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Sources: Apple plans to exit its Goldman Sachs contract in 12 to 15 months, ending their consumer partnership, including for credit card and savings accounts — Tech giant proposed exiting contract in about 12-to-15 months — Apple is pulling the plug on its credit-card partnership with Goldman Sachs …
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Mastodon: @counternotions@mastodon …. X: @mbrkhrdt, @maxwinebach, @snazzylabs, @pitdesi, @apollozac, @kirillzubovsky, @pitdesi, @t3dotgg, @katebevan, @imethandevries, @brandonbutch, @andrewjclare, @tailosivetech, @kobeissiletter, @protosphinx, @lukemiani, @kifleswing, @caro_milanesi, @brandonbutch, @maxwinebach, @rsgnl, and @sdw
Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Mike Seymour / fxguide: |
Unity plans to cut 265 jobs, or 3.8% of its staff, and end its services deal with VFX company Wētā FX to focus on its “core business” — UPDATE: Scroll down for a statement from WētāFX: — Reuters is reporting that Unity Software (U.N) …
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| Graham Starr / Bloomberg: |
Okta tells customers that hackers who breached its network stole information on all users of its customer support system, greater than the 1% claimed previously — - Okta had earlier said breach affected about 1% of customers — Company said some Okta employee information was also stolen
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/cybersecurity
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Amazon launches Amazon Q, a workplace-focused AI assistant that starts at $20/user/month and competes with ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft's Copilot, and others — Amazon has been racing to shake off the perception that it is lagging in the push to take advantage of artificial intelligence.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches Apple Music Replay, letting users review their 2023 history like top songs and artists, but the feature is still no match for Spotify Wrapped — Apple's year-end review and answer to Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay, has arrived, but it's still no match for Spotify's personalized look back at your year in music.| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Samsung launches its Samsung Internet browser on Windows via the Microsoft Store, offering a similar design to Chrome — Samsung Internet has moved out of the mobile space and onto the desktop with a new version available through the Microsoft Store for Windows PCs.| Rest of World: |
A look at Foxconn's struggles to manufacture the iPhone 15 in India, contending with language barriers, labor disputes, regulatory hurdles, and more — Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders. — • SUNGUVARCHATRAM, INDIA
More: The Economic Times, DevX, India Today, The Verge, Supercharged, Deccan Herald, Business Today, PhoneArena, TechCrunch, CNBC, and Reuters
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Forums: r/hardware and r/neoliberal
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
In a now-deleted November 28 post and on November 20, Elon Musk boosted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy that led a man to fire an AR-15 in a DC eatery in 2016 — The far-right theory motivated a gunman to fire multiple rounds inside the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in 2016.
More: Washingtonian, NBC News, The Hill, Benzinga, Gizmodo, VICE, and The Messenger
Threads: @mike_isaac, @maddowmaddow, @goldengateblond, @drewharwell, @renee.diresta, @renee.diresta, @renato.mariotti, @jessicashortall, @lorakolodny, @rightwingwatchdotorg, @willoremus, and @crumbler
Mastodon: @willoremus@mastodon.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @markseibel@mastodon.sdf.org, and @dabertime@mstdn.social
X: @kyliebytes, @shayan86, @lukeobrien, @jamesrbuk, @urbanachievr, @mattbinder, and @markseibel
Forums: Hacker News, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/Twitter, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google Registry launches a new .meme top level domain, adding to .dad, .boo, .ing, and its other unconventional domain names — If you ever wanted to make your website sound a little more silly, now's your chance. Google Registry just released a new top-level domain that lets you slap a big ol' .meme at the end of your website.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers discover six attacks that can break the secrecy of Bluetooth sessions, impacting the Bluetooth Core Specification 4.2 through the latest 5.4 spec — Researchers at Eurecom have developed six new attacks collectively named ‘BLUFFS’ that can break the secrecy of Bluetooth sessions … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Adalytics: Google ads appear on many compromising sites that make up its Search Partners network; Google attacks Adalytics but plans to review its findings — Adtech report exposes brand safety and ad fraud risks lurking in the Google Search Partners network...
More: Adalytics, The Register, VideoWeek, Search Engine Land, AdExchanger, Politico, Ad Age, Adweek, Financial Times, and Digiday
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI's revamped board does not plan to offer a seat to Microsoft and other outside investors, a sign of prioritizing safety ahead of financial returns — OpenAI's revamped board of directors doesn't plan to include representatives from outside investors, according to a person familiar with the situation.
More: Reuters, Neowin, CoinGape, Livemint, and Tech in Asia
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jack Ma praised PDD Holdings while urging Alibaba to change and “correct its course”, in a rare reply to a staff post on Alibaba's internal forum — - The billionaire replied to an employee on an internal forum — Ma congratulated archrival for pushing the boundaries
More: Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, and Bloomberg
| Jonathan M. Katz / The Atlantic: |
Substack and Telegram searches reveal scores of white supremacist, neo-Confederate, and Nazi newsletters on Substack; over 16 displayed overt Nazi symbols — The newsletter platform's lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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