Meta required a public statesman like Nick Clegg after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but now turns to the in-house Republican Joel Kaplan to appease Trump
The former UK politician was a public statesman when Meta required one. A different approach will be called for under Trump.
Meta appoints Joel Kaplan as Chief Global Affairs Officer, replacing Nick Clegg, who is leaving the company; Kaplan is Meta's most prominent Republican
www.semafor.com/article/01/0... [embedded post] Sam Jeffers / @worklesshard : Seems a bit backward for Clegg to leave now. Nothing will happen in the US for years, while EU DSA enforcement will gath...
A US appeals court rules the FCC did not have legal authority to reinstate net neutrality rules; incoming FCC Chair Brendan Carr opposed the 2024 reinstatement
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have the legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.
Apple and Strava partner to feature Strava athletes in Apple Fitness+ programming, add more detailed Fitness+ workout summaries in the Strava app, and more
Apple Fitness Plus is getting a fresh makeover in the Strava app. The two companies just announced they're collaborating to revamp …
Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann's alleged 4Chan posts and Dittmann's X Spaces appearances suggest he might be a fake online persona used by Musk himself
Rumors that viral Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann is actually a fake online persona used by Musk himself have been reignited following fresh evidence linking the pair.
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon pleads not guilty before a US federal judge in New York to nine counts, including wire fraud, over the $40B TerraUSD collapse
- Kwon was extradited from Montenegro earlier this week — He is also facing fraud prosecution in his native South Korea
Google fixes a days-old issue wherein Nest Hub and Nest Audio devices stopped responding to basic commands, like about the weather and the time, for many users
Update: Google says the issue is being investigated but should be resolved for most users. — TL;DR
Car rental app Turo, which uses a risk algorithm to screen drivers, was used to book trucks in both fatal New Year's Day incidents in Las Vegas and New Orleans
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Anthropic agrees with three publishers to stop Claude from providing lyrics to their songs or new lyrics based on copyrighted content, pending a court ruling
While the case is proceeding, Anthropic's Claude will no longer provide lyrics to songs owned by the music publishers or new lyrics based on copyrighted material.
China says shipments of foreign smartphones, including iPhones, fell 47.4% YoY in November, after a 44.25% YoY drop in October, marking four months of decline
Shipments to China of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone, fell by 47.4% in November from a year earlier …
Influencer marketing company Later acquires Mavely, which pays commissions to social-media creators for the sales they generate, for $250M in cash and stock
Later, an influencer and social-media marketing company, acquired social commerce app Mavely for $250 million
Sources: Apple and Google removed over six VPN apps, including Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1, from their Indian app stores after the government issued removal orders
More than half-a-dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare's widely-used 1.1.1.1, have been pulled from India's Apple App Store …
The US sanctions Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Technology over its alleged links to China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon
The U.S. government has sanctioned a Beijing-based cybersecurity company over its alleged links to a China government-backed hacking group, tracked as Flax Typhoon.
Tass: a Russian court orders Yandex to hide access to maps and photos of a Russian oil refinery from search results due to repeated attacks by Ukrainian drones
Hide the map! — But sir, they have already bombed it — ... They know where it is! — No matter. Without a map, they will forget! [embedded post]
Telegram rolls out a new account verification method powered by third-parties, new search filters for private chats, and the ability to turn gifts into NFTs
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch :
Many advertisers on TikTok say they will shift ad dollars if and when a US ban actually takes effect, as the yearslong saga has dulled any real sense of urgency
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Sources: Chinese state-sponsored hackers accessed senior US Treasury officials' computers but did not breach the department's email system and classified data
www.washingtonpost.com/national- sec... X: Jamie Tarabay / @jamietarabay : Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the computers of senior US Treasury Department leaders as part of a recent breach ...
Short seller Hindenburg shorts Carvana, claiming the company's turnaround is a “mirage” that's being propped up by unstable loans and accounting manipulation
Michael Wayland / CNBC :
Spotify debuts a Partner Program in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia, letting popular podcast hosts monetize video content, after announcing it in November
Today, we launched the Spotify Partner Program allowing Premium users … See also Mediagazer
China plans to expand its national consumer subsidies to smartphone, tablet, and smartwatch purchases to boost domestic spending as external headwinds pick up
Bloomberg :
A look at the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act, which was formally introduced in the Texas legislature and has very broad negligence liability for developers
Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional :
Paris is vying with London as Europe's top AI hotspot, with 34 of the 40 best-performing startups at the Paris-based Station F incubator in 2024 focused on AI
John Thornhill / Financial Times : Forums: r/europe Forums: r/europe : Can France become a global AI powerhouse?
An unredacted lawsuit from Utah's AG claims TikTok has long known that TikTok Live promoted sexual content streams to minors and facilitated money laundering
- Unredacted lawsuit claims TikTok knew about teen safety issues — Lawsuit also alleges company facilitated money laundering See also Mediagazer
Email: NYC-based Level, which raised a $27M Series A in 2021 to help companies offer staff benefits, shuts down after an effort to sell the startup fell through
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