Trump picks former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins, who is seen as a strong advocate for looser regulation of crypto assets, to succeed Gary Gensler as SEC Chair
Mr. Atkins, a pro-business conservative, would likely take a lighter regulatory approach than the current chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Bitcoin passes $100K for the first time after rallying 126%+ since January 2024, driven by Bitcoin ETF demand, April's halving, and Donald Trump's election win
Bitcoin has rallied 126% since January to reach $100,000, driven by Bitcoin ETF demand, April's halving and Donald Trump's US election win.
The UK CMA clears the £15B Vodafone-Three deal after a 10-month inquiry, subject to investing £11B in UK digital infrastructure, creating the UK's biggest telco
- CMA approved the merger with Three in UK on Thursday — Europe's telcos have spent years lobbying for consolidation
At the DealBook Summit, Jeff Bezos said he is “very hopeful” about President-elect Donald Trump, and praised his deregulatory agenda and Elon Musk's leadership
The Amazon founder said he saw signs of a “calmer” Donald J. Trump on the eve of his return to the White House.
The White House says the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted eight telecom companies in the US, and also affected dozens of other countries, for as long as two years
A senior administration official said Wednesday the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted dozens of countries in a sweeping espionage campaign
Intel interim co-CEO David Zinsner says Intel's financial forecast is unchanged and expects the next CEO to have some capability around both foundry and product
Intel's (INTC.O) next chief executive officer will have manufacturing expertise as well as experience in the product side of the business …
Microsoft and Lumen's Black Lotus Labs find Russia-linked Turla hackers hijacked Pakistan-based hackers' servers to launch their own attacks since December 2022
The notorious Russian cyber-espionage group Turla is hacking other hackers, hijacking the Pakistani threat actor Storm-0156's infrastructure …
Viral influencer Haliey Welch's Hawk Tuah memecoin sparks outrage across social media as it briefly pumped to a peak market cap of $490M and then dumped 90%+
Haliey Welch's memecoin HAWK has plunged 90% since its launch, though Welch has denied any insider sales from herself or her team.
Amazon Nova LLM first impressions: the models are competitive with Google Gemini and extremely inexpensive, and may position Amazon as a top tier model provider
Amazon released three new Large Language Models yesterday at their AWS re:Invent conference.
Intel adds former ASML CEO Eric Meurice and Microchip interim CEO Steve Sanghi to its board; both have significant semiconductor manufacturing experience
Rohan Goswami / CNBC :
Waymo says it will expand its fleet into Miami in 2025 with human safety drivers and plans to open up paid rides to local users via its Waymo One app by 2026
Waymo is setting its sights on its next location: the Sunshine State. — The Alphabet-owned company announced Thursday that it will be hitting the roads in Miami.
Sources: TSMC is in discussions with Nvidia to make its Blackwell AI chips at TSMC's new Arizona plant starting in early 2025, expanding on production in Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) is in discussions with Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) to produce its Blackwell artificial …
CCData: crypto trading volume hit an all-time high in November, with $10T+ of assets traded for the first time on centralized spot and derivatives exchanges
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg :
A look at Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's failed rescue strategy; since Gelsinger took over in February 2021, Nvidia added $3T in market cap while Intel lost $150B
Pat Gelsinger was one of the chip pioneer's true believers. After his rescue strategy failed, the board lost confidence in him.
Meta plans to invest $10B to build an AI data center in Louisiana, in what would be its largest data center in the world, and expects work to start in December
Facebook-parent Meta (META.O) said on Wednesday it plans to invest $10 billion to set up an AI data center in Louisiana …
A look at the fulfillment networks of Amazon, Walmart, and Target for same-day or next-day delivery; Walmart says it now offers same-day to 86% of US households
Retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target have figured out that if they get you your online order today, you will probably spend more tomorrow.
Three of Google's NotebookLM team members, lead Raiza Martin, a designer, and an engineer, are leaving to launch a startup focused on “a user-first AI product”
Three members of Google's NotebookLM team, including its team lead and designer, have announced they are leaving Google for a new stealth startup.
Chainalysis names co-founder Jonathan Levin as CEO, replacing co-founder Michael Gronager, who is departing after taking a leave of absence from October 2024
Michael Gronager, the co-founder of Chainalysis, has agreed to leave the company permanently, two months after taking a temporary personal leave of absence.
How subsea internet cables off West Africa fell into a nearly 3,000-foot canyon in March 2024, causing major disruptions, and a look at efforts to repair them
In a wireless world, it is easy to forget the all-too-real cables that snake across the turbulent ocean floor. Until they snap.
xAI plans to expand its Colossus supercomputer tenfold to incorporate 1M+ GPUs; work has already begun to increase the size of its Memphis, Tennessee facility
Facility in Memphis expected to incorporate more than 1mn GPUs as billionaire's xAI aims to catch up with rivals
Sources: AT&T, JPMorgan, and Dunkin' pulled ads from Twitch after a controversial group of livestreamers alleged that Twitch is promoting antisemitic content
- Exiled contributors mount campaign that includes edited clips — Their targets are pro-Palestinian streamer and Twitch staffers
Google DeepMind unveils Genie 2, a model that can generate 3D worlds from a single prompt image, playable by humans or AI agents using keyboard and mouse inputs
Google's Genie 2 can turn text into a playable game in real-time William J. Broad / New York Times : Google DeepMind unveils GenCast, an AI weather model that the company claims outperforms traditiona...
