Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5 (Financial Times)

Sources: Cantor Fitzgerald agreed to invest as much as $600M in Tether for about a 5% stake in the past year; Cantor holds most of Tether's $134B in assets (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Cantor Fitzgerald agreed to invest as much as $600M in Tether for about a 5% stake in the past year; Cantor holds most of Tether's $134B in assets  —  Before becoming Trump's commerce secretary pick, Lutnick deepened Cantor's ties with a stablecoin firm under investigation

Published: 2024-11-24 15:35:02

Thoughts on Apple TV's history and future; sources: a larger-than-usual number of features scheduled for iOS 19 have been postponed to iOS 19.4 in spring 2026 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Thoughts on Apple TV's history and future; sources: a larger-than-usual number of features scheduled for iOS 19 have been postponed to iOS 19.4 in spring 2026  —  Apple doesn't need its own TV set.  But it should make a low-cost TV streaming stick to bring its content, apps and smart home features to more households.

Published: 2024-11-24 15:10:00

Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, the three incoming EU commissioners in charge of key tech policy areas into 2029 (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Profiles of Teresa Ribera, Henna Virkkunen, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, the three incoming EU commissioners in charge of key tech policy areas into 2029  —  The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula …

Published: 2024-11-24 13:15:03

How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020 (Franz Lidz/New York Times)

Franz Lidz / New York Times: How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020  —  With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months.

Published: 2024-11-24 11:10:06

Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels  —  With bunkbeds, 24/7 tech support and state-of-the-art consoles, China's 21,000 esports hotels cater to gamers who prefer to play together.

Published: 2024-11-24 09:05:03

Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more (Michel Martin/NPR)

Michel Martin / NPR: Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more  —  The Department of Justice is pushing for Google to spin off its Chrome browser.  In August, a landmark ruling found Google …

Published: 2024-11-24 07:01:21

Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels (Reuters)

Reuters: Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels  —  A spike in electricity demand from the world's big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world's climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.

Published: 2024-11-24 06:40:05

Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads  —  The Silicon Valley dream is to build a tech startup that is such a unique idea it alters the commercial universe and turns its founders into billionaires.

Published: 2024-11-24 06:01:24

Huawei is targeting 100,000 applications for HarmonyOS over the next 6-12 months and currently has over 15,000 applications that can meet consumers' basic needs (Reuters)

Reuters: Huawei is targeting 100,000 applications for HarmonyOS over the next 6-12 months and currently has over 15,000 applications that can meet consumers' basic needs  —  China's Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S., said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system …

Published: 2024-11-24 05:30:01

How AI is reshaping the data-intensive field of Grand Prix racing, including helping design cars, setting F1's technical regulations, and shaping race strategy (James Allen/Financial Times)

James Allen / Financial Times: How AI is reshaping the data-intensive field of Grand Prix racing, including helping design cars, setting F1's technical regulations, and shaping race strategy  —  The world's most technically advanced sport is so data-intensive that humans can no longer manage alone

Published: 2024-11-24 04:05:03

Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Hugh Son / CNBC: Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help  —  For 15 years, former Texas schoolteacher Kayla Morris put every dollar she could save into a home for her growing family.

Published: 2024-11-24 02:30:02

Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online (Sam McKeith/Reuters)

Sam McKeith / Reuters: Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online  —  Australia's government said on Sunday it had dropped plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online.

Published: 2024-11-24 00:45:14

Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability  —  The bank is evaluating its next steps after seeing early productivity gains from OpenAI's enterprise tool

Published: 2024-11-23 23:30:02

A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft (Shawn Musgrave/The Intercept)

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept: A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft  —  In an order on Friday, a federal court rejected OpenAI's effort to toss a lawsuit filed by The Intercept over using its journalists' work …

Published: 2024-11-23 21:30:00