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Yueqi Yang @ The Information · 12/20/2024 16:12 EDT

Bullish, the crypto exchange that owns CoinDesk, abruptly dismissed three top editors, including editor-in-chief Kevin Reynolds, after forcing the publication to remove an article about crypto billionaire Justin Sun, Fortune reported. Reynolds’ deputies, Nick Baker and Marc Hochstein were also ... Read more â€ș

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Catherine Perloff @ The Information · 12/20/2024 15:28 EDT

The UK data regulator criticized Google for a change to its ads policy that the regulator says will make it easier for brands using Google’s advertising technology to track users without their consent. Earlier this week, Google announced a new ad policy that allows Google’s advertisers to track ... Read more â€ș

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Stephanie Palazzolo @ The Information 2 place · 12/20/2024 14:54 EDT

OpenAI on Friday announced the next generation of its o1 reasoning model, which takes more time to “think” about questions users give it before responding. The model is called “o3.” OpenAI had to skip “o2” due to a potential copyright or trademark conflict with O2, a British telecommunications ... Read more â€ș

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Natasha Mascarenhas @ The Information 2 place · 12/20/2024 14:36 EDT

Shivakumar Venkataraman, OpenAI’s search chief, has departed, seven months after joining the company to help lead the development of search and artificial intelligence for enterprise customers. The departure, which Venkataraman and OpenAI confirmed, comes days after OpenAI made web ... Read more â€ș

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Sylvia Varnham O'Regan @ The Information · 12/20/2024 13:04 EDT

Google has hired more than 100 staffers at augmented reality firm Magic Leap as contractors to assist with Google’s work on its new Android XR operating system, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation. The unusual arrangement, which Magic Leap’s senior vice president of product, Jade Meskill, confirmed, will give Google a boost in staffing as it battles Meta Platforms in the race to establish the leading... Read more â€ș

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Michael Roddan @ The Information · 12/20/2024 13:02 EDT

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued payments network Zelle and three of the banks that operate and own it, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo, for allegedly failing to prevent widespread fraud on the platform. The CFPB said customers of the three banks had lost more than $870 ... Read more â€ș

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Sara Germano @ The Information 2 place · 12/20/2024 12:08 EDT

A pop quiz: Which living basketball player has the most-worn signature sneaker in the NBA this season? If you guessed perennial All-Stars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant or even Michael Jordan, you’d be wrong: It’s Sabrina Ionescu, starting point guard for the WNBA champion New York Liberty. Indeed, sales of Ionescu’s unisex Nike shoes—the Sabrinas—quintupled over the 12 months ending in August, making it one of the fastest-growing brands at... Read more â€ș

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Theo Wayt @ The Information · 12/20/2024 11:28 EDT

Amazon’s purchase of MGM gave it ownership of the James Bond franchise, but clashes with the family that has creative control of the films have repeatedly delayed any plans for a new movie, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Barbara Broccoli, the leader of the family that’s controlled ... Read more â€ș

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Sahil Patel @ The Information · 12/20/2024 11:04 EDT

Netflix has secured the U.S. rights to exclusively stream the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cups, a major step forward in the video giant’s expansion into live sports. This is the first time Netflix has bought out all of the rights in the U.S. on a specific tournament. Netflix and FIFA did ... Read more â€ș

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Ann Gehan @ The Information · 12/20/2024 09:00 EDT

Shopify, the Canadian-based e-commerce software giant, is walking a tightrope. The company has growing ambitions to promote its own software, such as its Shop Pay branded checkout, which appears on many of its 2 million merchants’ sites. Those goals are beginning to clash with the interests of the small software firms that historically have provided the add-on software tools Shopify offers its merchants. Read more â€ș

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Stephanie Palazzolo @ The Information · 12/19/2024 20:32 EDT

OpenAI is currently prepping the next generation of its o1 reasoning model, which takes more time to “think” about questions users give it before responding, according to two people with knowledge of the effort. However, due to a potential copyright or trademark conflict with O2, a British ... Read more â€ș

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Martin Peers @ The Information · 12/19/2024 20:00 EDT

Apple Deals With European Regulation by Blasting Meta

Here’s an idea. Instead of Donald Trump letting Elon Musk crash every dinner and phone call Trump has with tech CEOs, how about he invites Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to jointly dine with him? Maybe the incoming president could sort out the two companies’ differences.Tensions between Apple and Meta date back a while, of course, but Apple’s diatribe against Meta this week was particularly... Read more â€ș

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Rocket Drew @ The Information · 12/19/2024 19:18 EDT

Ìura, the smart ring maker, raised $200 million in a series D funding round with participation from Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom, the company said Thursday. The funding values the company at $5.2 billion, up from $2.55 billion in 2022. As part of the Series D, Ìura last ... Read more â€ș

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Erin Woo @ The Information · 12/19/2024 16:49 EDT

Google on Tuesday released a new artificial intelligence model that aims to automate more complex tasks by spending a longer time processing a person’s instructions, known as reasoning. The launch comes several months after OpenAI pioneered a reasoning model of its own, o1, for which it charges ... Read more â€ș

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Kaya Yurieff @ The Information · 12/19/2024 16:00 EDT

I spent Tuesday afternoon at the White House’s holiday party for influencers. It was packed: more than 500 attendees mingled over spiked eggnog and cocktail shrimp, including hip-hop artist Flava Flav, comedian Keegan-Michael Key, reality TV star turned podcaster Harry Jowsey—and of course, the Bidens. Tuesday's party, the second year the Biden administration’s Office of Digital Strategy hosted a holiday fest for creators and others working in the industry, was... Read more â€ș

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Theo Wayt @ The Information · 12/19/2024 15:54 EDT

President-elect Donald Trump had dinner with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, the New York Times reported. Musk wasn’t expected to be part of the dinner but joined after it had already begun, according to the report. The Times did not report what the trio discussed. Earlier ... Read more â€ș

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Erin Woo @ The Information · 12/19/2024 15:50 EDT

Alec Radford, an OpenAI researcher who helped develop some of its most important artificial intelligence, on Thursday told colleagues he was leaving to pursue research independently. Radford said he planned to collaborate with OpenAI as well as other AI developers, according to a person who ... Read more â€ș

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Amir Efrati @ The Information · 12/19/2024 15:04 EDT

Google is making one of its biggest moves yet to bring conversational answers into its search engine, a response to artificial intelligence rivals that have attracted users by providing such answers rather than a list of website links. The company is planning to give its billions of search users the option to switch to an AI Mode that looks nearly identical to its Gemini AI chatbot, according to a person... Read more â€ș

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Sylvia Varnham O'Regan @ The Information · 12/19/2024 14:05 EDT

Apple has criticized Meta Platforms for making a large number of requests to access Apple’s “sensitive technologies” within its mobile operating system iOS,  warning that such requests could allow Meta to read iPhone owners’ emails and messages. Meta made the requests under a rule ... Read more â€ș

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Michael Roddan @ The Information · 12/19/2024 14:05 EDT

Chime Files Confidential Paperwork For IPO

Fintech banking startup Chime Financial has filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported. Chime declined to comment. The company, which has long been planning to go public next year, offers fee-free digital banking sources. The company was valued at $25 billion ... Read more â€ș

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