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YouTube partners with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross to show brief, step-by-step first-aid videos atop searches about heart attacks and more (Amrita Khalid/The Verge)

    Amrita Khalid / The Verge: YouTube partners with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross to show brief, step-by-step first-aid videos atop searches about heart attacks and more  —  If you search YouTube for what to do if someone… Read More »YouTube partners with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross to show brief, step-by-step first-aid videos atop searches about heart attacks and more (Amrita Khalid/The Verge)

    Sources: as US-China tensions rise, Microsoft debates what to do with its prized 800-person Beijing research lab, opened in 1998; Microsoft has added guardrails (New York Times)

      New York Times: Sources: as US-China tensions rise, Microsoft debates what to do with its prized 800-person Beijing research lab, opened in 1998; Microsoft has added guardrails  —  Amid U.S.-China tensions, the company has faced questions over whether operating an… Read More »Sources: as US-China tensions rise, Microsoft debates what to do with its prized 800-person Beijing research lab, opened in 1998; Microsoft has added guardrails (New York Times)

      Data.ai’s State of Mobile 2023: global consumer app spending rose 3% YoY to $171B, non-game spending rose 11% YoY to $64B, and app downloads rose 1% YoY to 257B (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

        Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Data.ai’s State of Mobile 2023: global consumer app spending rose 3% YoY to $171B, non-game spending rose 11% YoY to $64B, and app downloads rose 1% YoY to 257B  —  After the app economy slowed for… Read More »Data.ai’s State of Mobile 2023: global consumer app spending rose 3% YoY to $171B, non-game spending rose 11% YoY to $64B, and app downloads rose 1% YoY to 257B (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

        SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY (Sam Kim/Bloomberg)

          Sam Kim / Bloomberg: SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY  —  – Recovery among chip makers may… Read More »SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY (Sam Kim/Bloomberg)

          Valve’s Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content (Kat Bailey/IGN)

            Kat Bailey / IGN: Valve’s Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content  —  New survey update will ask developers to disclose… Read More »Valve’s Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content (Kat Bailey/IGN)

            Meituan’s market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

              Sheila Chiang / CNBC: Meituan’s market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business  —  – Chinese food delivery giant Meituan lost about… Read More »Meituan’s market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

              Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

                Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details  —  Aeva Technologies (AEVA.N) on Tuesday said that it has reached… Read More »Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

                Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time (Bloomberg)

                  Bloomberg: Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time  —  – Saudi Arabia dominates tech scene with 52%… Read More »Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time (Bloomberg)

                  An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

                    Jason Koebler / 404 Media: An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total  —  Joe Rogan, Taylor Swift, Andrew Tate, Steve Harvey, The Rock, and… Read More »An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

                    Some startup founders are building up protections, including implementing supervoting shares or dual-class shares, to avoid getting ousted like Sam Altman (Corrie Driebusch/Wall Street Journal)

                      Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: Some startup founders are building up protections, including implementing supervoting shares or dual-class shares, to avoid getting ousted like Sam Altman  —  They are building up protections and share classes after watching OpenAI saga… Read More »Some startup founders are building up protections, including implementing supervoting shares or dual-class shares, to avoid getting ousted like Sam Altman (Corrie Driebusch/Wall Street Journal)

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