Daily Tech Headlines

Ubisoft is shutting down XDefiant, Spotify Wrapped 2024 includes an audio summary of user listening habits, Washington DC AG files lawsuit against Amazon over Prime deliveries. Show Notes

Meta is mistakenly moderating too much, Threads is set to receive a significant search update, and China retaliates against the latest US chip restrictions.Link to Show Notes

Amazon announces a new service for Amazon Web Services customers called Data Transfer Terminal at its re:Invent 2024 conference in Las Vegas, The US Biden administration expands restrictions from China from accessing advanced AI chips and related tools for potential military capabilities, OpenWrt begins its $100 open-source router.

Canada’s Competition Bureau sues Google for anti-competitive online advertising, the European Commission ends an investigation into Amazon over taxes, and Meta plans to build a $10 billion, 40,000+ kilometer fiber-optic subsea cable.Link to Show Notes

Australia bans social media for teens under 16, China said it would take "necessary actions" to protect Chinese firms if the U.S. escalated chip control measures, and the FTC is investigating Microsoft over antitrust concerns.Link to Show Notes

TikTok plans to block under-18s from using beauty filters, Raspberry Pi launches the Compute Module 5, Google’s Gemini AI now integrates a new extension for Spotify on Android. Show Notes

The Biden administration has awarded Intel $7.865 billion in CHIPS Act funding, Tesla appears to be building a teleoperations team for its robotaxi service, and Threads is finally allowing users to decide what feed they want as their default when opening the app.Link to Show Notes

Instagram introduces “Friend Map”, NVIDIA shows off new voice tech Fugatto, Raspberry Pi introduces Pico 2 W Microcontroller. Show Notes

Google may be exiting the tablet space… again, Voicemail Transcriptions are coming to WhatsApp, and Apple is working on a more conversational version of Siri.Link to Show Notes