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| Gavin Anderegg / anderegg.ca: |
Bluesky is working to become fully decentralized but it could take years amid financial concerns as it makes money only by selling domains for usernames — November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky.
More: The Verge, Scripting News, and The Indian Express
Threads: @crumbler. Mastodon: @bazkie@beige.party, @nemobis@mamot.fr, @ricmac@mastodon.social, and @davidgerard@circumstances.run
Bluesky: @conraddoucette.bsky.social, @ianfogg.bsky.social, @stark.soy, @stephenmcgann.uk, @danny.page, @sewerliberal.bsky.social, @levikornelsen.itch.io, @davidgerard.co.uk, @davidbisset.com, @stoddart.bsky.social, @gavin.anderegg.ca, @kachumbali.bsky.social, and @jonworth.eu
Forums: Hacker News and lobste.rs
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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Bluesky: @bsky.app, @bsky.app, @techviews.bsky.social, @azarynn.etheirys.social, @ralanr.bsky.social, @dannymacfinn.bsky.social, @mario-y.bsky.social, @grezydragonlady.bsky.social, @johnny2tehb.bsky.social, @ficmenhitdiff.bsky.social, @xett.bsky.social, @00valcho.bsky.social, @jeffmiracola.bsky.social, @bluesilverwind.bsky.social, @kimchithecat.bsky.social, @ryandenton81.bsky.social, @crvscience.bsky.social, @p1ombo.bsky.social, @hikatamika.com, @tehninini.bsky.social, and @daveys-gaming.bsky.social. X: @gergelyorosz
Forums: Hacker News and r/BlueskySocial
| Bloomberg: |
Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams — - Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faced off in heavily anticipated bout — Users complained on social media of difficulty watching fight
More: The Verge, ABC News, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, The Wrap, Daily Mail, Variety, TMZ.com, Awful Announcing, About Netflix, Dexerto, Distractify, Bloomberg, Breitbart, BBC, Entertainment Weekly, Forbes, Cageside Seats, The Big Lead, LADbible, Streaming Better, The Escapist, Larry Brown Sports, CBS News, MMA Fighting, BGR, Daily Herald, BNN Bloomberg, IOL, NBC News, FanSided, People, NewsBytes, Moneycontrol, The Mirror, GB News, Sports Illustrated, WALV-TV, USA Today, Sports Business Journal, Decider, CNET, Sky News, Benzinga, Metro.co.uk, Financial Times, Just Jared, The Indian Express, Insider Sport, Manchester Evening News, The Boston Globe, Financial Express, Game Rant, New York Post, The South African, and Reuters
Bluesky: @wolfereports.bsky.social and @troycoverdale.bsky.social
X: @jbflint, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, @netflix, @netflix, @netflix, @maxwelltani, @markgurman, @jbflint, @lucas_shaw, @lucas_shaw, and @steved3. Forums: r/television
| Dominic Patten / Deadline: |
Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound — From nearly the start of the undercard bouts from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the streamer has been freezing, losing sound and proving slow to reload.
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, New York Post, The Wrap, New York Times, AV Club, HotAir, BBC, Front Office Sports, FanSided, Forbes, Dexerto, Mediaite, Wikipedia, Variety, The Wrap, New York Times, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Digital Trends, The Shortcut, NBC News, MMAmania.com, Mediaite, Variety, The Mirror, Bloody Elbow, OutKick, Reuters, The Sun, USA Today, Fortune, Metro.co.uk, Business Insider, LondonWorld, The Streamable, and d432
Threads: @er0ckr, @glorybnix, @tori_q_18, and @raina_burks_
Bluesky: @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social, @mirgal.bsky.social, @melissajacobs.bsky.social, @positiff.bsky.social, @hoosierdad.bsky.social, @garywhitta.bsky.social, @claytoncubitt.bsky.social, @robertdownen.bsky.social, @brett-taylor.bsky.social, @rexchapman.bsky.social, @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social, @juliuskim.bsky.social, and @capitalpains.bsky.social
X: @lucas_shaw, @markgurman, @stoolpresidente, @jbflint, @ludwigahgren, @richontech, @taylor_soper, @thetanmay, @erratarob, @film_girl, @larrymadowo, @ashleevance, @sherman4949, @film_girl, @erratarob, @kevinadams26, @alexrkonrad, @deggans, @eyesaymeme, @mikeisaac, @jbflint, @mikeisaac, @richontech, @sherman4949, @jbflint, @kantrowitz, @erratarob, @jbflint, and @mikeisaac. Forums: r/television
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised — Carrier joins growing list of known victims, including AT&T and Verizon, of the major Chinese spying operation
More: BleepingComputer, PCMag, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, CNBC, Bloomberg, PhoneArena, Engadget, TmoNews, The Verge, Tom's Guide, and Benzinga
Mastodon: @dustinvolz@journa.host. X: @dnvolz, @supersat, @axelmerk, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, and @jsrailton. LinkedIn: Christoph Jahr
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A profile of and an interview with Aura Salla, a former Meta lobbyist turned EU Parliament member, who says the EU's Big Tech regulation went too far, too fast — Aura Salla was once the tech giant's top lobbyist in Brussels. Now, her presence as a regulator in the European Parliament is proving controversial.
Mastodon: @glynmoody@mastodon.social and @lobbyctrl_tech@eupolicy …. Bluesky: @davor.fyi
X: @bonybean, @lobbyctrl_tech, and @jeelanireports
| Wall Street Journal: |
Ukraine's drone suppliers are using US-based Auterion's tech to ramp up production of automated attack drones that are cheap and can evade electronic jamming — Kyiv's drone suppliers are ramping up production of computer-guided drones that are cheap and can't be electronically jammed
More: The Indian Express, New York Post, and Bloomberg
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Report: Samsung plans to release its smart glasses in Q3 2025; the glasses will be powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chipset and use Google's Gemini to handle AI tasks — According to a new report, Samsung's upcoming XR glasses that are being developed in collaboration with Google won't arrive until … | Nandagopal Rajan / The Indian Express: |
An interview with Apple's Tim Millet and Tom Boger on Apple's chip strategy, making big changes to the Neural Engine after the 2017 transformer paper, and more — 'No other platform can touch our power performance per watt. That's the tangible benefit to users,' Tom Boger, Vice President of Mac Product Marketing at Apple, said.| Ben Quinn / The Guardian: |
FOIA docs show Palantir has been in talks with the UK's Ministry of Justice about using its tech to calculate the “reoffending risks” of prisoners — Exclusive: Rights group expresses concerns as it emerges US spy tech company has been lobbying UK ministers| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300B as part of a recent buyback offer, one of its highest valuations ever — Investors see Trump victory as a positive with threat of TikTok ban looming in U.S. — TikTok parent ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300 billion …
More: Fortune, Reuters, Wall Street Pit, and TechCrunch
| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Some GitHub projects have been targeted with malicious commits; a Texas researcher claims someone is impersonating him to make the submissions and smear him — GitHub projects have been targeted with malicious commits and pull requests, in an attempt to inject backdoors into these projects.| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
An Ohio man is sentenced to three years for running crypto mixer Helix, which laundered $311M+ from 2014 to 2017; he must forfeit $311M+ and assets worth $400M+ — The operator of the cryptocurrency mixing service Helix was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday.Sponsor Posts
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