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| Nicola M White / Bloomberg: |
The US SEC sues Elon Musk, claiming he failed to timely disclose a 5%+ purchase of Twitter's stock ahead of his takeover of the social media platform in 2022 — - Agency alleges billionaire ignored disclosure deadline in 2022 — Musk's lawyer says he did ‘nothing wrong’ and SEC has no case
More: US Securities …, New York Times, Financial Times, The Verge, Silicon Republic, New Republic, CryptoPotato, ZeroHedge News, PhoneArena, Fortune, Axios, The Irish Times, WinBuzzer, Sky News, Variety, Daily Sabah, Washington Examiner, Coinpedia Fintech News, Mediaite, PCMag, CryptoSlate, UPI, Al Jazeera, Yahoo Finance, ABC, Daily Caller News Foundation, Politico, The Register, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Cryptopolitan, The Hill, TechCrunch, The Information, CBS News, The Independent, The Boston Globe, Fox Business, NBC News, Crypto Briefing, CNN, Business Insider, Washington Post, Forbes, The Guardian, The Wrap, Tech in Asia, The Gateway Pundit, CNBC, and Courthouse News Service
Bluesky: @kateconger.com, @drewharwell.com, @digiphile, @digiphile, @mvij.org, @regimecpa, @daniloc.xyz, @nategire, @thefred, and @caseynewton
X: @elonmusk, @richardhanania, @teslaownerssv, @sawyermerritt, @gaborgurbacs, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @krassenstein, @amitisinvesting, @zerohedge, @elonmusk, @rob_weissman, and @billym2k
| The Information: |
Sources: TikTok plans to switch off its app in the US on January 19 unless SCOTUS blocks the ban; the law only requires app stores to stop TikTok app downloads — TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes …
More: Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Economic Times, Stratechery, Decrypt, Reuters, The Wrap, Variety, Washington Times, PhoneArena, WPXI-TV, Coupons in the News, Yahoo News, Digital Trends, CCN.com, Antara News, Asia Financial, Dexerto, Reuters, Mashable, The Debrief, ComputerWeekly.com, The Hill, CNN, MadeForMums, PetaPixel, The National, CBS News, LGBTQ Nation, Tyla, Android Headlines, Music Ally, en.ain.ua, The i Paper, Fast Company, Noahpinion, Silicon UK, crypto.news, The Sun, MSPoweruser, International Business Times, USA Today, TRT WORLD, AV Club, Daily Record, Android Authority, Times of India, CNBC, China.org.cn, Hindustan Times, Marketplace, FOX 10 Phoenix, The San Francisco Standard, WAtoday, Macao News, E! Online, Business Insider, Game Rant, Pandaily, KTVU-TV, WPMT, Deccan Herald, NewsBytes, Los Angeles Times, PRWeek, New York Daily News, Anadolu Ajansı …, Arizona Republic, Polygon, TechRadar, Deadline, and Pocket-lint
Bluesky: @davelee.me. X: @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @milkkarten, @kyurieff, @michaelsobolik, @stx12_, @jingyanghk, and @awwstn
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Sources and docs: Meta has dismantled its system for identifying and limiting viral hoaxes, and told content-ranking teams to stop penalizing misinformation — The company built effective systems to reduce the reach of fake news. Last week, it shut them down — I.
More: American Enterprise Institute and Very Serious
Bluesky: @garymarcus, @claesdevreese, @willoremus.com, @carlbergstrom.com, @brooklynmarie, @samusishere, @brendannyhan, @greene.haus, @donmoyn, @noupside, @sheeraf, @noupside, @brainnotonyet, @bobbyallyn, and @caseynewton
Threads: @sourlyfe and @writewordsmakemagic
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft relaunches its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, offering pay-as-you-go AI agents and using OpenAI's GPT-4o to answer queries — Microsoft is relaunching its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat today, complete with the ability to use AI agents.
