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Natasha Singer / New York Times : Unsealed docs in a lawsuit by 30+ state AGs: Meta received 1.1M+ reports of under-13s on Instagram since early 2019 yet it “disabled only a fraction” of those   —  Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint.

Embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos delivered a tirade Friday night blasting his congressional colleagues, accusing them of trying to force him out of Congress because he's different. The New York congressman accused the House Ethics Committee of attacking him while letting other unethical behavior in the House go unchecked. "Within the ranks of the United States Congress, there’s felons galore, there’s people with all sorts of sheisty backgrounds," Santos said in a nearly three-hour conversation broadcast on X, formerly Twitter.  NY REP. GEORGE SANTOS, WHO FLIPPED BLUE SEAT, SAYS HE WON'T RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN WAKE OF ETHICS REPORT Santos also accused members of Congress of voting drunk and having inappropriate relationships with lobbyists. "I have colleagues who are more worried about getting drunk every night with the next lobbyists that they’re going to screw and pretend like none of us know what’s going on and sell off the American peopl...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Adobe: US online Black Friday sales hit $9.8B, up 7.5% YoY; Salesforce, which uses different metrics, says online sales hit $16.4B in the US and $70.9B globally   —  A rush of deep discounts and the growth of flexible payment options were the drivers behind $9.8 billion in online sales …

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : Dutch media: Chimera, a China-linked hacker group, infiltrated Dutch semiconductor giant NXP's network between 2017 and 2020 and stole chip designs and more   —  The full extent of the security breach is unknown.  —  Chimera, a Chinese-linked hacker group, has infiltrated the network …

Michael Roddan / The Information : FOIA docs: Prashant Bhardwaj, hired in March as the US OCC's first officer to police fintech firms, lied about his work history; OCC quietly replaced Bhardwaj   —  In March, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—the powerful federal banking regulator—tapped Prashant Kumar Bhardwaj …

Vice President Kamala Harris faced criticism on social media after sharing a post of her and second husband Doug Emhoff posing next to a gas stove on Thanksgiving despite the Biden administration's proposal earlier this year advocating for the ban of gas stoves. "From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving," Harris posted on X. Several conservatives pointed out the gas stove in the photo.  "Is that a gas stove?" Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., responded.  Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and America First activist Laura Loomer also posted about the observation. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DEMOCRATS JOIN GOP IN OPPOSING BIDEN GAS STOVE BAN GOP LOOKS TO RESCUE GAS STOVES FROM BIDEN’S ‘EXTREME’ BAN The Biden administration previously claimed they planned to ban gas stoves after U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's top leader, Richard Trumka Jr., told Bloomberg "a ban on gas stoves is on the table" over health concerns.  "This is a hidden h...

Aaron Holmes / The Information : Filing: Nvidia says regulators in the EU and China requested information about its sale of GPUs and how it allocates their supply   —  Regulators in Europe and China have questioned Nvidia about how it allocates its supply of highly sought-after chips used for running AI software, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Dr. Ian Cutress / More Than Moore : Q&A with Intel executive VP and GM of Technology Development Ann Kelleher on the company's new Fab 34 in Ireland, upcoming nodes, Intel's roadmap, and more   —  Companies mentioned:  —  If there's one marketing message that Intel is drilling into the ecosystem about its capabilities, it's the ‘five nodes in four years’ mantra.

Miami University in Ohio is my alma mater. And for decades, Miami’s football teams played on a field which featured a mystifying, archaic, non-digital game clock which nobody – and I mean nobody – could understand.  Not even the players and coaches from Miami. Most clocks tell time. But all that old clock told was ambiguity. THE DIVIDE: HOW A PROTEST OVER ISRAEL EXPOSED A SERIOUS RIFT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY No one was ever quite sure how many minutes or seconds were left in the game. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., never set foot on Miami’s field. But the clock he’s dealing with in Congress is reminiscent of the bizarre timepiece on the gridiron in Oxford, Ohio. Johnson’s held the Speaker’s chair for less than a month. But he is already on the clock. And much like football games at Miami, no one quite knows how to read the clock or how much time is left in the game for Johnson. The Speaker maneuvered to pass an interim spending bill last week to avoid a Thanksgiving g...

