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Kate Clark / The Information : Source: Sam Altman has been telling investors that he is planning to launch a new venture, and Greg Brockman is expected to join the effort   —  Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, has been telling investors that he is planning to launch a new venture, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Kate Clark / The Information : Sam Altman's firing jeopardizes the sale of OpenAI employees' shares; a source says the tender offer values OpenAI at ~$86B and was set to happen in December   —  A planned sale of OpenAI employee shares that would value the startup at about $86 billion on paper hangs in the balance …

Axios : OpenAI memo: Altman's firing was not due to “malfeasance” or related to financial, business, safety, or security practices but a “breakdown in communication”   —  Team - after yesterday's announcement, which took us all by surprise, we have had multiple conversations …

OpenAI : Sam Altman leaves OpenAI after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”; CTO Mira Murati becomes interim CEO   —  The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …

North Dakota's 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the rights of two Native American tribes because it dilutes their voting strength, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte said the redrawn legislative districts violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The ruling came months after a trial held in June in Fargo. In his ruling, Welte said the plan approved by the state Legislature to redraw voting districts in accordance with the latest census data "prevents Native American voters from having an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice" - a violation of the landmark civil rights law. JUDGES DISMISS NORTH DAKOTA GOP LAWSUIT OVER NATIVE-FOCUSED STATE HOUSE SUBDISTRICTS Welte gave the Republican-controlled Legislature and the secretary of state until Dec. 22 "to adopt a plan to remedy the violation." The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe alleged the 2021 redistricting map "s...

Ina Fried / Axios : Sources: Apple is pausing advertising on X after outcry over Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic tweet and reports that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content   —  - The left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters for America published a report Thursday that highlighted Apple, IBM …

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : Microsoft blocks the word Disney from Bing Image Creator after copyright concerns due to a viral trend where users created Disney film posters of their pets   —  Film company's logo was visible in mock-ups of movie illustrations featuring users' pets  —  Microsoft has tweaked …

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple plans to adopt the GSM's RCS messaging standard by releasing a software update “later next year”, bringing iMessage-style features to cross-platform texts   —  In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard.

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google updates its Titan Security Key lineup with FIDO2 models that can store more than 250 unique passkeys   —  Google has been selling its own line of Titan Security Keys for several years now, and new USB-C and USB-A models with NFC today let you store passkeys.

Wednesday's meeting between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will address hard issues such as fentanyl supplies coming in from Asia and a lack of military communication, the White House said. Fox News spoke with NSC Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell this week — Campbell was just recently nominated to become deputy secretary of dtate. "I can tell you that President Biden intends to make very clear to President Xi to get ready. He's going to be dealing with President Biden for the next five years," Campbell told Fox News Digital. WH OFFICIALS CONFIRM DATE, LOCATION FOR BIDEN'S US MEETING WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI "These are tough diplomatic encounters," he continued. "President Biden has a lot of experience. They've known each other a long time. This is an important meeting. It'll be intense." Biden and Xi shook hands in San Francisco Wednesday . One key talking point for the two world leaders is the on...

Jing Yang / The Information : Sources: Shein's revenue grew 40%+ YoY to $24B between January and September and is likely on track to reach Shein's goal of $32B-$33B for all of 2023, up 40%   —  Shein's revenue surged more than 40% to $24 billion between January and September from a year earlier, people familiar with its finances said …

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday said that the number of illegal immigrants evading Border Patrol agents and escaping into the country is a source of "great concern" for the agency -- as he told lawmakers that threats from the other side of the border are "consuming" FBI field offices. Wray testified to lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee about "worldwide threats" to the U.S. Chairman Mark Green asked Wray about the numbers of gotaways -- illegal immigrants at the border who evaded Border Patrol -- which have exceeded 600,000 in FY 23. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources tell Fox News there have been over 47,000 gotaways since the beginning of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1. Green said the number of gotaways since the beginning of the Biden administration could be well over two million. HOUSE HOMELAND CHAIR GREEN TO WARN US IS AT ‘ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS TIMES' IN HISTORY DURING THREAT HEARING "Can the FBI gu...

President Biden defined on Tuesday what success would mean for his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, emphasizing that America cannot "decouple" from China.  The president said his goal for Wednesday's meeting is a return to a "normal course" of communication between the U.S. and China.   "We get back on a normal course of corresponding, being able to pick up the phone and talk to one another in a crisis. Being able to make sure our military still have contact with one another," Biden said in response to a reporter's question at an event announcing the release of the fifth National Climate Assessment.  "We're not trying to decouple from China, but what we're trying to do is change the relationship for the better," he continued. "From my perspective, if in fact the Chinese people – who are in trouble right now economically – if the average homeowner, if the average citizen in China was able to have a decen...

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg : Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue it earns from search ads made through Safari, according to the testimony of an Alphabet economics expert at US v. Google   —  Kevin Murphy, a University of Chicago professor, disclosed the number during his testimony in Google's defense at the Justice Department's antitrust trial in Washington.

The FBI whistleblower has called House Republicans "soulless demons" after they voted for funds for a new FBI headquarters, and have not taken steps to reform the troubled bureau. I n a tweet posted on X, Thursday, November 9, whistleblower Steve Friend called out the House GOP after they voted to give the FBI a new $300 million headquarters. "Last year, I brought protected whistleblower disclosures about FBI weaponization to House GOP. They used it to go on TV and get elected. I lost my career and am under FBI investigation. Today the House GOP voted to give the FBI a $300 million HQ. Soulless demons. Go to hell," Friend posted on X. Friend claimed when 70 House Republicans voted to approve the $300 million towards the construction of a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, it was a direct contradiction of a commitment made to him by Rep. Jim Jordan (R.-Ohio), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. WHISTLEBLOWERS SLAM FBI’S ‘NEFARIOUS’ WEAPONIZ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reportedly told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin both of their nations should be ready for "Hamas-style" attacks from North Korea in the region.  The warning came when Yoon invited Austin and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. to the presidential residence in Seoul for a meeting over dinner, Yonhap News Agency reported. The outlet, citing presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon, said Yoon called for "a vigilant South Korea-US combined defense posture capable of promptly and decisively retaliating against any provocations from North Korea, including surprise attacks resembling Hamas-style tactics due to its miscalculation."  Yoon said the Israel-Hamas war and the Ukraine-Russia war are directly and indirectly linked to North Korea. Austin reassured Yoon that President Biden is committed to further strengthening the U.S.-South Korea military alliance, according to Yonhap News Agency, as both allies on Mon...

The FBI is reportedly investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams for possibly clearing the red tape to open a high rise housing the Turkish consulate in Manhattan.  The New York Times, citing three people with knowledge of the matter, first reported Sunday that Adams, after winning the Democratic primary, allegedly contacted then-New York Fire Department Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro in late summer 2021, urging him to allow the Turkish government to occupy the building at least on a temporary basis.  Fire officials had cited safety issues and declined to sign off on its occupancy, preventing the building from opening. The alleged intervention came while Adams was in his second term as Brooklyn borough president and before the November mayoral general election that year, when he defeated Republican candidate and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.  Reached by Fox News Digital Sunday, the FBI declined to comment on the Times report.  NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS' ELECT...