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7 best online shopping apps in Nigeria - Techpoint
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft (Shawn Musgrave/The Intercept) - Techmeme
ActivityPub co-author on Bluesky and ATProto being neither decentralized nor federated, and how Bluesky is building a good X replacement with a "credible exit" (Christine Lemmer-Webber/Dustycloud ...) - Techmeme
Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online (Sam McKeith/Reuters) - Techmeme
Bank Employees Resign After Executive Demands Return to Offices Without Space for Everyone - Slashdot
Conservationists turn to AI in battle to save red squirrels - BBC
Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help (Hugh Son/CNBC) - Techmeme
Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads (Julie Bort/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Does GitHub Copilot Improve Code Quality - Slashdot
DOJ tells Google to sell Chrome - Techcrunch
Don't snap another pic without these 5 Android photo apps - Pocket Lint
Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
How a digital 'you' can sit through your agonizing web conference calls - Techcrunch
How AI is reshaping the data-intensive field of Grand Prix racing, including helping design cars, setting F1's technical regulations, and shaping race strategy (James Allen/Financial Times) - Techmeme
How to Create a Future of Cheap Energy for All - Wired
How to get celebrity voices on Waze - Pocket Lint
How to install the Google Play Store - Pocket Lint
How to use the Snapchat Friend Solar System - Pocket Lint
Huawei is targeting 100,000 applications for HarmonyOS over the next 6-12 months and currently has over 15,000 applications that can meet consumers' basic needs (Reuters) - Techmeme
Is your iPhone better than a Pixel - Pocket Lint
Kindle Unlimited: how much does it cost - Pocket Lint
Meta Wants Apple and Google to Verify the Age of App Downloaders - Slashdot
More Business School Researchers Accused of Fabricated Findings - Slashdot
Potentially Toxic' Chemical Byproduct May Be Present in 1/3 of US Drinking Water - Slashdot
Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more (Michel Martin/NPR) - Techmeme
Sabotage or Accident' American and European Officials Disagree On What Caused Cuts to Two Undersea Cables - Slashdot
SilverStone's Retro Beige PC Case Turns April Fools' Joke into Actual Product - Slashdot
Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5 (Financial Times) - Techmeme
Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Tesla and Rivian have reached a 'conditional' settlement in lawsuit over trade secrets - Engadget
Tesla says it has reached a 'conditional' settlement in Rivian trade secrets lawsuit - Techcrunch
The Apple Watch SE hits a record low price of $169 for Black Friday - Engadget
Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels (Reuters) - Techmeme
Verify the Rust's Standard Library's 7,500 Unsafe Functions - and Win 'Financial Rewards - Slashdot
What to read this weekend: A visual history of Futurama, and more - Engadget
Wolfs' sequel canceled because director 'no longer trusted' Apple - Techcrunch