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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Google unveils Android XR, a mixed reality OS with Gemini built in for headsets and smart glasses, and plans a 2025 launch with Samsung's Project Moohan headset — I demoed Google's new Android XR platform, Samsung's Project Moohan, and prototype smart glasses. I felt as close to Tony Stark in a controlled demo as I'll ever be.
More: The Keyword, Samsung Newsroom, Android Developers on YouTube, Android Developers Blog, Ars Technica, How-To Geek, TechRadar, The Verge, Android Police, Android Authority, UploadVR, UploadVR, MobileSyrup, Phandroid, Financial Times, MIXED Reality News, Yen.com.gh, Android Headlines, The Tech Basic, Android Police, AndroidGuys, Android Authority, TalkAndroid.com, Neowin, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Thurrott, Android Authority, PCMag, Tom's Guide, ZDNET, Engadget, Droid Life, Liliputing, BGR, Patently Apple, XR Today, Inc, The Independent, Road to VR, Lowpass, Irish News, UploadVR, Road to VR, Yahoo Finance, Android Central, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, Android Central, Android Authority, SamMobile, Sammy Fans, and MacDailyNews
Bluesky: @vicmsong, @openbrush.app, @patbits, @openxr, @bdsams.com, and @liveviewnative.dev. Mastodon: @thekhronosgroup@fosstodon.org
Threads: @masiosare, @benedictevans, and @parkerortolani
X: @gwanatu, @mishaalrahman, @jasonhowell, @ericmasher, @sherbondy, @mishaalrahman, @kentbye, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @nathievr, @dylanmcd8, @android, @mishaalrahman, @bilawalsidhu, @dmarcos, @gwanatu, @spatiallyme, @bilawalsidhu, @sadlyitsbradley, @firt, @xreal_global, @qualcomm, @androiddev, @qualcomm, @bdsams, @justonpayne, @openxr, @izadi_shahram, and @android
LinkedIn: Poorva Gupta, Kira Rich, Lolu Bodunwa, Hector Galindo, Juston P., Benjamin Hersh, Aaron Luber, Rasekh Rifaat, and Sameer Samat. Forums: Hacker News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Hands-on with Samsung's Project Moohan headset: lighter than the Vision Pro, Android XR is highly reminiscent of visionOS, Gemini is the killer app, and more — - Google aims to mimic phone success with Android XR software — Samsung headset coming next year with Vision Pro-like features
More: 9to5Mac, Road to VR, UploadVR, Road to VR, CNET, Android Police, PhoneArena, CNET on YouTube, Android Headlines, Phandroid, SamMobile, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Wired, 9to5Google, Forbes, Cult of Mac, Android Faithful, The Shortcut, and 9to5Google
X: @dilmerv, @tom_krikorian, @mishaalrahman, @javonevansx, @mkbhd, @kentbye, @markgurman, @markgurman, @scobleizer, @cixliv, @jetscott, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @dwr, @kentbye, and @mkbhd. LinkedIn: Carson Taylor
Forums: r/gadgets and r/technology
| Avram Piltch / Tom's Hardware: |
Microsoft's new version of Recall appears to still capture sensitive data like credit card numbers, even with the “sensitive information” filter enabled — Despite promising to filter personal data out, Recall still captures it. … The new version of Recall encrypts the screens …
More: XDA Developers, The Verge, WinBuzzer, Digital Trends, and Tom's Guide
Mastodon: @leeloo@techhub.social, @monkee@chaos.social, and @tertle950@kitty.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to roll out its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip as part of Apple TV and HomePod mini updates in 2025, and in iPhones later in the year — - Company developing Proxima chip in separate move from modems — New component will be part of Apple TV box and HomePod updates
More: Tom's Guide, Reuters, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Neowin, iClarified, and BGR
| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Gemini 2.0 Flash LLM early impressions: spatial reasoning performance is impressive, and its new streaming API is one of those “we live in the future” moments — Huge announcment from Google this morning: Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era.| Wall Street Journal: |
Meta donates $1M to President-elect Trump's inaugural fund; sources say Mark Zuckerberg gifted Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to Trump at Mar-a-Lago on November 27 — President-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving
More: New York Times, The Information, The Verge, NBC News, Associated Press, BBC, Sky News, Breitbart, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Entrepreneur, HotAir, Salon, Staten Island Advance, The Boston Globe, CNN, Spyglass, New York Post, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, International Business Times, UPI, ZeroHedge News, American Greatness, Newser, Digby's Hullabaloo, Quartz, The Times, The Guardian, theaustralian, news.com.au, Capital Brief, Sky News Australia, and The Conversation
Bluesky: @rmac, @bigheadgenius, @kint, @timobrien, @marcelias, @byroncclark, @kagrox, @eshumarneedi.com, @marywtf, @aadriasola, @paulwaldman, @dustinvolz, @drewharwell.com, and @erosalie.infoepi.com
Threads: @thejazzrobertson, @darkzuckerberg, @tiggaligg, @_stillwerise, @watcher.guru, @ecmclaughlin, @oliverdarcy, @leliworld_zs, @firerock31, @trixie_3400, @yasharali, @info_rosalie, @eshumarneedi, and @kalihays1
X: @mgsiegler, @jendudley, @manjusrii, @_sobrietysux, @hugovale_, @onexoney, @autumnblair_xo, @itsvarora, @redwave_press, @ila_newsx, @arnotbup, and @alx
Forums: r/technology, r/politics, r/uspolitics, r/Conservative, and Beehaw
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases Advanced Voice Mode with vision for ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro users, letting them share their screen or video from phone cameras with ChatGPT — OpenAI has finally released the real-time video capabilities for ChatGPT that it demoed nearly seven months ago.
