The Biden administration unveils a new chip export rule granting 18 key allied countries full access to AI chips.
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Biden administration 18 key allies
The Biden admin unveils a new chip export rule that gives 18 key allies full AI chips access while requiring licenses from most other countries, including China
Financial Times · 2025-01-13 · #1
Coverage at CES 2025 highlighted supply chains adapting to shifting geopolitical conditions.
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supply chains
A report on CES 2025: tech giants were mostly absent, Nvidia's keynote was a big event, AI experimentation, supply chains adapting to geopolitics, and more
Hardcore Software · 2025-01-13 · #28
The CFTC characterized Kalshi as "an online casino" in a December filing.
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CFTC Kalshi
Donald Trump Jr. is joining prediction-market startup Kalshi as a strategic adviser; CFTC called Kalshi “an online casino” in a December filing
Wall Street Journal · 2025-01-13 · #24
The Biden administration issues a rule limiting countries that cap AI compute to buying 50,000 advanced GPUs, with the limit potentially rising to 100,000 through deals with the US government.
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Biden administration US government countries with caps on AI compute advanced GPUs
Under a new Biden rule, countries with caps on AI compute are restricted to buying 50K advanced GPUs, which could grow to 100K in deals with the US government
Associated Press · 2025-01-13 · #3
The U.S. semiconductor industry warns the new export controls could aid competitors.
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U.S. semiconductor industry competitors
The Biden admin unveils a new chip export rule that gives 18 key allies full AI chips access while requiring licenses from most other countries, including China
Financial Times · 2025-01-13 · #1
OpenAI urges the new Trump administration to avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.
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OpenAI Trump administration strict regulations
OpenAI publishes a “economic blueprint” for “AI in America”, calling on the new Trump admin to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations
New York Times · 2025-01-13 · #12
US export controls spurred DeepSeek to innovate and develop DeepSeek-V3.
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US export controls DeepSeek
US export controls may have slowed China's AI progress but they also spurred DeepSeek to innovate and release DeepSeek-V3, a top LLM, without the latest chips
Bloomberg · 2025-01-12 · #16
Triplegangers CEO Oleksandr Tomchuk said businesses can opt out by updating robots.txt with specific tags, but that places the onus on site owners to block scrapers.
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Advertisers have few alternative platforms to Meta, a situation that could worsen if a TikTok ban is enacted.
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Some advertisers raise brand safety concerns over Meta's content moderation changes, fearing a surge in harmful content and misinformation on its platforms
Financial Times · 2025-01-12 · #1
The Trump administration is expected to be softer on antitrust cases.
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Trump administration
Tim Sweeney says Big Tech leaders, who used to pretend to be Democrats, are now pretending to be Republicans to skirt antitrust laws and “crush competitors”
PC Gamer · 2025-01-12 · #2
According to people familiar, Meta is pursuing favorable policies (seeking policy outcomes beneficial to the company).
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Meta favorable policies
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg faces less friction in making broad policy changes after Meta's layoffs in 2022 and 2023, which hit much of its civic integrity teams
CNBC · 2025-01-12 · #3
People familiar with the company's plans say Zuckerberg recognizes the need for White House support as Meta builds data centers and pursues favorable policies.
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Mark Zuckerberg Meta White House
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg faces less friction in making broad policy changes after Meta's layoffs in 2022 and 2023, which hit much of its civic integrity teams
CNBC · 2025-01-12 · #3
The article argues Big Tech (notably Meta and X) is in a position of weakness when confronted by determined state regulatory action in places like the EU, Brazil and the UK.
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Meta X EU Brazil UK
How aligning with Trump's new administration lets Meta and X pivot from futile cooperation with the EU and other jurisdictions to confrontation and coercion
Financial Times · 2025-01-12 · #4
Observers claim Meta and X are seeking to leverage US government power under Trump to push other countries to adopt social media rules favorable to the platforms.
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Meta X EU UK Brazil other countries
How aligning with Trump's new administration lets Meta and X pivot from futile cooperation with the EU and other jurisdictions to confrontation and coercion
Financial Times · 2025-01-12 · #4
The UK's tech secretary says the Online Safety Act is not up for negotiation.
