The Morning After: Intel’s CEO just suddenly retired

It’s been a quiet few news days as everyone seemingly parses deals from Black Friday through to Cyber Monday. But there’s always time for a shock announcement: Pat Gelsinger is retiring after over 40 years at the company and close to four years at the chip manufacturer’s helm. Effective December 1, Gelsinger left his post and his position on the board of directors. The board has created a search committee to “diligently and expeditiously” find a new CEO. Gelsinger oversaw Intel during a tumultuous time for the company. In late 2022, Intel laid off about 20 percent of its staff in some divisions. This year alone, the company announced it would lay off another 15,000 people — or 15 percent of its workforce — amid a $10 billion cost-reduction plan.

— Mat Smith

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AOC is the first Bluesky user with a million followers

She’s been active since early 2023.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) became the first individual account with a million followers on Bluesky. The decentralized social network has seen multiple spikes in user numbers since Twitter’s transformation to X and the recent US election, with its user base tripling in just three months. AOC has been active on the platform long before its post-election surge, posting 437 times since joining the platform in April 2023.

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Tesla Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck owners finally get SiriusXM access

It’s part of the 2024 Tesla Holiday Update.

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Tesla is finally adding SiriusXM integration to its best-selling models. The long-requested feature is coming to the Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck (the three most popular EVs in the US) as part of the 2024 Tesla Holiday Update. After receiving the update, owners will see SiriusXM in the media sources menu. You’ll need Tesla Premium Connectivity ($10 monthly or $100 annually) or an active Wi-Fi connection for access.

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The Morning After: Elon Musk wants the court to stop OpenAI becoming a for-profit

Elon Musk’s attorneys filed for an injunction against OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday, accusing them of anticompetitive practices. He wants to stop OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit company. Musk first sued OpenAI earlier this year for allegedly violating its founding mission of building AI “for the benefit of humanity,” but he withdrew the lawsuit a few months later. He filed another lawsuit against OpenAI in a California federal court in August.

The third time’s the charm and all: Musk’s new motion accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of telling investors not to fund OpenAI’s competitors, such as Musk’s xAI, of “benefitting from wrongfully obtained competitively sensitive information or coordination” through its relationship with Microsoft.

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Intel Arc Battlemage GPU specs may have leaked early

The company teases ‘big graphics news’ this week.

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Intel is gearing up for an announcement on December 3 about its Arc GPUs, and whoops, leaks are spoiling the party. Reports from VideoCardz claim the event will reveal two Battlemage desktop GPUs — the Arc B580 and Arc B570 — that’ll launch on December 12. The B580 will allegedly have 20 Xe2 cores, a 2.8GHz GPU clock and 12GB of VRAM. The B570, on the other hand, will reportedly feature 18 Xe2 cores, a 2.6GHz GPU clock and 10GB of memory. Elsewhere, leaker @momomo_us on X posted listings that suggest the limited edition version of the B580 will be around $250.

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Bluesky implements a ‘more aggressive’ policy against impersonation

Parody and fan accounts will have to be clearly labeled.

Bluesky has updated its impersonation policy to be “more aggressive” after third-party analysis highlighted its verification problem. The Bluesky Safety account said the social media service is removing accounts impersonating other people and those squatting on handles. Bluesky doesn’t have a conventional verification system, so it’s easy for unscrupulous users to pretend to be someone else, either for attention or to scam others. Bluesky now explicitly prohibits identity churning, as well. Accounts that start as impersonators to gain new users, then switch to a different identity to circumvent the ban will still get booted off the app.

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Elon Musk asks court to stop OpenAI from becoming a for-profit

Elon Musk’s attorneys filed for an injunction against OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday accusing the two of anticompetitive practices and seeking to stop OpenAI’s conversion to a for-profit company. The filing, spotted by TechCrunch, also names OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Microsoft’s Dee Templeton and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman as defendants. Musk first sued OpenAI earlier this year for allegedly violating its founding mission of building AI “for the benefit of humanity,” but withdrew the lawsuit a few months later. He then filed another lawsuit against OpenAI in a California federal court in August, and recently added Microsoft as a defendant.

The new motion accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of telling investors not to fund OpenAI’s competitors, such as Musk’s xAI, of “benefitting from wrongfully obtained competitively sensitive information or coordination” through its relationship with Microsoft, and other alleged antitrust violations. “OpenAI’s path from a non-profit to for-profit behemoth is replete with per se anticompetitive practices, flagrant breaches of its charitable mission, and rampant selfdealing,” it states. “Allowing this course of conduct to continue until final disposition will seriously harm Plaintiffs and the public at large.”

It comes a few months after it was reported that OpenAI is making the switch to a for-profit model. In statement shared with Engadget in response to Musk’s latest filing, an OpenAI spokesperson said, “Elon’s fourth attempt, which again recycles the same baseless complaints, continues to be utterly without merit.”

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PlayStation 30th Anniversary DualSense Packaging Varies by Region

In random news, the limited edition PlayStation 30th anniversary PS5 DualSense controller packaging has some interesting regional differences. My controller arrived a little later than usual, upon opening which I realized that my box was different than what I had seen in YouTube unboxing videos, leading me to panic a little. To my relief, I wasn’t duped with a Poly Station knock-off controller. As it turned out, the packaging just varies by region.

How the PlayStation 30th anniversary DualSense packaging differs

In some regions, the outer box of the 30th anniversary controller has white sides. In other regions, the sides of the box are yellow. A quick Google search suggests that this is in line with the original PS1’s packaging, which had some variations.

But here’s where it gets interesting. As seen in the first-ever unboxing video I shared with our readers, the inner box that houses the DualSense is a 30th anniversary branded grey box that looks pretty nifty. I, on the other hand, received a plain white box, as seen in the photo below.

I have since found a number of videos that show some folks popping their DualSense controllers out of a cardboard tray of sorts with PlayStation symbols on it. I’m kind of glad I got an actual box, albeit a boring white one, instead of what looks like a tray that holds eggs.

I can understand the differences in the outer boxes, but would have preferred the grey PS1-themed inner packaging. Oh well. The controller looks nice on my desk and I’m just glad that I didn’t get duped.

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Gladiator II Is Already Denzel Washington's Second Highest-Grossing Film

Very few actors have a resume as impressive and wide ranging as Denzel Washington. Since he hasn’t been in a giant franchise…yet, his box office numbers aren’t as big as some of his contemporaries. However, he’s made up for it with nine acting Oscar nominations and two wins. His new film “Gladiator II” is already…

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