|
December 22, 2025, 10:40 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| CNBC: |
Waymo resumes its robotaxi service in SF after suspending it during a blackout, and says most trips finished before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over — Alphabet-owned Waymo has resumed its driverless ride-hail service in the San Francisco Bay Area after a temporary pause during blackouts …
More: The San Francisco Standard, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, Fortune, New York Times, SFGATE, SFist, TMZ.com, Tech in Asia, Gizmodo, Silicon Republic, CBT News, PCMag, The Verge, Tech Times, SiliconANGLE, Security Affairs, The Guardian, Digital Trends, SFGATE, Mission Local, 48 hills, BeInCrypto, Tech in Asia, San Francisco Chronicle, RedState, New York Post, WAGA-TV, NBC Bay Area, Breitbart, Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, Beyond Search, Engadget, The Information, The Gateway Pundit, The US Sun, CBS News, The Daily Caller, Mashable, Associated Press, The Last Driver License Holder, Los Angeles Times, The Post Millennial, and Washington Examiner
X: @elonmusk, @walden_yan, @_iagomaciel, @borismpower, @siddkhastgir, @djmcflush, @pbeisel, @joy, @yoda, @okgodoit, @jason, @okgodoit, @cyber_trailer, @sfstandard, @mlnow, and @fulligin
LinkedIn: Adrian Pearmine, Bryan Reimer, and Darius Burschka
Bluesky: @lorak, @prietschka, @lilmommaprods, @tzed250, @carlquintanilla, @bethosborne, @allochthonous, @mims, and @clarajeffery. Mastodon: @[email protected]
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/SelfDrivingCars, and Slashdot
| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Paramount says Larry Ellison “agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4B” for its WBD bid, after WBD's board raised concerns about the offer — Paramount Skydance on Monday guaranteed the backing of billionaire Larry Ellison in an amended offer for Warner Bros. Discovery …
More: Engadget, Bloomberg, Reuters, Paramount Skydance Corporation, Quartz, The Guardian, Dow Jones Newswires, Axios, Business Insider, Channel NewsAsia, New York Times, CNN, NewsMax.com, NBC News, New York Post, Screen Rant, World of Reel, Cord Cutters News, The Wrap, Deadline, Financial Times, GameSpot, Hindustan Times, Screen, Forbes, Advanced Television, The Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, Variety, and Sharecast
X: @antoinegara, @sarafischer, @loudmouthjulia, and @sarthakgh
Forums: r/MediaMergers and r/boxoffice
| Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia plans to begin shipping its H200 chips to China before mid-February 2026 and expects initial shipments to be ~40,000 to 80,000 H200 units — Nvidia (NVDA.O) has told Chinese clients it aims to start shipping its second-most powerful AI chips to China before the Lunar …
More: Investor's Business Daily, Benzinga, The Standard, ZeroHedge News, and IWCP Online. X: @jukan05
| Bloomberg: |
Filings: Chinese AI startups Zhipu and MiniMax report 2024 revenue of $44.4M and $30.5M, respectively, as both prepare for Hong Kong IPOs in the coming weeks — Chinese OpenAI contenders MiniMax and Zhipu AI offered the first look into their business models and profit prospects in listing filings …
More: Reuters, Tech in Asia, and CNBC
| The Chip Letter: |
A look at Google's TPU evolution, its decision to sell chips to competitors after 12 years of internal use, the TPU vs. GPU architecture showdown, and more — Is GPU vs TPU the CISC vs RISC contest of the modern era? … All of a sudden, everyone is talking - and writing - about Google's TPUs (Tensor Processing Units).
LinkedIn: Aditya Harit
| Chris Wack / Wall Street Journal: |
Instacart says it is ending all item price tests effective immediately, and won't charge different prices for the same items, after a report into the practice — Company says retailers will no longer be able to use Eversight technology to run item price tests on Instacart
More: Engadget, The Economic Times, CBS News, Axios, and CNBC
| Mitchell Peters / Billboard: |
Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files — The breach allegedly includes 86 million audio files.
More: Anna's Blog, Tom's Hardware, Music Ally, Android Authority, PCWorld, PCMag, Dexerto, CyberInsider, and AIN
X: @theo, @michaelmiraflor, @pfau, @kanavtwt, @mehulmpt, @yuanyi_z, @robleathern, @realdougstewart, @thestefansmith, @dynamicwebpaige, @synopsi, @djc1805, @securityfreax, @rarefilmsguy, @positivfuturist, @brianroemmele, @f4micom, @karamlakshman, @stevenirby, and @marcosbl
Bluesky: @mikebutcher and @gpgomez
Forums: Hacker News, r/Music, r/selfhosted, r/revancedapp, r/Piracy, r/DataHoarder, and Slashdot
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Some experts in the human-computer interaction field say making AI chatbots act humanlike creates cognitive dissonance for users over how much to trust them — I first noticed how charming ChatGPT could be last year when I turned all my decision-making over to generative A.I. for a week.
