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FinSMEs: 15 mins ago

Pine, which offers an AI agent to automate digital chores, like making calls, handling emails, and operating software to complete tasks, raised a $25M Series A

Steve Hsu / @hsu_steve: 60 mins ago

Physicist Steve Hsu says he has published a peer-reviewed theoretical physics paper whose main idea came from GPT-5

Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos / Bloomberg: 1½ hours ago

Docusign reports Q3 revenue up 8% YoY to $818.4M, vs. $807.1M est., and forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates; DOCU drops 6%+ after hours

Bloomberg: 2 hours ago

Chinese AI chipmaker Moore Threads raised ~$1.13B in the year's second-largest onshore IPO, valuing it at ~$7.6B, with the retail portion oversubscribed 2,750x

Boaz Sobrado / Forbes: 3 hours ago

A Polymarket trader netted $1M+ in 24 hours, mostly by placing suspiciously accurate bets on Google's 2025 Year in Search rankings

Anna Tong / Forbes: 3 hours ago

Micro1, which helps AI labs find experts for data annotation, says it has crossed $100M in annualized revenue and fielded investment offers at a $2.5B valuation

Will Oremus / Washington Post: 3 hours ago

Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy

Sam Becker / Fast Company: 4 hours ago

TBPN signs a partnership with the NYSE, giving the video podcast the same on-floor access enjoyed by major financial networks such as CNBC

CNBC: 4½ hours ago

Google Cloud partners with Replit to expand the use of Google's cloud offerings and AI models and to jointly support AI use cases for enterprise customers

Kif Leswing / CNBC: 5 hours ago

Apple says Meta Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Newstead will become its general counsel in March; Meta says it is actively searching for her replacement

Juby Babu / Reuters: 5½ hours ago

HPE reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $9.68B, vs. $9.94B est., Server revenue down 5% to $4.5B, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; HPE drops 8%+ after hours

Mike Isaac / New York Times: 6 hours ago

Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”

Abner Li / 9to5Google: 7 hours ago

Google rolls out Gemini 3 Deep Think to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, after saying in November it needed “extra time for safety evaluations”

Chris Metinko / Axios: 7 hours ago

Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, raised an $18M seed led by Team8

The Information: 8 hours ago

Sources: Fluidstack, an AI cloud provider that is aiding Google's effort to expand access to its TPUs, is in talks to raise $700M+ led by Situational Awareness

Jordan Novet / CNBC: 8 hours ago

Microsoft will increase prices for commercial Office subscriptions on July 1, 2026, including a 33% jump for front-line worker plans like Microsoft 365 F1

Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: 9 hours ago

Phia, founded by Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe to develop an AI search engine accessed via an extension for Chrome and Safari, raised $30M at a $180M valuation

Reuters: 9 hours ago

Russia's Roskomnadzor says it has blocked FaceTime in Russia, claiming the service is being used to organize and “carry out terrorist attacks in the country”

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:

Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”

Kif Leswing / CNBC:

Apple says Meta Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Newstead will become its general counsel in March; Meta says it is actively searching for her replacement

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google rolls out Gemini 3 Deep Think to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app, after saying in November it needed “extra time for safety evaluations”

Will Oremus / Washington Post:

Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy

Juby Babu / Reuters:

HPE reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $9.68B, vs. $9.94B est., Server revenue down 5% to $4.5B, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; HPE drops 8%+ after hours

Reuters:

Russia's Roskomnadzor says it has blocked FaceTime in Russia, claiming the service is being used to organize and “carry out terrorist attacks in the country”

Boaz Sobrado / Forbes:

A Polymarket trader netted $1M+ in 24 hours, mostly by placing suspiciously accurate bets on Google's 2025 Year in Search rankings

Jay Peters / The Verge:

Amazon plans to release its $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft and $500 Kindle Scribe on December 10, after announcing them in September, but won't offer preorders

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Apple announces its 2025 App Store Award winners and names visual planner Tiimo as the iPhone App of the Year; many of the winning apps have AI integrations

CNBC:

Google Cloud partners with Replit to expand the use of Google's cloud offerings and AI models and to jointly support AI use cases for enterprise customers

Jordan Novet / CNBC:

Microsoft will increase prices for commercial Office subscriptions on July 1, 2026, including a 33% jump for front-line worker plans like Microsoft 365 F1

Chris Metinko / Axios:

Lumia, which uses AI to analyze interactions between autonomous agents and humans, raised an $18M seed led by Team8

Sam Becker / Fast Company:

TBPN signs a partnership with the NYSE, giving the video podcast the same on-floor access enjoyed by major financial networks such as CNBC

Anna Tong / Forbes:

Micro1, which helps AI labs find experts for data annotation, says it has crossed $100M in annualized revenue and fielded investment offers at a $2.5B valuation

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