Major Canadian news organizations, including Torstar, Postmedia, and CBC, sue OpenAI, alleging breach of copyright and terms of use
A broad coalition of Canada's major news organizations, including the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC …
Sources: Meta plans to build a fiber-optic subsea cable that is 40,000+ kilometers long and extends around the world, a project that could cost more than $10B
Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally.
Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus says there was no legal or regulatory angle for the government to kill its Libra project and “it was 100% a political kill”
How Libra Was Killed. I never shared this publicly before, but since @pmarca opened the floodgates on @joerogan's pod, it feels appropriate to shed more light on this. As a reminder, Libra (then Diem)...
Bluesky replies now default to appear by “hotness”, which weights liked replies that are more recent more heavily; some say this rewards clout farming like X
Not everyone is happy about it being the default. — Bluesky replies will now default to appear by “hotness” …
A look at the DOJ's proposed remedies in the Google Search antitrust case, and why forcing a sale of Chrome might not be biggest threat to Google's power
Selling Chrome might not be the most painful part of the DOJ's antitrust demands for Google.
Report: Russia arrested notorious cybercriminal Mikhail Matveev for developing malware and running hacking groups; US DOJ filed charges against him in 2023
Russian citizen and notorious ransomware affiliate Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka, Uhodiransomwar, m1x …
How Amazon Haul, a storefront for fashion, home, and other items at “ultralow prices”, reflects the “haul” shopping phenomenon popularized by YouTube and TikTok
It is the shopping phenomenon of our times, and now it's an Amazon store.
How Tony Sayegh, head of public affairs at a major TikTok investor and an official in the first Trump admin, led the effort to win Trump's support for TikTok
Tony Sayegh led the effort to win Trump's support for the popular app with ties to China — When the Biden administration …
Salesforce says global online Thanksgiving day sales hit $33.6B, up 6% YoY, and $8.1B in the US, up 8% YoY; Adobe says US online sales hit $6.1B, up ~9% YoY
Thanksgiving weekend has long been seen as the traditional start of the most important sales period for retailers, and so far …
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says generative AI tools have helped it lower frauds by 30% and reduce call center customer wait times by 40% in 2024
- Customer scam losses at Commonwealth Bank cut in half — CEO Matt Comyn says many more AI use cases in development Bluesky: @msbrumfield.bsky.social , @radiobeartime.com , @mfulk.bsky.social , and @...
Q&A with cognitive scientist Gary Marcus on technical limitations and moral inadequacies of LLMs, constructing a regulatory framework for AI, and more
The U.S. should create an artificial intelligence agency led by a cabinet-level position, Marcus argues Bluesky: @privacyguru.bsky.social . X: @aratofrat and @amy_brand . LinkedIn: Steve Rosenbush Blu...
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE review: reasonable price, telephoto camera, and a big screen, but the screen isn't that sharp and other ~$500 phones offer more value
here's why you should (or maybe shouldn't) follow my lead Stephen Radochia / Android Police : Black Friday solves the biggest problem I have with the Galaxy S24 FE Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Tren...
Google, which joined the Open Cloud Coalition, denies its offer of €100M+ in incentives to CISPE was linked to CISPE's antitrust complaint against Microsoft
El Reg has seen the presentation to CISPE members which sources say was intended to keep the lawsuit over licensing alive
Delivery Hero's Talabat, one of the largest food delivery services in the UAE, sets its Dubai IPO price at the top end of its range and plans to raise ~$2B
Sources: European regulators rebuked Wise in 2022 after finding it lacked proof of address for hundreds of thousands of customers, forcing it into remediation
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MicroStrategy is now the largest corporate holder of bitcoins, owning ~2% of them, and its stock is up 450%+ this year, as its risky bitcoin strategy continues
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Japan allocates another $9.9B to boost its chip, quantum computing, and AI endeavors, with an undisclosed amount going to chip startup Rapidus
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Sources: ByteDance execs fear that launching its own AI models, or apps powered by the models, in the US could give lawmakers another excuse to attack TikTok
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Chinese food delivery giant Meituan reports Q3 revenue up 22.4% YoY to $12.9B, net profit up 3x YoY to $1.78B, and core delivery business up 20.2% YoY to $9.57B
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Filing: Zomato has raised $1B by issuing approximately 336.5M shares at about $3 each, its first major fundraise since its 2021 IPO
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Didi reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.44B and a net income of $128M, its second straight quarterly profit, as the company prepares for a Hong Kong IPO
Claire Che / Bloomberg :
Sequoia's former China unit HongShan is pushing for deals in Europe and North Asia, as it struggles to deploy $9B due to a weak domestic market and US controls
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Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.