🤑 UAE’s Secret Bitcoin Treasure

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao revealed the UAE → holds $40 billion in Bitcoin, making it one of the largest Bitcoin-owning governments worldwide.

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🥊 Courtroom Knockout

WhatsApp → secured a legal victory over NSO Group, creator of Pegasus spyware, which targeted 1,400 devices in 2019.

A U.S. court found NSO guilty of violating cybersecurity laws, with damages to be decided in March 2024.

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🤫 Hands Off Our Browser!

Google → rejects the DOJ's demand to sell Chrome, calling it excessive and harmful to innovation. The final decision on this high-stakes case is expected in August 2025.

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⏳ Time’s Up for Old Androids

WhatsApp → is officially dropping support for Android phones over a decade old.

Starting January 1, 2025, devices running Android KitKat or earlier will lose access to the app. Backup your chats now!

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🧠 TSMC, Watch Out!

South Korea → is considering launching its own chip manufacturing giant, KSMC, with $13.9 billion in state support.

Expected to rival Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem, the plan aims for $208.7 billion in economic growth by 2045.

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😾 Cybertruck You Can Actually Afford

Tesla → has unveiled a $250 levitating Cybertruck. It’s a 1:24 scale collectible figurine, complete with electromagnetic levitation and glowing headlights.

The limited run sold out fast, and it’s unclear if more will be produced.

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🤐 TikTok: Deal or Delete?

Donald Trump urges the Supreme Court to delay a law forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok → by Jan 19, 2025.

He plans a "balanced solution" once in office. Hearings start Jan 10.

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🧠 Skynet Incoming?

Geoffrey Hinton, former Google researcher and the so-called "Godfather of AI," warns there's a 10-20% chance AI could wipe out humanity within the next 30 years.

He calls for stricter government regulation and increased investment in AI safety research by major companies. Thoughts?

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💼 OpenAI Goes Corporate

OpenAI will transition → to a Public Benefit Corporation in 2025, combining profit goals with societal impact and paving the way for a potential IPO.

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📱 This Is (Probably) the iPhone 17 Pro

Reputable insider Majin Bu shared prototype images of the iPhone 17 Pro on X, hinting at Apple's potential design direction.

🍏 The camera layout remains, but the module now stretches across the entire width—similar to Google's Pixel lineup.

🍏 The LiDAR sensor, flash, and extra microphone have been repositioned to the opposite side.

🍏 More design details are expected to surface from case manufacturers.

🍏 The official reveal is set for September 2025.

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💸 Too Successful to Be Profitable

OpenAI’s $200/month plan is costing more than it earns.

Altman admits → miscalculation as ChatGPT runs up to $700K/day. Despite $20B in funding, losses could hit $5B this year.

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😄 Meta Lets Users Decide

Meta → is ditching third-party fact-checking and shifting to Community Notes, letting users add context instead of removing posts. The rollout starts in the U.S. before going global.

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🤔 Privacy? What Privacy?

In 2024, Telegram → complied with 900 requests from U.S. authorities, affecting 2,253 users.

The number of disclosures surged in the last quarter following Pavel Durov's detention in France.

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🤡 EU Commission fined for violating its own GDPR rules

The European Court has fined → the European Commission €400 for breaching GDPR after a user's data was transferred to Meta and Amazon without proper safeguards.

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🛸 AI as a Service?

Samsung → will launch an AI Subnoscription Club for Galaxy smartphones next month.

Currently limited to South Korea, details may emerge at Galaxy Unpacked on January 22.

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🤗 Apple denies Siri snooping

Apple refutes claims that Siri → records and shares user data with advertisers. The statement follows a $95M lawsuit settlement.

Apple insists it never used, sold, or shared Siri data for marketing.

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😎 AI That Reads Your Mind? Sure…

At CES 2025, startup Based Hardware unveiled Omi, an $89 AI wearable → that listens, analyzes brain signals, and responds in real time. Ships in Q2 2025.

A similar AI assistant, Friend, AI-powered necklace, was introduced last summer.

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🤐 It’s Time to Say Goodbye

TikTok → plans to shut down in the U.S. on January 19 unless the Supreme Court blocks the ban. ByteDance refuses to sell, and the court has upheld the law.

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