🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-01-11
I’m highlighting overlooked stories from the Friday news frenzy and sharing some memes!
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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: A hack of data company Gravy reveals Candy Crush, Tinder, and thousands of other apps are used to collect user location data; app developers may not even know (Joseph Cox/Wired)
By Joseph Cox / Wired. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: Sources: Chinese hackers breached CFIUS, the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks (Sean Lyngaas/CNN)
By Sean Lyngaas / CNN. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: Automattic plans to cut its WordPress contributions to ~45 hours per week “due to the lawsuits from WP Engine”, focusing mostly on security and critical updates (Automattic)
From Automattic. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg approved the Meta team that trains AI Llama models to use data from LibGen, a “links aggregator” to pirated, copyrighted material (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
By Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Techmeme: TSMC reports December revenue up 58% YoY to ~$8.4B, pushing its 2024 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$88.02B, driven by AI chip demand from Nvidia, Broadcom, and others (Nikkei Asia)
From Nikkei Asia. View the full context on Techmeme.
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