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| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic taps law firm Wilson Sonsini to begin work on its IPO, which could come as soon as 2026, and held preliminary talks with big investment banks — AI start-up picks law firm Wilson Sonsini for what could be one of the largest public offerings ever
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Bluesky: @carlquintanilla and @davelee.me
| Shruti Srivastava / Bloomberg: |
After a backlash, India says its pre-installed cybersecurity app is optional for users, who “have complete freedom to activate, or delete the app at any time” — India sought to address concerns that its mandate to pre-install a cybersecurity app on mobile phones could invade privacy … | Angus Whitley / Bloomberg: |
YouTube says it will comply with Australia's social media ban for under-16s, after rejecting its inclusion in the crackdown and calling the regulation “rushed” — YouTube is taking steps to comply with Australia's upcoming under-16s social media ban, even after rejecting …
More: Google, Information Age, BBC, Reuters, WinBuzzer, Crikey, Benzinga, Tech in Asia, The Guardian, 9News, and iTnews
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| Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal: |
Waymo's self-driving cars appear to be bending traffic laws and growing impatient with pedestrians as the company seeks to make them “confidently assertive” — Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green
More: Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Silicon UK, NBC News, and KTVU-TV
| Jonathan Slotkin / New York Times: |
More: NextDraft. X: @alexgdimakis, @charlescwcooke, @ddebow, @jonnymoetrades, @mohammadonx, @elidourado, @hlntnr, @jeffdean, @griswold, @slotkinjr, and @slotkinjr. Bluesky: @davidzipper. Mastodon: @stshank@mstdn.social
Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars, r/sanfrancisco, r/technology, and r/waymo
| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
Sources and docs: Palantir's Immigration OS helps ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them; a decade ago, Alex Karp said Trump's plans made “no sense” — “The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company's chief executive.
Bluesky: @justinhendrix
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify releases Wrapped 2025, adding features like Wrapped Party, its first live interactive experience, a Top Song Quiz, Listening Age, and Wrapped Clubs — Spotify Wrapped is back. After last year's widely criticized flop that included an AI podcast as its highlight …
More: Engadget, The Verge, Spotify, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, Deadline, Mashable, StyleCaster, Spotify, and Spotify
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content — Almost half of the most-listened to 50 shows now have video available on Spotify — Spotify, as part of the annual Spotify … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Marvell announces a deal to buy Celestial AI for at least $3.25B, expected to close in Q1 2026; the price can rise to $5.5B if Celestial hits revenue targets — Semiconductor company Marvell on Tuesday announced that it will acquire Celestial AI for at least $3.25 billion in cash and stock.| Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter: |
HBO Max's 4K Mad Men re-release had multiple errors, including lacking post-production edits in some scenes; a source says Lionsgate delivered the wrong 4K file — But the best one definitely did. … The 4K stream of the classic Lionsgate Television series for AMC Network came to HBO Max on Monday …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Binance names co-founder Yi He as co-CEO alongside Richard Teng, making her one of the few women leading a crypto company; she also has children with ex-CEO CZ — The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange announced a significant leadership move on Wednesday, naming longtime executive …
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X: @binance, @_richardteng, and @binance
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A look at startups like AGI and Plato, which build replicas of websites to let AI agents learn to navigate and complete specific tasks, like booking flights — This summer, lawyers at United Airlines noticed that someone had built an almost perfect replica of the company's website.| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law — As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand over their biometric …
More: Globe and Mail, KSDK-TV, and Android Headlines
| Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: |
Some YouTube creators are using AI video tools to make content for kids and babies, causing concern that their brains are being shaped by AI-generated videos — As younger children spend more time on the platform, concern is growing that their brains are being shaped by AI-generated videos purporting to be educational.
