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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Australia's ban on under-16 social media users takes effect, as Meta, YouTube, and others remove users; platforms that don't comply risk up to AU$49.5M in fines — 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
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X: @katykray73, @jmart, @drdemography, @hackingbutlegal, @omarsbigsister, @yacinemtb, @jonhaidt, @votelewko, @albomp, @matt_camenzuli, @bradwilcoxifs, @deves_katherine, @theage, @marcushouse, @jimduncanrva, @votelewko, @pmalinauskasmp, @bencarrollmp, @suayrez, @reuters, and @kobiethatcher
LinkedIn: Nicola Trotman and Wansoo Im
Bluesky: @claesdevreese, @rlstollar, @hammancheez, @jan6risingvoice, @trance, @judah-grunstein, and @bsky.app. Mastodon: @kate@aus.social
| The Guardian: |
Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time — Albanese says commencement of ban a ‘proud day’ for him as prime minister, while eSafety commissioner unconcerned by reports of children bypassing restrictions
More: ABC, Wall Street Journal, Australian Financial Review, and Nikkei Asia
X: @mickamiousg, @craigkellyafee, and @ausvstheagenda
Forums: r/RedditSafety and r/AustralianPolitics
| Nasteho Said / Bloomberg: |
As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others climb Apple's App Store charts — Alternative social media platforms have surged in popularity in Australia Wednesday, as the nation's landmark ban for under-16s drives children to non-restricted apps.| Bloomberg: |
Australia's under-16 social media ban currently excludes Discord, GitHub, LEGO Play, Roblox, Steam, Google Classroom, Messenger, WhatsApp, and YouTube Kids — Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in one of the toughest crackdowns …
More: Forbes and Tom's Guide
X: @wonderbreadmma, @stupidtechtakes, @asubparusername, @kaptinyap, @bushidotoken, @sbsnews, and @pollyporridge. Forums: Slashdot
| The Information: |
Sources: DeepSeek is developing its new AI model using several thousand Nvidia Blackwell chips, which were smuggled into China via third-party countries — DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup, has been developing its next major model using several thousand Nvidia's state-of-the-art Blackwell chips …
More: ChinaTalk, Bloomberg, US Department of Justice, Investing.com, WinBuzzer, DigiTimes, Taiwan News, IJR, Axios, and Reuters
X: @jukan05, @scaling01, and @jingyanghk
Bluesky: @karlbode.com and @migueldeicaza
| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
| Zijing Wu / Financial Times: |
More: Modern Diplomacy, DigiTimes, Silicon UK, Implicator.ai, Investing.com, and New Electronics
X: @firstadopter, @jukan05, and @zijing_wu
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The RSL Collective, backed by Ziff Davis, Yahoo, and others, launches RSL 1.0, to let publishers set licensing and compensation rules for AI web crawlers — RSL 1.0 helps publishers outline how AI companies should pay for the content they scrape across the web.
More: European Commission and Search Engine Journal
| Eli Tan / New York Times: |
Sources: this fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta execs like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI — When Mark Zuckerberg revamped Meta's artificial intelligence operations this year, he recruited a new leader — Alexandr Wang … | Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to invest $35B+ in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the nearly $40B it has invested in India, and expects to create 1M more jobs — Amazon on Wednesday committed to investing over $35 billion in India's cloud and artificial intelligence space by 2030, as hyperscalers race to get a foothold in the market.
More: About Amazon, DatacenterDynamics, TechCrunch, Livemint, IN About Amazon, The Economic Times, Forbes, TechCircle, TechRadar, Blockonomi, Deccan Chronicle, Digit, Capacity, Benzinga, Arabian Business, Times of India, The Week, Analytics India Magazine, Fortune India, Nikkei Asia, Moneycontrol, EasternEye, Reuters, Türkiye Today, Entrackr, The Information, DigiTimes, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, The Straits Times, Deccan Chronicle, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, NDTV Profit, Hindustan Times, Press Trust of India, Forbes Middle East, Dow Jones Newswires, Inc42 Media, and Daily Sabah
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
TTP: Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store host dozens of apps linked to US-sanctioned foreign companies; Google removed 17 apps and Apple removed 35 — Watchdog finds firms and organizations in Apple and Google stores that were banned for issues including human rights abuses in China and facilitating war in Ukraine.
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Tech Transparency Project, and MacTech.com. Forums: Hacker News
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA — Yesterday, Apple and Google announced that they have teamed up to make it easier to switch between Android and iPhone devices.| Christine Chung / New York Times: |
The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info — Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don't need visas, would have to share five years' worth of social media.
More: BBC, KDFX-TV, Federal Register, The Independent, New York Post, Real Patriotism …, Metro.co.uk, The Sun, Sky News, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, and NDTV Profit
X: @peterstefanovi2, @rnaudbertrand, @davekeating, @frances_coppola, @franklinleonard, and @jerrycap
Bluesky: @bethanyallen, @tracydeepbluesea44, @sunflowermum, @jameeljaffer, @donmoyn, and @clarajeffery
Forums: Hacker News, r/neoliberal, r/europe, r/Scotland, r/LabourUK, r/soccer, and r/ScottishFootball
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 1,458 US teens: 64% use AI chatbots, and 28% use them daily; 59% say they use ChatGPT, 23% use Gemini, 20% Meta AI, 14% Copilot, and 9% Character.ai — Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots …
More: Engadget, Implicator.ai, Quartz, KnowTechie, PCMag, TechCrunch, New York Times, Courthouse News Service, CNN, and NBC Bay Area. Bluesky: @conradhackett
| New York Times: |
Sources: Lip-Bu Tan's dual roles as Intel CEO and tech investor cause consternation in the industry and at Intel; four ex-Intel execs say it caused them to exit — Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.
