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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.
More: The Keyword, The Keyword, Android Authority, GSMArena.com, Implicator.ai, TechRadar, CNET, Digital Trends, Bloomberg, The Verge, Livemint, The New Stack, Android Headlines, Thurrott, SiliconANGLE, and Engadget
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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.
More: PYMNTS.com, Google Developers Blog, Ars Technica, Tech in Asia, TestingCatalog, Chrome Unboxed, Android Police, Search Engine Land, MobileSyrup, The Decoder, iPhone in Canada, Rohan's Bytes, Tomasz Tunguz, Android Authority, Search Engine Journal, Android Central, and Axios
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| 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, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, and 9to5Google
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and more, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app — Coinbase is making its biggest push yet to reposition itself as a mainstream trading and financial platform, moving beyond crypto …
More: Coinbase, The Information, Benzinga, CoinDesk, The Block, Yahoo Finance, Wall Street Journal, Tech in Asia, Investor's Business Daily, CoinCentral, and Fortune
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| The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with investors about raising tens of billions of dollars, and as much as $100B, at a valuation of around $750B — OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with some investors about raising new funding at a valuation of around $750 billion … | 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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Bluesky: @quinnypig.com, @carlquintanilla, @ljkawa, and @peark.es
| 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 …
More: About Amazon, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, The Register, The Information, CIO Dive, The Verge, Fortune, Reuters, CNBC, and TechCrunch
| 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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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils iOS changes in Japan to comply with local law, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls — Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act …
More: Apple, Japan Today, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Finimize, and The Keyword. X: @mattcassinelli
| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
Sources: US FTC is probing Instacart's AI pricing tool, after a study showed different prices for the same items at the same stores; CART drops 8%+ after hours — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing Instacart (CART.O), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters …
More: San Francisco Business Times, CNBC, and Tech in Asia
| 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 … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts and Pages to posting just two links per month, unless they subscribe to $14.99+/month Meta Verified — In a new experiment, Meta is limiting the number of links users can post on Facebook, unless they have a paid Meta Verified subscription.
More: Social Media Today, Engadget, and MediaPost
| 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 …
More: Engadget, Politico, Benzinga, IWCP Online, Sherwood News, and Wccftech
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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.
More: The Verge, How-To Geek, Tech in Asia, UploadVR, TechCrunch, Engadget, Android Authority, and PC Gamer
X: @sadlyitsbradley and @lunayian
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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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Forums: Hacker News, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/privacy, r/antipornography, r/technology, r/Destiny, r/hacking, r/technews, and Slashdot
| 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 … | 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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| 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 …
More: The Keyword, Digit, Digital Trends, and TestingCatalog
X: @joshwoodward, @jacalulu, and @googlelabs
| 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 … | 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: Federal Trade Commission, The Record, CyberScoop, Decrypt, and Bloomberg Law
| 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 …
More: Sherwood News, Investing.com, and Watcher Guru
| 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.| 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: Cointelegraph, The Crypto Times, The Coin Republic, and Benzinga
X: @fintechfrank and @degeneratenews
| 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 …
More: The Block, Hut 8, The Coin Republic, The Information, The Crypto Times, Decrypt, The Crypto Basic, and Wall Street Journal. X: @hut8corp
| 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, Game File, Windows Central, and The Verge
| 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
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