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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 …
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| 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 …
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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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| 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.
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| Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal: |
Waymo's self-driving cars appear to be bending traffic laws and getting 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
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| 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 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft units lowered how much salespeople are supposed to grow sales of certain AI products, a rare move for Microsoft, after missing growth targets — Executives at Microsoft and other enterprise software firms heralded 2025 as the year artificial intelligence would be capable …
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| 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 …
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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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| 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 …
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| 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.| 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.
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| 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 the internet and complete 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 their IDs or hand over their biometric data to view porn, after 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 …
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| Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: |
Some YouTube creators are using AI tools to make videos for kids and babies, raising concerns that such AI content may negatively impact early brain development — 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.| 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| Reuters: |
Russia's Roskomnadzor blocks access to Roblox, claiming that it is “rife with inappropriate content” and spreading “LGBT propaganda” — Russia has blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N), accusing it of distributing extremist materials and “LGBT propaganda”.| 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.
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| Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap: |
Amazon adds an Alexa+ feature to Fire TV that lets Prime Video users skip to movie scenes using natural language descriptions, character names, or famous quotes — The new AI-powered feature will expand to TV shows on the streamer at a later date — Amazon's Fire TV will make it easier …
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| Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: |
Copper demand is being boosted by AI data centers, which require 27 to 33 tons per MW, over 2x what conventional data centers require, 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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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.
More: Australian Financial Review and Mobile World Live
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Decentralized exchange Ostium raised a $20M Series A led by General Catalyst and Jump Trading, a source says at a ~$250M valuation, after previously raising $8M — Ostium cofounders Kaledora Kiernan-Linn (left) and Marco Antonio Ribeiro.COURTESY OF OSTIUM — Another startup focused …
More: The Block and Crypto Briefing
| 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 … | 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.
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