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Reuters : Baidu receives a license to test its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Hong Kong, Baidu's first known permit for autonomous vehicle testing outside mainland China   —  China's Baidu (9888.HK) has received a licence to test autonomous vehicles with its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Hong Kong …

Mariella Moon / Engadget : Bluesky now requires parody or fan accounts to label themselves as such after a researcher found 44% of its 100 most-followed accounts have a doppelganger   —  Parody and fan accounts will have to clearly label their profiles.  —  Bluesky has updated its impersonation policy to be …

Financial Times : OpenAI says it plans to build data centers in parts of the US Midwest and Southwest; sources: OpenAI is spending $5B+ a year and is “not close to breaking even”   —  ChatGPT-maker aims for big boost from new AI products, Apple partnership and infrastructure investment

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned several threats, mostly focused on lawmakers from Connecticut, targeting members of his caucus, just days after numerous threats were made against President-elect Trump's cabinet selections. Jeffries, D-N.Y., confirmed in a statement Friday that several Democrats were targeted with threats ranging from pipe bombs in their mailboxes to "swatting" — or filing a false police report on another person's behalf that often results in a SWAT team being dispatched. All of the threatening messages were signed "MAGA," Jeffries said, adding law enforcement found no ordnance at any of the targeted lawmakers' homes. "America is a democracy. Threats of violence against elected officials are unacceptable, unconscionable and have no place in a civilized society. All perpetrators of political violence directed at any party must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," he said. TOP DEM: ‘UNDOCUMENTED IMMI...

Josh Rubin / Toronto.com : Major Canadian news organizations, including Torstar, Postmedia, and CBC, sue OpenAI, alleging breach of copyright and terms of use   —  A broad coalition of Canada's major news organizations, including the Toronto Star, Metroland Media, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC …

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : Report: Russia arrested notorious cybercriminal Mikhail Matveev for developing malware and running hacking groups; US DOJ filed charges against him in 2023   —  Russian citizen and notorious ransomware affiliate Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (also known as Wazawaka, Uhodiransomwar, m1x …

A powerful New York State Democrat made waves when she suggested the Empire State "think outside the box" like President-elect Trump is with his mass-deportation plans and potentially secede to Canada, or at least battle the feds if they try to strip federal funding from the state. New York Democratic state Sen. Liz Krueger suggested to Politico that if Trump follows through with a reported threat to slash federal funding from "sanctuary" jurisdictions, Albany could return fire against Washington for holding back some or all of the more than $360 billion it annually sends to the Treasury. "We’re talking a lot of money. We’re talking money we couldn’t possibly replace unless we started sending the feds a lot less money," the state Senate Finance Committee chairwoman told Politico, noting the feds similarly fund billions in New York Medicaid subsidies. Krueger was also asked about a recent comment about joining America's neighbor to the north now tha...