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December 23, 2025, 3:15 PM
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The European Commission says Apple will bring AirPods-like pairing and iPhone notification access to third-party devices under the DMA in iOS 26.3 in 2026  —  The European Commission today praised the interoperability changes that Apple is introducing in iOS 26.3, once again crediting the Digital Markets Act …
Bloomberg:
ServiceNow agrees to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75B, set to close in H2 2026, pending approvals; Insight acquired Armis in a $1.1B deal in 2020  —  ServiceNow Inc. has reached a deal to buy the cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal valued at $7.75 billion, representing its largest acquisition to date.
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1  —  The law was set to take effect next month. … A federal judge blocked a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1st.
Yueqi Yang / The Information:
Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, raised $35M for his new global exchange AX, which offers perpetual futures, a source says at a $187M valuation  —  Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, has raised $35 million for his startup Architect Financial Technologies, which offers a global perpetual futures exchange.
Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal:
The US FCC bans imports, marketing, and sales of new foreign-made drones and components, including from China's DJI and Autel, citing national security concerns  —  American customers hoarding products in anticipation of restrictions against popular Chinese manufacturer DJI and a smaller competitor, Autel Robotics
MiniMax:
China's MiniMax releases M2.1, an upgrade to its open-source M2 model that it says has “significantly enhanced” coding capabilities in Rust, Java, and others  —  MiniMax has been continuously transforming itself in a more AI-native way.  The core driving forces of this process are models …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Chinese automakers delay plans to mass-produce self-driving vehicles as Beijing becomes more cautious, after a fatal Xiaomi crash in March caused public concern  —  After years of planning for cars that would let drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road, China's regulators have become more cautious.
More: UKTN, Semafor, and BBC
Bloomberg:
Samsung's Harman agrees to acquire ZF's radar and automotive computing driver-assistance business for €1.5B, as the European auto-supplier sector struggles  —  Samsung Electronics Co.-owned Harman International is buying the advanced driver assistance systems business of Germany's ZF Group …
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
OpenAI details efforts to secure its ChatGPT Atlas browser against prompt injection attacks, including building an “LLM-based automated attacker”  —  Even as OpenAI works to harden its Atlas AI browser against cyberattacks, the company admits that prompt injections …

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Paramount completes its $110B acquisition of WBD, creating Skydance and putting David Ellison in control of Hollywood studios, streamers, and cable networks

Michael Schneider / Variety:
Amazon's Prime Video acquires exclusive global rights to the Primetime Emmys under a six-year deal from 2027; sources say Prime Video will pay ~$15M per year

New York Times:
Disney is seeking an injunction in US District Court to block the FCC from conducting an unusual, early review of eight ABC-owned station licenses

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
France's La Poste says it has suffered a suspected DDoS attack in “a major network incident” on December 22, which disrupted its postal and banking services
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Bonny Chu / Fox News:
The Pentagon partners with xAI to embed the company's frontier AI systems, based on the Grok family of models, directly into GenAI.mil as soon as early 2026
Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Coinbase agrees to acquire prediction markets startup The Clearing Company for an undisclosed sum; the startup was founded in 2025 and raised a $15M seed
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Italy's competition watchdog fines Apple €98.6M, saying the company's ATT rules are “disproportionate” and “harmful” to app developers and advertisers
Bloomberg:
Alphabet agrees to acquire data center company Intersect for $4.75B in cash, plus its existing debt, as part of its push to expand its AI data center footprint
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