Amazon plans to let authors offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through Kindle Direct Publishing, starting January 20, 2026 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct's self-published e-books | TechCrunch
Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct P...
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Amazon plans to let authors offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through Kindle Direct Publishing, starting January 20, 2026
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President Trump says the "same approach" used to let Nvidia ship H200 chips to China will also apply to "AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies" (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-open-up-exports-nvidia-h200-chips-china-semafor-reports-2025-12-08/
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Trump says the Commerce Department is working on “the same approach” for “AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies” as Nvidia shipping H200 chips to China
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President Trump says Netflix's planned acquisition of WBD will have "to go through a process", as it would create an entity with "a lot of market share" (Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-07/trump-says-netflix-warner-bros-deal-will-need-review
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President Trump says Netflix
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The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times)
New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.
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The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months
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Internal memo: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares a "code red" to shift more resources into improving ChatGPT amid rising competition, delaying other plans like ads (The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-declares-code-red-combat-threats-chatgpt-delays-ads-effort
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Internal memo: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares a “code red” to shift more resources to improve ChatGPT amid rising competition, delaying other plans, like ads
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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 (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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