Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Meta’s fact-checking partners PolitiFact and FactCheck.org say they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked — Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.
Sam Altman, in a statement with his family, denies the sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in a lawsuit and says she faces “mental health challenges” (Hayden Field/CNBC)
Hayden Field / CNBC:
Sam Altman, in a statement with his family, denies the sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in a lawsuit and says she faces “mental health challenges” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused her regularly between the years of 1997 and 2006.
Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta’s “presentation was excellent” (Fox News)
Fox News:
Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta’s “presentation was excellent” — EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Meta’s move to end its fact-checking program on Facebook …
Samsung reports preliminary Q4 operating profit of ~$4.5B, missing analysts’ average projection of ~$6.2B, and revenue of ~$51.7B, also missing estimates (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Samsung reports preliminary Q4 operating profit of ~$4.5B, missing analysts’ average projection of ~$6.2B, and revenue of ~$51.7B, also missing estimates — – Weak demand for conventional memory weighs on Korean company — Samsung was also hurt by growing smartphone competition
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with IP69 rating, but most AI tools require internet connectivity (Nicholas Sutrich/Android Central)
Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central:
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with IP69 rating, but most AI tools require internet connectivity — OnePlus got everything right with the OnePlus 13 by fixing old problems and breaking new ground in design, build quality, and cameras.
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023 — Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices.
Washington state’s AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal information of 2M+ residents in a 2021 cyberattack (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)
Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire:
Washington state’s AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal information of 2M+ residents in a 2021 cyberattack — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue …
Sources: Addepar, a provider of wealth management and investment software, is in talks to raise $250M at a pre-money valuation of $3.25B, up from ~$2B in 2021 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Addepar, a provider of wealth management and investment software, is in talks to raise $250M at a pre-money valuation of $3.25B, up from ~$2B in 2021 — – Over $7 trillion of assets are managed on Addepar platforms — Software company’s clients include Morgan Stanley, Jefferies
Las Vegas police say the man who exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, including to seek info on explosive targets (Associated Press)
Associated Press:
Las Vegas police say the man who exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, including to seek info on explosive targets — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT …
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will phase back in “civic content”, seemingly a reversal of earlier decisions against recommending political content (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will phase back in “civic content”, seemingly a reversal of earlier decisions against recommending political content — As a part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach …
