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Filing: Intel's $7.86B US government subsidy requires the company to own at least 50.1% of Intel Foundry if the unit is split into a new privately held entity (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Filing: Intel's $7.86B US government subsidy requires the company to own at least 50.1% of Intel Foundry if the unit is split into a new privately held entity — Intel (INTC.O) said on Wednesday its deal for $7.86 billion in U.S. government subsidies restricts the company's ability …
Published: 2024-11-28 01:45:18
On Joe Rogan's podcast, Marc Andreessen criticizes the "raw administrative power" of US agencies like the CFPB, SEC, and FTC, discusses Elon Musk and DOGE, more (Ana Altchek/Business Insider)
Ana Altchek / Business Insider: On Joe Rogan's podcast, Marc Andreessen criticizes the “raw administrative power” of US agencies like the CFPB, SEC, and FTC, discusses Elon Musk and DOGE, more — - Marc Andreessen discussed Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Published: 2024-11-28 00:50:01
Filing: Zoom offers $18M to settle an SEC probe from 2020 over the company's privacy policies and communications, as its popularity surged during the pandemic (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Filing: Zoom offers $18M to settle an SEC probe from 2020 over the company's privacy policies and communications, as its popularity surged during the pandemic — Zoom Communications Inc. has offered $18 million to settle a four-year-old US Securities and Exchange Commission probe related to its privacy policies and communications.
Published: 2024-11-28 00:10:14
Romania's regulator calls for TikTok's suspension after an ultranationalist's shock first-round win fueled by viral TikTok videos, amid vote interference fears (Jon Henley/The Guardian)
Jon Henley / The Guardian: Romania's regulator calls for TikTok's suspension after an ultranationalist's shock first-round win fueled by viral TikTok videos, amid vote interference fears — Far-right, pro-Moscow candidate Călin Georgescu came from 5% in polls to win presidential election's first round
Published: 2024-11-27 23:45:03
Google Chat is rolling out huddles to let users instantly start an audio-first meeting, with a floating window displaying controls to add video or share screens (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google Chat is rolling out huddles to let users instantly start an audio-first meeting, with a floating window displaying controls to add video or share screens — As previewed in August of 2023, Google Chat is adding an audio-first meeting feature called “Huddles” that are described as being “instant-on.”
Published: 2024-11-27 23:20:02
Spotify will no longer allow developers building new third-party apps with its Web API to access several features, such as song and artist recommendations (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Spotify will no longer allow developers building new third-party apps with its Web API to access several features, such as song and artist recommendations — Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within the music streaming platform …
Published: 2024-11-27 22:50:01
US filing: Google sent subpoenas in October 2024 to OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft for the remedies part of the US v. Google search antitrust trial (Marty Swant/Digiday)
Marty Swant / Digiday: US filing: Google sent subpoenas in October 2024 to OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft for the remedies part of the US v. Google search antitrust trial — For the remedies phase in the Google search antitrust trial, the giant has subpoenaed three of its biggest rivals — OpenAI, Perplexity AI, and Microsoft.
Published: 2024-11-27 22:15:02
Sources: US FTC has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft, focusing on its cloud and software licensing business and its cybersecurity and AI products (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: US FTC has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft, focusing on its cloud and software licensing business and its cybersecurity and AI products — - FTC has sent detailed information demand to Microsoft — Questions focus on software licensing, cybersecurity and AI
Published: 2024-11-27 21:19:09
Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at a16z, is leaving the firm; source: he has talked to Elon Musk about joining the Department of Government Efficiency (The Information)
The Information: Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at a16z, is leaving the firm; source: he has talked to Elon Musk about joining the Department of Government Efficiency — Sriram Krishnan, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former product leader at Twitter, is leaving the firm four years after joining …
Published: 2024-11-27 21:10:28
T-Mobile's CSO says "suspicious behavior, discovery-type commands" on the company's network devices tipped it off to the suspected Salt Typhoon-linked breach (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: T-Mobile's CSO says “suspicious behavior, discovery-type commands” on the company's network devices tipped it off to the suspected Salt Typhoon-linked breach — - Carrier says the unauthorized activity resembled Salt Typhoon — Companies trying to work together to avert further hacks
Published: 2024-11-27 21:01:01
Sources: Trump's team interviewed Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner and strong proponent of crypto and fintech companies, as a candidate to lead the SEC (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Sources: Trump's team interviewed Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner and strong proponent of crypto and fintech companies, as a candidate to lead the SEC — - Atkins is a proponent of crypto and fintech companies — Uyeda, Tarbert and Stebbins have also been in contention
Published: 2024-11-27 20:45:01
Filing: Google asks a US federal appeals court to throw out the Epic ruling that would force it to overhaul the Play Store, as it competes with Apple and more (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Filing: Google asks a US federal appeals court to throw out the Epic ruling that would force it to overhaul the Play Store, as it competes with Apple and more — Google said in a filing Wednesday that US District Judge James Donato's ruling is flawed and asked that the outcome of the long-running litigation be set aside.
Published: 2024-11-27 20:01:30
The US FTC is investigating Uber after customers complained the company signed them up for Uber One without their consent and made it difficult to cancel (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: The US FTC is investigating Uber after customers complained the company signed them up for Uber One without their consent and made it difficult to cancel — - Agency opened investigation into Uber One service this year — Uber's lawyers complained about agency's push for a settlement
Published: 2024-11-27 19:30:01
Meta appears to be developing a Threads feature inspired by Bluesky's "starter packs", with profiles "handpicked by people on Threads" for users to follow (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta appears to be developing a Threads feature inspired by Bluesky's “starter packs”, with profiles “handpicked by people on Threads” for users to follow — Hoping to quell some of the momentum behind social network Bluesky, a competitor to X and Meta's Threads …
Published: 2024-11-27 18:15:05
Chinese self-driving company Pony.AI raised $413.4M in its US IPO, after pricing shares at $13, which rose 19% at open, giving it a nearly $5.4B market cap (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: Chinese self-driving company Pony.AI raised $413.4M in its US IPO, after pricing shares at $13, which rose 19% at open, giving it a nearly $5.4B market cap — - IPO priced at top of marketed range raised $260 million — Firm also agreed private placements worth $153.4 million
Published: 2024-11-27 17:00:59
