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Meta appoints Joel Kaplan as Chief Global Affairs Officer, replacing Nick Clegg, who is leaving the company; Kaplan is Meta's most prominent Republican — THE SCOOP — Meta is overhauling its global policy team, replacing President Nick Clegg with Joel Kaplan, his deputy and the company's …
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Meta required a public statesman like Nick Clegg after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and now turns to the in-house Republican Joel Kaplan to appease Trump — The former UK politician was a public statesman when Meta required one. A different approach will be called for under Trump.
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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon pleads not guilty before a US federal judge in New York to nine counts, including wire fraud, over the $40B TerraUSD collapse — - Kwon was extradited from Montenegro earlier this week — He is also facing fraud prosecution in his native South Korea
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Google fixes a days-old issue wherein Nest Hub and Nest Audio devices stopped responding to basic commands, like about the weather and the time, for many users — Update: Google says the issue is being investigated but should be resolved for most users. — TL;DR| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
A US appeals court rules the FCC did not have legal authority to reinstate net neutrality rules; incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr opposed the 2024 reinstatement — A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have the legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.
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Apple and Strava partner to feature Strava athletes in Apple Fitness+ programming, add more detailed Fitness+ workout summaries in the Strava app, and more — Apple Fitness Plus is getting a fresh makeover in the Strava app. The two companies just announced they're collaborating to revamp …
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Foreign smartphone shipments, including iPhones, to China fell 47.4% YoY in November, following a 44.25% YoY drop in October, marking four months of decline — Shipments to China of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone, fell by 47.4% in November from a year earlier … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Apple and Google removed over six VPN apps, including Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1, from their Indian app stores after the government issued removal orders — More than half-a-dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare's widely-used 1.1.1.1, have been pulled from India's Apple App Store … | Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Anthropic agrees with publishers to stop Claude from providing lyrics to their songs or new lyrics based on copyrighted content, with a court ruling pending — While the case is proceeding, Anthropic's Claude will no longer provide lyrics to songs owned by the music publishers or new lyrics based on copyrighted material.
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Influencer marketing company Later acquires Mavely, which pays commissions to social-media creators for the sales they generate, for $250M in cash and stock — Later, an influencer and social-media marketing company, acquired social commerce app Mavely for $250 million
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China plans to extend its national consumer subsidies to smartphone, tablet, and smartwatch purchases to boost domestic spending as external headwinds pick up — - Expanded trade-in program to cover also tablets, smartwatches — Beijing last month made boosting domestic demand top priority
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Many advertisers on TikTok say they will shift ad dollars if and when a US ban actually takes effect, as the yearslong saga has dulled any real sense of urgency — Status-quo videos still proliferate on the Chinese-owned app, and Madison Avenue remains upbeat just weeks before potential U.S. ban
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