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The EC says it got notification from Apple that Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet DMA thresholds; Apple says the services should not be called “gatekeepers” — The European Commission said on Friday that Apple's (AAPL.O) Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet the thresholds to be considered … | Bloomberg: |
China's top economic planning agency warns about the risk of a bubble forming in the booming humanoid robotics industry; 150+ manufacturers operate in China — China's powerful economic-planning agency warned of the risks of a bubble forming in the country's humanoid robotics industry …
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Bluesky: @citizenmatt, @fack, @hongpong, @interfluidity.com, @interfluidity.com, and @edzitron.com
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Sources: Intel may start shipping a portion of Apple's lowest-end M chips as early as 2027; Apple is evaluating Intel's 18A process for the chip production — Intel expected to begin shipping Apple's lowest-end M processor as early as 2027 There have long been market rumors that Intel could become an advanced-node foundry supplier to Apple, but visibility around this had remained low. My latest industry surveys, however, indicate that
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Forums: r/intelstock and MacRumors Forums
| Financial Times: |
OpenAI's data center partners are set to rack up nearly $100B in debt; sources say banks may lend another $38B to Oracle and Vantage to build more OpenAI sites — Cloud companies and developers rely on lossmaking start-up to repay huge loans — OpenAI's data centre partners are on course …
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| Reuters: |
CME Group says futures trading on its markets, including for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, was halted on November 28 due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne's data centers — An outage at the world's biggest exchange operator, CME Group, has halted trade on its currency platform …
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Forums: r/news, r/FuturesTrading, r/wallstreetbets, and r/StockMarket
| Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal: |
Google withdraws its 2024 EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft over Azure licensing, after the EU launched a probe into Azure and AWS under the DMA — Google initially filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft in 2024, saying it used unfair software licensing practices
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| Alex Forbes-Calvin / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Tim Sweeney says it “makes no sense” for stores like Steam to label games that are made using AI, since AI “will be involved in nearly all future production” — “It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production.”
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X: @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @cinedatabase, @cultistzolon, @ednewtonrex, @rwsstudios, @gprime85, @theotherfrost, @pirat_nation, @cinedatabase, @grummz, @acerola_t, @epicartfail, @makofukasame, @kenneynl, @stretchedwiener, @cinedatabase, @alegendarydrops, @rohankarmoon, @sirdustydirks, @bee_fumo, @benjigamedev, @kiaran_ritchie, @isthisa3dmodel, @smilodonnavt, @grummz, @ericdjuly, @theactman_yt, @romudeth, @jorisdemanmusic, @sean_gause, @sean_gause, @ayi_sanchez, @kiribuilds, @alexandrodinec, @kitty_bit_games, @dv4540653521485, @eze3d, and @eze3d. LinkedIn: Paul Kilduff-Taylor
Forums: r/FortNiteBR, r/gamernews, r/valve, r/pcmasterrace, r/gamingnews, and Slashdot
| Beatrice Nolan / Fortune: |
Gravis Robotics, which adds cameras, sensors, and AI to heavyweight construction machines so they can operate autonomously, raised $23M led by IQ and Zacua — Gravis Robotics, a Zurich-based startup that is turning heavyweight construction machines into autonomous robots …
More: EU-Startups, Tech Funding News, Silicon Canals, Tech.eu, and FinSMEs
| Sangmi Cha / Bloomberg: |
MediaTek's stock posted its best week since 2002, up 22%, amid enthusiasm over Google's Gemini 3 and chip deals; MediaTek was reported as Google's TPU partner — MediaTek Inc. shares are poised for their best week since 2002, as artificial intelligence advances at its client Google help reshape …
More: Hankyoreh, THE INVESTOR, and Barron's Online
| Stanford University: |
Stanford researchers develop a web-based tool that uses an LLM to downrank X posts with antagonistic language in a user's feed, to reduce “partisan animosity” — Gift from the Koum Family Foundation endows Israel Studies Program — PreferencesShow me... Faculty/Staff Student
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| Kang Yoon-seung / Yonhap News Agency: |
Sources: South Korean authorities suspect North Korean hacking group Lazarus of the $30M+ Upbit hack, which used methods resembling those of a 2019 Upbit theft — North Korean hacking group Lazarus is suspected to be behind a recent breach of around 45 billion won (US$30.6 million) …
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| Jesse Whittock / Deadline: |
Australia passes a law requiring global streamers with 1M+ Australian subscribers to spend 10% of their local outlay or 7.5% of revenue on Australian originals — Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content …
More: Billboard, Advanced Television, TV Tonight, IF Magazine, Capital Brief, Parliament of Australia, Screen Producers Australia, ABC, The Australia Institute, Spotify, ABC, news.com.au, Mumbrella, Mumbrella, and Australian Financial Review
X: @ccianet. Threads: @matthewtack and @tony_burke_au. Mastodon: @danyork@mastodon.social. Forums: Slashdot
| Politico: |
French President Emmanuel Macron criticizes the EU for being too slow to act on probes into Big Tech companies, attributing the delay to US pressure against DSA — French President Emmanuel Macron said Brussels is too slow in its handling of probes into American Big Tech companies due to U.S. pressure over the EU's digital laws.| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian e-commerce platform Meesho is set to launch an India IPO, seeking to raise $606M, targeting a post-issue valuation of ~$5.60B — Meesho, an Indian e-commerce rival to Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, is set to launch a roughly $606 million IPO marked by token sell-downs from early backers …
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