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François Chollet, the AI pioneer who created Keras, says he is leaving Google after nearly 10 years to start a new company, but doesn't reveal many details (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Google plans to stop showing political ads to users in the EU in 2025 due to uncertainties around new transparency rules coming into effect in October 2025 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

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Q&A with pseudonymous AI researcher Gwern Branwen on anonymity, the grand theory of intelligence, seeing LLM scaling early, AGI timelines, blogging, and more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

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Adam Mosseri says Threads had "more than 15M signups in November alone" and it is "going on three months with more than a million signups a day" (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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The EU publishes its first draft of a Code of Practice under the AI Act for general-purpose AI models, including provisions for copyright and systemic risk (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

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BitSight, the cybersecurity startup last valued at $2.4B, acquires Cybersixgill, which gathers threat intelligence data from the dark web, for $115M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Echoing TikTok's gifting, YouTube is rolling out "jewels" that users can buy to support creators during livestreams, for those in the YouTube Partner Program (Umar Shakir/The Verge)

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Amazon One Medical expands telehealth services with low-cost treatment plans and medication delivery for beauty and lifestyle issues like hair loss, skin care (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

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Google releases a new free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions and chat via text, voice, or camera, as well as use conversational Gemini Live (David Pierce/The Verge)

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The EU fines Meta €797.72M for tying Facebook Marketplace to Facebook and "imposing unfair trading conditions" on rival websites, the first such fine for Meta (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

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Snap unveils new Snapchat location and privacy tools, including letting parents request their teen's location and view their location-sharing settings (Quentyn Kennemer/The Verge)

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Microsoft releases Windows 11 ISOs for Arm64 PCs, letting users clean install Windows via official offline media, including the latest Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

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Google updates Maps to help users search for products like home goods, clothing, and electronics and find stores nearby, improve traffic reporting, and more (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

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X names Mahmoud Reza Banki as CFO; Banki, who Trump pardoned for making false statements in January 2021, was Tubi CFO and, a source says, joined X in November (Wall Street Journal)

X names Mahmoud Reza Banki as CFO; Banki, who Trum...

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Experts expect Trump to relax business cybersecurity rules, drop human rights concerns on spyware, and take an aggressive stance on US adversaries' cyber armies (Eric Geller/Wired)

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Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery startup Bolt says it hit €2B in annual revenue and plans a 2025 IPO; Bolt had an $8B+ valuation in January 2022 (Alessandro Parodi/Reuters)

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JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 5.1% YoY to ~$36B, above $35.9B est., and net income up 48% YoY to ~$1.6B, suggesting a recovery in segments of China's economy (Bloomberg)

JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 5.1% YoY to ~$36B, ab...

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