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Sources: DeepSeek is developing its new AI model using several thousand Nvidia Blackwell chips, which were smuggled into China via third-party countries — DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup, has been developing its next major model using several thousand Nvidia's state-of-the-art Blackwell chips …
More: Tom's Hardware, CNBC, US Department of Justice, Wall Street Pit, Investing.com, DigiTimes, ZeroHedge News, WinBuzzer, Mobile World Live, and Taiwan News
X: @miles_brundage, @jukan05, @jingyanghk, and @scaling01
Bluesky: @migueldeicaza and @karlbode.com
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia says that it hasn't seen “substantiation or received tips” about chip smuggling via data centers outside of China, after The Information's DeepSeek story — Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has relied on Nvidia Corp. chips that are banned in the country … | Eli Tan / New York Times: |
Sources: this fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta execs like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI — When Mark Zuckerberg revamped Meta's artificial intelligence operations this year, he recruited a new leader — Alexandr Wang …
More: Business Insider and New York Post
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta's new AI model, codenamed Avocado, may launch in spring 2026 as a “closed” model, and was trained using Google's Gemma, OpenAI's gpt-oss, and Qwen — Meta Platforms Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg, months into building one of the priciest teams in technology history …
More: eWeek, iPhone in Canada, Sherwood News, International Business Times, Implicator.ai, Moneycontrol, and CNBC
X: @morqon, @natolambert, @deitaone, @andrewcurran_, @zephyr_z9, and @deitaone
| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Australia's ban on under-16 social media users takes effect, as Meta, YouTube, and others remove users; platforms that don't comply risk up to AU$49.5M in fines — Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
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LinkedIn: Nicola Trotman and Wansoo Im
Bluesky: @claesdevreese, @rlstollar, @hammancheez, @jan6risingvoice, @trance, @judah-grunstein, and @bsky.app. Mastodon: @kate@aus.social
| The Guardian: |
Australia eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time — Albanese says commencement of ban a ‘proud day’ for him as prime minister, while eSafety commissioner unconcerned by reports of children bypassing restrictions
More: Wall Street Journal, Australian Financial Review, and ABC
X: @mickamiousg, @craigkellyafee, and @ausvstheagenda
Forums: r/RedditSafety and r/AustralianPolitics
| Nasteho Said / Bloomberg: |
As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others climb Apple's App Store charts — Alternative social media platforms have surged in popularity in Australia Wednesday, as the nation's landmark ban for under-16s drives children to non-restricted apps.
More: Deccan Chronicle and Australian Financial Review
| Bloomberg: |
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| Christine Chung / New York Times: |
The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info — Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don't need visas, would have to share five years' worth of social media.
More: BBC, NBC News, The Register, Straight Arrow News, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Federal Register, Sky News, Axios, CBS News, Mother Jones, Mirror US, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, New York Sun, The Hill, The Irish Times, Financial Times, NewsMax.com, Scripps News, Joe.My.God., The American Bazaar, MS NOW, Rediff, Dexerto, UPI, Ben Werdmuller, The Sun, The Independent, Lawyer Monthly, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, NDTV Profit, Gizmodo, and Real Patriotism …
X: @steven_pifer, @davekeating, @frances_coppola, @peterstefanovi2, @franklinleonard, @jerrycap, and @rnaudbertrand
Bluesky: @sunflowermum, @tracydeepbluesea44, @bethanyallen, @jameeljaffer, @donmoyn, and @clarajeffery. Mastodon: @markmccaughrean …
Forums: r/europe, r/politics, r/BoycottUnitedStates, r/TourismHell, r/neoliberal, r/privacy, r/Scotland, r/vegas, r/LabourUK, r/ScottishFootball, and r/soccer
| Joe Wilkins / Futurism: |
McDonald's Netherlands pulls an AI-generated Christmas ad, made by ad agency TBWA\NEBOKO with film production company The Sweetshop, after social media backlash — There's just one issue: pretty much everybody hates it. — This year, McDonald's decided to get in on the corporate slopfest …
More: eWeek, BBC, WinBuzzer, TheJournal.ie, Luiza's Newsletter, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, NDTV Profit, The Scottish Sun, Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, and Forbes
X: @culturecrave, @echotrx, @saberspark, @joncomms, @jacksfilms, @yfcherries, @firagawalkwthme, @gnoofiest, @octanesam, and @girldrawsghosts
Bluesky: @jonkk and @bcmerchant
Forums: r/technology, r/popculturechat, r/artificial, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its unreleased location verification tech in recent months, which could show the country its chips are operating in — Nvidia (NVDA.O) has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in …
More: Tom's Hardware, WinBuzzer, International Business Times, PC Gamer, New Electronics, The Information, Tech in Asia, Benzinga, TRT World, and GSMArena.com. Forums: Slashdot
| Zijing Wu / Financial Times: |
More: Techstrong.ai, DigiTimes, Silicon UK, Modern Diplomacy, Culpium, Implicator.ai, New Electronics, and Financial Times
X: @jukan05, @firstadopter, and @zijing_wu
| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to invest $35B+ in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the nearly $40B it has invested in India, and expects to create 1M more jobs — Amazon on Wednesday committed to investing over $35 billion in India's cloud and artificial intelligence space by 2030, as hyperscalers race to get a foothold in the market.
