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Hayden Field / The Verge:
A look at the Model Context Protocol and how it went from Anthropic employees' passion project to an industry standard shared managed by the Linux Foundation  —  Over the past 18 months, the largest AI companies in the world have quietly settled on an approach to building the next generation …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $16.06B, below $16.21B est., and raises its FY capex forecast to ~$50B, up from $35B as of September; ORCL drops 11%+  —  Oracle shares sank 11% in extended trading on Wednesday after the database software maker reported lower quarterly revenue …
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Operation Bluebird, a Virginia-based startup planning to launch a “Twitter.new” social network, petitions the USPTO to cancel X Corp.'s “abandoned” trademarks  —  A Virginia startup calling itself “Operation Bluebird” announced this week that it has filed a formal petition …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Blue Origin has worked for over a year on tech for orbital AI data centers; SpaceX plans to use upgraded Starlink satellites for AI computing payloads  —  Space companies backed by tech billionaires hope to move AI data centers off Earth  —  Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have raced …
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
A group of US state AGs sent a letter to Meta, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others warning their chatbots' “delusional outputs” could be violating state laws  —  Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple were among the 13 companies that received a warning from a bipartisan group …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple says ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US App Store, up from 4th in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram  —  Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year.
Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more  —  Big Tech group will work with Sir Keir Starmer's government to enhance AI use across public sector
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify plans to begin testing a feature that lets users write a prompt for a playlist and receive a unique set of songs based on the user's earlier behavior  —  Spotify announced on Wednesday that, for the first time, it's giving users more control over the streaming service's algorithm.
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Sei partners with Xiaomi to pre-install its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026  —  The app will enable peer-to-peer payments, access to decentralized apps, and Web3 exploration, as well as stablecoin payments in retail stores.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally, letting users customize “top stories” in Search, and launches highlighted links from users' news subscriptions  —  Google is rolling out Preferred Sources globally after launching it in the US and India last August.
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Google releases fully managed, remote MCP servers to help developers connect AI agents to services such as Maps, BigQuery, Compute Engine, and Kubernetes Engine  —  AI agents are being sold as the solution for planning trips, answering business questions, and solving problems of all kinds …
Bloomberg:
Tim Cook met with US lawmakers in a closed-door meeting to lobby against provisions in pending legislation that would require app stores to verify users' ages  —  Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook met with US lawmakers on Wednesday to lobby against provisions in pending children's …
Reuters:
Sources: ByteDance and Alibaba have asked Nvidia about placing large orders for H200 chips after Trump's export approval, as they remain concerned about supply  —  ByteDance and Alibaba (9988.HK) have asked Nvidia (NVDA.O) about buying its powerful H200 AI chip after U.S. President Donald Trump …
Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
The US CFTC grants crypto exchange Gemini a DCM license, allowing it to launch its prediction markets platform Gemini Titan  —  Partner offers  —  Quick Take  — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted Gemini a Designated Contract Market license that will support …
Patrick O'Shaughnessy / Invest Like The Best on YouTube:
Q&A with investor Gavin Baker of Atreides Management on the economics of AI, data centers in space, mistakes SaaS companies are making in adopting AI, and more  —  In this episode of Invest Like The Best, Patrick O'Shaughnessy sits down with investor Gavin Baker to explore the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Wall Street Journal:
US investors are boosting Chinese AI-related tech stocks and adding cash to ETFs tracking China's tech sector, as US lawmakers push for tighter capital curbs  —  Lawmakers' push to restrict funding runs into Wall Street's hope of making money from the boom  —  U.S. investors are plowing money …
More: Barchart.com
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 …

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Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix wins rights to the Sesame Street movie; Rideback, the production company behind live-action Lilo & Stitch and Aladdin movies, will produce the feature

CNN:
Haberman-Swan book: Trump wanted to make Fox News “beg” for a presidential interview, he almost settled for $3M with ABC instead of $16M, and more

Andrew Cohen / InvestmentNews:
Robinhood plans to shutter the Sherwood News site in favor of newsletters and the Robinhood app; at least three reporters were cut in company layoffs this week

More News

Tim Dettmers:
An Ai2 research scientist argues that AGI, as commonly conceived, will not emerge because it ignores, among other things, the physical realities of computation
X: @tim_dettmers, @sriramk, and @tim_dettmers
LinkedIn: Ryan Iyengar and Ali Minai
Bluesky: @alexcampolo and @sungkim.  Forums: Hacker News
Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI says the capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating and warns that upcoming models are likely to pose a “high” cybersecurity risk
More: The Indian Express, OpenAI, and Reuters
X: @openai, @fouadmatin, and @kimmonismus.  LinkedIn: Will Pearce.  Forums: r/singularity

Earlier Picks

Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Google unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS' Emergency SOS Live Video, letting US users on Android 8 or later to share live video with 911 responders
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV plans to launch over 10 genre-specific, cheaper YouTube TV Plans in early 2026, including a Sports Plan featuring ESPN Unlimited and Fox Sports 1
Pia Singh / CNBC:
Starcloud, which launched a satellite with a Nvidia H100 chip in November, says the satellite is running and querying responses from Google's Gemma
Reece Rogers / Wired:
Instagram launches Your Algorithm in the US, an AI-powered feature that lets users influence their Reels feed by picking topics they want to see more or less of
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Adobe launches free ChatGPT-integrated Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express apps on desktop, the web, and iOS, after OpenAI added ChatGPT app integrations in October
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