🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2024-12-28
Just a roundup of Friday's overlooked stories amid the weekend's media rush!
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By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line. It sometimes seems like we reach a fever pitch in news coverage throughout the week.
Peak 🏔️ vs. Peek 👀
Then there is a trope, cliché, or bromide about slow news days and the quietly mentioned news updates sent on a Friday — to try and sneak it past wider coverage. Or, in a nutshell, peak patronizing publishing.
In that spirit, here are a few stories that you might have missed on the slow news of a Friday.
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Techmeme: OpenAI is tripling the size of its DC policy team to 12 and beefing up its lobbying as it tries to promote a sweeping plan for cheaper energy to data centers (Mohar Chatterjee/Politico)
By Mohar Chatterjee / Politico. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: Experts say hackers compromised several companies' Chrome browser extensions, including Cyberhaven's, in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December (Reuters)
From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: The US says it has identified a ninth telecom company impacted by the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the number of individuals directly impacted is “less than 100” (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)
By Greg Otto / CyberScoop. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: Analysis: 50%+ of the US households showing highly-distorted power readings from February to October were within 20 miles of significant data center activity (Bloomberg)
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: Oracle's shares are up ~63% in 2024, lifting Larry Ellison's net worth to $217B+, as the company enjoyed its biggest stock rally since 1999 and the dot-com boom (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
By Jordan Novet / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.
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