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Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and others accused by rivals of not respecting new EU competition rules (www.cnbc.com)

Samsung is no longer the world’s biggest smartphone maker (www.androidpolice.com)

B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder (bc.ctvnews.ca)

B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder::Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal.

Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say (arstechnica.com)

AI “Black Box” placed in more hospital operating rooms to improve safety (arstechnica.com)

US Slashes Planned Drilling to Push Offshore Wind (energy-oil-gas.com)

US Slashes Planned Drilling to Push Offshore Wind::Exploring the U.S.’s major shift to offshore wind farms, a key step in greening energy policy and shaping a sustainable future.

U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concern (www.nbcnews.com)

YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave (9to5google.com)

Shutting down Artifact (medium.com)

It’s a shame! It was actually a good news source with a curated feed not run by Google!...

Microsoft launches a Pro plan for Copilot (techcrunch.com)

Chinese-developed nuclear battery has a 50-year lifespan — Betavolt BV100 built with Nickel-63 isotope and diamond semiconductor material (www.tomshardware.com)

Korea unveils plan to build $471 bil. mega chip cluster in Gyeonggi Province (m.koreatimes.co.kr)

Xbox is banning users for automatically uploading steamy sex scenes from Baldur's Gate 3 (www.businessinsider.com)

Xbox is banning users for automatically uploading steamy sex scenes from Baldur’s Gate 3::Baldur’s Gate 3 allows characters to remove their clothes and romance other characters. It’s getting users in trouble with Xbox Live.

Korea unveils plan to build $472 billion dollar mega chip cluster (www.koreatimes.co.kr)

Korea unveils plan to build $472 billion dollar mega chip cluster::Korea will build the world’s biggest semiconductor cluster in Gyeonggi Province by 2047 as Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and other chip companies plan to invest a total of 622 trillion won ($471 billion) to build 16 new fabs, creating more than 3 million jobs,...

Adblock: Google did not slow down and lag YouTube performance with ad blocker on - Neowin (www.neowin.net)

Adblock: Google did not slow down and lag YouTube performance with ad blocker on - Neowin::According to several user reports online, Google was apparently slowing YouTube down if it detected adblockers. However, Adblock has now confirmed that such is not the case at all.

Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas (www.theverge.com)

I’m sure women will be stoked to have Apple relocate them to a state that could kill them.

Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb | The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis (www.theatlantic.com)

Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb | The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis::The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.

Lucid dream startup says engineers can write code in their sleep. Work may never be the same (fortune.com)

The tech sector is pouring billions of dollars into AI. But it keeps laying off humans (edition.cnn.com)

The tech sector is pouring billions of dollars into AI. But it keeps laying off humans::The tech sector has kicked off the new year with a spate of fresh job cuts that are coming at the same time as the industry is doubling down on investments into artificial intelligence.

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