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Google updates Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop to make file transfers between iPhones and Android devices easier, starting with the Pixel 10 family — When it comes to sharing moments between family and friends, what device you have shouldn't matter — sharing should just work.
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| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim “thought images”, and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt — Hot on the heels of Tuesday's Gemini 3 Pro release, today it's Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Gemini 3 Pro Image, aka Nano Banana Pro, with more control, improved text rendering, and enhanced world knowledge, for free in the Gemini app — Google is following Tuesday's launch of Gemini 3 Pro with Nano Banana Pro. The image generation and editing model …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting” — Elon Musk is as smart as da Vinci, fitter than LeBron James, and really good at drinking piss.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI expands group chats in ChatGPT globally to all logged-in users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, after piloting the feature in select regions — ChatGPT is launching group chats globally to all users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, OpenAI announced on Thursday.
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| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X — Growing shares of U.S. adults say they are using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit, but YouTube still rises to the top| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Source: Kalshi raised $1B led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a $11B valuation, less than two months after it announced a $300M fundraise at a $5B valuation — Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to bet on future events, has raised a massive $1 billion round at a $11 billion valuation …
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Numerai, which trades stocks using AI-driven ideas from freelance finance quants, raised a $30M Series C led by university endowments at a $500M valuation — A crowdsourcing hedge fund backed by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones has raised fresh capital from university endowments and venture firms …
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| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
Samsung names mobile chief TM Roh as co-CEO and DX division head; Roh was serving as consumer business acting head since April after co-CEO Han Jong-Hee's death — - TM Roh named co-CEO, heads device experience division — Roh previously served as acting head of consumer business since April
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| Renju Jose / Reuters: |
Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10 — Australia's internet watchdog on Friday said it would include Amazon.com-owned (AMZN.O) live streaming service Twitch …
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Nvidia and Google launch the GeForce Now Fast Pass to let Chromebook owners stream over 2,000 games directly from an existing PC game library without ads — It's an ad-free queue-jump for GeForce Now's free tier. … Nvidia has partnered with Google to launch a new cloud gaming plan exclusive to Chromebooks.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out link sharing to let users invite up to eight people into their Hyperscape virtual rooms via a Quest 3 or 3S headset, or the Horizon mobile app — The company is rolling out the ability to hang out in Hyperscape rooms with your friends.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Allen Institute for AI, or Ai2, unveils Olmo 3 models that it says outperform open models like Stanford's Marin and commercial open-weight models like Llama 3.1 — The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released a new generation of its flagship large language models, designed to compete more squarely with industry and academic heavyweights.
More: Ai2, WinBuzzer, Decrypt, and The New Stack
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI partners with Foxconn to design and develop data center server racks to be manufactured in the US; Foxconn will produce cabling, power systems, and more — OpenAI is partnering with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to design and manufacture hardware for data centers … | Reuters: |
Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company will spend $2B to $3B per year in AI in the next three to five years and is discussing potential investments with Japan — - Foxconn to invest $2-3 billion annually in AI over the next 3-5 years -Liu — China's EV market faces fierce competition, consolidation expected soon -Liu
More: Benzinga, DigiTimes, and China Money Network
| Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: |
GE HealthCare acquires Intelerad, which sells cloud imaging software and digital workflow tools primarily to outpatient and ambulatory sites, for $2.3B — GE HealthCare agreed to acquire medical imaging software company Intelerad for $2.3 billion. … - GE HealthCare has focused on hospitals and health systems.| Financial Times: |
The UK announces a £100M plan to support local AI hardware startups via guaranteed “first customer” payments, and estimates its AI market to be worth over £72B — Liz Kendall unveils plan to offer guaranteed payments for British start-ups making AI hardware
LinkedIn: James Chalmers
| Chris Prentice / Reuters: |
The SEC drops its 2023 case against SolarWinds and its CISO Tim Brown, which alleged they concealed vulnerabilities ahead of the Russia-linked 2020 cyberattack — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it has dropped its closely watched litigation against SolarWinds Corp …
More: Nextgov/FCW, CRN, Cybersecurity Dive, The Register, The Hacker News, Bloomberg Law, and CyberScoop
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
X ends its 2023 lawsuit against law firm Wachtell to recover most of the $90M fee the firm received for defeating Musk's bid to exit his $44B Twitter buyout — Elon Musk's social media platform X has ended its lawsuit against elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz that sought to recover … | The Information: |
Internal memo: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees last month that Google's recent progress in AI could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google's recent progress in artificial intelligence could … | Financial Times: |
Taiwan's minister Wu Cheng-wen says the US won't impose “punishing” tariffs on Taiwan, after a “consensus” that Taiwan would support the US chip industry — Tech official says Taipei willing to share lessons from its world-leading industrial model under trade deal| Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: |
Filings: Meta's board agreed to a $190M settlement with investors over claims that Zuckerberg and other board members mishandled the Cambridge Analytica scandal — Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. directors agreed to a $190 million settlement of claims they failed … | Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET: |
OpenAI says GPT-5 has demonstrated the ability to accelerate scientific research workflows but can't run projects or solve scientific problems autonomously — ZDNET's key takeaways — GPT-5 supports researchers across disciplines, a study found. — The model doesn't rival human researchers, however.
More: OpenAI, Scientific American, and Financial Times
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