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Ubisoft reopens Rainbow Six Siege after shutting down the server amid a breach exploiting the game's internal systems, and says the Marketplace remains closed — Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege (R6) suffered a breach that allowed hackers to abuse internal systems to ban and unban players …
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Forums: r/RainbowSixSiege, r/RainbowSixSiege, r/ICGA, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Patrick Oster / Bloomberg: |
Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited with turning the company around, died at 83; IBM's market value rose from $29B to ~$168B during his tenure — Louis Gerstner, who took over International Business Machines Corp. when it was on its deathbed and resuscitated it as a technology industry leader, died Saturday.
More: IBM, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, The Register, Benzinga, Tom's Hardware, Business Insider, and The Guardian
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| Rajesh Pandey / Android Police: |
Samsung and Google partner to bring Google Photos to TizenOS-powered TVs, launching in March 2026 and showing curated memories, ahead of CES 2026 — Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S … | Shinhye Kang / Bloomberg: |
Coupang says it is offering $1B+ in compensation to all 33.7M customers affected by South Korea's biggest-ever data breach, after an ex-staffer accessed data — Coupang is offering compensation worth more than $1 billion to all customers affected by South Korea's biggest-ever data breach.| Bloomberg: |
SoftBank agrees to acquire NYSE-listed DigitalBridge, a private equity firm that invests in data centers and digital infrastructure operators, for $4B in cash — SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to acquire private equity firm DigitalBridge Group Inc. in a deal valuing the data center investor at $4 billion including debt.| Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times: |
ACCA, the world's largest accounting body, says it is ending remote exams to combat a rise in students cheating by using AI tools when taking tests — Decision follows scandals at Big Four and comes as AI tools make it easier to circumvent invigilators — The world's largest accounting body … | Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI is seeking a new Head of Preparedness, noting “the potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a preview of in 2025” — CEO Sam Altman posted about the role on X, saying the models ‘are starting to present some real challenges.’
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Bluesky: @carnage4life, @iramjohn, @newmexter, @stevepittelli, @danmitchell, @goreckis.co, @theunixman.com, and @skynetandchill.com. Forums: Slashdot
| Washington Post: |
Sources detail how JD Vance, David Sacks, and others brokered a fragile truce between President Trump and Elon Musk, who threatened to fund an America Party — JD Vance played a key role brokering a reconciliation between the president and his wealthiest supporter.
More: Raw Story and New Republic
X: @elonmusk, @kenmoriyasu, @ericldaugh, and @elonmusk
Bluesky: @justinhendrix, @emptywheel, and @jeffjarvis
| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
PitchBook: the biggest US private startups raised $150B in 2025, surpassing the previous high of $92B in 2021, boosted by large funding rounds by AI startups — Mega funding rounds create ‘fortress balance sheets’ as investors advise top groups to brace for tougher markets| Aisha Down / The Guardian: |
A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels finds 278 of them have only posted AI-generated “slop” videos, amassing 63B+ views and 221M+ subscribers — Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media - and generating about $117m a year, data shows
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: ~90% of Groq employees will join Nvidia and be paid cash for all vested shares; most shareholders will get per-share payouts tied to the $20B valuation — Shareholders in Groq, a hot AI chipmaking startup, will receive handsome payouts from the company's $20 billion deal with Nvidia …
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X: @joshconstine, @nathanbenaich, @peterj_walker, @wmf, @sperand_io, @danprimack, @jfischoff, @villi, @joshconstine, and @danprimack. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Forums: Hacker News
| Lydia Wheeler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources and a memo: the US DOJ is using a novel reading of a federal anti-fraud law to probe contractors, including Google and Verizon, over their DEI programs — Google and Verizon among those being investigated under novel interpretation of law applying to government contractors
More: New York Post, NewsMax.com, and Reuters
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Framework says it is raising DDR5 RAM prices to charge $10 per GB, after a price hike earlier in December due to “substantially higher costs” amid the AI boom — The modular PC maker will now charge $10 per GB for its 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB DDR5 RAM modules.
More: Tech4Gamers. X: @optimuscan12k, @frameworkputer, @frameworkputer, @frameworkputer, and @frameworkputer
| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
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