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A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction markets — - These bets — many of which were on Maduro's capture, and are now on what happens next to the ousted leader …
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| Michael Savage / The Guardian: |
Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals — Platform is now Britain's fourth most visited social media site as users seek out human-generated content| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
EU officials and policymakers say the EC will intensify its enforcement of the DMA and DSA in 2026, a move expected to renew clashes with US Big Tech and Trump — Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels' willingness to stick with digital rule book| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Hands-on with Xreal's Neo, a $99 battery pack and mini-dock that acts as a passthrough converter so the company's glasses can work with the Nintendo Switch — I loved playing Switch games on the Xreal 1S glasses, but getting them connected is a little awkward.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Filing: West Co, founded by Biz Stone and Evan Sharp, raised $29M; it launched the invite-only social app Tangle, “designed for intentional living”, in November — Biz Stone and Evan Sharp raise new funds for ‘Tangle’ as they assess the ‘devastation’ caused by online excess
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| Jasmine Sun / New York Times: |
Tech workers in Silicon Valley are increasingly experimenting with gray-market peptide drugs from China, legal for personal use, for improving focus and more — Jayden Clark first heard about Chinese peptides at his Fourth of July party this past year. — In the backyard of a San Francisco … | Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of June Paik, CEO of Seoul-based chip startup FuriosaAI, valued at ~$700M, whose AI chip dubbed “RNGD” is slated to enter mass production this month — June Paik spurned a takeover offer from Meta Platforms last year. Now his South Korean company, FuriosaAI, has an AI chip entering mass production.| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Xreal unveils the $449 1S, a pair of AR glasses with 1200p, 700 nits brightness, 52 degree FOV, and 16:10 aspect ratio; the 1S can convert any 2D video into 3D — Despite the spec bump, the Xreal 1S are $50 cheaper than their predecessor. … At CES 2026, Xreal announced an upgraded …
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Fueled partly by US tech companies, governments worldwide are racing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution — In early November, Microsoft said it would supply artificial intelligence tools and training to more than 200,000 students and educators in the United Arab Emirates.
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| Jared Perlo / NBC News: |
A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska's court system to provide aid in the probate process, which has been plagued by delays and hallucinations — A yearlong effort to build an AI probate assistant reveals the limits of government chatbot development.
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| Financial Times: |
Dating apps are pivoting to Asia as swipe-right fatigue hits the West; India, China, and Indonesia ranked among the top five markets by downloads in 2025 — Rising numbers of ‘goal-orientated’ women are using the apps as stigma over online dating fades — Online dating companies are pivoting …
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| Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
The Groq deal shows the challenges Nvidia faces as options to deploy its cash flood narrow; its annual free cash flow has risen from $4.2B in 2020 to $80B+ now — Blowout AI spending fills chip maker's coffers, but Groq deal shows that company needs to think creatively
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| Mishal Husain / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Kara Swisher on Sam Altman's determination to “do anything to make OpenAI win”, Elon Musk, the tech industry's Trump pivot, and more — After a year of dominating mega-deals and driving stock-market gains, the tech industry is poised for a pivotal 2026 that centers largely …
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| Becky Peterson / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Elon Musk's bet that Tesla's future is in its Optimus humanoid robots, which for now rely on human helpers and still face commercial challenges — The billionaire has bet Tesla's future on humanoids, which for now rely on human helpers — The future of Tesla is an army … Sponsor Posts
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