From TechCrunch: OpenAI’s “12 days of shipmas” event doesn’t kick off for a while, but the first big announcement might’ve been revealed early.

A “feature gated” webpage on OpenAI’s website refers to a “ChatGPT Pro” plan that includes all the benefits of ChatGPT Plus, as well as new goodies...

From CRN: Intel said it has added two veteran semiconductor executives to its board of directors: former ASML CEO Eric Meurice and interim Microchip Technology CEO Steve Sanghi.

The semiconductor giant announced the board appointments on Thursday, three days after it said that CEO Pat Gelsinger had...

From The Verge: Bitcoin has passed $100,000, marking its highest price since the cryptocurrency launched more than a decade ago, and as of this writing, it has reached $103,359.00, according to Kraken. Despite its triumphs, Bitcoin’s value is still being measured in USD, emerging as an alternate...

From PC Mag: No more landlines? In a sign of the times, AT&T is preparing to retire its old-school copper networks across the country by the end of the decade.

AT&T mentioned the plan during Tuesday’s investors' day as it prioritizes expanding more modern and far-faster fiber networks. “While...

From TechCrunch: Bluesky has blown up this year thanks to a vibrant community of posters, user customization choices, and a decentralized protocol that doesn’t lock users into the choices of a billionaire CEO. But one question mark hanging over Bluesky is how the platform will eventually make money...

From PC Mag: National Public Data, the Florida-based company behind a major leak of Social Security numbers, has officially shut down, according to the data broker’s website.

“It is with sincere regret that we inform you that National Public Data, after two decades serving the data industry, has...

From Forbes: Redwood City-based Electronic Arts (EA) announced on Thursday it has pledged more accessibility-centric patents and open-sourced more technologies. There are six audio and sound technologies and a photosensitivity analysis plugin—and 23 in total—which are intended to “open gaming for...

From Lexar Press Release: Lexar Enterprise, a new division of Lexar Americas, announced today that its range of OEM products is now available through DigiKey. With this strategic partnership with DigiKey, Lexar Enterprise is prepared to offer its comprehensive line of memory and storage products to...

From The Verge: Instagram is adding some new features to broadcast channels that give platform creators more ways to directly interact with their followers. Meta announced that creators can enable “Replies” in their broadcast channel limited group chats, allowing participants to respond to messages...

From PC Mag: The invite-only encrypted messaging service known as Matrix was intercepted and taken down on Tuesday, according to reports from international authorities.

The investigation, dubbed Operation Passionflower, was run by European authorities who monitored messages on Matrix for three...