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December 22, 2024, 5:05 AM

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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Bloomberg:
The US awards a $4.75B CHIPS Act grant to Samsung and $1.6B to Texas Instruments for new factories in Texas and Utah, rounding out the program's largest grants  —  - Incentives will go toward new factories in Texas and Utah  — Biden administration is racing to complete federal grants
Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November  —  Albania on Saturday announced a one-year ban on TikTok, the popular short video app, following the killing of a teenager last month …
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
How Britannica survived the Wikipedia era by changing itself into a maker of education software and AI agents, as it reportedly weighs an IPO at a $1B valuation  —  The encyclopedia maker could have become a casualty of the Wikipedia era.  But it has remade itself into a digital learning giant that is weighing going public.
Esha Dey / Bloomberg:
Tesla's shares are up 73% since Election Day, as several analysts see the Trump administration easing rules for self-driving tech, benefiting Tesla's ambitions  —  - Stock was down 2% before election, gains 73% since Trump's win  — ‘Hard to imagine an upside’ from here: Wisdomtree's Gannatti
Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy  —  Google dominated the last era of search.  Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.
Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Bloomberg:
OpenAI says safety researchers can sign up for o3 preview today and that it decided not to name the new model o2 “out of respect” for the UK telecom company  —  The new AI system, called o3, is expected to launch early next year.  —  OpenAI is preparing to launch …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
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Jason Del Rey / Fortune:
A profile of AWS CEO Matt Garman, including his first few months on the job, what his stewardship means for the business, and his opportunities and challenges  —  Matt Garman joined Amazon Web Services as an intern nearly two decades ago.  But his appearance earlier this month …
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