More: About Amazon, Livemint, IN About Amazon, The American Bazaar, Pulse 2.0, UPI, The Economic Times, DatacenterDynamics, Moneycontrol, TechCircle, TechRadar, Capacity, Benzinga, Arabian Business, The Week, Fortune India, Nikkei Asia, EasternEye, Digit, The Information, Forbes, DigiTimes, The Indian Express, Blockonomi, Business Standard, Deccan Chronicle, Watcher Guru, Türkiye Today, Entrackr, The Straits Times, Press Trust of India, Analytics India Magazine, Deccan Chronicle, Moneycontrol, Times of India, NDTV Profit, Hindustan Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, Forbes Middle East, Dow Jones Newswires, Press Trust of India, Sherwood News, and Inc42 Media
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 1,458 US teens: 64% use AI chatbots, and 28% use them daily; 59% say they use ChatGPT, 23% use Gemini, 20% Meta AI, 14% Copilot, and 9% Character.ai — Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots … | Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
The Tech Transparency Project: Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store host dozens of apps for US-sanctioned companies; Google removed 17 and Apple removed 35 — Watchdog finds firms and organizations in Apple and Google stores that were banned for issues including human rights abuses in China and facilitating war in Ukraine.
More: Tech Transparency Project, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, and MacTech.com
Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The RSL Collective, backed by Ziff Davis, Yahoo, and others, launches RSL 1.0, which lets publishers set licensing and compensation rules for AI web crawlers — RSL 1.0 helps publishers outline how AI companies should pay for the content they scrape across the web.
More: European Commission, RSL Internet Collective, and Search Engine Journal. Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe launches free ChatGPT-integrated Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express apps on desktop, the web, and iOS, after OpenAI added ChatGPT app integrations in October — Just describe your edits to ChatGPT, and the Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express apps will do it for you or surface the tool you need.
More: Adobe Newsroom, 9to5Mac, PCMag, Thurrott, Gizmodo, CNET, MacRumors, Mercury News, Reuters, Livemint, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Mashable, Analytics India Magazine, WinBuzzer, TechCrunch, iClarified, MacStories, Digital Photography Review, The Shortcut, ZDNET, The Indian Express, The AI Economy, MakeUseOf, PetaPixel, and Android Headlines
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Google unveils Emergency Live Video, similar to iOS' Emergency SOS Live Video, letting US users on Android 8 or later to share live video with 911 responders — Emergency Live Video is rolling out today on phones running Android 8 or later. … A new feature coming to Android …
More: The Keyword, CNET, RapidSOS, Android Central, Axon.com, BGR, Digital Trends, Business Wire, and Android Authority. X: @ssamat
| New York Times: |
Sources: Lip-Bu Tan's dual roles as Intel CEO and tech investor cause consternation in the industry and at Intel; four ex-Intel execs say it caused them to exit — Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.
More: Wired
| Ben Casselman / New York Times: |
Study: 193 Instacart users across four US cities saw different prices for the same items from the same store at the same time; Instacart says it's running tests — The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.
