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Counterpoint: Apple is set to overtake Samsung as the world's largest smartphone maker for the first time since 2011, lifted by the success of iPhone 17 models — Apple Inc. will retake its crown as the world's largest smartphone maker for the first time in more than a decade …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
In recent months, RAM and SSD prices have surged due to a shortage of memory chips caused primarily by the ongoing AI boom; some RAM kits now cost 3x as much — Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago. — It's not a bad time to upgrade your gaming PC.
More: iPhone in Canada, GamersNexus, Tom's Hardware, Tom's Hardware, The Overspill, Tom's Hardware, ComputerWeekly.com, The Verge, Notebookcheck, TechRadar, OpenCritic, PCMag, TechPowerUp, and Tom's Hardware
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| Reuters: |
EU member states agree a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM; states now negotiate with EU lawmakers — A web camera is seen in front of the displayed words “Child Pornography” in this illustration t - EU says big tech must tackle online child abuse
More: Engadget, Council of the EU, Euractiv, TechRadar, DutchNews.nl, and CCIA
| Jenny Che / Bloomberg: |
The EU says its regulators asked Shein for documents on measures to prevent the exposure of minors to inappropriate content and the circulation of illegal items — Shein is under pressure from the European Union to curb sales of childlike sex dolls and weapons on its third-party marketplace … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia says it is “delighted by Google's success” but “Nvidia is a generation ahead”, after a report that Meta could use Google's TPUs in its data centers — Nvidia on Tuesday said its tech remains a generation ahead of the industry, in response to Wall Street's concerns …
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| Financial Times: |
Michael Saylor-led Strategy is down 50%+ in the past three months after crypto loses $1T+ in value, as the “digital asset treasury” craze at companies unravels — ‘Digital asset treasury’ craze sours amid $1tn rout in cryptocurrency market — Crypto-hoarding companies …
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| Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood plans to launch a futures and derivatives exchange with Susquehanna in 2026 and acquires MIAXdx, which clears and executes derivatives trades — The new exchange will help Robinhood offer additional prediction contracts tied to sports, elections and other future events| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
The House Homeland Security Committee asks Dario Amodei to testify at a December 17 hearing about how Chinese state actors used Claude Code for cyber-espionage — The House Homeland Security Committee has asked Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to testify at a Dec. 17 hearing on how Chinese state …
Bluesky: @paulbeckwith and @quinnypig.com
| Angela Yang / NBC News: |
Filing: OpenAI denies liability in a lawsuit alleging ChatGPT gave a teen who died by suicide information about suicide methods, arguing that he misused ChatGPT — The family of Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that is not responsible for the teen's death.
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| Linda Lew / Bloomberg: |
Pony AI's Hong Kong-listed shares rose 6.7% after it said its Guangzhou operations had broken even per car, as it targets a 3,000+ global robotaxi fleet in 2026 — Pony AI Inc. shares rose for a third day in Hong Kong trading, arresting a steep decline since listing three weeks ago …
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| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
MIT and Hugging Face study: the share of downloads of Chinese-made open AI models rose to 17% in the past year, surpassing US developers' 15.8% share, a first — Beijing-backed technology gains ground as American giants hold fast to ‘closed’ AI strategies — China has overtaken the US …
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| Bloomberg: |
Naver agrees to acquire Dunamu, which runs South Korea's biggest crypto exchange Upbit, in a $10.3B all-stock deal; Upbit has 80%+ market share in South Korea — Naver Corp. agreed to acquire Dunamu Inc., operator of South Korea's biggest crypto exchange Upbit, in an all-stock deal valued … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
As Microsoft accelerates its AI buildout in rural Wisconsin, one community's vocal opposition led the company to withdraw plans for a proposed data center site — The village of Caledonia, Wisconsin, sandwiched between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, is dotted with corn and soybean fields … | Joe Schulz / WPR: |
| Qianer Liu / The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese company in 2025, but Chinese regulators now block it from using the chips in new data centers — ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese company in 2025, according to three people with direct knowledge of its purchases.
More: Reuters, Proactive, Implicator.ai, TipRanks Financial, and Crypto Briefing. Bluesky: @carlquintanilla
| Bloomberg: |
Some food bloggers warn Google's AI Overviews and AI food pictures are burying their real, tested recipes, setting home cooks up for disaster this Thanksgiving — Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures — Eb Gargano has been writing recipes …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
watchTowr: 80K+ sensitive credentials were found via publicly accessible “Recent Links” pages on online code formatting tools JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify — Thousands of credentials, authentication keys, and configuration data impacting organizations in sensitive sectors … | The Star: |
Malaysia's Johor state, which has approved 51 data centre projects as of November, stops approvals for new low-tier data centers citing high water consumption — JOHOR will stop approving applications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centres due to their massive water consumption, which can reach up to 50 million litres a day.| CNBC: |
PitchBook: US AI and robotics VC deals are up over 4x since 2023 to $160B+ so far in 2025, while comparable China deals are just $10B+, up from $9.24B in 2023 — The big story — Sitting in his new Beijing office, AI2 Robotics Founder and CEO Eric Guo wistfully reflected on fundraising challenges … | Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
Warner Music and AI music generator Suno strike a deal, settling previous litigation; Suno will launch licensed AI models and will acquire WMG's Songkick — Warner Music Group and AI music generator Suno have struck what they call a “first-of-its-kind partnership”.
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Bluesky: @reckless and @caseynewton
| Kristin Robinson / Billboard: |
More: Fortune, Music Ally, and Gizmodo
X: @ednewtonrex, @ednewtonrex, @opiumhum, @kevinbrennanmp, @ednewtonrex, and @ednewtonrex. Forums: r/technology
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