An analysis of Waymo data covering nearly 100M driverless miles in four US cities: Waymo cars have far lower crash rates per million miles than human drivers
I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash. The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew.
HBO Max's 4K Mad Men re-release had many problems, including lacking post-production edits in some scenes; a source says Lionsgate delivered the wrong 4K file
But the best one definitely did. … The 4K stream of the classic Lionsgate Television series for AMC Network came to HBO Max on Monday …
Sources: Anthropic taps law firm Wilson Sonsini to begin work on its IPO, which could come as soon as 2026, and held preliminary talks with big investment banks
AI start-up picks law firm Wilson Sonsini for what could be one of the largest public offerings ever
YouTube says it will comply with Australia's social media ban for under-16s, after rejecting its inclusion in the crackdown and calling the regulation “rushed”
YouTube is taking steps to comply with Australia's upcoming under-16s social media ban, even after rejecting …
Waymo's self-driving cars appear to be bending traffic laws and getting impatient with pedestrians, as the company seeks to make them “confidently assertive”
Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green
Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content
Almost half of the most-listened to 50 shows now have video available on Spotify — Spotify, as part of the annual Spotify …
Binance names co-founder Yi He as co-CEO, alongside Richard Teng, making her one of the few women leading a crypto company; she also has children with ex-CEO CZ
The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange announced a significant leadership move on Wednesday, naming longtime executive …
Spotify releases Wrapped 2025, which adds features like Wrapped Party, its first live interactive experience, Top Song Quiz, Listening Age, and Wrapped Clubs
Spotify Wrapped is back. After last year's widely criticized flop that included an AI podcast as its highlight …
Sources and docs: Palantir's Immigration OS helps ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them; a decade ago, Alex Karp said Trump's plans made “no sense”
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company's chief executive.
Q&A with Valve executive Pierre-Loup Griffais, who helped architect SteamOS and the Steam Deck, on quietly funding open-source tech to play Windows games on ARM
In an exclusive interview, Valve reveals it's the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm.
After a backlash, Amazon Prime Video removes AI-generated English and Spanish dubs that it had quietly rolled out in beta for several anime films and series
As quickly as they arrived, many of Prime Video's controversial generated dubs have been removed from the streamer. — READING TIME 2 MINUTES
Half of US states now require users to upload their IDs or hand over their biometric data to view porn, after Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law
As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand …
Sources: Microsoft units lowered how much salespeople are supposed to grow sales of certain AI products, a rare move for Microsoft, after missing growth targets
Executives at Microsoft and other enterprise software firms heralded 2025 as the year artificial intelligence would be capable …
Marvell says it will acquire Celestial AI for $3.25B+ in cash and stock, set to close in Q1 2026; the price can rise to $5.5B if Celestial hits revenue targets
Semiconductor company Marvell on Tuesday announced that it will acquire Celestial AI for at least $3.25 billion in cash and stock.
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump's American Bitcoin closed down 38.8% on December 2, wiping out ~$1B in market value; TMTG is down nearly 70% so far in 2025
Company's shares plummet as investors cash out at end of lock-up period — Shares in a US cryptocurrency miner backed by Donald Trump Jr …
A look at startups like AGI and Plato, which build replicas of websites to let AI agents learn to navigate the internet and complete tasks, like booking flights
This summer, lawyers at United Airlines noticed that someone had built an almost perfect replica of the company's website.
Amazon adds an Alexa+ feature to Fire TV that lets Prime Video users skip to movie scenes using natural language descriptions, character names, or famous quotes
The new AI-powered feature will expand to TV shows on the streamer at a later date — Amazon's Fire TV will make it easier …
Russia's Roskomnadzor blocks access to Roblox, claiming that it is “rife with inappropriate content” and distributing extremist materials and “LGBT propaganda”
Russia has blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N), accusing …
Some YouTube creators are using AI tools to make videos for kids and babies, raising concerns that such AI content may negatively impact early brain development
As younger children spend more time on the platform, concern is growing that their brains are being shaped by AI-generated videos purporting to be educational.