A deep dive into Amazon's Trainium2, which shows the company is on a path to eventually providing competitive custom AI chips, especially for LLM inference
- Trn2, Trn2-Ultra, Performance, Software, NeuronLinkv3, EFAv3, TCO, 3D Torus, Networking Costs, Supply Chain — AWS Trainium1 / Inferentia2 GenAI Weakness
Sources: Meta is shifting part of the development of its MR headsets to Chinese manufacturer Goertek and moving half of production to Vietnam from China
Meta Platforms is changing how it designs and where it builds its mixed reality devices to stem deep financial losses and skirt a possible trade war between the U.S. and China.
US authorities: Dubai has quietly become a leading home for crypto scamming in the past decade, including Ponzi and pyramid schemes that made $3.4B+ since 2017
Ponzi and pyramid schemes dressed in startup clothes have been running rampant in the UAE, experts and US authorities say.
Anduril and OpenAI partner to deploy advanced AI systems for national security missions, focusing on “improving the nation's counter-unmanned aircraft systems”
causing $PLTR to dip 4% 👀 [image] Liv Boeree / @liv_boeree : Where have I seen this movie before Deepa Seetharaman / @dseetharaman : OpenAI is partnering with Anduril, which will use OpenAI's models i...
Threads users can now follow fediverse accounts that have interacted with a Threads post; users won't see fediverse posts in feeds, but will on account profiles
However, I believe that interoperability is necessary for survival of all of these platforms. … Eugen Rochko / @Gargron@mastodon.social : @mosseri just announced that #Threads users can finally follow...
Hands-on with Xreal's One Series smart glasses, powered by its custom-made X1 chip; the $499 One ships from December 9 and the $599 One Pro ships in early 2025
and I got the chance to try them on Michael L Hicks / Android Central : Xreal beats Meta to the punch with its next-gen spatial AR glasses Alex Heath / The Verge : Xreal's new glasses are a surprising...
Four top Chinese industry associations say Chinese companies should be wary of buying US chips as they are “no longer safe or reliable”, and buy locally instead
warnings come in the wake of new US sanctions Caixin Global : Backlash From Key Chinese industries as U.S. Expands Chip Export Restrictions Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia : China pushes domestic c...
Bengaluru-based Swiggy reports Q2 revenue of ~$425M and a $74M loss in its first post-IPO earnings, and expects to post positive core earnings by December 2025
London-based Lawhive, whose AI-based SaaS tools let small, “Main Street” law firms automate legal tasks, raised a $40M Series A co-led by GV and TQ Ventures
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Amazon rolls out a “Buy with AWS” button that software companies can add to their websites to help customers with AWS accounts find, try, and buy services
With 50+ launch partners, and more to come, we're bringing AWS Marketplace closer to customers. — https://lnkd.in/...
Q&A with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on his “Machines of Loving Grace” essay, AI industry concentration, why democracies must maintain the lead in AI, and more
Co-founder of leading AI start-up sees potential to help free states counter autocracies, as well as exploring biological complexity
At the DealBook Summit, Sundar Pichai said he would love to do a side-by-side comparison of Google and Microsoft's AI models, and expressed optimism about Trump
He also criticizes Satya Nadella for bragging about their AI capabilities while Microsoft relies on external models. 😬
AI language translation was one of the most beneficial uses of AI during major global elections in 2024, and AI misinformation was not as catastrophic as feared
The most significant impact turned out to be AI being used to bridge language gaps everywhere from India to New York and make candidates messages multilingual Eric Smalley / @ericsmalley : AI is now p...
Enterpret, which helps companies automatically extract insights from customer feedback, raised a $20.8M Series A led by Canaan, taking its total raised to $25M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
TikTok says US sales on TikTok Shop tripled to $100M+ on Black Friday and it drew a 165% annual increase in shoppers on the two days leading up to Cyber Monday
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg :
AT&T's stock is up 35% in 2024 after CEO John Stankey reversed course in 2022 and spun off Warner Bros. and DirecTV, and plans to return $40B+ to shareholders
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal :
A look at European startups building AI-powered weapons, betting governments will increase defense budgets and buy more autonomous drones and AI systems
Wrote our newsletter today about four fascinating newcomers in European defense: Helsing …
Cleerly, whose AI-powered imaging tech aims to identify early-stage heart disease, raised a $106M Series C extension, adding to the $223M it raised in July 2022
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch :
Axiado, which makes chips and apps to secure data centers, 5G base stations, and more against cyberattacks, raised a $60M Series C led by Maverick Silicon
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
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