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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and, a source says, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are planning to attend Trump's inauguration events this month (Bloomberg)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Bloomberg: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and, a source says, Meta CEO…

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Sources: HPE won a $1B deal in late 2024 to provide servers optimized for AI work for X; Dell and Super Micro also bid on the deal (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Sources: HPE won a $1B deal in late 2024 to provide…

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Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed "legal and policy landscape" around DEI in the US (Axios)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Axios: Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a…

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A look at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, RELX's largest division, which accounts for ~35% of RELX's revenue and holds 9B device records and 3B digital identities (John Gapper/Financial Times)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

John Gapper / Financial Times: A look at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, RELX's largest division, which…

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Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to 45 hours per week "due to the lawsuits from WP Engine", focusing mostly on security and critical updates (Automattic)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Automattic: Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to 45 hours per week “due to…

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A hack of location data firm Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are being used to steal user location data; apps may not even know (Joseph Cox/Wired)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Joseph Cox / Wired: A hack of location data firm Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder,…

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Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like "a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it" (Casey Newton/Platformer)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Casey Newton / Platformer: Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram…

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The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium projects in a "neutral space", with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera (Kevin Purdy/Ars Technica)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium…

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Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg gave the Meta team training Llama AI models approval to use data from LibGen, which offers access to pirated, copyrighted material (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

By Mehmed Saleem 10 January 2025

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg gave the Meta team training Llama AI…

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Internal data: Spotify had about 55M US subscribers as of Q3 2024, of which only around 607,000 were on the cheaper "basic" plan that doesn't include audiobooks (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

By Mehmed Saleem 9 January 2025

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Internal data: Spotify had about 55M US subscribers as of Q3…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and, a source says, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are planning to attend Trump's inauguration events this month (Bloomberg)

Sources: HPE won a $1B deal in late 2024 to provide servers optimized for AI work for X; Dell and Super Micro also bid on the deal (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed "legal and policy landscape" around DEI in the US (Axios)

A look at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, RELX's largest division, which accounts for ~35% of RELX's revenue and holds 9B device records and 3B digital identities (John Gapper/Financial Times)

Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to 45 hours per week "due to the lawsuits from WP Engine", focusing mostly on security and critical updates (Automattic)

A hack of location data firm Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are being used to steal user location data; apps may not even know (Joseph Cox/Wired)

Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like "a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it" (Casey Newton/Platformer)

The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium projects in a "neutral space", with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera (Kevin Purdy/Ars Technica)

Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg gave the Meta team training Llama AI models approval to use data from LibGen, which offers access to pirated, copyrighted material (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Internal data: Spotify had about 55M US subscribers as of Q3 2024, of which only around 607,000 were on the cheaper "basic" plan that doesn't include audiobooks (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)

UK's tech secretary says its Online Safety Act is "not up for negotiation," after Zuckerberg vowed to work with Trump to pressure countries "censoring" content (Michael Savage/The Guardian)

An interview with Arkady Volozh, CEO of Nebius, formerly Yandex NV, on selling Yandex's Russian business in 2024, competing with US AI startups, and more (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

A scammer details how voice phishing groups are abusing Apple's support line to generate "account confirmation" message prompts from Apple to their customers (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

Bengaluru traffic police booked 17K+ cases against delivery personnel in a single week of November 2024, as Swiggy and others rolled out rapid delivery services (The News Minute)

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