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Bench shuts down, leaving thousands of businesses without access to accounting and tax docs https://tcrn.ch/3BO1kSu

Honda and Nissan plan major merger focused on ‘intelligence and electrification’ https://tcrn.ch/3P7J7Cu

Google pushes back against DOJ’s ‘interventionist’ remedies in antitrust case https://tcrn.ch/3BPDfL1

Instagram teases AI tools for editing appearances, backgrounds in videos using prompts https://tcrn.ch/4fs6qBy

Aave protocol developer secures $31 million for Lens, a high-performance blockchain for social apps https://tcrn.ch/3VO5NeL

Bridgy Fed, a project to connect the open social web, is now becoming a nonprofit https://tcrn.ch/4gCmVvT

What exactly is an AI agent? https://tcrn.ch/4iA7giB

Klarna’s CEO says it stopped hiring thanks to AI but still advertises many open positions https://tcrn.ch/4gdiBUl

Bluesky is at a crossroads as users petition to ban newcomer over anti-trans views https://tcrn.ch/3VGmdpt

Duolingo teams up with Netflix to help ‘Squid Game’ fans learn Korean https://tcrn.ch/3BiIL8X

Bluesky’s teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup https://tcrn.ch/49vEKL5

Reddit tests a conversational AI search tool https://tcrn.ch/3D7kWkU

Google Photos launches a ‘2024 Recap’ for a look back at this year’s memories https://tcrn.ch/3ZDy9uD

Delaware judge rules against Elon Musk’s $56B pay package again https://tcrn.ch/3D4YxF2

Spotify users are disappointed by an underwhelming Wrapped this year https://tcrn.ch/4fUTfuj

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it’d be ‘un-American’ for Elon Musk to wield political influence to harm rivals https://tcrn.ch/4glKB7B

The OpenWRT One router is designed with ‘software freedom and right to repair’ in mind https://tcrn.ch/3OBB2FW

Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe https://tcrn.ch/49gAij0

Black Friday hits a record $74.4B in sales online, up 5% on last year https://tcrn.ch/4gfbOZX

A group appears to have leaked access to OpenAI’s Sora https://tcrn.ch/498j1bE