Bloomberg : Automotive tech company Valeo sues Nvidia, after an Nvidia engineer accidentally shared data he stole from his former employer Valeo, on a video call with Valeo   —  - Oops moment happened during video conference call with Valeo  — Nvidia said in letter that it had tried to protect Valeo's IP

The historic South Carolina city of Charleston has elected its first Republican mayor since the Reconstruction Era. William Cogswell, formerly a Republican state lawmaker, defeated incumbent Democratic Mayor John Tecklenburg by about 2 percentage points in Tuesday's runoff, according to the South Carolina Election Commission. Results posted online by the commission showed a 569-vote margin separating the two candidates. Cogswell, 48, had secured the most votes in the Nov. 7 general election but not a majority, meaning that he and Tecklenburg headed to Tuesday's runoff. PRO-TRUMP CANDIDATE BEATS MODERATE DEM IN UTAH SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL LAST SEAT IN US HOUSE Charleston's municipal elections are technically nonpartisan. But Tecklenburg is a well-known figure in the state's Democratic politics, endorsing Joe Biden in South Carolina's pivotal 2020 presidential primary. Cogswell, who served three terms as a Republican in the state House and describes himself a...

Bloomberg : Justin Sun-linked crypto exchange HTX and Heco bridge are hacked in separate exploits that may have drained more than a combined $110M worth of crypto   —  - Crypto exchange HTX halts withdrawals and deposits after hack  — Attack is third breach of Sun-linked platform since September

Bloomberg : Graphcore lays off most of its staff in China and discontinues sales in the country, citing US export rules; China made up 20% to 25% of Graphcore's business   —  - British AI unicorn startup cuts most of its staff in China  — Company recently shared that it needs funds to keep operating

David Jeans / Forbes : Sources: Richard Teng, Binance's head of regional markets outside the US, is a leading candidate being considered to take over as Binance CEO   —  With Changpeng “CZ” Zhao stepping aside as part of a $4 billion settlement, the crypto exchange is considering replacing him with the Binance executive, according to a source familiar.

Wall Street Journal : Amazon launches AI Ready, a program with free AI classes that aims to train at least 2M people by 2025 on basic to advanced AI skills   —  Company aims to train two million people in AI as fight for skilled workers ramps up with Microsoft, Google  —  Amazon.com is launching a program …

Republican lawmakers in the U.S. are heaping well-wishes on Argentina’s newly elected president , a self-described "anarcho-capitalist" they say poses an "existential threat to progressives." Javier Milei has been compared to former President Donald Trump for his bombastic ways. He’s promised to slash government spending in Argentina by 15% and replace the country’s currency with the U.S. dollar, among other reforms. Right-wing U.S. officials were quick to praise his victory on Sunday. Elected Democrats were largely silent, however. "Here’s the most compelling reason why American progressives detest Javier Milei: If Argentina can elect a government with a mandate to restrain and downsize government, so can we," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said after the win. "It’ll work there. And then here. That, my friends, is an existential threat to progressives." PINK FLOYD'S ROGER WATERS DENIED HOTEL RESERVATIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA AFTER ANTISEMITISM ACCUS...

Aaron Holmes / The Information : Source: more than 100 OpenAI customers contacted Anthropic over the weekend, and others reached out to Google Cloud and Cohere   —  Questions about the future of OpenAI intensified on Monday, after board member and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever expressed regret for his participation in the firing of CEO Sam Altman.

GOP presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insisted on Sunday that antisemitism in the United States is not on the rise, arguing that it has been there all along. Christie, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," responded to the controversy surrounding X owner Elon Musk and antisemitism espoused on TikTok and by American college professors since Hamas terrorists launched their October 7 attack against civilians, killing about 1,200 people and dragging some 240 more into Gaza as hostages.  "I think that what we're seeing in this country, Kristen, and with Iran, with the incredible unmasking of antisemitism, I don't want to say it's a rise. I think it's been there," Christie told host Kristen Welker. "And I think what we're seeing now, due to what's happening in Israel at the moment, is that unmasking of that, we're seeing it all over college campuses." DEM CHAMPIONS POSSIBLE ISRAEL-HAMAS HOSTAGE D...

Bloomberg : Sources: before his ouster, Sam Altman was trying to raise money in the Middle East for a venture, codenamed Tigris, to produce TPUs and compete with Nvidia   —  - Altman was fundraising in the Middle East for new chip venture  — The project, code-named Tigris, is intended to rival Nvidia

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said former President Donald Trump would be a risky 2024 GOP nominee, saying he has a "small" chance of beating President Biden, and would have a tough time attracting the necessary talent to "get the job done" should he win. DeSantis, who is locked in a heated battle for second place in the Republican primary race with former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, was asked about his thoughts on the frontrunner Trump on CNN’s "State of the Union." "Donald Trump is a high-risk proposition as a nominee because I think the chance of him getting elected is small, but it’s a low reward because he’s going to be a lame duck on day one – that even if he could get elected, he would not be able to attract the type of talent to work in his administration and he’d be saddled with all these distractions that it’d be virtually impossible to get the job done," DeSantis said. DeSantis also likened Trump to Biden in terms of age, saying the p...