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Gemini 3 Flash costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $3 per 1M output tokens, vs. Gemini 2.5 Flash's $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens — Gemini 3 Flash is our latest model with frontier intelligence built for speed that helps everyone learn, build, and plan anything — faster.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils Gemini 3 Flash, which it says has Pro-grade reasoning with lower latency, outperforming 2.5 Pro “while being 3x faster at a fraction of the cost” — Following last month's launch of Gemini 3 Pro, Google today announced Gemini 3 Flash for consumers and developers.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google makes Gemini 3 Flash the default model in the Gemini app and Search's AI mode; it scored 33.7% without tool use on Humanity's Last Exam vs. 3 Pro's 37.5% — Google today released its fast and cheap Gemini 3 Flash model, based on the Gemini 3 released last month, looking to steal OpenAI's thunder.
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| The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $10B+ from Amazon at a $500B+ valuation and use AWS Trainium; Amazon won't be able to sell OpenAI models to cloud customers — Amazon is in talks to invest $10 billion or more in OpenAI, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Blue Owl Capital won't back Oracle's planned $10B, 1GW data center in Michigan, after funding talks stalled due to concerns over debt terms and delays — Investment firm concerned about tougher debt terms and the risk of delays to the vast project| Wall Street Journal: |
WBD recommends shareholders reject Paramount's unsolicited $108.4B cash bid, calling the offer “illusory” and saying it believes Netflix's proposal is superior — Warner raised concerns about the credibility of Paramount's ‘illusory’ offer and its backing from the Ellison family
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| Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter: |
The Academy signs a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars, beginning in 2029 and running through 2033 — The Academy announced on Wednesday: — LOS ANGELES, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and YouTube signed a multi-year deal …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating — A year of internal disorder, fluctuating priorities and colossal spending at Meta has rattled insiders and investors
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Coursera plans to acquire rival online education platform Udemy in an all-stock deal valued at $2.5B, combining two of the largest US-based learning platforms — Online education platform Coursera (COUR.N) said on Wednesday it would buy rival Udemy (UDMY.O) in an all-stock deal …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: top Monzo shareholders, including Accel and Iconiq, are pushing to oust Chair Gary Hoffman and retain CEO TS Anil, who is in the role until February — Investors including Accel and Iconiq are also pressing for greater board representation for shareholders
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google brings its vibe coding tool Opal to Gemini on the web, letting users create their own custom AI-powered mini apps, called Gems, which can be reused later — Google's vibe-coding tool, Opal, is making its way to Gemini. The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool …
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Circana: US game console spending fell 27% YoY in November to $695M, the lowest in the pivotal month for holiday shopping since 2005, in a tough year for gaming — US spending on video game consoles fell 27% last month, marking the worst November in two decades as tariffs and rising component costs pushed prices to record highs.
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| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Google sues the Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group known as Darcula, allegedly behind a US text message phishing ring, in the US, seeking a restraining order — Google says the group's tools enabled scammers with little technical skill to impersonate agencies like the IRS and the USPS at a massive scale.| Punchbowl News: |
a16z releases a nine-pillar AI policy framework for Congress, including restricting AI use for under-13s without parental consent and keeping a role for states — Andreessen Horowitz is laying out a framework on Wednesday that it wants Congress to take up for artificial intelligence … | Vismaya V / Decrypt: |
Bhutan pledges up to 10K bitcoin, valued at ~$1B, to develop Gelephu Mindfulness City; Arkham: Bhutan holds 5,984 BTC, ranking seventh among sovereign holders — The 10,000 BTC will generate yields for GMC's growth while being held long-term, with Bhutan ruling out selling the reserves. — In brief| Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
Meta says it has frozen its third-party Horizon OS headset program, announced in 2024 with Asus and Lenovo as the first partners to build headsets — Meta has “paused” its initiative to bring third-party Horizon OS headsets to the market. The company says it has shifted focus to … | Dia Rekhi / The Economic Times: |
Sources: Apple is in preliminary talks with India-based CG Semi, which offers chip assembly and testing services, to assemble and package chips for the iPhone — Exploratory conversations have taken place between Murugappa Group-owned CG Semi, which is building an outsourced semiconductor assembly and test … | Ashutosh Joshi / Bloomberg: |
Bengaluru-based e-commerce platform Meesho is up 95% from its IPO offer price, valuing it at nearly $11B and making it India's best-performing major IPO of 2025 — Follow Bloomberg India on WhatsApp for exclusive content and analysis on what billionaires, businesses and markets are doing.
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| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Hut 8 partners with Fluidstack to build an AI data center in Louisiana for Anthropic, backed by a 15-year, ~$7B lease, starting with 245MW of computing capacity — Hut 8 (HUT.O) has signed a deal valued at about $7 billion to lease a data center in Louisiana, it said on Wednesday …
| Reuters: |
Sources: Google is working on a new initiative to make its AI chips run PyTorch better and is working closely with Meta, as the two discuss Meta using more TPUs — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: at least six Chinese AI companies, like chip firms Montage and GigaDevice, are set to IPO in Hong Kong in the coming weeks, aiming to raise up to $1B — At least six Chinese companies related to artificial intelligence are set to go public in Hong Kong in the coming weeks … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Binance has been exploring ways to reboot its Binance.US affiliate, including a recapitalization to cut CZ's stake, which is a hurdle to expansion — Changpeng Zhao has unfinished business. — The billionaire co-founder of Binance has stepped back into the spotlight …
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| Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Daniel Kwan and 500+ writers, actors, and technologists launch the Creators Coalition on AI to push standards for AI training and use across creative industries — The organization, which published four distinct goals and a call to action while gathering hundreds of signatories …
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| Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: |
Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline the process of drafting patent applications for patent attorneys, raised a $20M Series A led by Atomico — The company, which just secured a $20 million Series A venture capital round, is using AI to streamline the process of obtaining …
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI updates ChatGPT Images to generate images up to 4x faster and edit uploads more precisely, and adds a new section in ChatGPT's app and website for images — OpenAI is rolling out an update to ChatGPT that's intended to generate images better and faster, the latest move …
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| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Sources: Disney has been hesitant to license its IP to Roblox because it doesn't consider it a safe platform, bucking the trend followed by Netflix and others — Here's a stat that might shock anyone who isn't the parent of a Gen Alpha kid: As of October 2025, online gaming platform Roblox boasted … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AI chip startup Mythic, which develops “analog processing units” to perform AI computations within memory, raised $125M led by DCVC; its CEO is a Nvidia veteran — Chip startup Mythic Inc. has raised $125 million in a new funding round, money that will help support its attempt …
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