• DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly.
• Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'.
• Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO.
• CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash.
• What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter.
• Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads.
• Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app.
• Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app.
• Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad.
• Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations.
• Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices.
• Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit.
• Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC.
• Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites.
• Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android.
• Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world.
• Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad.
• Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development!
• Can we talk about ALF hog?
• YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes.
• Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game.

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• Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wife
• Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' Dolls
• The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
• Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue
• Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
• Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track
• Google's learning
• OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows
• Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups
• Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
• Randy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.
• Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
• YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
• I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends?
• Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb
• Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting
• Nicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video.
• Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple
• Banjo Toss, the game
• After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M
• Research suggests people are getting more bored
• Times New Dumbass font

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• Tech in the new Admin
• TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope
• Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'
• Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions
• Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence
• The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
• Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
• NYTimes Games for the strike
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