Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Texas AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to determine if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued WFA in August — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers …
The UK plans to draft a regulatory framework to oversee stablecoins and staking services as part of a single overarching regime for cryptoassets in early 2025 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
The UK plans to draft a regulatory framework to oversee stablecoins and staking services as part of a single overarching regime for cryptoassets in early 2025 — – Planned legislation pushed back due to change of government — New administration to publish single overarching crypto regime
Klarna’s planned US IPO in H1 2025 could presage an uptick in IPOs by fintechs like Trustly, Chime, Zilch, Plaid, and Revolut after a relatively slow period (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Klarna’s planned US IPO in H1 2025 could presage an uptick in IPOs by fintechs like Trustly, Chime, Zilch, Plaid, and Revolut after a relatively slow period — – Trustly, Chime, Zilch among candidates for a stock listing — Sector stocks have bounced back after painful IPO losses
Brave Search introduces AI chat to let users ask follow-up questions to initial queries, bringing together capabilities of chat-first and search-first tools (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Brave Search introduces AI chat to let users ask follow-up questions to initial queries, bringing together capabilities of chat-first and search-first tools — Brave announced on Thursday that it’s introducing an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search.
Snap files to dismiss New Mexico’s lawsuit over Snap’s alleged child safety issues with predators, saying the complaint misrepresents the state’s investigation (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Snap files to dismiss New Mexico’s lawsuit over Snap’s alleged child safety issues with predators, saying the complaint misrepresents the state’s investigation — Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens’ accounts to child predators is backwards …
SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and will no longer display certain tenant scores (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge:
SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and will no longer display certain tenant scores — SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, will no longer use AI-powered “scores” to evaluate whether someone using housing vouchers would make a good tenant.
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn’t sell very well (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn’t sell very well — Google is pulling the plug on its next Pixel Tablet, citing fears the product wouldn’t sell very well. — • — TL;DR
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16 — – Company is working on overhaul that employees call ‘LLM Siri’ — Unveiling planned for next year, with rollout coming in 2026
Sources: OpenAI considered making a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others (The Information)
The Information:
Sources: OpenAI considered making a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others — OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. — The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing a web browser …
Spotify adds new audiobook features for Premium users: video clips up to 30 seconds long, Author Pages, and visuals that appear while users listen (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify adds new audiobook features for Premium users: video clips up to 30 seconds long, Author Pages, and visuals that appear while users listen — Spotify is enhancing the audiobook experience for premium users through three new experiments: video clips, author pages, and the ability to add visuals that appear while users listen.
