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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
On Joe Rogan's podcast, Zuckerberg said the Biden administration pushed Meta “super hard” to take down vaccine content, called EU fines a tariff on the US, more — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published on Friday that his company was pressured …
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Threads: @mike_isaac, @rihardjarc, and @richardblais
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Zuckerberg slams Apple, saying it hasn't “really invented anything great in a while”, he's “optimistic” that Apple will “get beat by someone” soon, and more — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined the Joe Rogan Experience podcast today for a wide-ranging interview …
More: The Verge, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, The Hollywood Reporter, Fox News, Mediaite, The Verge, ZeroHedge News, Patently Apple, and The Verge
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X: @timsweeneyepic, @wallstengine, @kakashiii111, @the_ai_investor, and @datadinvesting. Forums: Slashdot
| Angrej Singh / Axios: |
Zuckerberg says Meta's fact-checking was “something out of 1984” and criticized the media for hounding Facebook to clamp down on misinfo after the 2016 election — - Zuckerberg told Rogan, who was a prominent sceptic of the COVID-19 vaccine, that the Biden administration would …
More: The San Francisco Standard and GLAAD
| New York Times: |
Sources detail Zuckerberg's sprint to remake Meta after meeting with Trump at Thanksgiving; he no longer wants to keep his views of how Meta should be run quiet — After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta's speech policies.
More: Business Insider, The Post Millennial, Semafor, and People
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Threads: @jasonkoebler, @carnage4life, @crumbler, @benedictevans, and @kevinroose
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| Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg: |
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Futurism
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
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X: @typewriters and @jon_speaks_
LinkedIn: Georg Zoeller and Matti Schneider
Forums: r/transgender, r/technology, r/DeFranco, r/technology, r/LGBTnews, and r/AnythingGoesNews
| Axios: |
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US — - The moves come just three days after Meta ended many of its efforts to fact-check and police speech on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
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LinkedIn: Joanne Lipman, Sara Sperling, Keirsten Greggs, Joelle Emerson, and Kristen Parisi
Forums: r/JordanPeterson, r/ExperiencedDevs, r/neoliberal, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Memo: Amazon halts some of its DEI programs, saying it is “winding down outdated programs and materials” as part of a broader review of hundreds of initiatives — Amazon is halting some of its diversity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of major corporations …
More: The Information, Axios, Bloomberg, The Verge, TechCrunch, HotAir, Fox Business, Seattle Business Journal, and Business Insider
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Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple opposes a shareholder measure calling for an end to DEI efforts, saying the proposal was an inappropriate attempt to restrict Apple's business operations — Apple Inc. disclosed a 18% pay increase for Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook ahead of its annual meeting next month …
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, Deadline, The Verge, and The Hollywood Reporter. X: @markgurman
| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues — - Roberts points to parent company's close ties to China — Law would ban TikTok on Jan. 19 if ByteDance doesn't sell
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X: @blake_allen13, @ishapiro, @jason_kint, @adamfaze, @jzux, @aricohn, @ecaliberseven, and @taylorlorenz
Forums: r/worldevents, r/WorldOfTShirts, and MacRumors Forums
| Wired: |
A live blog where The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law — We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings of the past several decades. — The US Supreme Court is expected …
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Forums: r/technology, r/JordanPeterson, r/DailyTechNewsShow, and r/NewsWithJingjing
| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and, a source says, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are planning to attend Trump's inauguration events this month — - Tech companies, executives donated to Trump's inaugural fund — Industry trying to boost relationship with new administration
More: PC Gamer and The Verge
Bluesky: @zaynaziz, @dopestatistics, @dorothy4climate, @shifterstar, and @kurtwagner. X: @timsweeneyepic
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney, Fox, and WBD say they have agreed to discontinue their Venu Sports streaming joint venture and will focus on existing products and distribution channels — The sports-focused streaming service will not move forward, the companies said Friday. — Venu is dead.
More: ESPN Press Room U.S., The Verge, Variety, Engadget, IndieWire, WDW News Today, SportsPro, Barrett Media, The Hill, Radio & Television …, InsideHook, Streaming Better, and 9to5Mac
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| CNBC: |
More: NBC News, Business Insider, AV Club, The Desk, Awful Announcing, UPI, New York Post, and The Wrap
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Sources: HPE won a $1B deal in late 2024 to provide servers optimized for AI work for X; Dell and Super Micro also bid on the deal — - Dell, Super Micro also bid on the deal late last year — AI has fueled demand for high-powered computer equipment — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. won …
LinkedIn: Brody Ford
| Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI, Google, and other companies are collectively paying hundreds of content creators for access to their unpublished videos to train AI models — - YouTube, Instagram, TikTok creators licensing video footage — OpenAI, Google paying thousands for content to train AI models| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Sources: Chinese hackers breached CFIUS, the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks — Chinese hackers breached the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, three US officials familiar with the matter told CNN.
More: TechCrunch, The Register, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, DeviceSecurity.io, SiliconANGLE, SC Media, and BleepingComputer
Bluesky: @russwilcox and @snlyngaas
Forums: r/somethingiswrong2024 and r/espionage
| Derek Thompson / The Atlantic: |
How the rise of self-imposed solitude in the US, accelerated by smartphones in the 21st century, is reshaping the country's civic and psychological identity — Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It's changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US DOJ indicts three Russian citizens for allegedly operating Bender.io and Sinbad.io crypto mixing services used by North Korea and ransomware gangs — On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of Russian citizens Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko …
More: US Department of Justice, CyberScoop, and Cointelegraph
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