Notices by Techmeme (techmeme@techhub.social)

The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/technology/new-york-times-perplexity-ai-lawsuit.html
http://www.techmeme.com/251205/p18#a251205p18

A look at ElevenLabs, as ~50% of its $193M in trailing 12-month revenue now comes from corporates, like Cisco, and ~50% from YouTubers, podcasters, and authors (Iain Martin/Forbes)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/12/01/how-a-tiny-polish-startup-became-the-multi-billion-dollar-voice-of-ai/
http://www.techmeme.com/251201/p22#a251201p22

The US DOJ settles its case against RealPage, which was accused of building algorithms that allowed landlords to illegally collude to drive up rental prices (Thomas Barrabi/New York Post)

https://nypost.com/2025/11/24/business/doj-settles-case-accusing-real-estate-tech-firm-realpage-of-enabling-landlords-to-collude-on-sky-high-rents/
http://www.techmeme.com/251124/p44#a251124p44

Researchers say Russia-aligned Pravda network is engaging in "LLM grooming", flooding the internet with disinformation to influence chatbots like ChatGPT (Aisha Down/The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/21/english-language-websites-link-pro-kremlin-russian-propaganda-pravda-network
http://www.techmeme.com/251122/p10#a251122p10

Sources: the US has probed whether the products of China's Bitmain, which sells most of the world's Bitcoin-mining machines, pose risks of espionage or sabotage (Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-21/chinese-manufacturer-bitmain-faces-us-security-review
http://www.techmeme.com/251121/p19#a251121p19

Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko is stepping down from the decentralized social network as part of its shift to a nonprofit structure overseen by a board (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/mastodon-ceo-steps-down-as-the-social-network-restructures/
http://www.techmeme.com/251118/p10#a251118p10

A US judge rules that Apple and OpenAI must answer to a lawsuit filed by X and xAI accusing them of conspiring to thwart competition in emerging markets in AI (Madlin Mekelburg/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-13/openai-apple-lose-bid-to-toss-musk-xai-suit-over-competition
http://www.techmeme.com/251113/p55#a251113p55

Threads adds new features for podcasters, as it tries to become the de facto place for people to talk about shows and engage with creators (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/11/threads-targets-podcasters-with-new-features-aiming-to-become-the-place-fans-discuss-shows/
http://www.techmeme.com/251111/p34#a251111p34

Sources: Apple is delaying the release of the next version of the iPhone Air, originally planned for fall 2026, after the first model sold below expectations (The Information)

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-delays-release-next-iphone-air-amid-weak-sales
http://www.techmeme.com/251110/p25#a251110p25

Rumble agrees to acquire German AI infrastructure company Northern Data in an up to $970M deal, set to close in Q2 2026; both companies are backed by Tether (Billy Gray/Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/rumble-to-acquire-northern-data-in-deal-valued-at-up-to-970-million-09a606ef?st=ozsC2F&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.techmeme.com/251110/p6#a251110p6

Financial stress from AI infrastructure spending, overhiring, and recession fears, rather than AI adoption, is likely driving layoffs in the tech sector (Fast Company)

https://www.fastcompany.com/91435192/chatgpt-llm-openai-jobs-amazon
http://www.techmeme.com/251109/p15#a251109p15

TikTok Shop sold an estimated $19B worth of products globally in Q3, with US sales up 125% compared to Q2, reaching eBay's scale two years after its US launch (Zeyi Yang/Wired)

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-shop-sales-global-ecommerce/
http://www.techmeme.com/251109/p16#a251109p16

David Sacks says there will be "no federal bailout for AI", as the US has at least five major AI companies and "if one fails, others will take its place" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/trump-ai-sacks-federal-bailout-openai-friar.html
http://www.techmeme.com/251106/p37#a251106p37

Barclays: hyperscalers have announced a total of 46 GW of AI data center capacity, which at full utilization will consume as much energy as ~44.2M US households (Robin Wigglesworth/Financial Times)

https://on.ft.com/4qCvVap
http://www.techmeme.com/251105/p7#a251105p7

Online harassers are using AI tools to create more realistic death threats, posting hyper-realistic AI-generated images and sounds to social media platforms (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/business/media/artificial-intelligence-death-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk8.s4-q.Slb8Z52_EKRJ&smid=url-share
http://www.techmeme.com/251102/p7#a251102p7

Hacker group Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters posts alleged names, phone numbers, and addresses of hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials in a mass doxxing event (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

https://www.404media.co/hackers-dox-hundreds-of-dhs-ice-fbi-and-doj-officials/
http://www.techmeme.com/251017/p8#a251017p8

AI data centers are building on-site power plants to bypass the overloaded grid and meet soaring electricity demand amid permitting and supply challenges (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/ai-data-centers-desperate-for-electricity-are-building-their-own-power-plants-291f5c81?st=STmBzj&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.techmeme.com/251016/p52#a251016p52

The White House says representatives from Microsoft, Meta, Google, and other corporate donors to the $250M ballroom attended a dinner with President Trump (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-invites-ballroom-donors-to-glitzy-white-house-dinner-ccba9448?st=6LVKyp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.techmeme.com/251016/p1#a251016p1

Adam Mosseri says Instagram is exploring building a TV app as part of a deeper push into video but isn't interested in licensing live sports or other content (Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/instagram-is-exploring-a-dedicated-tv-app-in-video-push
http://www.techmeme.com/251009/p49#a251009p49

Mastodon plans to add Bluesky-like starter packs to suggest accounts to follow for new users, but will allow accounts to opt out of being included in Packs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/mastodon-is-taking-cues-from-bluesky-with-plans-for-its-own-starter-packs/
http://www.techmeme.com/251007/p23#a251007p23