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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default feed, another improvement seemingly sparked by Bluesky competition — Threads will now let users decide what feed they want as their default when opening the app. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced …
More: MediaPost, PhoneArena, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and Social Media Today
Threads: @zuck, @jkottke, @reckless1280, @navneetalang, @thebrianpenny, @crumbler, @julia__angwin, @guillecummings, @keithedwards, @bluesky_social, @grantmcconnaughey, @mike_isaac, @ben.grosser, @mosseri, @mike_isaac, @lorakolodny, @dilpickle1, @richardlawler, @guillecummings, @mike_isaac, and @digiphile
| The Information: |
Sources: the prototypes of the thin iPhone are between 5 and 6 millimeters thick, and may be too thin for a physical SIM, which could dampen China sales — Apple's desire to make its products thinner could dampen sales in China if its engineers can't overcome a design hurdle …
More: MacRumors, Appleosophy, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, GSMArena.com, Android Authority, MobileSyrup, Macworld, BGR, Tom's Guide, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, PhoneArena, LADbible, iClarified, Beebom, The Verge, and MacDailyNews
Threads: @eshumarneedi. Bluesky: @rsgnl.com. X: @spercharged, @spercharged, @waynema, @stokel, @dylanmcd8, @9to5mac, @louisanslow, @dylanmcd8, and @9to5mac
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Teresa Xie / Bloomberg: |
Tron founder Justin Sun invests $30M in Trump's World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor in the DeFi project — - China-born crypto entrepreneur is project's largest investor — SEC sued Sun last year for violating securities regulations
More: PYMNTS.com, NewsBTC, Cointelegraph, CNBC, Decrypt, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, and CoinGape
Bluesky: @amycastor.bsky.social. X: @justinsuntron, @justinsuntron, @skesslr, @silvermanjacob, @hxrts, @silvermanjacob, and @tier10k
| David Gilmour / Mediaite: |
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking” — Elon Musk confirmed that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X in a revelation that renews criticism that the platform …
More: TechCrunch, The Independent, New Republic, The Daily Dot, Gizmodo, Mashable, Business Insider, and Althouse
Mastodon: @ernie@writing.exchange. Bluesky: @davidjoffe64.bsky.social, @katienotopoulos.bsky.social, @michaelgillett.bsky.social, @robsonfletcher.com, @evangreer.bsky.social, @malwaretech.com, @rmac.bsky.social, @juddlegum.bsky.social, @gaberivera.bsky.social, and @juddlegum.bsky.social
X: @elonmusk, @emollick, @wolftivy, @paulg, @stevesi, @paulg, @dcurtis, @drethelin, @stevanzetti, @bluesky, @skdh, @nickadobos, @binarybits, @snazzylabs, @phl43, and @clawrence
Forums: r/worldnews, r/Destiny, r/FreeSpeech, and r/inthenews
| Washington Post: |
The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides — Federal prosecutors say Google's dominance of online advertising illegally hurts consumers and small businesses, while the company says it earned its place by being better.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder, a major supply chain software provider, is disrupting operations at Starbucks, the UK's Sainsbury's, and other retailers — Attack strikes operations managed through Blue Yonder, one of the largest supply chain technology providers| Reuters: |
Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app developers to link to external payment methods and to offer other in-app payment processing options — Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade said on Monday that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases …
More: AppleInsider
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom reports Q3 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.16B est., net income of $207.1M, up from $141.2M, and changes its corporate name to Zoom Communications Inc. — Zoom shares were down 4% in extended trading on Monday after the video calling software maker announced strong fiscal third-quarter results … | Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Nvidia unveils Fugatto, an AI model for generating music and audio that can also modify voices, trained on open-source data, and weighs whether to release it — Nvidia (NVDA.O) on Monday showed a new artificial intelligence model for generating music and audio that can modify voices … | Financial Times: |
The EU says Bluesky breaches its rules for not disclosing key details about itself, and has asked 27 governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky” — Social media platform that has grown in exodus from Elon Musk's X is accused of not declaring user numbers
More: Reuters, TechCrunch, The Information, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, SiliconANGLE, WinBuzzer, and Werd I/O
Threads: @ben.werdmuller. Bluesky: @caseynewton.bsky.social, @mathver.bsky.social, @mathver.bsky.social, @mathver.bsky.social, @mathver.bsky.social, @chirag.bsky.social, @nevillehobson.xyz, @mattnavarra.com, @kylereed.bsky.social, @marypcbuk.bsky.social, @dmeyer.eu, @ernie.tedium.co, @emilprotalinski.bsky.social, @faineg.bsky.social, and @martinsfp.bsky.social
X: @mayazi, @mpetricone, @pablopereza, @el33th4xor, @pablopereza, @andybounds, @jamescz19, @deitaone, and @wexler
Forums: Hacker News, r/europe, and r/technews
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram adds the ability for users to share their locations with friends via DMs for up to one hour, in select countries — Instagram is introducing the ability for users to share their locations with their friends via DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Monday.
More: Instagram, Meta, 9to5Mac, The Verge, iClarified, PhoneArena, Engadget, How-To Geek, Android Police, Neowin, Social Media Today, and MacRumors
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100 — This article includes references to child sexual abuse material (CSAM). — Aaron Rodericks didn't know what he was looking at.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic announces the Model Context Protocol, an open source standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources — Anthropic is proposing a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives. — Called the Model Context Protocol, or MCP for short …
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Mastodon: @dsp@nullptr.rehab. X: @alexalbert__, @mimurchison, @alexalbert__, @alexalbert__, @alexalbert__, @mceoin, and @simonw
| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W review: the new $7 microcontroller is low cost, faster, and adds more RAM and Wi-Fi connectivity, but still uses micro USB — The RP2350 finally gets Wi-Fi! … It is fair to say that the Raspberry Pi Pico disrupted the maker community in 2021.
More: Raspberry Pi, The Verge, Neowin, How-To Geek, XDA Developers, Liliputing, TechEBlog, BetaNews, eeNews Europe, PCWorld, Internet of Things News, MakeUseOf, and CNX Software
Bluesky: @autiomaa.org and @biglesp.bsky.social
X: @cgallaty, @linuxformat, @raspberry_pi, and @alexellisuk
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Qualcomm's interest in an Intel acquisition has cooled; CEO Cristiano Amon says “right now, at this time, we have not identified any large acquisition” — - A deal would likely have been one of the largest ever in tech — Qualcomm “hasn't identified large acquisition,” CEO said
More: Reuters
| James Hunt / The Block: |
MicroStrategy bought 55,500 bitcoin for ~$5.4B cash at an average price of $97,862 between November 18 and November 24, taking its holdings to ~386,700 bitcoin — - MicroStrategy has purchased another 55,580 BTC for approximately $5.4 billion at an average price of $97,862 per bitcoin.
More: MicroStrategy, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Benzinga, NewsBTC, Cryptopolitan, ZyCrypto, Protos, The Coin Republic, Coinspeaker, The Crypto Times, Watcher Guru, CryptoSlate, The Crypto Basic, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, and CoinDesk
X: @saylor, @garyblack00, @_chaitanyaj, and @haralabob
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency, r/wallstreetbetsGER, and r/MSTR
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