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Apple interface design chief Alan Dye is leaving the company; sources: Dye will join Meta as chief design officer on Dec. 31 and report to CTO Andrew Bosworth — Meta Platforms Inc. has poached Apple Inc.'s most prominent design executive in a major coup that underscores a push … | Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft units lowered how much salespeople are supposed to grow sales of certain AI products, a rare move for Microsoft, after missing growth targets — Executives at Microsoft and other enterprise software firms heralded 2025 as the year artificial intelligence would be capable … | 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 …
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OpenAI's nonprofit foundation announces it's awarding $40.5M in grants this year to 208 nonprofits across the US; the nonprofit donated only $7.5M in 2024 — OpenAI's nonprofit foundation announced it's awarding $40.5 million in grants this year to 208 nonprofits across the US supporting local communities …
More: Associated Press and OpenAI
| Jonathan Slotkin / New York Times: |
An analysis of Waymo data covering nearly 100M driverless miles in four US cities: Waymo cars have far lower crash rates per million miles than human drivers — I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash. The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew.
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Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content — Almost half of the most-listened to 50 shows now have video available on Spotify — Spotify, as part of the annual Spotify … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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India says it revoked an order to smartphone makers to preload state-run cybersecurity app Sanchar Saathi on all new smartphones, after protests from lawmakers — India's government scrapped an order to smartphone makers on Wednesday to preload a state-run cybersecurity app on all new devices …
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| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
Sources and docs: Palantir's Immigration OS helps ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them; a decade ago, Alex Karp said Trump's plans made “no sense” — “The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company's chief executive.| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber partners with Avride to launch robotaxi rides in Dallas, marking Uber's fourth US city to offer autonomous ride options, after Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta — Uber Technologies Inc. is launching autonomous rides with Avride Inc. in Dallas as part of a previously announced partnership …
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Sources: Stripe is paying ~$1B to acquire Metronome, and the deal is expected to be predominantly cash; PitchBook: Metronome was valued at $470M in February — The deal announced yesterday will double Metronome's valuation in less than a year, sources tell Upstarts. And it's all about AI software growth.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI agrees to buy Poland-based Neptune, which makes tools for analyzing progress during AI model training; the transaction will be in stock — OpenAI agreed to buy Neptune, a startup that makes tools for analyzing progress during AI model training. — The transaction will be in stock … | George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic has tapped a law firm to begin work on its IPO, which could come as soon as 2026, and has 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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| Jaures Yip / CNBC: |
IoT security device maker Verkada hit a $5.8B valuation after new funding, source says totaling $100M, led by CapitalG; it passed $1B in annualized bookings — Security technology startup Verkada has reached a $5.8 billion valuation after a new funding round led by CapitalG, Alphabet's venture capital arm, announced Wednesday.| Bloomberg: |
TikTok plans to invest $37.7B+ to build a data center near Brazil's port of Pecém, partnering with Omnia and Casa dos Ventos, its first project in Latin America — ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok will invest more than 200 billion reais ($37.7 billion) to build a data center in Brazil, marking its first project in Latin America.| Reuters: |
Russia's Roskomnadzor blocks access to Roblox, claiming that it is “rife with inappropriate content” and distributing extremist materials and “LGBT propaganda” — Russia has blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N), accusing … | 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 …
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Amazon adds an Alexa+ feature to Fire TV that lets Prime Video users skip to movie scenes using natural language descriptions, character names, or famous quotes — The new AI-powered feature will expand to TV shows on the streamer at a later date — Amazon's Fire TV will make it easier …
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| 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% so far 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 … | Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: |
Some YouTube creators are using AI tools to make videos for kids and babies, raising concerns that such AI content may negatively impact early brain development — As younger children spend more time on the platform, concern is growing that their brains are being shaped by AI-generated videos purporting to be educational.| 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 the internet and complete tasks, like booking flights — This summer, lawyers at United Airlines noticed that someone had built an almost perfect replica of the company's website.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Q&A with Valve executive Pierre-Loup Griffais, who helped architect SteamOS and the Steam Deck, on quietly funding open-source tech to play Windows games on ARM — In an exclusive interview, Valve reveals it's the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm.
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Micron says it will exit its Crucial consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in AI data centers amid a global supply shortage — Memory chipmaker Micron Technology (MU.O) said on Wednesday it will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used …
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