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UK tech secretary Online Safety Act
UK's tech secretary says its Online Safety Act is “not up for negotiation,” after Zuckerberg vowed to work with Trump to pressure countries “censoring” content
The Guardian · 2025-01-12 · #5
Mark Zuckerberg urged Donald Trump to pressure the European Union to stop fining US tech companies.
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Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades
Politico · 2025-01-12 · #7
Zuckerberg claimed the European Union forced US tech companies to pay over $30 billion in fines for legal violations over the past two decades.
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Mark Zuckerberg European Union US tech companies
Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades
Politico · 2025-01-12 · #7
Zuckerberg said the CFPB was looking into Meta and claimed he did not know what the agency was or why it was investigating the company.
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Far fewer AI labs and industry voices are trying to envision and articulate what a world awash in AI might look like.
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AI labs industry voices world awash in AI
As researchers talk about the arrival of supersmart AI, far fewer voices are trying to envision and articulate what a world awash in AI might actually look like
One Useful Thing · 2025-01-12 · #12
US export controls may have slowed China's AI progress.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-12
US export controls China's AI progress
US export controls may have slowed China's AI progress but they also spurred DeepSeek to innovate and release DeepSeek-V3, a top LLM, without the latest chips
Bloomberg · 2025-01-12 · #16
Reporting suggests Zuckerberg cosying up to Trump may reduce the chances of US authorities taking action to curb Meta's dominance.
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Zuckerberg US government Meta dominance
Some advertisers raise brand safety concerns over Meta's content moderation changes, fearing a surge in harmful content and misinformation on its platforms
Financial Times · 2025-01-12 · #1
Bengaluru traffic police booked over 17,000 cases against delivery personnel in a single week of November 2024.
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Bengaluru traffic police delivery personnel
Bengaluru traffic police booked 17K+ cases against delivery personnel in a single week of November 2024, as Swiggy and others rolled out rapid delivery services
The News Minute · 2025-01-12 · #25
Reporters and security experts warn Apple customers to hang up on unsolicited calls about password resets and to contact the company directly to avoid falling for voice phishing schemes.
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A scammer details how voice phishing groups are abusing Apple's support line to generate “account confirmation” message prompts from Apple to their customers
Krebs on Security · 2025-01-12 · #24
Nebius is the new name for Yandex NV (a corporate renaming/rebranding).
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Nebius Yandex NV
An interview with Arkady Volozh, CEO of Nebius, formerly Yandex NV, on selling Yandex's Russian business in 2024, competing with US AI startups, and more
Bloomberg · 2025-01-12 · #23
Meta's memo cites a changed 'legal and policy landscape' in the U.S. as the reason for ending DEI programs.
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Meta changed legal and policy landscape around DEI in the US
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Axios · 2025-01-11 · #12
Zuckerberg said the GOP is targeting Apple and agencies such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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GOP Apple CFPB
In Joe Rogan's softball interview, Zuckerberg pointed to Apple and agencies like CFPB as new targets for the GOP, without mentioning GOP's pressure on Meta
The Verge · 2025-01-11 · #5
OpenAI provides an opt-out mechanism via special robots.txt tags, requiring site owners to update their robots.txt to block the crawler.
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OpenAI robots.txt
OpenAI's crawlers took down e-commerce site Triplegangers by relentlessly trying to scrape the entire site, whose robots.txt file was not properly configured
TechCrunch · 2025-01-11 · #6
PowerAIR is reportedly linked to a potential breach of US export controls following the discovery of a TSMC chip in a Huawei AI processor.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-11
PowerAIR US export controls
Sources: TSMC cuts ties with Singapore-based PowerAIR due to a potential breach of US export controls, after a TSMC chip was found in a Huawei AI processor
South China Morning Post · 2025-01-11 · #23
Sources say Chinese entities are stalling equipment shipments bound for iPhone factories in India, affecting Apple's supply-chain diversification.
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China equipment shipments iPhone factories in India Apple supply chain
Sources: Foxconn stops sending Chinese employees to iPhone factories in India and recalls already stationed staff, while China stalls equipment shipments
Rest of World · 2025-01-11 · #25
Synopsys and Ansys offered to divest parts of their businesses as concessions during the regulatory review.
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Synopsys Ansys parts of their businesses
The EU approves Synopsys' $35B Ansys acquisition, after the companies offered to divest parts of their businesses; US and China approvals are still pending
TechCrunch · 2025-01-11 · #27