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15 minutes ago Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: President Trump says the US will allow Nvidia to ship H200 chips to “approved customers” in China and elsewhere, and that Xi Jinping “responded positively” -
CNBC: Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30/share in a $108.4B all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week -
Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Netflix changed movie distribution, and its executives now think that licensing shows leaves money on the table; YouTube may help Netflix's WBD antitrust case -
Bloomberg: President Trump says Netflix's WBD deal has “got to go through a process”, its big market share “could be a problem”, and he will be involved in the decision -
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: IBM agrees to acquire data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B in cash, above its ~$8B market value as of its December 5 close, paying $31 per share -
Chris Welch / Bloomberg: Google says it's working to create two different categories of AI-powered smart glasses: one with screens launching in 2026 and another that's audio-focused -
Scott Stein / CNET: Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more -
David Heaney / UploadVR: Samsung's Galaxy XR gets beta support for Google's realistic avatar system for video calls, a Travel Mode, and a built-in PC remote desktop feature -
Bloomberg: President Trump says he will sign “a ONE RULE” EO on AI “this week” and “you can't expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something” -
Barbara Moens / Financial Times: European Commission: Meta agreed to change its “pay or consent” model to let Facebook and Instagram users share less data in exchange for less personalized ads -
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Apple and Google say they've developed new features that streamline the process of moving data between each platform as part of a joint collaboration -
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells his employees that “I don't plan on leaving anytime soon” -
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Unconventional AI raised a $475M seed led by a16z and Lightspeed at a $4.5B valuation to build a more energy-efficient AI computer, part of an up to $1B round -
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: TikTok announces Shared Collection, to organize and share saved videos, and plans to launch Shared Feed, a daily curated selection of 15 videos, globally -
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: Uber launches Uber Intelligence, an insights platform that lets advertisers tap into Uber's data about customer trips and deliveries -
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google details steps it is taking to secure Chrome's upcoming agentic browsing features, including a “User Alignment Critic” model that vets AI agent's actions -
Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times: Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ -
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: OpenAI and Instacart launch a grocery shopping experience inside of ChatGPT, letting customers brainstorm meal ideas and check out via OpenAI Instant Checkout -
Todd Spangler / Variety: Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store film rental platform on December 10, offering curated indie titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK, and France -
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: OpenAI survey of 9,000 workers at 100 companies: its tools save workers ~40-60 minutes daily on average for professional tasks; OpenAI has 1M+ business clients -
Reuters: Sources: Skild AI, which develops a foundation model for robots, is in talks to raise $1B+ from SoftBank and Nvidia at a ~$14B valuation, up from $4.7B in July -
James Hunt / The Block: Michael Saylor's Strategy acquired 10,624 bitcoin for $962.7M between December 1 and 7, its largest BTC purchase since July; MSTR is down ~40% so far in 2025 -
Vallari Srivastava / Reuters: NextEra Energy expands its partnership with Google Cloud to develop data center campuses across the US and secures 2.5GW+ of clean energy contracts from Meta -
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: Anthropic launches a Slack integration for Claude Code, expanding on the existing Claude app for Slack, launching in beta as a research preview