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Sources: Anthropic taps law firm Wilson Sonsini to begin work on its IPO, which could come as soon as 2026, and held preliminary talks with big investment banks — AI start-up picks law firm Wilson Sonsini for what could be one of the largest public offerings ever
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Bluesky: @carlquintanilla and @davelee.me
| Angus Whitley / Bloomberg: |
YouTube says it will comply with Australia's social media ban for under-16s, after rejecting its inclusion in the crackdown and calling the regulation “rushed” — YouTube is taking steps to comply with Australia's upcoming under-16s social media ban, even after rejecting …
More: Google, WinBuzzer, BBC, Crikey, The Guardian, Tech in Asia, Reuters, 9News, Benzinga, and iTnews
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| Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter: |
HBO Max's 4K Mad Men re-release had multiple errors, including lacking post-production edits in some scenes; a source says Lionsgate delivered the wrong 4K file — But the best one definitely did. … The 4K stream of the classic Lionsgate Television series for AMC Network came to HBO Max on Monday …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Marvell announces a deal to buy Celestial AI for at least $3.25B, expected to close in Q1 2026; the price can rise to $5.5B if Celestial hits revenue targets — Semiconductor company Marvell on Tuesday announced that it will acquire Celestial AI for at least $3.25 billion in cash and stock.| Shruti Srivastava / Bloomberg: |
After a backlash, India says its pre-installed cybersecurity app is optional for users, who “have complete freedom to activate, or delete the app at any time” — India sought to address concerns that its mandate to pre-install a cybersecurity app on mobile phones could invade privacy … | Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal: |
Waymo's self-driving cars appear to be bending traffic laws and growing impatient with pedestrians as the company seeks to make them “confidently assertive” — Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green| Jonathan Slotkin / New York Times: |
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| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Trainium3 UltraServer, a system powered by its 3nm Trainium3 AI training chip, and teases Trainium4, which it says will work with Nvidia's chips — Amazon Web Services, which has been building its own AI training chips for years now, just introduced a new version known …
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| Georgia Butler / DatacenterDynamics: |
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Amazon debuts three frontier agents: Kiro autonomous agent, AWS Security Agent, and AWS DevOps Agent, each focused on a different aspect of software development — Amazon Web Services Inc. is using its annual AWS re:Invent 2025 extravaganza this week in Las Vegas to show … | Will Knight / Wired: |
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A look at startups like AGI and Plato, which build replicas of websites to let AI agents learn to navigate and complete specific tasks, like booking flights — This summer, lawyers at United Airlines noticed that someone had built an almost perfect replica of the company's website.| Valida Pau / The Information: |
ServiceNow announces a deal to acquire identity security startup Veza, sources say for between $1B and $1.5B; Veza had a private valuation of $808M in March — Dealmakers apparently did not get much of a break over the Thanksgiving weekend, as a flurry of recent merger announcements showed.
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| Sejal Govindarao / Associated Press: |
Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues Temu for allegedly stealing customers' data, including their physical location, and counterfeiting local brands — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Tuesday that Arizona is the latest state to sue Temu and its parent company PDD Holdings Inc. over allegations … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google debuts Android 16 QPR2, a minor update expanding features for notifications, icons, calling screens, and more, marking the end of annual Android releases — Switching up the release schedule could bring new features to third-party Android phones much faster.
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Forums: r/Android and r/GooglePixel
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Vinci, which uses AI simulations to accelerate chip and other hardware design, raised a $36M Series A led by Xora Innovation, taking its total funding to $46M — Startup Vinci said on Tuesday it has raised $36 million to finance its business of building software that can speed chip …
More: FinSMEs, HPCwire, and VC News Daily
| George Steer / Financial Times: |
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump's American Bitcoin closed down 38.8% on December 2, wiping out ~$1B in market value; TMTG is down nearly 70% in 2025 — Company's shares plummet as investors cash out at end of lock-up period — Shares in a US cryptocurrency miner backed by Donald Trump Jr … | Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Half of US states now require users to upload IDs or biometric data to access pornographic content, as Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law — As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand over their biometric …
More: Globe and Mail, KSDK-TV, Biometric Update, Android Headlines, and TechRadar
| John Reynolds / Tech.eu: |
London-based Sokin, which develops tech for B2B cross-border payments, raised a $50M Series B led by Prysm Capital at a $300M valuation — The funds will be used to speed up overseas expansion and on product development. — Cross-border payment fintech Sokin has received $50m in a funding round, valuing the UK fintech at $300m.
More: Sokin, FinTech Futures, FinTech Global, PYMNTS.com, FinSMEs, and Axios
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
CNN partners with Kalshi to use its real-time prediction data in TV, digital, and social channel reporting, on-air data tickers, analysis, and fact-checking — CNN has stuck a partnership with Kalshi, the world's largest global prediction market company, bringing Kalshi's data …
More: Kalshi, Blockonomi, Benzinga, Cryptonews, crypto.news, CoinDesk, and The Block
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
MongoDB stock jumped 22% on December 2 after Q3 revenue rose 19% YoY to $628M, above $592M est., and raises full-year guidance on Atlas growth and AI demand — MongoDB shares ripped 22% higher on Tuesday after the company blew past Wall Street's third-quarter expectations and lifted … | Axios: |
Sources: President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill — Pressure from President Trump to block state-level AI regulation is falling short on Capitol Hill.
More: The Hill, American Thinker, Bloomberg, and The Daily Signal
X: @peterwildeford and @luke_metro
| Scott Woody / Metronome: |
Stripe agrees to acquire Metronome, which offers APIs to help SaaS companies charge customers based on usage and has raised $128M in total funding — I'm excited to announce that Metronome has signed a definitive agreement to join Stripe. — Today's best companies treat monetization …
More: Silicon Republic and Irish Independent
X: @armon, @l3amm, @patrickc, @trifamenz, @jeff_weinstein, @patrickc, @l3amm, and @cjc
| Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times: |
Copper demand is being boosted by AI data centers, which require 27 to 33 tons per MW, over 2x that of conventional data centers, per miner Grupo México — Data centres and green grids are heavy users of the red metal, but mine supply is stagnating and new discoveries are rare
X: @staunovo and @origoinvest
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Binance names co-founder Yi He as co-CEO alongside Richard Teng, making her one of the few women leading a crypto company; she also has children with ex-CEO CZ — The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange announced a significant leadership move on Wednesday, naming longtime executive …
More: Reuters, Coinpedia Fintech News, Coinspeaker, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswires, Bitcoin Insider, CoinGape, Cryptonews, BeInCrypto, ZyCrypto, Cointelegraph, and TNGlobal
X: @binance, @_richardteng, and @binance
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