More: Wired
| Joe Wilkins / Futurism: |
McDonald's Netherlands pulls an AI-generated Christmas ad, made by TBWA\NEBOKO with film production company Sweetshop, after backlash that the ad is distasteful — There's just one issue: pretty much everybody hates it. — This year, McDonald's decided to get in on the corporate slopfest …
More: BBC, The Scottish Sun, Los Angeles Times, NDTV Profit, Gizmodo, Forbes, Digital Trends, The Verge, and Kotaku
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SpaceX plans an IPO in mid-to-late 2026, seeking to raise far above $30B and targeting a ~$1.5T valuation, which would make it the largest IPO to date — SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion …
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Forums: r/SpaceXLounge and r/space
| Ben Casselman / New York Times: |
Study: ~200 Instacart users across four US cities saw different prices for the same items from the same store at the same time; Instacart confirms running tests — The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.
More: Groundwork Collaborative, Engadget, AdExchanger, Tech in Asia, SFist, Tom's Guide, Consumer Reports, New York Post, NextDraft, and The National Pulse
X: @owenslindsay1, @owenslindsay1, @ewarren, @owenslindsay1, @sonnybunch, @halsinger, @halsinger, @eric_seufert, @owenslindsay1, @_zeets, and @owenslindsay1
LinkedIn: Philip Radford and Derek Kravitz
Bluesky: @caseynewton, @rbreich, and @ddayen
Forums: r/news and r/Economics
| Bloomberg: |
Boom's move to modify its supersonic engine to power AI data centers is another example of industrial capacity being repurposed to serve the AI supply chain — Thesis: That which can be repurposed to serve the AI supply chain will be repurposed to serve the AI supply chain.| Boom: |
More: Tom's Hardware, DatacenterDynamics, TechCrunch, FinSMEs, The Register, Ace of Spades HQ, Axios, and View from the Wing
X: @paulg, @altcap, @shaanvp, @dylan_morri, @ycombinator, @citrini7, @bscholl, @bscholl, @devahaz, @danprimack, @djsnm, @bscholl, @pitdesi, @bscholl, @bscholl, @bscholl, @davidu, @bscholl, @thestalwart, @treiner5, @_clarktang, @chamath, @tbpn, @luke_metro, and @bscholl. Bluesky: @davidgerard.co.uk. Forums: Hacker News
| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
Instagram launches Your Algorithm, which shows users an AI analysis of their activity to let them customize the topics shaping their Reels recommendations — In the battle for your attention, Instagram is betting that more control over the algorithm could keep you scrolling on Reels.| Peter Andringa / Financial Times: |
Documents and former US government officials detail ICE's digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump's first year — The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe launches free ChatGPT-integrated apps for Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express on desktop, the web, and iOS, after OpenAI added app integrations in October — Just describe your edits to ChatGPT, and the Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express apps will do it for you or surface the tool you need.| Bloomberg: |
Nintendo's shares slid as much as 4.7% on December 10 to their lowest level since May, amid concerns that rising memory chip prices will erode its profit — Nintendo Co.'s shares slid as much as 4.7% Wednesday to their lowest level since May, weighed down by concerns that the surging price …
More: Nintendo Life and Tech in Asia
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: at a November meeting in the Oval Office, Jensen Huang told President Trump that a flurry of state AI laws could cause the US to lose the AI race — Debate over pre-emption of state laws marks a major flashpoint in GOP politics — WASHINGTON—At a November meeting in the Oval Office … | Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases the GLM-4.6V open-weight 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, WinBuzzer, Z.ai on Hugging Face, and Z.ai on GitHub
X: @zai_org, @vllm_project, @kimmonismus, @zai_org, @0xsero, @zai_org, and @xianbao_qian
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun resigns after the company incurred South Korea's largest-ever data breach, in which the personal data of 30M+ people was compromised — Coupang Chief Executive Officer Park Dae-jun resigned over his failure to prevent South Korea's largest-ever data breach … | Wired: |
Slack CEO Denise Dresser, in the role since November 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 …
More: OpenAI, eWeek, Benzinga, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, The Information, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Adweek, and CNBC
X: @ericnewcomer and @laurengoode
LinkedIn: Srini Vemuru and Denise Holland Dresser
Bluesky: @cuthrell.com and @brbarrett
Forums: r/OpenAI and r/artificial
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a cheaper AI Plus plan in India, costing ~$2.21 per month for the first six months and ~$4.44 thereafter, to compete with ChatGPT Go — Google on Wednesday launched its more affordable AI Plus plan in India as it seeks to compete on pricing with other low-cost AI offerings, like OpenAI's ChatGPT Go subscription.
More: Livemint and Business Standard
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft review: the $630 pen-enabled e-reader is a tough sell for most people, even with its big 11" display and productivity features — Review: Amazon's $630 pen-enabled device is a tough sell for most people. — Amazon.com Inc.'s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft …
More: Engadget, ZDNET, Android Police, Tom's Guide, and Wired
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