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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like addictive feeds to show warning labels about mental health impacts on young users — The warnings will appear when users interact with a feature the state deems addictive. — The State of New York …
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Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B+ in assets — It's uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
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| Gavin Baker / @gavinsbaker: |
As inference splits into prefill and decode, Nvidia's Groq deal could enable a “Rubin SRAM” variant optimized for ultra-low latency agentic reasoning workloads — Nvidia is buying Groq for two reasons imo. 1) Inference is disaggregating into prefill and decode.
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| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including CEO Jonathan Ross, creator of the TPU, and keeps them from companies that may try to make their own chips — Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a... wait. What's that?
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| Reuters: |
Indian IT services provider Coforge agrees to acquire Encora, which offers AI tools for product, cloud, and data engineering, at an enterprise value of $2.35B — Indian IT services provider Coforge said on Friday it would acquire artificial intelligence firm Encora at an enterprise value … | Manish Singh / India Dispatch: |
Facing disruption from GenAI, the $250B Indian IT industry has adapted by focusing on preparatory work AI requires, such as data cleanup and system integration — How Indian IT learned to stop worrying and sell the AI shovel — For the last two years, generative AI was going to kill Indian IT.| Virginie Malingre / Le Monde: |
The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France — President Emmanuel Macron, who wanted to be at the forefront of France's reindustrialization efforts, traveled to Isère … | Lien Hoang / Nikkei Asia: |
A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, “signaling limited technology spillovers” to the local economy — HO CHI MINH CITY — Vietnam looks like a tech darling as investment from giants such as Apple, Samsung and others pours in.| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
A look at Chinese food delivery giant Meituan's subsidy war with Alibaba and JD.com, leading Meituan to a big Q3 loss and internal debate over global expansion — Competition from Alibaba and JD.com for fast-growing instant retail market has hit the Beijing-based group| New York Times: |
Q&A with Edison Scientific CEO Sam Rodriques about Kosmos, Edison's AI tool for scientific research, why AI probably won't cure diseases anytime soon, and more — A tech C.E.O. explains why A.I. probably won't cure diseases anytime soon. Hint: You still need humans. — Video
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
ServiceNow has spent $12B+ on acquisitions and investments in 2025 amid concerns about revenue growth, projected to fall below 20% in 2026 without acquisitions — After years of eschewing big mergers, ServiceNow Inc. is on a deal spree. It has spent at least $12 billion this year on acquisitions or strategic investments.
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| Alex Harring / CNBC: |
Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450, retail traders have poured billions of dollars into the stock, which is up ~3,000% in the past three years — Kyle Dijamco is a proud member of Palantir Technologies' fast-growing retail investor base. — The Los Angeles-based marketer … | Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Five FaZe Clan influencers exit after failed contract talks with new management; Matt Kalish, who invested $10M, calls FaZe's current structure “unsustainable” — The future of the popular influencer group FaZe Clan is in flux once again after several members announced …
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| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase says a former customer service agent was arrested in India, following a May breach where hackers bribed contractors to access sensitive customer data — Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said that a former customer service agent for the largest US crypto exchange …
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