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Eli Tan / New York Times: Sources: this fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta execs like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI  —  When Mark Zuckerberg revamped Meta’s artificial… Read More »Sources: this fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta execs like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI (Eli Tan/New York Times)

Ofcom: A survey of UK adults in 2025: on average, they spend 4.5 hours per day online, up 10 minutes on 2024, and 50%+ of time is on Google- and Meta-owned services  —  Our latest Online Nation report explores how… Read More »A survey of UK adults in 2025: on average, they spend 4.5 hours per day online, up 10 minutes on 2024, and 50%+ of time is on Google- and Meta-owned services (Ofcom)

Nasteho Said / Bloomberg: As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others rise up the App Store charts  —  Alternative social media platforms have surged in popularity in Australia Wednesday,… Read More »As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others rise up the App Store charts (Nasteho Said/Bloomberg)

David E. Sanger / New York Times: President Trump letting Nvidia sell advanced AI chips to China reverses decades of US tech restrictions on its adversaries, giving China a boost in the AI race  —  President Trump’s decision to allow… Read More »President Trump letting Nvidia sell advanced AI chips to China reverses decades of US tech restrictions on its adversaries, giving China a boost in the AI race (David E. Sanger/New York Times)

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: The EU’s General Court reduces a 2023 EU antitrust fine on Intel to €237.1M, down from €376.36M; the EU fined Intel a record €1.06B in 2009, then overturned  —  Intel Corp. won a near-€140 million ($163… Read More »The EU’s General Court reduces a 2023 EU antitrust fine on Intel to €237.1M, down from €376.36M; the EU fined Intel a record €1.06B in 2009, then overturned (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

Christine Chung / New York Times: The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info  —  Even visitors from countries like Britain… Read More »The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info (Christine Chung/New York Times)

Bloomberg: Australia’s under-16 social media ban excludes Discord, GitHub, LEGO Play, Roblox, Steam, Google Classroom, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and YouTube Kids  —  Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in… Read More »Australia’s under-16 social media ban excludes Discord, GitHub, LEGO Play, Roblox, Steam, Google Classroom, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and YouTube Kids (Bloomberg)

Peter Andringa / Financial Times: Documents and former US government officials detail ICE’s digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump’s first year  —  The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in… Read More »Documents and former US government officials detail ICE’s digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump’s first year (Peter Andringa/Financial Times)

Bloomberg: An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu, whose hands-on dealmaking approach generated $10B in international gaming revenue over the past year  —  This year, Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s gaming business scored record sales, defying an industry slowdown with… Read More »An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu, whose hands-on dealmaking approach generated $10B in international gaming revenue over the past year (Bloomberg)

Isabella Ward / Bloomberg: Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking infrastructure to link and scale quantum computers, raised a $60M Series A led by National Grid Partners  —  Nu Quantum, a British startup that builds networking infrastructure to link… Read More »Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking infrastructure to link and scale quantum computers, raised a $60M Series A led by National Grid Partners (Isabella Ward/Bloomberg)