More: OpenAI on YouTube, Ars Technica, How-To Geek, ZDNET, Axios, 9to5Mac, Quartz, TechEBlog, The Decoder, WinBuzzer, Digital Trends, The Verge, Bloomberg, and Mashable
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Telefónica, one of the world's largest carriers, plans to preinstall the Epic Games Store on every new compatible Android phone it sells, including Samsung's — Telefónica, one of the largest carriers in the world serving the UK, Spain, Germany, and Latin America with the O2 … | TechCrunch: |
Sources: Yahoo laid off or lost through attrition 40 to 50 people from its 200-strong cybersecurity team in 2024, as it outsources its “red team” under new CTO — Zack Whittaker Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai — Yahoo laid off around 25% of its cybersecurity team … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says Russia-backed hacking group Secret Blizzard targeted Ukraine's military using other cybercriminals' tools, “to make attribution more difficult” — A Russian-government backed hacking group targeted Ukraine's military using tools and infrastructure developed by cybercriminals, according to new research.
More: Ars Technica, Microsoft Security Blog, Security Affairs, Microsoft Security Blog, TweakTown, Metacurity, PCMag, TechRadar, CyberScoop, BleepingComputer, Infosecurity, and The Hacker News
Bluesky: @validhorizon and @matthewkennedy
X: @arekfurt, @fr0gger_, @blackorbird, @msftsecintel, @malwarere, and @lorenzofb. LinkedIn: Vasu Jakkal
Forums: r/espionage, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
Australia plans a levy on tech companies like Meta with $250M+ in local revenue to force them to pay publishers for journalism, after Meta quit the prior deal — Move is designed to close loophole after Meta walked away from existing deal to use media content
More: BBC, Reuters, The Guardian, TechCrunch, New York Post, Engadget, CCN.com, Tech Xplore, Silicon UK, B&T, 7NEWS, Mumbrella, and Crikey
Bluesky: @virginiagewin, @kint, @kint, and @kint
Threads: @palzer0, @tamaleaver, @palzer0, and @mattnavarra
| Matt Yoder / Awful Announcing: |
YouTube tells customers that the monthly price for YouTube TV's base plan will jump from $73 to $83 in January 2025, after raising it from $65 to $73 in 2023 — Streaming services became a popular alternative to cable and satellite television because they were available for far cheaper with consumer-friendly options.
More: The Verge, Associated Press, Ars Technica, The Wrap, Cord Cutters News, BetaNews, How-To Geek, Android Police, Thurrott, PhoneArena, Wall Street Journal, ZDNET, Hollywood Life, AFTVnews, PCWorld, Engadget, RetailWire, Appleosophy, Barron's Online, Decider, New York Daily News, Proactive, IGN, WebProNews, Android Central, Tv Technology, Dexerto, TechSpot, The Hill, Deadline, Sportico, CNET, Front Office Sports, BGR, Pocket-lint, MakeUseOf, The Desk, masslive.com, Android Authority, Android Headlines, PCMag, and 9to5Google
Bluesky: @carnage4life, @jimbo831, @sarcosis.org, @bdsams.com, @welch, @eshumarneedi.com, and @mgsiegler.com. Threads: @chriswelch
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of US teens aged 13 to 17 shows 73% use YouTube daily, 57% use TikTok daily, 50% use Instagram, and 20% use Facebook; 17% use X, down from 23% in 2022 — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they're on these sites almost constantly
More: TechCrunch, The Independent, The Verge, and Courthouse News Service
Bluesky: @rayminehane and @adrianweckler
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Threads is testing collections of profiles to follow, curated by a “handful of Threads community leaders”, built around topics like fashion, food, and books — Meta's Threads is getting another feature seemingly inspired by Bluesky: curated groups of accounts that you can follow all at once.
