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Sources: 2025's Apple Watch Ultra is slated to get satellite connectivity for off-the-grid text messages via Globalstar, and may get blood pressure monitoring — - Company also working on blood-pressure tool for future model — Apple is using MediaTek modems for first time in new watches
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The US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity government contractor Sichuan Silence and one of its staff over Ragnarok ransomware ties and creating and using zero-days — The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Sichuan Silence, a Chinese cybersecurity company, and one of its employees …
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| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
Trump picks FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to chair the FTC; Ferguson has said the FTC should tackle perceived censorship of conservative viewpoints online — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the consumer protection and antitrust agency.| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
YouTube rolls out its auto-dubbing feature, which generates translated audio tracks, to hundreds of thousands of channels focused on knowledge and information — YouTube announced on Tuesday that its auto-dubbing feature, which allows creators to generate translated audio tracks for their videos … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out “trial reels”, which let creators experiment by publishing videos only to users who don't follow them, after testing the feature in May 2024 — Instagram is officially rolling out “trial reels” to give creators a way to test out new content by publishing videos that don't appear to their followers.
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Amazon launches Amazon Autos, letting US shoppers buy Hyundai cars, and plans to add more dealerships and manufacturers; it was announced in November 2023 — Amazon's partnership with Hyundai means you can use the e-retailer to purchase a brand-new car online.| David Welch / Bloomberg: |
GM says Cruise will exit the robotaxi business, and Cruise and GM's technical teams will be combined to focus on autonomous tech for upcoming GM vehicles — Cruise and GM's technical teams will be combined into a single effort focused on developing autonomous technology to offer in future models sold by GM …
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| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
A lawsuit against Character.AI alleges its chatbots harmed two young Texas users, including sympathizing with children who kill parents over screen time limits — A child in Texas was 9 years old when she first used the chatbot service Character.AI. It exposed her to “hypersexualized content …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
A California District Court judge orders Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with its plugins — WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District Court judge ordered Automattic … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft unveils a data center design that uses zero water for cooling, down from the 125M+ liters per year a typical center uses, rolling out from August 2024 — New design will use no water to cool the facilities' servers and chips. — Microsoft Corp., trying to mitigate the climate impact … | Kunal Khullar / Tom's Hardware: |
TSMC reports $8.5B in consolidated November revenue, up 34% YoY but down 12% from October's record, when it projected Q4 revenue up 11%-14% QoQ to $26.1B-$26.9B — The company's stock has surged nearly 80% year-to-date, reflecting its robust business growth.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Stainless, a startup offering an AI-powered API-to-SDK generator to customers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, raised a $25M Series A led by a16z — Devs expect tech vendors to supply software development kits, or SDKs, alongside their products to make it easier to create apps using those products.
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| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Source: Google asked the US to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's tech on its cloud servers — Google recently asked the U.S. government to break up Microsoft's exclusive agreement to host OpenAI's technology on its cloud servers, according to a person who has been directly involved in the effort.| Canadian Press: |
TikTok files a legal challenge against Canada's order to shut down its operations in the country, claiming the decision was “driven by improper purposes” — OTTAWA — TikTok is challenging the federal government's order to shut down its operations in Canada. — RECOMMENDED VIDEOS
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