More: The Information, Thurrott, TechCrunch, Source, CNBC, TechRadar, Petri IT Knowledgebase, and Bloomberg
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will no longer support Office apps, known as Microsoft 365 apps, on Windows 10 after October 14, 2025 — Microsoft says it will no longer support Office apps, known as Microsoft 365 apps, on Windows 10 later this year. The support cutoff coincides with Windows 10's end …
More: Microsoft Tech Community, PCWorld, OSnews, Laptop Mag, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, Neowin, XDA Developers, Thurrott, Windows Central, and Club386
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
British Virgin Islands-based Tether plans to move its corporate entity and subsidiaries to El Salvador after obtaining a digital asset service provider license — - Company and all subsidiaries will relocate to El Salvador — Stablecoin firm incorporated in the British Virgin Islands| The Verge: |
Court docs: internal chats suggest Meta used data from piracy site LibGen to train its Llama AI models and worked to conceal it, as Meta raced to beat rivals — A major copyright lawsuit against Meta has revealed a trove of internal communications about the company's plans to develop …
More: TechCrunch and Rolling Stone
Bluesky: @qwertybro, @aaronrosspowell.com, and @oheysteenz
X: @daniel_271828, @jason_kint, @ednewtonrex, @jason_kint, and @jason_kint
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google makes all its Gemini features for Workspace apps free, after charging $20 or $30 per user per month, but increases the prices of all its Workspace plans — Previously, Google charged an additional $20+ per user/month for Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and other Workspace apps.
More: The Verge and Google Workspace Updates
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
DJI replaces its geofence around the US' No-Fly Zones with a dismissible warning, saying the update “aligns” with FAA rules and is similar to changes in the EU — For over a decade, you couldn't easily fly a DJI drone over restricted areas in the United States.
More: ViewPoints, Hunterbrook Media, Gizmodo, Engadget, Fortune, PetaPixel, Foreign Policy, PCMag, and BGR
Bluesky: @faineg and @matthewstoller
X: @dronelaws, @geiger_capital, @mickwest, and @lessin
Forums: r/technology, r/gadgets, r/craftofintelligence, and Beehaw
| Steven J. Horowitz / Variety: |
Drake pulls his petition accusing UMG and Spotify of inflating Kendrick Lamar's “Not Like Us” with bots and payola; the diss track accuses Drake of pedophilia — Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal …
More: Vibe, Forbes, TheGrio, The Verge, Billboard, Music Ally, Rolling Stone, Consequence, Cele|bitchy, UPROXX, Music Business Worldwide, TMZ.com, and New York Times
| Bradley Hope / Wired: |
A profile of Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan, the UAE's intelligence chief overseeing $1.5T in sovereign wealth and who wants to make the UAE into an AI superpower — Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE's chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums of sovereign wealth.
More: The Information. Bluesky: @eff.org. Mastodon: @evacide@hachyderm.io. Forums: r/technology, r/artificial, and r/technews
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed debuts iOS and Android apps; its Android app is the top Social app on Google Play in some markets, including the US — Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, has launched its official mobile apps. The service today runs …
More: Android Authority, The Verge, Engadget, Ars Technica, TheJournal.ie, PetaPixel, Gizmodo, and Moneycontrol
Bluesky: @cbgoodman.co, @vikingsvssamurai, @joshuajfriedman.com, @mmccue, and @brainr0tten
Mastodon: @BicycleBen@mas.to, @thure@hci.social, and @jasonpettus@mastodon.social
Forums: r/technology, r/degoogle, r/UpliftingNews, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenAI will fund the expansion of Axios to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville, as part of a broader content-sharing and technology deal — - Google struck a deal with McClatchy to fund the creation of three digital-only local newsrooms in 2019.
More: Engadget and Maginative
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn launches free AI tools built on top of its own AI tech and data: a Jobs Match tool for job seekers and a recruitment AI agent for small businesses — If you've ever applied or thought of applying for a job via LinkedIn, you'll know that the experience can be immediately disheartening … | Elliptic: |
Huione Guarantee, a Telegram-based marketplace that enables “pig butchering” and other scams, recently debuted a few crypto products, including a USD stablecoin — - Huione Guarantee is a Telegram-based marketplace serving fraudsters in South East Asia, including those responsible for so-called “pig butchering” scams.
