Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: Amazon will likely face an EU investigation next year into whether it breaches the DMA by favoring its own brand products on its online marketplace — Amazon (AMZN.O) will likely face an EU investigation next year into whether it favours its own brand products on its online marketplace …
The EU Parliament confirms Spain’s Teresa Ribera as the next Competition Commissioner of the EU, replacing Margrethe Vestager (Lukas Knigge/Table.Media)
Lukas Knigge / Table.Media:
The EU Parliament confirms Spain’s Teresa Ribera as the next Competition Commissioner of the EU, replacing Margrethe Vestager — Teresa Ribera has been confirmed as the European Union’s new Commissioner for Competition in the hearings of the EU Parliament.
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump’s promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump’s promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve — A slew of crypto companies including Ripple, Kraken and Circle are jostling for a seat on President-elect Donald Trump’s promised …
SEC chair Gary Gensler will step down on January 20; it has been traditional for SEC chairs to resign if the administration changes in the middle of their term (Brady Dale/Axios)
Brady Dale / Axios:
SEC chair Gary Gensler will step down on January 20; it has been traditional for SEC chairs to resign if the administration changes in the middle of their term — – “I thank President Biden for entrusting me with this incredible responsibility. … The agency had resisted launching exchange …
In its latest security report, Meta says it removed 2M+ accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the UAE (James Reddick/The Record)
James Reddick / The Record:
In its latest security report, Meta says it removed 2M+ accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the UAE — Meta has taken down more than 2 million accounts this year connected to pig butchering scams conducted from Southeast Asia and the United Arab Emirates, the company said Thursday.
Crypto mining company Mara Holdings raised $1B through convertible notes, mostly to acquire bitcoin, as it expects bitcoin mining to flourish under Trump (Josh O’Sullivan/Cointelegraph)
Josh O’Sullivan / Cointelegraph:
Crypto mining company Mara Holdings raised $1B through convertible notes, mostly to acquire bitcoin, as it expects bitcoin mining to flourish under Trump — Mara Holdings has secured $1 billion through convertible notes for strategic debt management and aggressive Bitcoin investment. — Total views
Meta is rolling out voice message transcripts on WhatsApp globally over the coming weeks in select languages, and says they are generated on users’ devices (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta is rolling out voice message transcripts on WhatsApp globally over the coming weeks in select languages, and says they are generated on users’ devices — WhatsApp announced on Thursday it’s rolling out voice message transcripts. The Meta-owned company says the new feature will come …
Rabbit releases its teach mode in beta for all R1 users, letting them create and ask their own AI agents to automate tasks on websites (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Rabbit releases its teach mode in beta for all R1 users, letting them create and ask their own AI agents to automate tasks on websites — It’s a major milestone for the AI startup. — When the Rabbit R1 arrived earlier this year, it was an unfinished product.
Sources: two congressional Republicans prepare an age verification bill that puts the onus for age verification on app store operators, boosting Meta’s campaign (Washington Post)
Washington Post:
Sources: two congressional Republicans prepare an age verification bill that puts the onus for age verification on app store operators, boosting Meta’s campaign — The Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news — Happy Thursday! Today’s edition comes to you from newsletter anchors past and present.
Adam Mosseri says Threads is rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people that users follow, warns that creators’ “unconnected” reach may go down (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adam Mosseri says Threads is rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people that users follow, warns that creators’ “unconnected” reach may go down — As Bluesky’s user numbers continue to rise, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says Threads will change its For You page to show fewer posts from accounts you don’t follow.
