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Sources: ~90% of Groq employees will join Nvidia and be paid cash for all vested shares; most shareholders will get per-share payouts tied to the $20B valuation — Shareholders in Groq, a hot AI chipmaking startup, will receive handsome payouts from the company's $20 billion deal with Nvidia …
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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?| Gavin Baker / @gavinsbaker: |
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| Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI is seeking a new Head of Preparedness, noting “the potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a preview of in 2025” — CEO Sam Altman posted about the role on X, saying the models ‘are starting to present some real challenges.’
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| New York Times: |
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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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Siege and its in-game Marketplace to resolve an “incident”; reports say hackers breached internal systems — Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege (R6) suffered a breach that allowed hackers to abuse internal systems to ban and unban players …
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| Andre Revilla / Engadget: |
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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| Bloomberg: |
China's draft rules on the use of human-like AI would require companies to inform users they are dealing with AI when they log on and at two-hour intervals — China plans to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence by requiring providers to ensure their services are ethical, secure and transparent.
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Tracxn: VC funding for Indian startups fell 17%+ YoY to $10.5B in 2025 across 1,518 deals, down ~39% YoY; AI startups raised $643M, up 4% YoY, across 100 deals — India's startup ecosystem raised nearly $11 billion in 2025, but investors wrote far fewer checks and grew more selective … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
A profile of the Digital Security Helpline, run by Access Now, which gives 24/7 help to reporters and others who suspect they are victims of government spyware — For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted and hacked by governments all over the world.
Bluesky: @lorenzofb
| Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times: |
Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 — The listing is planned for the July-September quarter of 2026. In October, the quick commerce major had closed a $450 million round, valuing it at $7 billion.
More: Tech in Asia, Reuters, Times of India, Fortune India, NDTV Profit, Times of India, and Inc42 Media. X: @pranavmukul
| Martha Muir / Financial Times: |
US data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom — Supply chain shortages drive developers to use smaller and less efficient power sources to fuel AI power demand| Washington Post: |
ChatGPT told a teen who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over months but also used words like “hanging” and “suicide” very often, say family's lawyers — Help Nitasha Tiku report on mental health and AI by contacting her securely on Signal at nitasha.10.| 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.| 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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| 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 groupSponsor Posts
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