More: SC Media, Wired, crypto.news, The Hacker News, Cointelegraph, The Diplomat, CoinDesk, The Block, and Cryptopolitan
| Reeta Raman / Rest of World: |
Authorities in Singapore, which has a dire shortage of nurses, see the potential in AI tools to assist in preventive illness care, especially for the elderly — The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it's using AI for preventive care. — • SINGAPORE| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Email: Sonos CPO Maxime Bouvat-Merlin is leaving; some employees say he shares a significant amount of blame for the brand damage due to the botched app revamp — A day after Sonos announced a CEO transition, the company is making more moves. Chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin will also be leaving his position.| Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.co: |
A close look at the state of video gaming in 2025, including why gaming soared from 2011 to 2021 and then stalled, China's global rise, and mobile gaming growth — Please note, this deck is in Early Access and will release in PDF shortly. There are two versions below based on your preference …
More: Business Insider and Mobilegamer.biz
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Nelly, whose SaaS lets medical practices digitally onboard new patients, accept payments, and more, raised a €50M Series B led by Cathay Innovation — Nelly wants to become the biggest fintech startup in the healthcare industry. The Berlin-based startup is already working …
More: PYMNTS.com, Tech.eu, EU-Startups, FinSMEs, Silicon Canals, Nelly, and Tech Funding News
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
A 28-year-old woman describes her “relationship” with ChatGPT, or Leo as the chatbot named itself, which became her therapist, erotic partner, and advisor — “It was supposed to be a fun experiment,” Aryin said of her A.I. relationship, “but then you start getting attached.”
Bluesky: @sharonk, @beijingpalmer, @lakewitchhouse, @thewanderingjew, and @kashhill
| Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: |
The Netherlands tightens its export control rules, requiring ASML and ASM International to seek Dutch, not US, licenses for some of its chipmaking tools — The Netherlands tightened export control rules to make ASML Holding NV apply for licenses with the Dutch government instead of Washington for some of its tools.
More: Tom's Hardware, Government.nl, and Techzine Global
| Bloomberg: |
The Philippines' decision to supercharge its online gambling sector has been disastrous, opening the door to crimes, including money laundering, in the country — A casino raid in a sleepy town revealed the mayor's business connections to Singapore's $2 billion money-laundering scandal, and sparked allegations of Chinese espionage.| Bloomberg: |
The VisionTrack Composite Index, which tracks the performance of 130 crypto-dedicated hedge funds, jumped 40% in 2024, compared to Bitcoin's 120% surge in 2024 — - Many crypto hedge funds notched double-digit returns in 2024 — But fewer were able to beat Bitcoin's 120% advance last year
More: CCN.com, Cryptopolitan, BusinessMirror, and Bitcoin News
| Josh Russell / Courthouse News Service: |
In federal court, lawyers for Microsoft and OpenAI defended the scraping of news stories to train LLMs and urged the dismissal of news outlets' copyright claims — A coalition of news organizations led by The New York Times claim the exploitation of their online news stories …
More: NPR, TechSpot, WinBuzzer, Digiday, Mercury News, and Law360
X: @martyswant, @jason_kint, @martyswant, @martyswant, @martyswant, @jason_kint, @martyswant, and @johnlegere. Forums: r/technology
| Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg: |
The US CFTC puts Crypto.com trading of Super Bowl and other sports derivatives under review; Crypto.com says it rejected the CFTC's request to halt such trading — - Company rejects agency's request to suspend sports trading — Regulators grappling with limits of prohibitions on gaming
More: Coinspeaker, Blockhead, crypto.news, and Cointelegraph
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
The US says the FBI hacked ~4.2K devices in the US to delete PlugX, malware used by China-backed hackers since 2014, after obtaining warrants in August 2024 — U.S. authorities have confirmed that they disrupted the operations of a Chinese state-backing hacking group, which infiltrated millions …
More: US Department of Justice, Reuters, Ars Technica, Forbes, BleepingComputer, Infosecurity, The Record, CyberScoop, The Stack, Help Net Security, TechRadar, CyberInsider, UPI, Digital Trends, Security Affairs, The Verge, PCMag, The Register, Dark Reading, Gizmodo, and DeviceSecurity.io
Mastodon: @ctrlaltsecurity@infosec …. Forums: r/China, r/technews, r/technology, r/somethingiswrong2024, and r/cybersecurity
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