More: GeekWire, PCMag, Groundwork Collaborative, CNN, Engadget, Tech in Asia, AdExchanger, New York Post, Consumer Reports, and SFist
X: @jrichlive, @ewarren, @sonnybunch, @halsinger, @halsinger, @eric_seufert, @owenslindsay1, @owenslindsay1, @owenslindsay1, @owenslindsay1, @_zeets, and @owenslindsay1
LinkedIn: Philip Radford and Derek Kravitz
Bluesky: @caseynewton, @rbreich, and @ddayen
Forums: r/technology, r/news, r/Economics, and Slashdot
| Peter Andringa / Financial Times: |
Documents and former US government officials detail the DHS' digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump's first year — The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
More: Washington Post. X: @ft. Bluesky: @peter.andringa.me, @tonytassell, and @samjoiner. Mastodon: @jackhutton@mstdn.social. Forums: r/politics
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon plans to let authors offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through Kindle Direct Publishing, starting January 20, 2026 — Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Forums: Slashdot
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA — Yesterday, Apple and Google announced that they have teamed up to make it easier to switch between Android and iPhone devices.| Benoît Morenne / Wall Street Journal: |
Geothermal energy company Fervo, which aims to power data centers and more, raised $462M from Google and others, taking its total funding to $1.5B since 2017 — The company, also backed by Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy Ventures, has emerged as a leader in advanced geothermal energy
More: FinSMEs, Nikkei Asia, Latitude Media, CleanTechnica, Bloomberg, Fervo Energy, Canary Media, Yahoo Finance, Heatmap News, Inc, and Axios
| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
TikTok launches a podcast series called TikTok in the Mix, featuring four 30-minute episodes streamed live on TikTok; the first episode stars Demi Lovato — TikTok is launching a brand-new live podcast series called “TikTok in the Mix,” a four-episode season of conversations with major artists.| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
Instagram launches Your Algorithm, which shows users an AI analysis of their activity to let them customize the topics shaping their Reels recommendations — In the battle for your attention, Instagram is betting that more control over the algorithm could keep you scrolling on Reels.
More: Search Engine Land, The Economic Times, Fast Company, 9to5Mac, WeRSM, TechCrunch, The Verge, Inc.com, and TechRadar. Threads: @chriscox
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube TV plans to launch over 10 genre-specific, cheaper YouTube TV Plans in early 2026, including a Sports Plan featuring ESPN Unlimited and Fox Sports 1 — YouTube TV's base package currently costs $82.99 per month. But early next year, the streaming service will roll out a range … | Bloomberg: |
In a series of lawsuits, Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments, and Berkshire were accused of failing to keep their tech out of Russian-made weapons used in Ukraine — Microchip manufacturers Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. were accused in a series of lawsuits …
More: Benzinga, ZeroHedge News, and NewsMax.com
| Anhata Rooprai / Reuters: |
Dropbox says its CFO Timothy Regan will step down after five years in the role and will be succeeded by Avalara president Ross Tennenbaum; DBX drops 5%+ — File hosting service provider Dropbox (DBX.O) said on Wednesday its chief financial officer Timothy Regan will step down after five years … | Bloomberg: |
Nintendo's shares slid as much as 4.7% on December 10, their lowest level since May, amid concerns that rapidly rising memory chip prices will erode its profit — Nintendo Co.'s shares slid as much as 4.7% Wednesday to their lowest level since May, weighed down by concerns that the surging price …
More: Nintendo Life and Tech in Asia
| Lauren Johnson / Adweek: |
Shopify launches Product Network, an ad tool that lets merchants recommend and advertise products on other merchants' storefronts — Shopify is taking a big step forward in its much-watched advertising business. The e-commerce firm is formally rolling out a product that allows its merchants … | Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
How US startups like Oakland-based Brimstone are racing to develop sources of raw materials that the US needs for tech, an industry China has long dominated — Startups and venture capital are joining the nationwide push to develop new sources of metals the U.S. desperately needs| Pia Singh / CNBC: |
Starcloud, which launched a satellite with a Nvidia H100 chip in November, says the satellite is running and querying responses from Google's Gemma — Nvidia-backed startup Starcloud trained an artificial intelligence model from space for the first time, signaling a new era for orbital data centers … | Isabella Ward / Bloomberg: |
Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking infrastructure to link and scale quantum computers, raised a $60M Series A led by National Grid Partners — Nu Quantum, a British startup that builds networking infrastructure to link and scale quantum computers, raised $60 million …
More: Resilience Media, Ventureburn, Business Wire, Tech Funding News, BusinessCloud, FinSMEs, and UKTN. LinkedIn: Nu Quantum
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft review: the $630 pen-enabled e-reader is a tough sell for most people, even with its big 11" display and productivity features — Review: Amazon's $630 pen-enabled device is a tough sell for most people. — Amazon.com Inc.'s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft …
More: Wired, Inc, Engadget, ZDNET, 9to5Toys, PCMag, Pocket-lint, The eBook Reader, Tom's Guide, and Android Police
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun resigns after the company incurred South Korea's largest-ever data breach, in which the personal data of 30M+ people was compromised — Coupang Chief Executive Officer Park Dae-jun resigned over his failure to prevent South Korea's largest-ever data breach … Sponsor Posts
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