An appeals court strikes down Net Neutrality. Meta is deleting its own AI bots. Tesla sales dip for the first time. Apple admits NO wrongdoing in Siri privacy settlement. A ton of media enters the public domain.

And some fancy new glasses are making waves at CES!

Let’s get our tech week started right!



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• Appeals court strikes down net neutrality https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/appeals-court-blocks-fccs-efforts-to-bring-back-net-neutrality-rules/
• Apple pays pittance to settle Siri privacy lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/02/business/apple-siri-privacy-lawsuit/index.html
• Tesla sales take a dip https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/tesla-sales-fell-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade/
• Meta is deleting their AI chat bots https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/03/business/meta-ai-accounts-instagram-facebook/index.html
• What’s entering the public domain in 2025 https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025/
• Halliday shows off new glasses https://www.engadget.com/wearables/halliday-promises-its-smart-wayfarers-have-a-proactive-ai-assistant-inside-010007688.html
• New Qualcomm chips for cheaper laptops! https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-ces2025
• Juan let’s the chat take over for the holidays!
  

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