Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy corporate data management and security startup Veza for $1B+ in a deal as early as next week (The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/servicenow-advanced-talks-buy-security-startup-least-1-billion
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Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy corporate data management and security startup Veza for $1B+ in a deal as early as next week
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Sources: the White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state AI laws, following bipartisan backlash (Karen Freifeld/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-pauses-executive-order-that-would-seek-preempt-state-laws-ai-sources-2025-11-21/
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Sources: the White House has put on hold a draft executive order that would seek to preempt state AI laws, following bipartisan backlash
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Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko is stepping down from the decentralized social network as part of its shift to a nonprofit structure overseen by a board (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures | TechCrunch
Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the executive director as the company b...
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Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko steps down from the decentralized social network as part of its transition to a nonprofit structure governed by a board
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Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2025 report: for the 15th straight year, global internet freedom is in decline; of the 72 countries surveyed, Kenya fell most (Tech Policy Press)
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Global Internet Freedom Declines for 15th Consecutive Year | TechPolicy.Press
Despite funding cuts, Freedom House delivered its annual report on how countries are performing on measures of digital rights and internet freedom.
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Freedom on the Net 2025 report: for the 15th consecutive year, global internet freedom is in decline; of the 72 countries assessed, Kenya fell the most
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Chinese toymaker FoloToy suspends sales of its GPT-4o-powered teddy bear, after researchers found the toy gave kids harmful responses, including sexual content (Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register)
AI-enabled toys teach kids about matches, knives, kink
: Consumer advocacy researchers at PIRG tested four AI toys, and none of them passed muster
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Chinese toymaker FoloToy suspends sales of its GPT-4o-powered teddy bear, after researchers found the toy gave kids harmful responses, like about fire and kinks
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Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector (Fast Company) https://www.fastcompany.com/91435192/chatgpt-llm-openai-jobs-amazon
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Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, are likely responsible for the economy-wide layoffs
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Barclays: hyperscalers have announced a total of 46 GW of AI data center capacity, which at full utilization will consume as much energy as ~44.2M US households (Robin Wigglesworth/Financial Times)
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Barclays: hyperscalers have announced a total of 46 GW of AI data center capacity, which at full utilization will consume as much energy as ~44.2M US households
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IBM plans to cut "a low single-digit percentage" of its workforce in Q4, affecting thousands of staffers; it employed ~270K workers as of the end of 2024 (Bloomberg)
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IBM to Cut Thousands of Roles in Focus on Software Growth
International Business Machines Corp. will cut thousands of workers this quarter while it continues to shift the focus of its business to higher-gr...
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IBM plans to cut “a low single-digit percentage” of its workforce in Q4, affecting thousands of employees; IBM employed ~270K workers as of the end of 2024
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Proofpoint says it has "high confidence" that hackers are working with organized crime groups to infiltrate trucking and freight companies to steal cargo (Emily Forgash/Bloomberg)
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Hackers and Crime Rings Are Teaming Up to Steal Cargo, Cyber Firm Says
Hackers are infiltrating trucking and freight companies in a scheme to steal and sell cargo shipments, a growing campaign that could end up costing...
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Proofpoint says it has “high confidence” that hackers are working with organized crime groups to infiltrate trucking and freight companies to steal cargo
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A look at Palantir's four-month "Meritocracy Fellowship" for high school graduates, which offers a path to a job at Palantir without a university degree (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/business/palantir-thinks-college-might-be-a-waste-so-its-hiring-high-school-grads-aed267d5?st=gaTU1P
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A look at Palantir
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