Sources: the US government launched an investigation into the Salt Typhoon hack after Microsoft alerted it and telecom companies about anomalies
Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security …
Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5
Social media giant's Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges — Meta's Threads is losing ground …
Thoughts on Apple TV's history and future; sources: a larger-than-usual number of features scheduled for iOS 19 have been postponed to iOS 19.4 in spring 2026
Apple doesn't need its own TV set. But it should make a low-cost TV streaming stick to bring its content, apps and smart home features to more households.
ActivityPub co-author on Bluesky and ATProto being neither decentralized nor federated, and how Bluesky is building a good X replacement with a “credible exit”
Recently due to various events (namely a lot of people getting off of X-Twitter), Bluesky has become a lot more popular …
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks
https://www.nytimes.com/... Bluesky: @anarcish.bsky.social : For the entire history of information technology security experts have warned that once you make a back door to allow the government to leg...
Sources: Cantor Fitzgerald agreed to invest as much as $600M in Tether for about a 5% stake in the past year; Cantor holds most of Tether's $134B in assets
Before becoming Trump's commerce secretary pick, Lutnick deepened Cantor's ties with a stablecoin firm under investigation
Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who has known Elon Musk for several years, has sought Musk's counsel in recent weeks on the incoming Trump administration
Popular video app and Chinese parent ByteDance view rival social-media owner as conduit to the president-elect
Sources: Cantor Fitzgerald plans a $2B program to lend dollars to clients who put up Bitcoin as collateral and is talking with Tether about support
- Lutnick set to be next commerce secretary under Trump — Howard Lutnick is moving to strengthen his alliance with one of the most important …
How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020
With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months.
Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online
It should have been 50%. [embedded post] X: David Limbrick MP / @_davidlimbrick : The more people learnt about it, the more they hated it. @fsuofaustralia : Victory! Communications Minister Michelle ...
An overview of macro tech trends for 2025, focusing on generative AI, LLMs, scaling challenges with training ever bigger AI models, the capex surge, and more
Presentations Every year, I produce a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. For 2025, ‘AI eats the world’.
How Tim Cook developed a personal relationship with Donald Trump, in part by zeroing in on areas of mutual interest between Apple and Trump's agenda
The election is leading to a return of personal lobbying by CEOs, hoping to develop ties with the new administration; Cook's one-topic meals Bluesky: @paleofuture.bsky.social . LinkedIn: Chip Cutter B...
Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more
The Department of Justice is pushing for Google to spin off its Chrome browser. In August, a landmark ruling found Google …
Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help
Customers believed the accounts were backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. … Augie Ray / @augieray@mastodon.social : For fifteen years, I've heard how traditional financial servi...
Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability
Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal :
Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads
Julie Bort / TechCrunch : X: @garrytan , @leofjord , @eagleonamound , and @ayushswrites LinkedIn: Julie Bort and Léopold Gasteen X: Garry Tan / @garrytan : More choice is good, people building is goo...
Huawei is targeting 100,000 applications for HarmonyOS over the next 6-12 months and currently has over 15,000 applications that can meet consumers' basic needs
Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels
Bloomberg : Forums: r/China Forums: r/China : Diehard Gamers Are Fueling Demand for Esports Hotels in China
An investigation finds several women across the US were deceived, drugged, terrorized, and sexually enslaved by sex traffickers to make money from OnlyFans
www.reuters.com/investigates... X: @reuters : For nearly two years, the boyfriend of a young Wisconsin woman held her captive, forcing her almost every night to record sex acts on camera and posting t...
Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, the three incoming EU commissioners in charge of key tech policy areas into 2029
The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula …
Around 56% of the $8.2B in financial remedies that the US SEC obtained in FY 2024 is attributable to a monetary judgment against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon
1. The SEC ordered its largest monetary sanctions in history — $8.2 billion. …
How AI is reshaping the data-intensive field of Grand Prix racing, including helping design cars, setting F1's technical regulations, and shaping race strategy
James Allen / Financial Times :
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft
Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept :
Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels
Strava's new API rules for third parties will make it harder for users across dozens of fitness apps and wearables to integrate their fitness data in one place
Run tracking is one of the example problems in my ActivityPub book. I think we need to start working on this problem.
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