More: Android Police, Tom's Guide, and Moneycontrol
Bluesky: @ering, @shiraovide, @harrymccracken.com, and @kashhill
| Financial Times: |
Investigation: internal Binance files show it failed to stop hundreds of millions in crypto from flowing through suspicious accounts, even after a 2023 US deal — Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags
More: Cointelegraph and crypto.news
X: @silvermanjacob and @arashmassoudi
Bluesky: @marypcbuk and @tonytassell
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, regulatory pressure that killed Amazon's deal, his new robotics startup, and more — When iRobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Sunday, it marked the end of an era for one of America's most beloved robotics companies.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Some US schools are deploying AI surveillance tech like facial recognition and listening devices; critics say there is little evidence they make school safer — Schools across the U.S. are rolling out AI-powered surveillance technology, including drones, facial recognition and even bathroom listening devices.| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Adam Mosseri says “maybe we'll need” premium longform video for Instagram, and that TikTok's US sale turmoil has given Meta time to retune algorithms — A day before Instagram's new integration for Amazon Fire smart TVs was set to roll out, Adam Mosseri, who runs the platform for Meta …
More: 9to5Mac and Moneycontrol
| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Investigation: in 22 US states, Uber approves drivers with many types of convictions, such as violent felonies, that are over seven years old to keep costs low — The ride-hailing giant's background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, internal documents show.| Abram Brown / The Information: |
Sequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B+ into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others — Over the past year, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and many of Silicon Valley's other top venture capital firms have funneled …
Sponsor Posts
ElevenLabs:
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
ElevenAgents by ElevenLabs — You know us for voice. Now meet ElevenAgents — featuring Expressive Mode, our most human-sounding AI voice technology in 70+ languages with ultra-low latency. Hear it for yourself.
Intel:
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
5G's most deployed platform — Powering live networks with built-in Inference across Core and RAN. That's the power of Intel Inside®
Zoho:
How Zoho Workplace makes your Zoho CRM lighter — If you use Zoho CRM daily, you already know it's powerful. It handles pipeline management, forecasting, automation, reporting, and everything that makes …
How Zoho Workplace makes your Zoho CRM lighter — If you use Zoho CRM daily, you already know it's powerful. It handles pipeline management, forecasting, automation, reporting, and everything that makes …
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
Great Chat:
Bubble talk
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Access:
AI takes over meetings, the SF vs London tech scene, and ethics in media
A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.
Subscribe to Access.
The Upstarts Podcast:
Harvey's Winston Weinberg: From Law Associate To $11 Billion Legal AI Startup CEO
Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.
Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.
The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:
Red Dye 40
Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.
Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.
Big Technology Podcast:
Senator Mark Warner: Nobody's Ready for What AI Could Do To Us
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Everybody Goes Home: How technology is helping prevent wildfires from spreading
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:40 AM ET, December 22, 2025.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal:
Christopher St. Aubin / Pew Research Center:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Bloomberg: |
More: BBC, PCMag, South China Morning Post, The Guardian, Associated Press, Reuters, Telegraph, Tech in Asia, Benzinga, Dow Jones Newswires, InsideEVs, CnEVPost, CNBC, and Fortune
| Ryan Gould / Bloomberg: |
Earlier Picks
| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
More: Gizmodo, The Cyber Express, Fox News, and NewsMax.com
X: @ericgeller, @levitt_matt, @larrypfeifferdc, @creativeboulder, @mpolymer, @robbiegramer, @nucsafetyucs, @johnjharwood, @piperk, @shashj, @tvietor08, @cturnbull1968, and @juliadavisnews
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @metacurity.com, @sharoncarbine, @daviddarmofal, @multiversewanderer, @andrewlevesque, @firstconsul, @seniormcgeezer, @carlfruge, @theycallmegary, @sodrock, @schnorkles, and @quinnypig.com
Mastodon: @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected]
Forums: r/Defeat_Project_2025, r/cybersecurity, r/pwnhub, r/technology, r/law, and r/politics
| Sri Muppidi / The Information: |
More: Bloomberg, Exponential View, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, and The Decoder
| @metr_evals: |
More: Digit, METR, The Decoder, and LessWrong