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Filing: Sony and Tencent reach a "confidential settlement" over Tencent's Light of Motiram, a game that Sony alleged was a "slavish clone" of its Horizon series (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/847080/sony-

Sony’s legal battle against Tencent’s Horizon ‘clone’ is already over
Sony has reached a settlement with Tencent in its lawsuit over Light of Motiram, a game Sony alleged was a “clone” of its Horizon series.

Reduced protection, rising tensions: Inside Lithuania's strained relations with Belarus opposition: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/18/reduced-protection-rising-tensions-inside.html

Source: Tencent tells staff that Yao Shunyu, an ex-OpenAI researcher who joined in September, is now its chief AI scientist, reporting to President Martin Lau (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/tencent-name…

Tencent Names Former OpenAI Researcher Chief AI Scientist
Tencent Holdings internally announced that Yao Shunyu, a researcher who joined from OpenAI in September, is now serving as a chief AI scientist overseeing the Chinese tech giant’s large language model department as well as its newly established AI infrastructure department, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Yao’s major role, part of Tencent’s office of the CEO and president,

Forward thinking, stalled results: Raiders still searching for direction https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/16/forward-thinking-stalled-results-raiders-still-searching-for-direction/

Republican tensions boil over as ObamaCare deadline approaches (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5651966-republican-tensions-obamacare/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p132#a251216p132

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https://themagneticfields.bandcamp.com/track/i-think-i-need-a-new-heart
https://open.spotify.com/track/3aK3ILajqjf3rjMtDgbF5E

India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting orders the takedown of 138 YouTube videos and 83 Instagram posts on Adani Enterprises, citing a court order (The News Minute)
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/govt-or

Govt orders takedown of 138 YouTube videos, 83 Instagram posts on Adani citing court order
Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued takedown notices to sever

The joy of commercial big data. Thomson Reuters helps ICE to see in realtime which drivers are Democrats.
https://www.404media.co/this-app-lets-ice-track-vehicles-and-owners-across-the-country/

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.

Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is "charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments" (Tim Sweeney/@timsweeneyepic)
https://x.com/timsweeneyepic/status/2001494517996732598

Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) on X
Sadly, Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025 as promised. Apple was required to open up iOS to competing stores today, and instead of doing so honestly, they have launched another travesty of obstruction and lawbreaking in gross disrespect to the government and people

How the Media Shape Our Thinking (Christopher F. Rufo)
https://christopherrufo.com/p/how-the-media-shape-our-thinking
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p55#a251217p55