More: TechCrunch, Engadget, PhoneArena, and Social Media Today
Bluesky: @edzitron.com, @durumcrustulum.com, and @lauraolin
Threads: @mosseri, @quillmatiq, @mosseri, @digiphile, @guillecummings, @quillmatiq, @nycolehampton, @jackcarterbenjamin, @theromit, and @matthewfacciani
| Reuters: |
Forbes: Elon Musk's net worth crossed $400B on December 12, boosted by Tesla stock and SpaceX's valuation; Jeff Bezos has a $244B net worth, the second highest — Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk's net worth crossed $400 billion on Thursday, the Forbes real-time billionaires list showed …
More: Observer, Fortune, Carscoops, Quartz, Inc.com, Hollywood Life, Nairametrics, Metro.co.uk, and TESLARATI. Forums: r/economy
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Character.AI announces more parental controls and a separate LLM for users under 18, after two US lawsuits claimed its chatbots harmed young users — In an announcement today, Chatbot service Character.AI says it will soon be launching parental controls for teenage users …
More: Character.AI Blog, Ars Technica, CNET, BBC, Fox Business, CBS News, Axios, mathewingram.com/work, and MEDIANAMA
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Crusoe Energy, which offers cost-effective generative AI compute at scale using clean energy, raised a $600M Series D led by Founders Fund at a $2.8B valuation — Crusoe Energy Systems LLC, a startup building data centers for artificial intelligence workloads, today announced it raised $600 million … | Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
Current and former Netflix staff say the company has walked back its parental-leave benefits, after shifting its focus from subscriber growth to profitability — Employees worry the pullback and other new restrictions mean the entertainment giant is losing the identity that fueled its success
More: Business Insider, Benzinga, The Independent, Daily Mail, and Cord Cutters News
Bluesky: @kedseconomist.com and @joshsternberg.com
X: @rwhelanwsj and @jtoonkel
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon delayed the deployment of Microsoft 365 for its 1.5M employees for a year to resolve security concerns about Microsoft's Midnight Blizzard hack — - Companies teamed up to make sure cloud-based product is secure — Amazon employees were expected to receive software this year| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple is selling a $120 Vision Pro comfort strap with modular counterweights, made by sleep apnea device maker ResMed, to address complaints about extended wear — Aside from the $3500 starting price, there's one common complaint about Apple Vision Pro that most customers experience.
More: AppleInsider, Resmed Inc, and MacRumors
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Sublime, which uses AI to scan emails of companies and political campaigns for phishing attacks, raised a $60M Series B, taking its total raised to $93.8M — Across the world, companies rely on Microsoft and Google to administer email accounts for employees. Keeping all those mailboxes secure, however, is a business opportunity.
More: Sublime Security and VC News Daily
LinkedIn: Trevor Nelson, Sara Mathes, Jordan King, and Shardul Shah
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Harvard releases a high-quality dataset of nearly 1M public-domain books, created with funding from Microsoft and OpenAI, that anyone can use to train AI tools — The project's leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of public-domain books will help “level the playing field” in the AI industry.
More: The Institutional Data …, Gizmodo, and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @knibbs and @tedunderwood.me. X: @clementdelangue. LinkedIn: Greg Leppert. Forums: Slashdot
| James Hunt / The Block: |
Layer 1 blockchain project Avalanche raised $250M via a locked token sale co-led by Galaxy Digital, Dragonfly, and ParaFi, to support its Avalanche9000 upgrade — - Layer 1 blockchain project Avalanche has raised $250 million in a locked token sale led by Galaxy Digital, Dragonfly and ParaFi Capital.
More: Forbes, CoinGape, CoinJournal, NFTgators, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, The Crypto Times, and Coinspeaker
| SemiAnalysis: |
A deep dive into AI scaling laws, including an outline of the old pre-training scaling trend and the new scaling trends for post-training and inference time — In our pursuit of becoming a better full service research firm, we've moved off Substack. For any questions please read https://semianalysis.com/faq/ #substack
More: Analytics India Magazine, WinBuzzer, and Hackster.io
X: @adonis_singh, @hammer_mt, @scaling01, @burny_tech, @andrewcurran_, @dylan522p, and @johannes_hage
Forums: r/programming and r/singularity
| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
An interview with Evan Williams on his new app Mozi, which raised $6M and aims to foster in-person connections as a return to social media's original intention — Evan Williams's new app, Mozi, is aimed at fostering in-real-life connections.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times| Kritika Lamba / Reuters: |
Vapi, which helps businesses deploy AI-powered voice agents, raised a $20M Series A from Bessemer, Y Combinator, and others, source says at a $130M valuation — Vapi, a San Francisco-based startup that helps businesses deploy artificial intelligence-powered voice agents … | Julia Jacobs / New York Times: |
The NLRB issues a complaint against Netflix's Love Is Blind and classifies its contestants as employees, a case that could have ripple effects across reality TV — The National Labor Relations Board's case against the Netflix hit could have ripple effects across the reality TV industry.
More: Washington Times, Quartz, CTV News, and Bloomberg Law
Forums: r/Fauxmoi, r/television, and r/LoveIsBlindNetflix
| George Winslow / Tv Technology: |
The FCC opens all 1,200 megahertz of the 6GHz band for unlicensed use by very-low-power devices, citing growth in wearables, AR/VR, and other cutting-edge tech — The move, which the agency says will spur innovation, had been opposed by the NAB for its potential impact on newsgathering
More: The Register, Hackaday, RCR Wireless News, FCC, CCIA, Broadband Breakfast, and Internet of Things News
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