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| 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.| 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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Forums: r/technology, r/PoliticalOptimism, and Ars OpenForum
| Bloomberg: |
Trump extends the deadline for ByteDance to divest TikTok's US operations until December 16, the fourth such extension; a deal is expected to be finalized soon — 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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| 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 …
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| 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.
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Forums: r/GoodNewsUK, r/ukpolitics, and r/unitedkingdom
| 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 …
Bluesky: @sgwoods
| 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 …
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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.
More: The Overspill and The A.V. Club
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Bluesky: @socialmedialab.ca and @haydenfield
Forums: r/technology and r/politics
| 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| 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.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
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| 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.
Bluesky: @joemenn
| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Google launches the Agent Payments Protocol, or AP2, designed to securely facilitate agent-led payments across platforms, with the support of 60+ organizations — ZDNET's key takeaways — Google announces Agent Payments Protocol (AP2). — AP2 helps companies carry out agent-led payments securely.
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/Hedera
| 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: |
| 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.| 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 …
More: Business Wire and VC News Daily
| 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.| 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 …
More: VCCircle, Inc42 Media, Moneycontrol, Entrackr, and DealStreetAsia
| 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.| 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
X: @changxche. Bluesky: @dtiffroberts. Mastodon: @JulianOliver@mastodon.social, @chris@mstdn.games, and @wsvincent@fosstodon.org
Forums: r/China, r/artificial, r/longform, r/China_irl, r/ADVChina, r/technology, and r/tech
| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
OpenAI says it is developing a “different ChatGPT experience” for teens and plans to use age-prediction tech to bar kids under 18 from the standard version — OpenAI is developing a “different ChatGPT experience” for teens and plans to use age-prediction technology …
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Mastodon: @evacide@hachyderm.io, @dcdeejay@mastodon.online, and @evacide@hachyderm.io
Forums: Hacker News, r/enshittification, r/ChatGPT, r/privacy, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| 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 … | 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 …
More: BCG Global, BCG Global, and Foxmont Capital Partners
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: StubHub is pricing its US IPO at $23.50/share after marketing a range of $22-$25, giving it an $8.6B market cap, and will trade under the ticker STUB — StubHub Holdings Inc. is pricing its initial public offering at the midpoint of a marketed range, according to people familiar with the matter.
More: The Economic Times, Business Insider, Axios, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, and MarketWatch
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