Google debuts Android 16 QPR2, a minor update expanding features for notifications, icons, calling screens, and more, marking the end of annual Android releases
Check Key Features Bhabesh Talukdar / Deal N Tech : Android 16 QPR2 Rolled Out for Pixel Devices: What's New in the Latest Update Pranav Dixit / Business Today : Google rolls out Android 16 updates wi...
Copper demand is being boosted by AI data centers, which require 27 to 33 tons per MW, over 2x what conventional data centers require, per miner Grupo México
Data centres and green grids are heavy users of the red metal, but mine supply is stagnating and new discoveries are rare
Uber partners with Avride to launch robotaxi rides in Dallas, marking Uber's fourth US city to offer autonomous ride options, after Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg :
Stripe agrees to acquire Metronome, which offers APIs to help SaaS companies charge customers based on usage and has raised $128M in total funding
compounded by the rise of AI. That shift accelerated even more than I expected. Metronome became the monetization infrastructure Jeff Weinstein / @jeff_weinstein : Welcome @getmetronome to @stripe! Us...
AI Forensics: 354 AI-focused TikTok accounts pushed 43K posts made with GenAI tools that hit 4.5B views, including posts with anti-immigrant and sexual material
Researchers uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts that had accumulated 4.5bn views in a month — By Dan Milmo, Global technology editor. Bluesky: @gabriellanonino.com Bluesky: Gabriella Nonino / @gabrie...
Vinci, which uses AI simulations to accelerate chip and other hardware design, raised a $36M Series A led by Xora Innovation, taking its total funding to $46M
Startup Vinci said on Tuesday it has raised $36 million to finance its business of building software that can speed chip …
MongoDB's stock jumped 22% on December 2 after Q3 revenue rose 19% YoY to $628M, vs. $592M est.; MongoDB boosts full-year guidance on Atlas growth and AI demand
and AI Isn't Even Helping Yet The Stack : MongoDB beats earnings spectations on strong Atlas growth Forums: r/ValueInvesting : MongoDB stock skyrockets 27% on AI, cloud database platform growth
Decentralized exchange Ostium raised a $20M Series A led by General Catalyst and Jump Trading, a source says at a ~$250M valuation, after previously raising $8M
Ben Weiss / Fortune :
Anthropic's employees self-report using Claude in 60% of their work, most for debugging and code understanding, achieving a 50% productivity boost, and more
What Traders Should Watch Jeremy Kahn / Fortune : How Anthropic's safety first approach won over big business—and how its own engineers are using its Claude AI X: @anthropicai : How is AI changing wor...
Sources: President Trump's plans to block state-level AI regulations via a preemption proposal face opposition from Democrats, Republicans, and consumer groups
TikTok plans to invest $37.7B+ to build a data center near Brazil's port of Pecém, partnering with Omnia and Casa dos Ventos, its first project in Latin America
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes sues Temu for allegedly stealing customers' data, including their GPS locations and lists of their apps, and counterfeiting local brands
Sejal Govindarao / Associated Press :
ServiceNow announces a deal to acquire identity security startup Veza, sources say for between $1B and $1.5B, a ~50% premium to Veza's $808M valuation in March
and one I'm incredibly proud of. For 5.5 years, we've been building, iterating, and pushing toward a vision we believed could change the identity security world. … Eric Braun : Exciting news to expan...
CNN partners with Kalshi to use its real-time prediction data in TV, digital, and social channel reporting, on-air data tickers, analysis, and fact-checking
Sara Fischer / Axios :
London-based Sokin, which develops tech for B2B cross-border payments, raised a $50M Series B led by Prysm Capital at a $300M valuation
John Reynolds / Tech.eu :
Filing: JD.com's JingDong Industrials, or JDi, a supply chain technology and services provider in China, aims to raise up to ~$420M in its Hong Kong IPO
Bending Spoons acquires Eventbrite for ~$500M in an all-cash deal, following its $1.38B acquisition of Vimeo in September and its pending acquisition of AOL
Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu :
Software testing and validation startup Antithesis raised $105M led by Jane Street, as demand grows to vet AI-generated code for bugs and security flaws
Financial Times :
Check Point is raising $1.5B from the sale of a five-year zero-coupon convertible bond; part of the proceeds will go toward buying back up to $225M of stock
Bloomberg :
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