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| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute — - Biden administration says Chinese control of app is threat — TikTok says law infringes rights of 170 million Americans
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Threads: @mgsiegler and @mgsiegler
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law — Groups alleging China's government has engaged in human-rights violations argue U.S. Constitution does not protect TikTok as “an unregistered foreign agent”| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation — A stronger non-profit supported by the for-profit's success. — OpenAI's Board of Directors is evaluating our corporate structure …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
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| Reuters: |
Experts say hackers compromised several companies' Chrome browser extensions, including Cyberhaven's, in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December — Hackers have compromised several different companies' Chrome browser extensions in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December …
More: TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, SiliconANGLE, Vulnerable U, Android Headlines, The Record, and CyberInsider
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @zackwhittaker, and @mattjay.com
X: @jaimeblascob, @swiftonsecurity, @jaimeblascob, @swiftonsecurity, @swiftonsecurity, @jaimeblascob, @swiftonsecurity, @jaimeblascob, and @swiftonsecurity. LinkedIn: Or Eshed. Forums: Slashdot
| Greg Otto / CyberScoop: |
The US says it has identified a ninth telecom company impacted by the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the number of individuals directly impacted is “less than 100” — In an update Friday, the White House says nine telecom companies were impacted by the Chinese espionage effort. — Learn more.
More: Associated Press, BleepingComputer, The Verge, Cybersecurity Dive, Bloomberg, The Record, Reuters, WebProNews, Politico, USA Today, and HealthcareInfoSecurity.com
Bluesky: @metacurity.com and @gregotto
| Bloomberg: |
Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea — “Most criteria envisaged by the law are in favor of the extradition demands from the institutions of the United States of America …
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X: @zguz and @coryklippsten
| Angrej Singh / Axios: |
Some conservative critics of Elon Musk allege censorship and claim they were stripped of their X verification badges after challenging his views on H-1B visas — - Since Musk purchased Twitter and implemented sweeping staff cuts, it's often been difficult to get answers as to whether …
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Forums: r/FreeSpeech and r/KnowledgeFight
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TSMC says it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan, located in Kumamoto, producing 12nm to 28nm chips for use in cars and image sensors — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Friday it has started mass production at its first factory in Japan … | Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Tron founder Justin Sun, who wants to be the “Elon Musk of the crypto world” and advises the Trump-backed crypto project World Liberty Financial — The Tron blockchain entrepreneur courts attention, and backs the president-elect — President-elect Donald Trump's newest ally …
X: @bettermarkets and @aosipovich
| Financial Times: |
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts — US tech group is rolling out a range of artificial intelligence tools to drive engagement
More: PYMNTS.com and Forbes
Bluesky: @chadloder, @mollytaft.com, @minimaxir, @theopriestley.com, @mumbly-joe, and @lukaszolejnik
| Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information: |
Bookkeeping startup Bench, which raised $100M+ including from Shopify, closes down effective immediately; several employees say Bench also laid off staff — Bench, a Vancouver, Canada-based bookkeeping startup that had raised more than $100 million from well-known venture capital firms …
More: GeekWire, TechCrunch, and Globe and Mail
X: @lulumeservey, @anammostarac, @kepano, @ianwcrosby, @bhallcpa, @aymanalabdul, @ianwcrosby, @asanwal, @andrew__rea, @rohitdotmittal, @ianwcrosby, @ianwcrosby, @canadakaz, @ianwcrosby, @tommygriffith, @maccaw, @ianwcrosby, @jasonbosco, @travis_jamison, @ianwcrosby, @bryce, @patio11, @jineshshah36, @nmasc_, @ianwcrosby, and @andrew__rea
LinkedIn: David Morgantini, Greg O'Brien, CPA, Anne Hughes, and Max Ezerzer
Forums: Hacker News and r/vancouver
| Mohar Chatterjee / Politico: |
OpenAI is tripling the size of its DC policy team to 12 and beefing up its lobbying as it tries to promote a sweeping plan for cheaper energy to data centers — The AI industry wants Trump's Washington to embrace it as a bulwark against China. OpenAI is trying to lead the pack.
Bluesky: @brianckeegan.com
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
DeepSeek-V3 sometimes identifies itself as ChatGPT when asked which model it is; some speculate that its training datasets may contain text generated by ChatGPT — Earlier this week, DeepSeek, a well-funded Chinese AI lab, released an “open” AI model that beats many rivals on popular benchmarks.
More: Yahoo Finance. X: @emollick, @giffmana, @distributionat, @sama, @mathemagic1an, @adonis_singh, @abacaj, @goodside, @rand_longevity, @daveshapi, @sarlloc, and @entaq. Forums: Slashdot
| Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
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Bluesky: @digthatdata. X: @karpathy, @tunguz, @deepseek_ai, @emostaque, @drjimfan, @eladgil, @dnystedt, @charlesrollet1, @lmsysorg, @richardsocher, @kimmonismus, @arankomatsuzaki, @amasad, @abhishekn, @emollick, @amasad, @jbohnslav, @nrehiew_, @nrehiew_, @hosseeb, @kimmonismus, @theblackauroras, @nearcyan, @garybasin, @seunghyunseo7, @menhguin, @balajis, @rasbt, @casper_hansen_, @scaling01, @casper_hansen_, @teknium1, @terryyuezhuo, @reach_vb, @tensor_fusion, @goodside, @teortaxestex, @balajis, @alexocheema, @shravvmehtaa, @antimatter15, @wordgrammer, @gallabytes, @simeon_cps, @vincentweisser, @reach_vb, @jiayq, @vin_sachi, @hsu_steve, @tom_doerr, @saranormous, @deanwball, @scaling01, @yigitkonur, @jsevillamol, @nikunj, @openrouterai, @scaling01, @tom_doerr, @dtrinh, @anjneymidha, @jacobrintamaki, @artificialguybr, @casper_hansen_, @eturner303, @lm_zheng, @xlr8harder, @nrehiew_, @test_tm7873, @andrewcurran_, @deedydas, @amasad, @alexandr_wang, @tydsh, @itspaulai, and @tim_dettmers
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