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| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
The European Commission opens an investigation into whether Google used publishers' content to provide AI services and YouTube content to train its AI models — Investigation is bloc's latest challenge to US big tech companies — Brussels has launched an investigation into whether Google …
More: BBC, Engadget, 9to5Google, Business Today, European Commission, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Bloomberg, CIO Dive, WinBuzzer, Europe-Data.com, TechCrunch, Techstrong.ai, DeviceSecurity.io, Thurrott, eWeek, and Wall Street Journal
X: @eu_commission, @laz_radic, @eu_competition, @kayjebelli, @stokel, @jamescz19, @natejhake, @auerdirk, and @natejhake
Bluesky: @perrinwolfbrother, @seldo.com, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu, and @tmsqrll. Forums: Hacker News
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic donates the Model Context Protocol to the Agentic AI Foundation and says there are now more than 10,000 active public MCP servers — Today, we're donating the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a directed fund under the Linux Foundation …
More: Block, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, Gizmodo, Model Context Protocol Blog, The Linux Foundation, Ars Technica, diginomica, Simon Willison's Weblog, AIwire, The Register, The New Stack, Implicator.ai, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, WinBuzzer, and Veza
X: @alexalbert__, @kylebrussell, @mikeyk, @swyx, @marlene_zw, @film_girl, @mcp_community, @cloudflare, @anthropicai, @eastdakota, and @robzolkos
Forums: Hacker News, r/linux, r/ClaudeAI, and r/singularity
| Will Knight / Wired: |
Anthropic, OpenAI, Block, Google, AWS, Microsoft, and others launch the Agentic AI Foundation to build open-source agent standards under the Linux Foundation — American AI giants are backing a new effort to establish open standards for building agentic software and tools.
More: The Linux Foundation, TechCrunch, The Information, OpenAI, The New Stack, The Decoder, and Techstrong.ai
X: @openainewsroom, @docker, @blocks, @rseroter, @chatgpt21, @linuxfoundation, @jetbrains, and @dsp_
LinkedIn: Randy Bias, Ed Anuff, Sina Khatibi, PhD, and Swami Sivasubramanian. Bluesky: @tprstly.com. Mastodon: @linuxfoundation@social …
| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Australia's ban on social media for users aged under 16 comes into effect; platforms that do not comply risk fines of up to AU$49.5M — Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
More: SmartCompany, Information Age, CNN, BBC, The Hill, ABC, People, Associated Press, SBS News, PC Gamer, Forbes Australia, iTnews, Bloomberg, UPI, Al Jazeera, Sydney Morning Herald, Crikey, Semafor, 9News, NDTV Profit, Le Monde, IJR, Türkiye Today, Moneycontrol, The Verge, The Cyber Express, Tom's Guide, India Today, Breitbart, Silicon Republic, Associated Press, and The Independent
X: @votelewko, @theage, @marcushouse, @jimduncanrva, @suayrez, @bencarrollmp, @kobiethatcher, @albomp, @matt_camenzuli, and @bradwilcoxifs
Bluesky: @claesdevreese, @judah-grunstein, and @bsky.app
| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
More: Washington Post, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Politico, ABC, Joe.My.God., The Free Press, Daily Sabah, The Conversation, Reuters, The Straits Times, TVNewsCheck, YouTube Official Blog, TRT World, Firstpost, The Guardian, and BBC
Bluesky: @rlstollar, @trance, @hammancheez, and @jan6risingvoice. Mastodon: @kate@aus.social. Forums: r/stupidpol
| Newley Purnell / Bloomberg: |
| Zijing Wu / Financial Times: |
Sources: Beijing is set to limit access to Nvidia's H200 chips despite Trump allowing their export to China, as it pushes to achieve chip self-sufficiency — Discussions among regulators come as Beijing seeks to achieve self-sufficiency in semiconductor production
More: The Information, Tom's Hardware, United States Senate Committee …, New York Times, emptywheel, Observer, Axios, Trivium China, Implicator.ai, DataBreachToday.com, Council on Foreign Relations, Evertiq, Asia Financial, New York Times, South China Morning Post, and Bloomberg