More: Google Help Center
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Q&A with Valve executive Pierre-Loup Griffais, who helped build SteamOS and the Steam Deck, on quietly funding open-source tech to play Windows games on Arm — In an exclusive interview, Valve reveals it's the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm.| George Steer / Financial Times: |
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump's American Bitcoin closed down 38.8% on December 2, wiping out ~$1B in market value; TMTG is down nearly 70% in 2025 — Company's shares plummet as investors cash out at end of lock-up period — Shares in a US cryptocurrency miner backed by Donald Trump Jr … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber partners with Avride to launch robotaxi rides in Dallas, marking Uber's fourth US city to offer autonomous ride options after Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta — Uber Technologies Inc. is launching autonomous rides with Avride Inc. in Dallas as part of a previously announced partnership …
More: Investor's Business Daily, Forbes, PCMag, Engadget, TechCrunch, Dallas Morning News, Uber, Dow Jones Newswires, CNET, DNYUZ, and Sherwood News
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
AI Forensics: 354 AI-focused TikTok accounts pushed 43K posts made with GenAI tools that hit 4.5B views, including posts with anti-immigrant and sexual material — Researchers uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts that had accumulated 4.5bn views in a month — By Dan Milmo, Global technology editor.
Bluesky: @gabriellanonino.com
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Vinci, which uses AI simulations to accelerate chip and other hardware design, raised a $36M Series A led by Xora Innovation, taking its total funding to $46M — Startup Vinci said on Tuesday it has raised $36 million to finance its business of building software that can speed chip …
More: FinSMEs, Tech in Asia, Vinci4D, HPCwire, and VC News Daily
| Sejal Govindarao / Associated Press: |
Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues Temu for allegedly stealing customers' data, including their physical location, and counterfeiting local brands — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Tuesday that Arizona is the latest state to sue Temu and its parent company PDD Holdings Inc. over allegations … | Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: |
Copper demand is being boosted by AI data centers, which require 27 to 33 tons per MW, over 2x that of conventional data centers, per miner Grupo México — Data centres and green grids are heavy users of the red metal, but mine supply is stagnating and new discoveries are rare| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
CNN partners with Kalshi to use its real-time prediction data in TV, digital, and social channel reporting, on-air data tickers, analysis, and fact-checking — CNN has stuck a partnership with Kalshi, the world's largest global prediction market company, bringing Kalshi's data …
More: Kalshi, Unchained, Inside Bitcoins, Benzinga, Blockonomi, Cryptonews, crypto.news, CoinDesk, and The Block
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Amazon debuts three frontier agents: Kiro autonomous agent, AWS Security Agent, and AWS DevOps Agent, each focused on a different aspect of software development — Amazon Web Services Inc. is using its annual AWS re:Invent 2025 extravaganza this week in Las Vegas to show … | Will Knight / Wired: |
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LinkedIn: Shin Kato, Tharindu Kumarage, Shuo Yang, Dinesh Rajput, Ben-Hur Souza, and Natalie Matushevsky. Forums: r/singularity
| John Reynolds / Tech.eu: |
London-based Sokin, which develops tech for B2B cross-border payments, raised a $50M Series B led by Prysm Capital at a $300M valuation — The funds will be used to speed up overseas expansion and on product development. — Cross-border payment fintech Sokin has received $50m in a funding round, valuing the UK fintech at $300m.
More: Sokin, FinTech Global, PYMNTS.com, and FinSMEs
| Axios: |
Sources: President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill — Pressure from President Trump to block state-level AI regulation is falling short on Capitol Hill.
More: The Hill, Bloomberg, American Thinker, and The Daily Signal
X: @peterwildeford and @luke_metro
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Trainium3 UltraServer, a system powered by its 3nm Trainium3 AI training chip, and teases Trainium4, which it says will work with Nvidia's chips — Amazon Web Services, which has been building its own AI training chips for years now, just introduced a new version known …
More: About Amazon, About Amazon, The Economic Times, PYMNTS.com, GeekWire, Tech in Asia, Sherwood News, Data Center Knowledge, Amazon Web Services, and DatacenterDynamics
X: @benbajarin, @packym, @awsnewsroom, @awscloud, @amazon, @benbajarin, @nvidia, @modestproposal1, @caro_milanesi, and @theaustinlyons. Bluesky: @jessefelder. Forums: Hacker News
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
MongoDB stock jumped 22% on December 2 after Q3 revenue rose 19% YoY to $628M, above $592M est., and raises full-year guidance on Atlas growth and AI demand — MongoDB shares ripped 22% higher on Tuesday after the company blew past Wall Street's third-quarter expectations and lifted … Sponsor Posts
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