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Financial Times:
Sources: China told ByteDance, Alibaba, and others to stop testing and ordering Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, a stronger ban than earlier guidance focused on H20  —  Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence to compete with the US  —  China's internet regulator has banned …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: under the US-China framework, a US investor consortium that includes Oracle, Silver Lake, and a16z would hold an ~80% stake in TikTok's US business  —  Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are part of consortium that would control 80% stake  —  TikTok's U.S. business …
Bloomberg:
Trump extends ByteDance's deadline to divest TikTok's US operations until December 16, the fourth such extension; a deal is expected to be finalized this week  —  President Donald Trump again extended the deadline for TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to divest the platform's US operations …
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
Kuo: an OLED MacBook Pro with a touch screen is set to enter mass production by late 2026, while a cheaper MacBook with an iPhone chip will skip the touch panel  —  Apple's first OLED MacBook Pro, set to enter mass production next year, will feature a touch screen display, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Bloomberg:
US tech giants announce £31B+ in UK investments, coinciding with Trump's visit to the nation; OpenAI will bring Stargate to the UK with Nvidia and Nscale  —  Microsoft Corp., OpenAI and other American companies announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on technology infrastructure in the UK …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces a $30B investment in the UK over four years to support AI infrastructure and ongoing operations, including $15B to build a supercomputer  —  Microsoft's announcement comes on the same day President Trump visits Britain and Google makes its own UK investment.
New York Times:
The UK has ramped up the use of facial recognition, AI, and internet regulation to address crime and other issues, stoking concerns of surveillance overreach  —  Facial recognition vans are being used by police across London.Charlotte Hadden for The New York Times
The Verge:
How Meta's California super PAC, rare as a single-company entity, lets Mark Zuckerberg spend Meta's money on his own political choices, including AI regulation  —  Mark Zuckerberg, via Meta, can now essentially spend unlimited money in California elections.
Zach Vallese / CNBC:
YouTube says it has paid out $100B+ to creators over the last four years and the number of YouTube channels making over $100K from TV screens has jumped 45% YoY  —  YouTube said on Tuesday it has paid out over $100 billion to creators, artists and media companies since 2021.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils new generative AI tools for Shorts, including a custom version of Veo 3 called Veo 3 Fast, which includes sound, and an Edit with AI feature
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils new livestreaming features, including letting creators transition between public and members-only streams, and ads that run next to the stream
Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Groq, which sells AI chips and data-center compute powered by those chips, raised $750M led by Disruptive at a post-money valuation of $6.9B  —  Funding round is led by Disruptive, includes Blackrock and Neuberger Berman  —  Artificial intelligence chip startup Groq Inc. raised $750 million …
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Ashutosh Joshi / Bloomberg:
Indian on-demand home services provider Urban Company surged 56%+ in its stock market debut after raising $215M in India's most oversubscribed major IPO of 2025  —  Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google is testing a Windows desktop app that brings Mac's Spotlight-like search bar to PC users, allowing them to search local files, Google Drive, and the web  —  Google's app can search local files, in Google Drive, and on the web. … Google is testing a new search app for Windows.
Kate Kozuch / Tom's Guide:
Apple Watch SE 3 review: great value for $249, with an always-on display and 5G connectivity, but an outdated design and no ECG or hypertension alerts  —  The Apple Watch SE 3 is a small price to pay for big upgrades  —  Tom's Guide Verdict … Why you can trust Tom's Guide Our writers …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple Watch Ultra 3 review: a more significant upgrade than the Ultra 2, with emergency SOS via satellite, 5G, a 42-hour battery life, and a bigger display
Chang Che / The Guardian:
A profile of Song-Chun Zhu, an AI scientist and NSF and Pentagon grantee, who left the US after 28 years to lead China's state-backed AI institute BIGAI in 2020  —  In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China.  Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race
Maria Curi / Axios:
Scale AI signed a $100M ceiling contract with the DOD to provide end-to-end services, including its data engine for data preparation and AI model testing  —  Data labeling company Scale AI will make its platform available to the Defense Department in a $100 million ceiling contract shared first with Axios.
Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg:
Dyna Robotics, which is building an AI foundation model for robotics, raised a $120M Series A led by Robostrategy, CRV, and First Round Capital  —  Dyna Robotics, a startup working to develop cost-effective, general-purpose robots, has raised $120 million in a new funding round that boosts …

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Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

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Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET:
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