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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils Gemini 3 Flash, which it says has Pro-grade reasoning with lower latency, outperforming 2.5 Pro “while being 3x faster at a fraction of the cost” — Following last month's launch of Gemini 3 Pro, Google today announced Gemini 3 Flash for consumers and developers.
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| Tulsee Doshi / The Keyword: |
Gemini 3 Flash costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $3 per 1M output tokens, vs. Gemini 2.5 Flash's $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens — Gemini 3 Flash is our latest model with frontier intelligence built for speed that helps everyone learn, build, and plan anything — faster.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google makes Gemini 3 Flash the default model in the Gemini app and Search's AI mode; it scored 33.7% without tool use on Humanity's Last Exam vs. 3 Pro's 37.5% — Google today released its fast and cheap Gemini 3 Flash model, based on the Gemini 3 released last month, looking to steal OpenAI's thunder.
More: The Keyword, SEAL Leaderboard, 9to5Google, and Tom's Guide
| Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter: |
The Academy signs a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars, beginning in 2029 and running through 2033 — The Academy announced on Wednesday: — LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and YouTube signed a multi-year deal …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Blue Owl won't back Oracle's planned $10B Michigan data center after negotiations stalled due to concerns over debt and delays; ORCL closes down 5.4% — Investment firm concerned about tougher debt terms and the risk of delays to the vast project — Oracle's largest data centre …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon's AGI team lead, Rohit Prasad, is leaving at the end of 2025; AWS SVP Peter DeSantis will lead a group combining AI, silicon, and quantum computing teams — Rohit Prasad, the executive who has led Amazon's artificial intelligence initiatives and overseen the creation of its homegrown Nova AI models …
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| Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
Meta says it has “paused” its third-party Horizon OS headset program, announced in April 2024 with Asus and Lenovo as its first partners to build the headsets — Meta has “paused” its initiative to bring third-party Horizon OS headsets to the market.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Pornhub is being extorted by ShinyHunters after the search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach — Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Micron reports Q1 revenue up 57% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $12.84B est., net income up 180% to $5.24B, and Q2 revenue forecast above est.; MU jumps 5%+ after hours — Micron Technology reported fiscal first-quarter results on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations for sales and earnings per share … | Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Coursera plans to acquire rival online education platform Udemy in an all-stock deal valued at $2.5B, combining two of the largest US-based learning platforms — Online education platform Coursera (COUR.N) said on Wednesday it would buy rival Udemy (UDMY.O) in an all-stock deal … | The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $10B+ from Amazon at a $500B+ valuation and use AWS Trainium; Amazon won't be able to sell OpenAI models to cloud customers — Amazon is in talks to invest $10 billion or more in OpenAI, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
WBD recommends shareholders reject Paramount's unsolicited $108.4B cash bid, calling the offer “illusory” and saying it believes Netflix's proposal is superior — Warner raised concerns about the credibility of Paramount's ‘illusory’ offer and its backing from the Ellison family
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| Reuters: |
Crypto exchange HashKey closed flat in its Hong Kong debut, after rising as much as 6.6% and then falling 8.4% intraday, amid recent weakness in digital assets — Cryptocurrency exchange HashKey Holdings Ltd (3887.HK) made a flat debut in Hong Kong on Wednesday amid recent weakness in digital assets … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google brings its vibe coding tool Opal to Gemini on the web, letting users create their own custom AI-powered mini apps, called Gems, which can be reused later — Google's vibe-coding tool, Opal, is making its way to Gemini. The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool …
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Circana: US game console spending fell 27% YoY in November to $695M, the lowest in the pivotal month for holiday shopping since 2005, in a tough year for gaming — US spending on video game consoles fell 27% last month, marking the worst November in two decades as tariffs and rising component costs pushed prices to record highs.
More: Video Games Chronicle, IGN, The Verge, Windows Central, and XboxEra
| Reuters: |
Sources: Google is working on a new initiative to make its AI chips run PyTorch better and is working closely with Meta, as the two discuss Meta using more TPUs — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Binance has explored ways to reboot its Binance.US affiliate, such as a recapitalization to reduce CZ's majority stake, which is a hurdle to expansion — Changpeng Zhao has unfinished business. — The billionaire co-founder of Binance has stepped back into the spotlight …
More: CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, The Crypto Times, and The Coin Republic
X: @fintechfrank and @degeneratenews
| Financial Times: |
Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating — A year of internal disorder, fluctuating priorities and colossal spending at Meta has rattled insiders and investors
More: Beyond Search and New York Post
X: @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @justindross, @fakepsyho, @rabois, @alexandr_wang, and @starcourse. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com
| Financial Times: |
Sources: top Monzo shareholders, including Accel and Iconiq, are pushing to oust Chair Gary Hoffman and retain CEO TS Anil, who is in the role until February — Investors including Accel and Iconiq are also pressing for greater board representation for shareholders
More: Reuters
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Google sues the Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group known as Darcula, allegedly behind a US text message phishing ring, in the US, seeking a restraining order — Google says the group's tools enabled scammers with little technical skill to impersonate agencies like the IRS and the USPS at a massive scale.| Punchbowl News: |
a16z releases a nine-pillar AI policy framework for Congress, including restricting AI use for under-13s without parental consent and keeping a role for states — Andreessen Horowitz is laying out a framework on Wednesday that it wants Congress to take up for artificial intelligence …
Bluesky: @jvagle.me, @caseynewton, and @punchbowlnews
| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine in early 2025 with a team of former ASML engineers who reverse-engineered the company's EUV machines — In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent …
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Forums: r/hardware, r/China, r/accelerate, r/Sino, and r/China_irl
| Connor Jones / The Register: |
In a proposed settlement, the US FTC says crypto bridge Nomad must repay the victims of a July 2022 cyberattack that led to $186M worth of funds being stolen — Regulator makes various additional demands over alleged cybersecurity failings — In proposing a settlement agreement …
More: The Record, Federal Trade Commission, Bloomberg Law, CyberScoop, and Decrypt
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OnePlus 15R review: the $700+ phone is fast with a big battery and a vibrant 165Hz OLED, but has one fewer camera than 2024's 13R and only four years of support — The tradeoff is an even worse camera than the OnePlus 15. — I know what you're thinking, didn't OnePlus release a new phone just last month?
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| David Ingram / NBC News: |
A UK family and a US family sue Meta for the alleged wrongful deaths of their teenage sons, who died by suicide after falling victim to sextortion on Instagram — One boy joined Instagram on Sunday and was dead by Tuesday afternoon. His mother says the app is to blame.
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Hut 8 partners with Fluidstack to build an AI data center in Louisiana for Anthropic, backed by a 15-year, ~$7B lease, starting with 245MW of computing capacity — Hut 8 (HUT.O) has signed a deal valued at about $7 billion to lease a data center in Louisiana, it said on Wednesday …
| Vismaya V / Decrypt: |
Bhutan pledges up to 10K bitcoin, valued at ~$1B, to develop Gelephu Mindfulness City; Arkham: Bhutan holds 5,984 BTC, ranking seventh among sovereign holders — The 10,000 BTC will generate yields for GMC's growth while being held long-term, with Bhutan ruling out selling the reserves. — In briefSponsor Posts
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