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New York Times:
Twitter/X files a lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the nonprofit and its backers of “actively working to prevent free expression”  —  The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter's parent company …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter is now “X” in the App Store, seemingly via an exception to Apple's rule that requires app names to have two or more characters
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO Linda Yaccarino will lead teams including legal and sales, and both will oversee trust and safety
Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle:
Sources: Nintendo plans to release a new console in H2 2024, with a portable mode, LCD display, and a cartridge slot; key partners already have development kits  —  Development kits for Nintendo's next console are now with key partner studios, with launch planned for next year, sources have told VGC.
Ina Fried / Axios:
Internal email: Google is revamping Assistant to focus on using generative AI, starting with the mobile version, and is reorganizing related teams  —  Google plans to overhaul its Assistant to focus on using generative AI technologies similar to those that power ChatGPT and its own Bard chatbot …
Financial Times:
Sources: Meta plans to launch a range of AI chatbots dubbed “personas” that exhibit personalities as soon as September, to boost engagement on its platforms  —  Facebook owner seeks to seize on hype for AI while challenging rivals such as OpenAI, Snap and TikTok
Bloomberg:
After Curve disclosed a hack, CRV dropped by ~25% in three days, prompting fears of wider market turbulence; DefiLlama: crypto using Curve fell ~50% to $1.9B  —  - Curve's native CRV coin posted three-day, 25% slump after hack  — Drop raised concerns about wider fallout from platform's woes
Bloomberg:
Sources: senior EU and US officials are concerned about China's accelerated push into the production of older-generation chips made with 28nm equipment or above  —  - China is building more plants than others despite US sanctions  — Officials are worried about impact on domestic chip plans
Christian Davies / Financial Times:
A look at South Korea's position in the tech “cold war”, as the country pivots away from China's economy and prepares to comply with the US-led China chip ban
Emma Roth / The Verge:
The BBC launches social.bbc, an “experimental” Mastodon server with posts from a handful of BBC accounts, and plans to try out the server for six months  —  The BBC has launched its own “experimental” Mastodon server, marking one of the first major news outlets to establish an instance on the Twitter alternative.
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
The UK CMA reopens its consultation on Microsoft's Activision deal, an unusual move that could lead to a reversal of the decision to block the deal  —  CMA invites responses to tech giant's new arguments in rare move that could pave way for $75bn takeover to close
Joe McDonald / Associated Press:
China restricts civilian drone exports, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and concern about military use; DJI pulled out of Russia and Ukraine in April 2022  —  China imposed restrictions Monday on exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and concern that drones might be converted to military use.
Decrypt:
The SEC charges Hex crypto project founder Richard Heart with raising over $1B via unregistered securities offerings, including Hex, PulseChain, and PulseX  —  The SEC has charged Richard Heart, the founder of the crypto project Hex, with allegedly conducting unregistered securities offerings that raised more than $1 billion.
New York Times:
The FBI says a contractor misled the agency and used NSO's Landmark to track people in Mexico without consent; the FBI terminated the contract in April 2023  —  After a Times report, the bureau canceled its contract with a government contractor that used the tool on its behalf.  But questions remain.
New York Times:
How popular gaming platforms like Minecraft and Roblox are being used to promote Russia's war narrative, influencing some young and Russian-speaking audiences  —  Propaganda is appearing in Minecraft and other popular games and discussion groups as the Kremlin tries to win over new audiences.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Onion, backed by some Sandy Hook families and Everytown for Gun Safety, buys Infowars in a bankruptcy auction, and plans a January 2025 relaunch as a parody

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Disney reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $22.6B, TV network revenue down 6% YoY to $2.5B, and a $321M DTC streaming profit, up from a $387M loss in Q4 2023

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney plans to add an ESPN “tile” to Disney+ for US subscribers on December 4, giving users access to some free ESPN content

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Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
A US judge denies Terraform Labs' motion to dismiss an SEC lawsuit, saying the SEC made a “plausible claim” that UST and LUNA may have violated securities law

Earlier Picks

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
Apple confirms a Screen Time bug, letting kids go over the time limits imposed by parents to use apps and games, but doesn't offer a timeline for a fix
Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Tether reports a $850M net profit in Q2, vs. $1.5B in Q1, with ~$3.3B in excess reserves, up from $2.44B in Q1, and $86.5B+ in total assets as of June 30
The Economic Times:
Sources: Tiger Global has completed its exit from Flipkart, in a years-long selloff that led to gains totaling $3.5B
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