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Barbara Moens / Financial Times: 3 mins ago

The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its “pay or consent” model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but “the case is not closed”

Financial Times: 50 mins ago

Big Tech's AI data center plans, which are set to need an estimated 44GW of additional capacity by 2028, face a power crunch that could deflate the AI “bubble”

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia: 70 mins ago

Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps

Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times: 85 mins ago

Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ

Alex Dooler / Bloomberg: 2 hours ago

Binance receives three licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, allowing comprehensive operations across its exchange, clearing, and brokerage arms

Associated Press: 2½ hours ago

Police in Edmonton, Canada partner with Axon to test body cameras with AI facial recognition, and say the results will be verified by human officers

Rohan Doshi / The Keyword: 2½ hours ago

Google says Gemini 3 Pro sets new vision AI benchmark records, including in complex visual reasoning, beating Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1 in some categories

Rest of World: 3 hours ago

Interviews with 10 Kenyan AI annotators show Chinese companies hire data labelers via opaque middleman networks and WhatsApp groups to avoid accountability

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: 3 hours ago

Coinbase reopens app registrations in India after an over-two-year pause, letting users make crypto-to-crypto trades, and plans to open up crypto buying in 2026

Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal: 3½ hours ago

Inside the creation of AI actress Tilly Norwood, which included 2,000 iterations; Particle6, its creator, says it has ~60 NDAs for projects involving Tilly

Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: 5 hours ago

How Pathway, a startup developing an alternative to the transformer, aims to use its Dragon Hatchling architecture to create a new class of adaptive AI systems

Aaron Krolik / New York Times: 7 hours ago

How “cash to crypto” swaps allow users everywhere to convert national currencies to stablecoins and then debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: 8 hours ago

Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B, above its market value of ~$8B as of December 5 close

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: 9 hours ago

A look at an “etiquette camp” for young founders in San Francisco, which teaches them how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations for tech founders

John Thornhill / Financial Times: 10 hours ago

Impressions from a London test ride in a car using Wayve's self-driving tech; Wayve has raised $1.3B since its launch and is testing cars with Level 2+ autonomy

Bloomberg: 12 hours ago

President Trump says Netflix's planned acquisition of WBD will have “to go through a process” and he will be personally involved in the decision-making process

Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: 13 hours ago

An interview with Headspace CEO Tom Pickett on its AI chatbot Ebb, which he insists isn't for serious mental health issues, Ebb's upgrade to voice, and more

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: 15 hours ago

Sources: Aaru, which uses AI to simulate user behavior, raised a Series A led by Redpoint Ventures at multiple valuation tiers, including a $1B valuation tier

Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:

Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about its €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account

Alex Dooler / Bloomberg:

Binance receives three licenses from Abu Dhabi's financial regulator, allowing comprehensive operations across its exchange, clearing, and brokerage arms

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B, above its market value of ~$8B as of December 5 close

Bloomberg:

President Trump says Netflix's planned acquisition of WBD will have “to go through a process” and he will be personally involved in the decision-making process

Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal:

Inside the creation of AI actress Tilly Norwood, which included 2,000 iterations; Particle6, its creator, says it has ~60 NDAs for projects involving Tilly

Rohan Doshi / The Keyword:

Google says Gemini 3 Pro sets new vision AI benchmark records, including in complex visual reasoning, beating Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.1 in some categories

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:

A look at an “etiquette camp” for young founders in San Francisco, which teaches them how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations for tech founders

Barbara Moens / Financial Times:

The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its “pay or consent” model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but “the case is not closed”

Associated Press:

Police in Edmonton, Canada partner with Axon to test body cameras with AI facial recognition, and say the results will be verified by human officers

Financial Times:

Big Tech's AI data center plans, which are set to need an estimated 44GW of additional capacity by 2028, face a power crunch that could deflate the AI “bubble”

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:

Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps

Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times:

Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ

Rest of World:

Interviews with 10 Kenyan AI annotators show Chinese companies hire data labelers via opaque middleman networks and WhatsApp groups to avoid accountability

Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal:

How Pathway, a startup developing an alternative to the transformer, aims to use its Dragon Hatchling architecture to create a new class of adaptive AI systems

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