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Sources: China told ByteDance, Alibaba, and others to stop testing and ordering Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, going beyond earlier guidance focused on Nvidia's H20 — Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence to compete with the US — China's internet regulator has banned …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he was “disappointed” after a report that China has urged Chinese companies not to use the company's AI chips — LONDON — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has weighed in on the chipmaker's struggles in China after a report claimed the country has banned its AI semiconductors.
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Kuo: an OLED MacBook Pro with a touchscreen is set to enter mass production by late 2026, while a cheaper MacBook with an iPhone chip won't have 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.
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| Bloomberg: |
US tech giants announce £31B+ in UK investments, coinciding with Trump's visit to the UK; OpenAI says it will bring Stargate to the UK with partners like Nscale — Microsoft Corp., OpenAI and other American companies announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces a $30B investment in the UK to support AI infrastructure and ongoing operations from 2025 through 2028, including $15B for a supercomputer — Microsoft's announcement comes on the same day President Trump visits Britain and Google makes its own UK investment.
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
iPhone Air review: remarkably light and pleasant to use for long periods of time but no ultrawide camera and battery drains quicker than a standard phone — The iPhone Air is as much a statement as it is a phone. It says something about the person using it: that they don't mind giving … | Eric Zeman / PCMag: |
iPhone 17 review: best value of the 17 lineup with a 120Hz refresh rate screen, good A19 performance, and Center Stage front camera but no telephoto lens — Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year — 4.5 Excellent — THE BOTTOM LINE
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| The Verge: |
iPhone 17 Pro review: has a solid battery life, brighter screen outdoors, and doesn't get hot but it's heavier than usual and Siri needs to catch up with rivals — It's a tricky year to review the iPhone Pro. It's long been the go-to choice for anyone who wants an iPhone with the nicest screen, longest battery, and great cameras.| Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg: |
The Hang Seng Tech Index, which tracks the top 30 Hong Kong-listed tech stocks, rose ~3.9% to its highest level since November 2021, amid renewed AI enthusiasm — A blistering rally in Chinese technology shares accelerated on Wednesday as renewed bets on artificial intelligence sent a key gauge to the highest in nearly four years.
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: Anthropic refused federal law enforcement requests to use its AI models for some tasks, such as the surveillance of US citizens, irking the White House — THE SCOOP — Anthropic is in the midst of a splashy media tour in Washington, but its refusal to allow its models to be used … | 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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
CrowdStrike: DeepSeek refuses to write code or produces less-secure code when English prompts say the code will be used by groups or regions disfavored by China — Research by a U.S. security firm points to the country's leading player in AI providing higher-quality results for some purposes than others.
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| 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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| 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.
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| Bloomberg: |
Chinese state media: Alibaba has secured China Unicom as a major client for its AI chips; earlier reports said Alibaba was supplying tens of thousands of chips — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has secured a high-profile customer in China Unicom for its AI chips, suggesting …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: SMIC is testing China's first domestically produced DUV lithography machine, aiming to reduce reliance on western chipmaking technology — SMIC tests domestically made machinery as Beijing seeks to rival US-made processors — China's leading chip producer is running trials … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Airia, which is building a governance and orchestration layer for AI agents, raised $50M from its co-founder John Marshall, with an additional $50M commitment — Cybersecurity startup Airia LLC says it has the money it needs to build the most effective governance and orchestration layer …
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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.| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
UK's FCA plans to exempt cryptoasset providers from some of its traditional finance rules, as it prepares to integrate the sector into its regulatory framework — FCA says traditional financial rules would not be effective for the sector as it prepares to fully integrate the market| The Economic Times: |
Bengaluru-based FinBox, which provides B2B digital lending infrastructure, risk intelligence, and orchestration tools, raised a $40M Series B led by WestBridge — FinBox, a digital credit infrastructure platform, secured $40 million in a funding round led by WestBridge Capital …
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| 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: |
| 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
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Forums: r/China, r/artificial, r/longform, r/China_irl, r/ADVChina, r/technology, and r/tech
| Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: |
EvoluteIQ, which offers a low-code AI platform for companies to design, deploy, and scale business processes, raised $53M led by Baird Capital — EvoluteIQ unifies orchestration, data integration, and generative AI into a single platform to automate workflows for complex, regulated enterprises.| Ramon Royandoyan / Nikkei Asia: |
Foxmont and BCG report: Philippine startups raised a record $1.12B in 2024, up 16.7% YoY, with foreign investment rising to 52.5%, but regulatory hurdles remain — MANILA — It was during the pandemic, when much economic activity had shut down, that Ibba Bernardo realized …
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| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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