuts a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging the number via WhatsApp globally — OpenAI on Wednesday rolled out a new way to talk to its viral chatbot: 1-800-CHATGPT. — By dialing the U.S. number …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Source: Perplexity raised $500M led by Institutional Venture Partners at a $9B valuation earlier in December, up from a $3B valuation in June 2024 — The company's valuation has tripled since June. … The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners and completed earlier this month … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has halted work on a project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service, which had been in development since 2022 and set to launch then — - Much-delayed program had been in development since around 2022 — Company also shut down Pay Later offering earlier this year
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Bluesky: @filmgirl. Threads: @markgurman. X: @markgurman. Forums: r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Will Judd / Eurogamer.net: |
Sony details the PS5 Pro's specs, including an AMD RDNA 2-based GPU with 16.7TF of performance and ray tracing improvements, and announces an AMD partnership — Plus: what this all means for future PlayStation hardware. — When Sony revealed the PlayStation 5 Pro, it did so in a very different manner …
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel announces the first updates to address Arrow Lake's gaming performance issues, fixing four of the five root causes, and plans a final update for January — Time to test. — Intel announced that its first wave of updates to address the gaming performance issues plaguing the Arrow Lake processors is now available.| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Micron reports Q1 revenue up 84% YoY to $8.71B, in line with est., Q2 revenue forecast below est. due to sluggish phone and PC demand; MU drops 15%+ after hours — - Strong AI growth isn't offsetting a slowdown elsewhere — Micron CEO cites weakness in consumer-oriented markets| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Flipboard launches Surf, an app for creating custom feeds from Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS, podcasts, and YouTube, in beta for Android, iOS, and iPadOS — Fourteen years ago, when the iPad was new and bursting with unfulfilled promise, an app called Flipboard debuted.
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| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Florida-based data center operator Vultr raised $333M led by LuminArx Capital Management and AMD Ventures at a $3.5B valuation, its first outside funding round — AMD's investment is part of how the chip giant plans to make a dent in the artificial intelligence chip market dominated by Nvidia
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Threads rolls out a way to reshare photos and videos without quote posting, but still crediting the original poster; users can turn off the resharing feature — Threads is rolling out a new feature that lets you share someone's photos and videos without including the original post.
More: Engadget and TechCrunch
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: neobank Chime confidentially files for a US IPO, aiming to go public in 2025; Chime had a $25B valuation in August 2021 — - Fintech was last valued at $25 billion in 2021 tech boom — Chime aims to disrupt banking with digital fee-free offering| Bloomberg: |
SandboxAQ, which aims to apply quantum tech and techniques to AI, raised $300M+ from Alger, Yann LeCun, and others at a $5.6B+ valuation to hire more engineers — - Former Alphabet division focuses on quantum and AI tech — CEO Jack Hidary staffing up with more Ph.D.s and engineers
More: HPCwire, PYMNTS.com, FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, Invezz, and The Quantum Insider
LinkedIn: Suzannah Radack, Christina Gavrishov, Gregg Hill, and JB Norcott
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
After a rough year, Intel says its $250 Arc B580 “Battlemage” GPU, which received near-universal praise from reviewers, has already sold out at most retailers — While we haven't managed to review it ourselves due to a fluke issue, the $250 Arc B580 “Battlemage” …
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Mastodon: @jeffkibuule@sfba.social. X: @rogeeroger, @ancientgameplay, and @niktekofficial. LinkedIn: Hannah S.
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/intel, r/pcgaming, r/pcmasterrace, and r/IntelArc
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk has tapped Steve Davis, who oversaw Twitter's cost-cutting, former US CTO Michael Kratsios, and others to interview potential DOGE candidates — - Executive from Boring, ex-Trump aide help in hiring push — Musk's DOGE initiative seeks to cut government spending, size| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Chinese self-driving trucking company TuSimple rebrands to CreateAI, in a pivot to generative AI for video games and animation, and debuts its first model, Ruyi — Embattled Chinese autonomous trucking company TuSimple has rebranded to CreateAI, focusing on video games and animation, the company announced Thursday.
More: Reuters, Tech in Asia, CreateAI, and Benzinga
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon delayed RTO dates for some staff in at least seven cities, like Austin, Dallas, and Phoenix, by up to four months, citing a lack of office space — - Company is struggling to find space in at least seven cities — Start dates are being pushed back as much as four months
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Bluesky: @mattmday, @ianpatterson.com, @carnage4life, and @davecl
Mastodon: @drahardja@sfba.social and @cdarwin@c.im. LinkedIn: Spencer Soper. Forums: r/wallstreetbets
| Financial Times: |
Omdia estimates Microsoft bought 485K of Nvidia's Hopper GPUs in 2024, ByteDance and Tencent bought ~230K each, Meta bought 224K, and Tesla/xAI bought ~200K — OpenAI's biggest backer buys nearly half a million GPUs this year in global race to build artificial intelligence systems
More: TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance, Windows Central, PC Gamer, Wall Street Pit, and DatacenterDynamics
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon unveils new packaging for its Echo, Kindle, and Fire TV products that removes plastic bags, and uses less paper, less ink, and more recycled fibers — Some boxes delivered by Amazon will have the same look on the inside as they do on the outside as devices from the company …
More: About Amazon and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Q&A with Microsoft CPO of Responsible AI Sarah Bird on generative AI, its impact on work, Copilot products, OpenAI, AGI, AI agents, testing for bias, and more — Chief product officer of ‘responsible AI’ says the focus needs to be on augmenting — not replicating — human capabilities| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
A look at Microsoft's risky Xbox strategy, where exclusives are the exception; sources say Microsoft is working on cross-platform Xbox interface Project Rainway — Microsoft's strategy has Xbox's core fans upset about the future of console hardware. Today, we're going to analyze the strategy …
More: The Information, Kotaku, KitGuru, Pure Xbox, Video Games Chronicle, and Forbes
Bluesky: @carnage4life and @danielrubino.com
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