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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.