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| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: |
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk — The Supreme Court upheld a law that threatens to shut down the wildly popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday …
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| ABC News: |
A US official says the Biden administration won't force TikTok to go dark in the country on January 19 and will leave it up to Trump to implement the law — The ban goes into effect on Sunday unless the Supreme Court intervenes. — TikTok logo on a smartphone.
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| CNN: |
Trump says he will “be making the decision” about TikTok and confirms he had a conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the app — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a controversial ban on TikTok may take effect this weekend, rejecting an appeal from the popular app's owners …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese hackers breached US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's computer and accessed fewer than 50 unclassified files; two deputies were also hacked — - Two deputies also ensnared in sprawling espionage campaign — Fewer than 50 unclassified files on Yellen's machine accessed| Caitlin Webber / Reuters: |
The US sanctions a China-based cybersecurity company involved in the Salt Typhoon hacks and a Shanghai-based hacker involved in the recent US Treasury breach — The U.S. Treasury department on Friday issued cyber-related sanctions related to the Salt Typhoon hack on Singaporean Yin Kechen … | The Hollywood Reporter: |
A look at efforts by Meta, YouTube, Snapchat, X, and Substack to attract TikTok's creators and users; Substack is offering a $25K “TikTok Liberation Prize” — Tech giants like Meta and YouTube want to poach TikTokers, with Snapchat, X, Substack and others also planning efforts to coax them to their platforms.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript to use Google Search, says to “better protect” Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam — Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely-used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search.
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
The FTC bans GM from selling driver behavior and geolocation data to consumer reporting agencies for five years, after finding GM didn't properly inform drivers — An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission determined that consumers had not been aware that the automaker was providing their driving information to data brokers.
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| Financial Times: |
EU expands its X probe, asking for internal docs about X's recommendation algorithm, following complaints from German politicians about boosting the far right — Move follows complaints from German politicians ahead of election next month — Brussels has ordered Elon Musk …
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| Assaf Gilead / Globes Online: |
Lenovo acquires enterprise storage startup Infinidat and plans to turn it into its Israel development center; Infinidat raised $350M from TPG and others — The Chinese computer giant will pay hundreds of millions of dollars for Infinidat, which will become its Israel development center.
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| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of US teens aged 13-17 found 26% used ChatGPT for schoolwork in 2024, up from 13% in 2023, while 79% had heard of it, up from 67% in 2023 — As debates continue over whether chatbots should have a role in the classroom, more teens are turning to ChatGPT to help with schoolwork.
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| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
Sources: Shield AI, maker of software for autonomous aircraft and drones, is raising ~$200M from Palantir and others at a $5B valuation, up from $2.8B in 2024 — Maker of software for autonomous aircraft is raising around $200mn from backers — Artificial intelligence start-up Shield AI … | Bloomberg: |
Crypto wallet Phantom raised a $150M Series C co-led by Sequoia Capital and Paradigm at a $3B valuation, more than double its $1.2B valuation in January 2022 — Phantom raised $150 million from big-name investors. — Cryptocurrency-wallet provider Phantom Technologies Inc. has raised $150 million …
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| Dana Wollman / Bloomberg: |
Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd will return to the company as CEO in mid-March, replacing current CEO Lidiane Jones, who is departing for “personal reasons” — She will replace the current chief executive, Lidiane Jones, who is departing for “personal reasons,” the firm said.
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| Zoë Schiffer / Wired: |
Sources: Mira Murati's AI startup has poached about 10 researchers and engineers, including former OpenAI Head of Special Projects Jonathan Lachman, from rivals — It's a major get for Murati's mysterious startup, which has also poached engineers and researchers from a number of other prominent AI firms.| Kalley Huang / The Information: |
Source: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told staff that some of Meta's changes were “pretty ham-fisted, borderline unintentional” and Meta is planning some corrections — Meta Platforms Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth on Tuesday told staff that the company had handled parts … | New York Times: |
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