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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 …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Apple agrees to pay $95M to settle a lawsuit claiming it recorded private conversations after Siri was unintentionally activated and shared the data with others  —  Apple (AAPL.O) agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy.
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.
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
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
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority:
Google's Nest Hub and Nest Audio have stopped responding to basic commands, like questions on the weather and time, for many users over the past few days  —  Update: Google says the issue is being investigated but should be resolved for most users.  —  TL;DR
Wall Street Journal:
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
Bloomberg:
Sources: China-backed hackers accessed the computers of senior US Treasury officials; the department's email system and classified data were not breached  —  - Treasury breached in cyberattack US officials blame on China  — Email system, classified data weren't breached by attackers
Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional:
A look at the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act, which was formally introduced in Texas legislature and has very broad negligence liability for developers  —  Texas' onerous AI regulation is formally introduced  —  Happy new year, everyone.  —  Introduction
Bloomberg:
Car rental app Turo, which uses a risk algorithm to screen drivers, was used to book trucks in both fatal New Year's Day incidents in Las Vegas and New Orleans  —  - Startup uses risk algorithm to determine price of each rental  — Attacks in New Orleans, Las Vegas, used Turo vehicles
Yueqi Yang / The Information:
Sources: Morgan Stanley's E-Trade explores adding crypto trading, if the Federal Reserve and others approve, anticipating more favorable regulation under Trump  —  Morgan Stanley's online stock-trading arm, E-Trade, is exploring adding crypto trading in anticipation of a more favorable crypto …

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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Source says “most” journalists at Voice of America were put on administrative leave, a day after Trump signed an EO aimed at eliminating the USAGM

Tara Bennett / AV Club:
How Looney Tunes' first original animated feature got released, as WBD's legacy franchise is at a crossroads, all but abandoned by the studio it helped define

Martin Fackler / New York Times:
A look at Japan's first media nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism, Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa, started eight years ago by Makoto Watanabe

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Telegram rolls out a new account verification method powered by third-parties, new search filters for private chats, and the ability to turn gifts into NFTs
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Asus, Samsung, and MSI separately unveil the world's first 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitors, offering 4K OLED at 240Hz, without sharing release dates or pricing
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Rembrand, which offers AI tools to add product placements in social media videos, raised a $23M Series A and plans to expand to CTV content and add a free tier
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