X: @jukan05, @zijing_wu, @nikkihaley, @zephyr_z9, @kyleichan, and @baldingsworld. Forums: r/AMD_Stock
| Boom: |
Boom Aerospace, which is building a supersonic plane, announces Superpower, a 42MW natural gas turbine using Boom's supersonic engine, to power AI data centers — It started, as many things do these days, by scrolling on X. — I was reading post after post about the power crisis hitting AI data centers …
More: New York Times, TechCrunch, Aviation Week Network, Reuters, Axios, Cautious Optimism, Bloomberg, Denver Business Journal, and View from the Wing
X: @bscholl, @bscholl, @treiner5, @bscholl, @shaanvp, @bscholl, @bscholl, @bscholl, @bscholl, @bscholl, @altcap, @dylan_morri, @ycombinator, @citrini7, @devahaz, @danprimack, @djsnm, @pitdesi, @davidu, @thestalwart, @paulg, @_clarktang, @chamath, and @luke_metro. Bluesky: @davidgerard.co.uk. Forums: Hacker News
| Wired: |
Denise Dresser, Slack CEO since 2023, is stepping down to join OpenAI as the company's chief revenue officer — A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser's departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI. — Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI …
More: OpenAI, The Information, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Le Monde, Bloomberg Law, Reuters, San Francisco Business Times, TechCrunch, CNBC, Adweek, and Axios
Bluesky: @cuthrell.com and @brbarrett
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SpaceX plans an IPO in mid-to-late 2026, seeking to raise far above $30B and targeting a ~$1.5T valuation, potentially making it the largest IPO ever — SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion …
More: The Verge, Benzinga, Capital Brief, TechCrunch, The Information, Barron's Online, Digital CxO, and Watcher Guru
Forums: r/space and r/SpaceXLounge
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Pebble unveils the Pebble Index 01, a $99 smart ring with an on-device LLM for processing voice notes, shipping in March 2026, initially for $75 — You can speak into the Pebble Index to have it remember things or set reminders, timers, and tasks. No cloud processing, no subscription, and best of all, no charging.
More: Pebble, Tech Advisor, MacRumors, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, WeRSM, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, The Shortcut, Michael Tsai, Phandroid, Bloomberg, Android Police, T3, iPhone in Canada, Engadget, Tom's Guide, Liliputing, and Wareable
X: @raywongy, @ericmigi, @nexusben, @parkerortolani, @shankmods, and @ericmigi. Bluesky: @hern. Threads: @jetscott
| Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Mistral launches Devstral 2, an AI coding model with 123B parameters requiring at least four H100 GPUs, and Devstral Small, a 24B-parameter model for local use — French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding …
More: Mistral AI, SiliconANGLE, Simon Willison's Weblog, WinBuzzer, The Decoder, and TestingCatalog
X: @rohanpaul_ai, @scaling01, @mervenoyann, @guillaumelample, @maziyarpanahi, @andrew_n_carr, @arthurmensch, @onetwoval, @mistralai, @mistralai, @zeddotdev, @inderosd, @bindureddy, @b_roziere, @sagar_vaze, @bentheegg, @dorialexander, @mistralai, @eliebakouch, and @emostaque. LinkedIn: Alexandre Jean
Forums: Hacker News and r/LocalLLaMA
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases the GLM-4.6V series of vision models, with support for native function calling, available with 106B and 9B parameters — The release includes two models in “large” and “small” sizes: — GLM-4.6V (106B), a larger 106-billion parameter model aimed at cloud-scale inference
More: Z.ai, Z.ai on Hugging Face, and Z.ai on GitHub
X: @zai_org, @xianbao_qian, @vllm_project, @kimmonismus, @zai_org, @zai_org, and @0xsero
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Satya Nadella says Microsoft plans to spend $17.5B on AI and cloud computing in India over four years, its largest Asia investment yet, after meeting with Modi — Microsoft Corp. pledged to invest $17.5 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing in India over four years … | Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
