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The Guardian: Docs: TikTok told some moderators not to flag 60+ Amazon-related accounts because Amazon is a heavy advertiser; Amazon is on a “protected list” of companies  —  Exclusive: Internal communications suggest video platform working to protect its lucrative relationship with e-commerce firm Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Mortgage and loan giant Mr. Cooper says hackers stole the personal data of 14.6M+ customers, like dates of birth, phone numbers, SSNs, and bank account numbers  —  Hackers stole the sensitive personal information of more than 14.6 million Mr. Cooper customers, the mortgage and loan giant has confirmed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Chinese chip design companies are increasingly using Malaysian companies to assemble a portion of their high-end GPUs; the move does not break US rules  —  A growing number of Chinese semiconductor design companies are tapping Malaysian firms to assemble a portion of their high-end chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Solender / Axios: Coinbase, a16z, the Winklevoss twins, and others poured $78M into crypto super PACs in Q4 2023, an immense raise in three months, ahead of the 2024 US elections  —  Cryptocurrency industry leaders have poured $78 million into super PACs aimed at bolstering and growing the ranks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI says its board can hold back the release of an AI model even if OpenAI’s leadership says it’s safe, and announces a new internal safety advisory group  —  The arrangement was mentioned in a set of guidelines released Monday explaining how the ChatGPT-maker plans to deal with AI risks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: After Dave Willner’s July exit from OpenAI as the head of the trust and safety team, OpenAI has broken up the team, whose vetting process some devs called slow  —  OpenAI has overhauled how it handles the task of rooting out disinformation and offensive content from ChatGPT and its other products … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Day / Bloomberg: Inside Amazon’s Mission Operations Center during Project Kuiper’s first launch, part of a its $10B+ project to launch 3,000+ satellites and challenge Starlink  —  Project Kuiper could transform Amazon into a telecommunications giant, but first the company needs to loft more than 3,000 satellites into orbit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into X, focusing on “illegal content and disinformation”, ad transparency, “deceptive design”, and data access  —  X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, may have broken the European Union’s tough new Digital Service Act rules … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Guardian: Internal docs: TikTok gave a “protected list” to some moderators to prevent action being taken against accounts related to heavy advertisers, like Amazon  —  Exclusive: Internal communications suggest video platform working to protect its lucrative relationship with e-commerce firm Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Flipboard plans to replace its entire social back end with ActivityPub and by April 2024 let any Flipboard user follow any fediverse account from within its app  —  Flipboard is taking its biggest step yet into the fediverse.  The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch … Lees verder op Tech Meme