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Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress’ dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech companies, the EU’s DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

    Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress’ dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech companies, the EU’s DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, more  —  Today, I’m talking with Senator Brian Schatz of… Read More »Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress’ dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech companies, the EU’s DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

    Legislators and privacy experts detail how the tech industry has sought to water down state privacy regulation in the US; 13 US states now have privacy laws (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

      Suzanne Smalley / The Record: Legislators and privacy experts detail how the tech industry has sought to water down state privacy regulation in the US; 13 US states now have privacy laws  —  New Jersey’s governor signed a hard-fought data… Read More »Legislators and privacy experts detail how the tech industry has sought to water down state privacy regulation in the US; 13 US states now have privacy laws (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

      Bain: as of September 2023, autonomous vehicles in China had driven a cumulative total of 70M kilometers, on par with the US, despite Beijing’s safety concerns (Financial Times)

        Financial Times: Bain: as of September 2023, autonomous vehicles in China had driven a cumulative total of 70M kilometers, on par with the US, despite Beijing’s safety concerns  —  Experts believe carmakers and tech companies are closing gap with US… Read More »Bain: as of September 2023, autonomous vehicles in China had driven a cumulative total of 70M kilometers, on par with the US, despite Beijing’s safety concerns (Financial Times)

        Ransomware negotiation firm Coveware: the number of ransomware victims paying ransom demands dropped to a record low of 29% in Q4 2023, down from 85% in Q1 2019 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

          Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Ransomware negotiation firm Coveware: the number of ransomware victims paying ransom demands dropped to a record low of 29% in Q4 2023, down from 85% in Q1 2019  —  The number of ransomware victims paying ransom… Read More »Ransomware negotiation firm Coveware: the number of ransomware victims paying ransom demands dropped to a record low of 29% in Q4 2023, down from 85% in Q1 2019 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

          Analysis: tech layoffs in 2024, totaling 25,000 across ~100 companies so far, according to Layoffs.fyi, are more strategic than mass layoffs in 2023 (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

            Mike Isaac / New York Times: Analysis: tech layoffs in 2024, totaling 25,000 across ~100 companies so far, according to Layoffs.fyi, are more strategic than mass layoffs in 2023  —  Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other tech companies have been on… Read More »Analysis: tech layoffs in 2024, totaling 25,000 across ~100 companies so far, according to Layoffs.fyi, are more strategic than mass layoffs in 2023 (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

            Sources: TikTok plans to open studios in several cities, including LA, where creators can livestream and sell products, a strategy that worked for Douyin (The Information)

              The Information: Sources: TikTok plans to open studios in several cities, including LA, where creators can livestream and sell products, a strategy that worked for Douyin  —  When TikTok creators start a livestream to chat about their new favorite hairbrush,… Read More »Sources: TikTok plans to open studios in several cities, including LA, where creators can livestream and sell products, a strategy that worked for Douyin (The Information)

              Bernstein estimates PDD spent ~$3B on marketing Temu in the US in 2023; the Chinese group says Temu has 70M MAUs in the US, versus an estimated 13M in Jan. 2023 (Financial Times)

                Financial Times: Bernstein estimates PDD spent ~$3B on marketing Temu in the US in 2023; the Chinese group says Temu has 70M MAUs in the US, versus an estimated 13M in Jan. 2023  —  High-spending marketing push by PDD Holdings-owned… Read More »Bernstein estimates PDD spent ~$3B on marketing Temu in the US in 2023; the Chinese group says Temu has 70M MAUs in the US, versus an estimated 13M in Jan. 2023 (Financial Times)

                Ofcom: 22% of search results around basic self-injury terms on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and AOL produced single-click links to more harmful content (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

                  Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Ofcom: 22% of search results around basic self-injury terms on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and AOL produced single-click links to more harmful content  —  Move over, TikTok.  Ofcom, the U.K. regulator enforcing the now official Online… Read More »Ofcom: 22% of search results around basic self-injury terms on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and AOL produced single-click links to more harmful content (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

                  Sources: the US stopped autonomous trucking firm TuSimple’s shipment of Nvidia A100 chips to Australia to probe whether they were ultimately bound for China (Wall Street Journal)

                    Wall Street Journal: Sources: the US stopped autonomous trucking firm TuSimple’s shipment of Nvidia A100 chips to Australia to probe whether they were ultimately bound for China  —  Authorities stopped the shipment by autonomous-trucking firm TuSimple in its latest tangle… Read More »Sources: the US stopped autonomous trucking firm TuSimple’s shipment of Nvidia A100 chips to Australia to probe whether they were ultimately bound for China (Wall Street Journal)

                    Samsung reports Q4 revenue down 3.8% YoY to ~$51B, vs. ~$52.1B est., and operating profit down 34.57% YoY to ~$2.1B, vs. ~$2.6B est. (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

                      Sheila Chiang / CNBC: Samsung reports Q4 revenue down 3.8% YoY to ~$51B, vs. ~$52.1B est., and operating profit down 34.57% YoY to ~$2.1B, vs. ~$2.6B est.  —  – Samsung on Wednesday reported a 34.57% drop in operating profit in… Read More »Samsung reports Q4 revenue down 3.8% YoY to ~$51B, vs. ~$52.1B est., and operating profit down 34.57% YoY to ~$2.1B, vs. ~$2.6B est. (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

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