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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase rolls out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and other features, 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 …
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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, above 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.
| 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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| 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 …
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple makes iOS changes in Japan to comply with local laws, 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 (MSCA) that goes into effect on December 18.
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Wall Street clearinghouse DTCC selects the Canton Network blockchain as a real-world asset tokenization partner after receiving a No-Action Letter from the SEC — Canton creator Digital Asset will help tokenize DTC-custodied U.S. Treasury securities. — What to know:
More: DTCC, Decrypt, The Block, Blockonomi, The Crypto Times, and NFTgators. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| 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 … | Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
Sources: the US FTC is investigating Instacart's AI pricing tool, after a study showed different prices for the same items at the same stores; CART drops 8%+ — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing Instacart (CART.O), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters … | 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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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Micron reports Q1 revenue up 57% YoY to $13.64B, above $12.84B est., net income up 180% YoY to $5.24B, and Q2 revenue forecast above est.; MU jumps 5%+ — 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
| 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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| Dakin Campbell / Business Insider: |
Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer says Amazon canceled a $150M advance for a Texas AI data center campus; FRMI fell 34% on December 12 after saying a tenant canceled — - Amazon has been in talks to become the “first tenant” at Fermi America's Texas data centers, Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer told BI.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Filing: Sony and Tencent reach a “confidential settlement” over Tencent's Light of Motiram, a game that Sony alleged was a “slavish clone” of its Horizon series — Sony and Tencent have reached a ‘confidential settlement,’ and Light of Motiram is no longer listed on Steam or the Epic Games Store.
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| Rose Henderson / Bloomberg: |
Rome-based Exein, which offers cybersecurity tools for protecting connected devices including cars and home routers, raised €100M led by Blue Cloud Ventures — Italian startup Exein SpA has raised €100 million ($118 million) in fresh funding with the goal of keeping hackers … | OpenAI: |
OpenAI opens app submissions for review and publication in ChatGPT, where users can discover or search for apps in a new app directory — We're opening app submissions for review and publication in ChatGPT, and users can discover apps in the app directory. — Earlier this year at DevDay, we introduced apps in ChatGPT.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Rest of World: |
Sources detail how Tiger Global fueled the COVID-era unicorn bubble that burst ahead of the AI boom; the firm recently shared its $12.7B 2021 fund is now up 16% — The fast-money pandemic era helped build billion-dollar startups around the world — then brought many down just as quickly.
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| Bloomberg: |
Tokyo-based Resonac, a crucial cutting-edge chip chemicals supplier whose shares are up 40%+ YTD, says it has bolstered China production capacity to meet demand — Semiconductor materials linchpin Resonac Holdings Corp. is eyeing solid growth from Beijing's ambition to build its own chip industry … | Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: |
Manus says it crossed $100M ARR eight months after launch and is growing at 20%+ MoM since Manus 1.5's release; its total revenue run rate is now over $125M — Singapore-based AI pioneer Manus said its annual run rate for revenue is over $125 million, eight months after it released artificial …
More: Manus and The Information
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Pinduoduo and Temu owner PDD fires dozens following a fistfight between employees and Chinese officials probing fraudulent deliveries on its platform — PDD Holdings Inc. fired a government relations team in Shanghai following a fistfight between employees and Chinese regulators …
More: Nikkei Asia
| Chiranjivi Chakraborty / Bloomberg: |
India-listed RRP Semiconductor surged 55,000%+ in the 20 months through December 17, despite negative revenue; a source says India's SEBI is examining the jump — The world's best-performing stock is turning into a cautionary tale for investors chasing outsized returns from the artificial-intelligence boom.
More: Hindustan Times
| Lim Hui Jie / CNBC: |
SoftBank Group was among the Japanese tech stocks that fell on December 18, as Wall Street' AI infrastructure spending worries crossed into the Asian markets — Japanese tech stocks took a tumble on Thursday as AI infrastructure spending worries on Wall Street crossed the ocean into the Asian markets, with AI-related stocks declining.
More: Associated Press
| FinSMEs: |
Tebra, which offers practice management tools for private healthcare providers, raised $250M led by Hildred, mostly in equity, to accelerate its AI capabilities — Tebra, a Newport Beach, CA-based EHR+ platform provider, received $250m in new financing. — The financing was led … | 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, Engadget, UploadVR, Android Authority, TechCrunch, and PC Gamer
X: @sadlyitsbradley and @lunayian
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