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| Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: |
Internal memo: Meta plans to assess employees on their “AI-driven impact”, which will be a “core expectation” of their performance from 2026 — - Meta will assess employee performance by AI-driven impact starting in 2026. — The company is shifting toward …
Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Meta plans to launch WhatsApp third-party app integration in Europe “over the coming months”, which is required by the DMA, starting with BirdyChat and Haiket — Coming ‘soon’ with end-to-end encryption enabled. — Meta is on the cusp of launching third-party integration …
More: Meta Newsroom, PCMag, Engadget, Neowin, MacRumors, CyberInsider, TechCrunch, Thurrott, and Android Central
X: @josemontesdeoca, @lutherlowe, and @firstsquawk. Mastodon: @marcel_kolaja@mastodon …. Forums: r/technology
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI pilots group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan, letting up to 20 users create profiles and prompt ChatGPT in a shared space — Collaborate with others, and ChatGPT, in the same conversation. — Try in ChatGPT(opens in a new window)
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| Sam Clark / Politico: |
Germany approves legislation granting Interior Ministry new powers to ban Chinese tech suppliers from critical infrastructure sectors like energy and transport — New law set to come into place as Germany toughens its stance on China. — The German government is set to get new powers …
More: Bloomberg and TelecomTV
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Forums: Hacker News and r/germany
| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
JPMorgan Chase secures deals with fintech middlemen, like Plaid, covering 95%+ of third-party data pulls, and will receive payment for access to customer data — JPMorgan Chase has secured deals ensuring it will get paid by the fintech firms responsible for nearly all the data requests … | Reuters: |
Sources: Samsung raised some memory chip prices by 30% to 60% compared to September, amid shortages, likely adding to stress for companies building data centers — - Samsung hikes prices of server chips by 30% to 60% — Steep price hikes seen adding to stress for data infrastructure firms
More: Sherwood News, SammyGuru, Tech in Asia, Benzinga, Tom's Hardware, PhoneArena, and Android Headlines
| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon and Anthropic join Microsoft in backing the GAIN AI Act, which would require US chipmakers to meet local demand before export; Nvidia opposes it — Legislation would give tech leaders preferential access to chips — WASHINGTON—Amazon.com is joining Microsoft …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Tether is in talks to lead a €1B funding round in Neura Robotics, valuing the startup at €8B-€10B, as Tether seeks to expand its investment portfolio — Cryptocurrency giant seeks to build on sprawling investment portfolio with bet on German humanoid robotics group
More: The Block, BeInCrypto, and Crypto Briefing
| Logan Hitchcock / Decrypt: |
Publicly traded Bitcoin miner Bitfarms says it will wind down its BTC operations and pivot to AI infrastructure, after reporting Q3 net loss up 92% YoY to $46M — Bitcoin miner Bitfarms will end its Bitcoin operations in the coming years, shifting focus to providing infrastructure for growing AI demand.| Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times: |
WH national security memo: Alibaba provides tech support for China military's “operations” against targets in the US; Alibaba says it is “complete nonsense” — National security document outlines intelligence on tech support given to PLA ‘operations’
More: Reuters, Benzinga, China Money Network, Dow Jones Newswires, ZeroHedge News, and The Indian Express. Bluesky: @carlquintanilla
| The Economic Times: |
India officially notifies its first data protection law to establish a framework for data processing, protection, and governance, including verifiable consent — India has officially notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, establishing a framework for data processing, protection, and governance.| Yun Li / CNBC: |
Filing: Berkshire Hathaway discloses a $4.3B stake in Alphabet in Q3, a surprising move given Warren Buffett's reluctance toward high-growth, tech-driven stocks — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new position in internet and AI giant Alphabet in a filing …
More: Reuters, Benzinga, and TipRanks Financial
| Bloomberg: |
Google says it plans to invest $40B through 2027 in three new data centers in Texas, including one co-located with a new solar and battery energy storage plant — Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to invest $40 billion in three new Texas data centers, ramping up its footprint as competitors …
More: Reuters, Dallas Morning News, Newsmax, The Real Deal, and Channel NewsAsia
| Bernie Pazanowski / Bloomberg Law: |
Meta, TikTok, Google, and YouTube sue California over a new law that prohibits personalized feeds for minors without parental consent, claiming it violates 1A — Meta Platforms Inc., TikTok Inc., Google LLC, and YouTube LLC are challenging a California law that forbids social media platforms …
More: San Francisco Business Times, Politico, PPC Land, and Truth on the Market
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| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Elon Musk says Grok 5 would be released “in Q1 sometime”, later than a deadline he previously set of releasing the model by the end of 2025 — XAI plans to release its next-generation Grok 5 artificial intelligence model in the first three months of next year, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday.
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| Elissa Welle / The Verge: |
Mozilla says it is building AI Window, an opt-in Firefox feature that includes an AI assistant and lets users pick their preferred model, but gives few details — You will be able to chat with the browser's AI assistant in the new AI Window. … Another day, another AI browser.
More: Manual do Usuário, The Mozilla Blog, 9to5Mac, PCWorld, PCMag, Mozilla Connect, The Decoder, eWeek, Digital Trends, It's FOSS, Moneycontrol, Livemint, The Hans India, Tech in Asia, Business Standard, Digit, Axios, The Register, OMG! Ubuntu, WinBuzzer, Engadget, How-To Geek, and Thurrott
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/firefox, and r/technews
| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
Sources: Stockholm-based vibe coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of ~$6B, up from $1.8B in July when it raised a $200M Series A — The Stockholm-based startup that uses AI to code apps and websites for its users is in talks to raise a new round at triple its last valuation from just four months ago.| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Samsung Galaxy XR review: matches some of the Vision Pro's hardware features at half the price, but has an uncomfortable headband and less precise hand tracking — Samsung's Galaxy XR is a cheaper and lighter, but inferior rival to Apple's Vision Pro. — In the not-too-distant future … | Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
CloudX, which uses Anthropic's Claude to automate testing mobile ad pricing and optimizing inventory for publishers, raised a $30M Series A led by Addition — CloudX, a mobile ad startup founded by former adtech executives from MoPub and MAX, raised $30 million in a Series A round of funding.| Jeff Green / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft signs a deal with a legal advocacy group to resolve claims it denied discounts to conservative religious nonprofits; OpenAI and Asana also made deals — Microsoft Corp. signed an agreement to put to rest accusations that it used a litmus test to deny software discounts to conservative faith-based groups.
More: LifeNews.com
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