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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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| 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 …
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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 …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/germany
| 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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| 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
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| 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 …
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| 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’
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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.
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| 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.| 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.| 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
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| Financial Times: |
Oracle's stock is down nearly 30% in the past month, more than rivals, reversing $250B+ in market value gains after its OpenAI deals announcement in September — Larry Ellison's software company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts| 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 … | 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.
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| 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.| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Google proposes ad tech changes to settle a €2.95B EU antitrust fine, including boosting interoperability across its ad tech services, but still plans to appeal — Google has offered to tweak its ad tech products to settle a European Union order after a near-€3 billion ($3.4 billion) …
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| 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 …
More: 9to5Google, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, The Verge, Mashable, and Digit
| 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.Sponsor Posts
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