Filing: Apple asks to participate in the remedial phase of Google's US antitrust case, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements
Apple (AAPL.O) has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely …
Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace approves lifting its ban on “certain widely used foreign platforms”, naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps
- Allowing WhatsApp and Google Play may placate opponents — Major social networking sites have been blocked for years
Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions
Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments following legislative changes …
Benchmarking AMD's MI300X and Nvidia's H100 and H200; in theory, AMD's GPU has advantages in specs and Total Cost of Ownership, but software bugs hold it back
Intro — SemiAnalysis has been on a five-month long quest to settle the reality of MI300X. In theory, the MI300X …
A look at OpenAI's interest in robotics, from investing in startups like Figure and Physical Intelligence to, sources say, considering making a humanoid robot
Over the past year, OpenAI has dropped not-so-subtle hints about its revived interest in robotics: investing in startups developing hardware …
President Biden signs the $895B 2025 defense policy bill, including $3B for the FCC's “rip and replace” program to get rid of Chinese networking equipment
The annual defense policy bill signed by President Joe Biden Monday evening allocates $3 billion to help telecom firms remove …
Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition as their combined market share would be 90%+
- Fair Trade Commission concerned deal would limit competition — Uber had sought Delivery Hero's Foodpanda unit in Taiwan
US and Japanese law enforcement say North Korean hackers were responsible for stealing 4,502.9 BTC, worth $308M, from Japanese crypto exchange DMM in May 2024
Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk :
Kaiko: the share of BTC-USD trades in US market hours has now climbed to ~53% from 40% in 2021, with crypto liquidity back at levels seen before FTX's collapse
- Bitcoin trading versus dollar is more concentrated in US hours — Open interest in CME futures for Bitcoin, Ether scaled records
Elon Musk is one of two paid subscribers of an X account that has implied South Africa was better off under apartheid, slammed “Black ruled” countries, and more
This is dialectics being weaponized to normalize an abomination. — www.mediaite.com/news/elon-mu... Domenico Lamberti / @mobiledom : who is surprised that the conservative, rich, white son of conser...
A look at the more challenging AI evaluations emerging in response to the rapid progress of models, including FrontierMath, Humanity's Last Exam, and RE-Bench
Despite their expertise, AI developers don't always know what their most advanced systems are capable of—at least, not at first. X: @tharin_p and @tharin_p X: @tharin_p : My latest piece for @TIME con...
Singapore issued 13 crypto licenses in 2024, pulling ahead of Hong Kong, where authorities have been more cautious, in the race to become a regional crypto hub
- Both cities have tried to attract crypto firms to their shores — Hong Kong authorities have been cautious handing out permits
Opensignal ranks Japan #1 in G7 mobile reliability experience between July 1 and September 28, followed by France, Germany, the US, Canada, Italy, and the UK
Research highlights impact of poor network performance on consumers — Mobile users in the UK had the least reliable experience … Bluesky: @seanfionn . X: @workmj . Forums: r/ukpolitics and r/unitedk...
Fiserv to acquire Toronto-based Payfare, which lets gig workers on platforms like Uber access their wages early, for $140M, expected to close in H1 2025
U.S. fintech firm Fiserv (FI.N) will buy Canada's Payfare (PAY.TO) in a C$201.5 million ($140 million) deal as it looks …
West Bank residents, who have long complained of missing and outdated data on Google Maps, say the Israel-Hamas war has made the app even worse for navigation
www.wired.com/story/google... Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : A really interesting (and frustrating) story from @peard33.bsky.social about what it's like to use Google Maps in the West Bank www.wired.c...
Sources: Founders Fund seeks ~$3B for its third growth equity fund; it raised $3.4B for its second growth fund and $1.8B for its eighth early-stage fund in 2022
It also will have access to the incoming White House, thanks to Thiel's longtime support of President-elect Trump. — www.axios.com/2024/12/24/f...
The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer data security scheme after Starwood's 2014 to 2018 breaches and Marriott's 2018 breach
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer :
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director
Annie Palmer / CNBC :
Tass: Russia bans crypto mining in 10 regions from January 1, 2025, to March 15, 2031, due to its high power consumption, after legalizing mining in July 2024
Sheldon Reback / CoinDesk :
The biggest online dating companies are in crisis, as women and younger users increasingly look elsewhere, toward niche apps, websites, or real-life meetups
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times :
Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production
8% rate hike for utility customers —millions in tax incentives for data center companies to bring tax revenue and jobs... -...resulting in Maricopa having the 2nd largest concentration of data cente...
Two major China-based Amazon merchants say Amazon reps have recently been offering incentives like free ads and lower commissions if they stop selling on Temu
The Information :
Ant splits Alipay into the Digital Payment Business Group focused on new payment products, and the Alipay Business Group focused on user growth and monetization
Ann Cao / South China Morning Post :
Sources: the EU will conditionally approve US chip design software company Synopsys' $35B Ansys acquisition, the largest tech deal since Broadcom bought VMware
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters :
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