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Shruti Srivastava / Bloomberg:
After a backlash, India says its preinstalled cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi is “optional” and “users have complete freedom to activate, or delete the app”  —  India sought to address concerns that its mandate to pre-install a cybersecurity app on mobile phones …
Reuters:
India says it revoked an order to smartphone makers to preload state-run cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi on all new smartphones, after protests from lawmakers  —  India's government scrapped an order to smartphone makers on Wednesday to preload a state-run cybersecurity app on all new devices …
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
Jonathan Slotkin / New York Times:
An analysis of Waymo data covering nearly 100M driverless miles in four US cities: Waymo cars have far lower crash rates per million miles than human drivers  —  I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash.  The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify releases Wrapped 2025, which adds features like Wrapped Party, its first live interactive experience, 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 …
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 …
Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Max's 4K Mad Men re-release had many problems, 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 …
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.
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 …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Q&A with Valve executive Pierre-Loup Griffais, who helped architect 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.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Marvell says it will acquire Celestial AI for $3.25B+ in cash and stock, set 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.
James Whitbrook / Gizmodo:
After a backlash, Amazon Prime Video removes AI-generated English and Spanish dubs that it had quietly rolled out in beta for several anime films and series  —  As quickly as they arrived, many of Prime Video's controversial generated dubs have been removed from the streamer.  —  READING TIME 2 MINUTES
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% so far 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 …
Bloomberg:
TikTok plans to invest $37.7B+ to build a data center near Brazil's port of Pecém, partnering with Omnia and Casa dos Ventos, its first project in Latin America  —  ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok will invest more than 200 billion reais ($37.7 billion) to build a data center in Brazil, marking its first project in Latin America.
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 …

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
A look at efforts to preserve local news archives, including work made for digital platforms first, and why some news leaders see archives as community gifts

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Most major book publishers lack clear rules on AI use, frustrating authors and readers and raising fears that AI-generated books will slip past editors

Financial Times:
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey drops his £79M libel lawsuit against the Financial Times, after FT said 15 women were willing to testify in court against him

More News

Scott Woody / Metronome:
Stripe agrees to acquire Metronome, which offers APIs to help SaaS companies charge customers based on usage and has raised $128M in total funding
Valida Pau / The Information:
ServiceNow announces a deal to acquire identity security startup Veza, sources say for between $1B and $1.5B, a ~50% premium to Veza's $808M valuation in March

Earlier Picks

Anthropic:
Anthropic's employees self-report using Claude in 60% of their work, most for debugging and code understanding, achieving a 50% productivity boost, and more
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
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google debuts Android 16 QPR2, a minor update expanding features for notifications, icons, calling screens, and more, marking the end of annual Android releases
Wall Street Journal:
Filings: after EA's buyout, Saudi Arabia's PIF would own 93.4% of EA, implying it needs to put up ~$29B, while Silver Lake and Affinity would own 5.5% and 1.1%
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