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Sources: Nvidia has approached TSMC to ramp up H200 chip production; Chinese companies have placed orders for 2M+ H200 chips for 2026, while Nvidia holds 700K — Nvidia (NVDA.O) is scrambling to meet strong demand for its H200 artificial intelligence chips from Chinese technology companies …
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Unsealed documents detail a US operation that stopped the alleged smuggling of $160M worth of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs to China between Oct. 2024 and May 2025 — On Dec. 8, Federal prosecutors in Texas unsealed documents that revealed an investigation into a massive smuggling network that stretched across the U.S. and the world.| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Trump Media, owner of Truth Social, plans to distribute a new token to shareholders with partner Crypto.com, expected to operate on the Cronos blockchain — Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. plans to issue a new cryptocurrency, which will be distributed among its shareholders.
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Thiel Capital opens an office in Miami, as Peter Thiel and others reportedly look to cut ties with California over a proposed ballot measure to tax billionaires — Peter Thiel's private investment firm opened an office in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, expanding the billionaire's presence in Florida, Thiel Capital announced Wednesday.
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality — Adam Mosseri says creators should prioritize “unflattering” images to prove they are real. — It's no secret that AI-generated …
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Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, including efforts to make scam ads “not findable” for regulators and others — As regulators press Meta to crack down on rogue advertisers on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant has drafted a “playbook” to stall them.
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How Manus distanced itself from its Chinese roots to court US investors; a source says Meta's $2.5B deal includes a $500M retention pool for Manus' employees — The $2.5 billion deal could herald a new era for China-linked AI companies and U.S. investors — Workers at Butterfly Effect …
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TSMC says the US government has granted the company an annual license to import US chip manufacturing equipment to its facilities in Nanjing, China — The U.S. government has granted an annual license to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2330.TW) to import U.S. chip manufacturing equipment … | Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News: |
The FBI says fraudsters bilked Americans out of $333.5M via bitcoin ATM scams from January through November 2025, up from roughly $250M in 2024 — The kiosks allow users to send cash to a digital wallet anywhere in the world. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters … | The Information: |
Sources: Uber is in talks to acquire the parking space reservation app SpotHero; the parking app was last valued at $290M — Uber has been in talks to acquire parking app SpotHero, a popular service that allows drivers to reserve parking spaces, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.| Essi Lehto / Reuters: |
Finland seizes a ship suspected of damaging an undersea cable linking Helsinki and Estonia in the Gulf of Finland; Estonia says a second cable was also damaged — Finnish police on Wednesday seized a ship suspected of damaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki …
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| Himanshi Akhand / Reuters: |
Filing: Chinese AI chip startup Biren raises ~$717M in its Hong Kong IPO; institutional and retail tranches were oversubscribed ~26x and ~2,348x, respectively — Chinese AI chip startup Shanghai Biren Technology (6082.HK) has raised HK$5.58 billion ($716.85 million) in its Hong Kong initial public offering …
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OpenAI financial data: its stock-based pay averaged ~$1.5M per employee in 2025, ~7x Google pre-IPO and ~34x the average pay of other pre-IPO peers, per Equilar — The company's stock-based compensation in 2025 reached an average of $1.5 million per employee
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Trump Mobile delays plan to launch its gold-coloured smartphone, initially promised for August 2025, saying the recent US government shutdown delayed deliveries — Move marks latest setback for project that originally promised to sell a US-made device — Trump Mobile, the phone company launched …
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