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Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 "to increase opportunity in search results"; Apple's website says 800M users visit the App Store weekly (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/17/apple-announces…

Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results - 9to5Mac
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple...

Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 "to increase opportunity in search results"; Apple's website says 800M users visit the App Store weekly (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/17/apple-announces…

Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results - 9to5Mac
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple...

Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says:
Spotify and Accenture caught in crossfire as Trump attacks EU tech regulations.
The US threatened to restrict some of the largest service providers in the European Union as retaliation for EU tech regulations and investigations are increasingly drawing Donald Trump’s ire. […]
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Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says
Spotify and Accenture caught in crossfire as Trump attacks EU tech regulations.

House Republicans on Wednesday
defeated a pair of war powers resolutions
aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea
and Pacific Ocean
and his increasingly aggressive provocations that critics fear are leading to a war on Venezuela
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House Republicans Squash Venezuela War Powers Resolutions
This follows two failed Senate attempts to stop Trump from continuing military action without congressional approval.

Yikes.
The University of Sydney (USyd) sent students’ results notification emails containing academic results belonging to other students, in what appears to be a widespread data and privacy breach affecting students across multiple faculties.
https://…

House votes down censure resolution against Stacey Plaskett over Epstein texts (Ross O'Keefe/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3891123/ralph-norman-house-censure-resolution-virgin-islands-stacey-plaskett-epstein-texts/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p79#a251119p79

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115577313253832072
I'd love to show you the end result but Mastodon's quote posting doesn't allow attaching images (Bluesky can do this just fine). Ugh.
End result in reply.

Coinbase sues Connecticut, Illinois and Michigan over state attempts to regulate prediction markets, arguing that they fall under the jurisdiction of the CFTC (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

The US Senate confirms FDIC acting chairman Travis Hill to lead the agency, which regulates stablecoin issuers and impacts how the crypto industry is banked (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/12/11/s…

Two Trump Appointees Confirmed to Take Over Core Crypto Regulators CFTC, FDIC
In a package of confirmations, the U.S. Senate approved Mike Selig to lead the CFTC and Travis Hill to run the FDIC, both with major potential reach into crypto.

David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/16/maga-brian-mast-ai-chips

MAGA targets Brian Mast over AI chips regulation
"Kill the bill," Laura Loomer said.