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A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Fac...

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South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools faces backlash from parents and academics concerned about children's overexposure to devices (Financial Times)

South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI fe...

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South Korean AI chip makers Rebellions and Sapeon agree to merge; Rebellions has raised $225M+ and Sapeon's shareholders include SK Telecom and SK Hynix (Joyce Lee/Reuters)

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Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in the total number of paying users for seven straight quarters (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)

Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic w...

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An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-founding the company, autonomous weapons systems, AI, supporting Kamala Harris, Silicon Valley critics, and more (Maureen Dowd/New York Times)

An interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp on co-fou...

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Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and cheaper model than Gen-3 Alpha, capable of generating 5- or 10-second-long video clips, available for all plans (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, a faster and chea...

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X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened arrest if X didn't comply with "censorship orders"; the service remains available (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

X says it's closing its operations in Brazil, clai...

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Nancy Pelosi issues a statement in opposition to California's AI safety bill, saying it's "well-intentioned but ill-informed" and "more harmful than helpful" (Representative Nancy Pelosi)

Nancy Pelosi issues a statement in opposition to C...

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A profile of Anthony Tan, the solo developer of Wa...

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Ericsson to sell its network portability and data exchange services unit Iconectiv to Koch Equity Development for $1B; the deal is expected to close in H1 2025 (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

Ericsson to sell its network portability and data ...

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A YouTuber files a proposed class action against Nvidia, accusing it of scraping his content without consent to train AI models, weeks after also suing OpenAI (Justin Bachman/Legal Dive)

A YouTuber files a proposed class action against N...

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Amount, which provides digital lending services for credit unions and banks, raised $30M from Curql, Goldman Sachs, WestCap, Hanaco Ventures, QED, and others (PYMNTS.com)

Amount, which provides digital lending services fo...

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Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny SpaceX's request to waive rules, claiming Starlink's service with T-Mobile would interfere with existing networks (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Filing: AT&T and Verizon ask the FCC to deny Space...

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Google says it "missed the mark" after leaked screenshots showed a Team Pixel program agreement threatened influencers who didn't showcase the Pixel over rivals (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Google says it "missed the mark" after leaked scre...

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A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment (Cristiano Lima-Strong/Washington Post)

A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocki...

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A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu Sports, the streaming service from Fox/WBD/Disney, a week before rollout, after Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit (Bloomberg)

A US judge temporarily blocks the launch of Venu S...

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OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction (Cade Metz/New York Times)

OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using...

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Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)

Background check service National Public Data conf...

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