More: Microsoft, MobileSyrup, Blockonomi, Reuters, WinBuzzer, Proactive, Windows Report, Barron's Online, iPhone in Canada, and Globe and Mail
Forums: r/news and r/CanadaPolitics
| Bloomberg: |
Stripe and Paradigm launch a public trial for their blockchain project Tempo, targeting real-world stablecoin payments, with Kalshi and UBS as new partners — Stripe Inc. and crypto venture firm Paradigm have launched a public trial for their joint blockchain project, Tempo …
More: Tempo, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, Blockworks, Blockonomi, Blockchain.News, The Crypto Times, and Chainalysis
X: @matthuang, @patrickc, @tempo, @sytaylor, @gakonst, @finnmurphy12, @gakonst, and @chainlink. LinkedIn: Liam Horne
| Ben Casselman / New York Times: |
Study: ~200 Instacart shoppers in four US cities were shown different prices for the same 20 grocery items; Instacart confirms it is running short term “tests” — The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age …
More: Groundwork Collaborative, Engadget, Consumer Reports, New York Post, CNBC, San Francisco Chronicle, The US Sun, Gizmodo, and CBS News
X: @eric_seufert, @sonnybunch, @halsinger, @halsinger, @owenslindsay1, @owenslindsay1, @owenslindsay1, @owenslindsay1, @_zeets, and @owenslindsay1
Bluesky: @caseynewton and @ddayen
| Jen Judson / Bloomberg: |
The US DOD says it has chosen Google's Gemini for Gov to power its new GenAI.mil platform for the US military, as part of a $200M contract from July — The Defense Department said it has chosen Alphabet Inc.'s Gemini for Government system to deliver artificial intelligence capability … | Yasmin Gagne / Fast Company: |
Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of Hinge, steps down to launch Overtone, an “AI-driven” dating service backed by Match; Hinge promotes CMO Jackie Jantos to CEO — Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of dating app Hinge, is consciously uncoupling from his app.
More: TechCrunch, Match Group, CNBC, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, and Wall Street Journal. LinkedIn: Bill Archer
| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google Photos launches new video editing tools, including specialized templates with preset music and text overlays, as well as a redesigned video editor — Google Photos announced on Tuesday the launch of new features aimed at making video editing and highlight reel creation easier.
More: The Keyword, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada, Thurrott, How-To Geek, The Verge, BGR, Android Central, and Android Police. X: @shimritby
| Menlo Ventures: |
Menlo Ventures: business spending on generative AI hit $37B in 2025, up from $11.5B in 2024; Anthropic's share of enterprise LLM spend grew from 24% to 40% YoY — AI Boom vs. Bubble — For all the fears of over-investment, AI is spreading across enterprises at a pace with no precedent in modern software history.| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Spotify rolls out music videos to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following a beta launch in nearly 100 markets last year — Spotify (SPOT.N) said on Tuesday it is making music videos available to premium subscribers in the U.S. and Canada, as the Swedish streaming giant challenges YouTube for market share.| Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News: |
Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year — Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime …
More: Screen Rant, CBR, Anime Mojo, GamesRadar, PCMag, Mashable, and CBR
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds new pinch and wrist gestures to the Pixel Watch 4 and says Watch 3 and Watch 4 will now use an on-device Gemma-based AI model for Smart Replies — After missing out on last month's Feature Drop, Google is rolling out a sizable Pixel Watch 4 update this December that adds one-handed gestures.| Colin Demarest / Axios: |
The US Navy and Palantir announce ShipOS, saying the software will speed up shipbuilding and improve supply chain visibility; the deal is valued at $448M — The U.S. Navy and Palantir Technologies on Tuesday announced “ShipOS,” software they said will initially help build and maintain American submarines … Sponsor Posts
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