Faris Mokhtar / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has raised its offer to invest in Indonesia from about $10M to almost $100M, in a bid to persuade the government to lift its iPhone 16 sales ban — – Company increases investment proposal tenfold, sources say — Indonesia banned sales of iPhone 16 over local content rules
In the Fifth Circuit, Amazon and SpaceX argued the NLRB, which recently ruled against them, is unconstitutional; the judges questioned their arbitrary deadlines (Daniel Wiessner/Reuters)
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
In the Fifth Circuit, Amazon and SpaceX argued the NLRB, which recently ruled against them, is unconstitutional; the judges questioned their arbitrary deadlines — A panel of U.S. judges on Monday seemed likely to rule that Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Elon Musk’s SpaceX were too quick to bring …
The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email communications between congressional offices and library staff between January and September 2024 (NBC News)
NBC News:
The US Library of Congress says hackers accessed some email communications between congressional offices and library staff between January and September 2024 — The Library of Congress didn’t specify who was behind the hack. — The Library of Congress said hackers broke into its communications systems …
Internal document: Amazon has held talks with several partners for handling specific tasks on the AI-powered Alexa, including Uber, Ticketmaster, and Instacart (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Internal document: Amazon has held talks with several partners for handling specific tasks on the AI-powered Alexa, including Uber, Ticketmaster, and Instacart — – Amazon discussed partnerships with other companies for an AI-powered Alexa upgrade. — Partners under consideration included Uber …
Two Baltic Sea internet cables, connecting Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany, were suddenly disrupted, sparking concerns of Russian sabotage (CNN)
CNN:
Two Baltic Sea internet cables, connecting Lithuania with Sweden and Finland with Germany, were suddenly disrupted, sparking concerns of Russian sabotage — Two undersea internet cables in the Baltic Sea have been suddenly disrupted, according to local telecommunications companies …
Sources: DOJ antitrust officials have decided to, along with states’ AGs, ask a judge to force Google to spin off Chrome and impose data licensing requirements (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: DOJ antitrust officials have decided to, along with states’ AGs, ask a judge to force Google to spin off Chrome and impose data licensing requirements — – Antitrust officials also to seek data licensing, AI measures — Google says the proposals would harm consumers and developers
Perplexity debuts a shopping feature offering product recommendations, one-click checkout, and more for Pro users in the US, alongside a merchant program (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Perplexity debuts a shopping feature offering product recommendations, one-click checkout, and more for Pro users in the US, alongside a merchant program — AI-powered search engine Perplexity is venturing into e-commerce. On Monday, the company debuted a new shopping feature …
Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, who helped launder the 2016 Bitfinex hack proceeds, is sentenced to 18 months in prison; her husband recently got a 5-year sentence (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:
Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, who helped launder the 2016 Bitfinex hack proceeds, is sentenced to 18 months in prison; her husband recently got a 5-year sentence — In the theft of bitcoin from Bitfinex — worth about $9 billion in today’s prices — Morgan’s 18 months followed …
A look at emails between Musk and Altman from the early days of OpenAI, discussing its partnership with Microsoft, fundraising, employee compensation, AGI, more (Kylie Robison/The Verge)
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
A look at emails between Musk and Altman from the early days of OpenAI, discussing its partnership with Microsoft, fundraising, employee compensation, AGI, more — Emails in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI expose the startup’s rocky origins. … As OpenAI was ironing out a new deal with Microsoft in 2016 …
Telegram updates “mini-apps” to be able to run full screen and be pinned to homescreens; devs can now add subscription plans, a “gift” sending feature, and more (Umar Shakir/The Verge)
Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Telegram updates “mini-apps” to be able to run full screen and be pinned to homescreens; devs can now add subscription plans, a “gift” sending feature, and more — Full-screen mini-apps, including games such as Doom, can run in either portrait or landscape orientations inside Telegram …
