NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like addictive feeds to show warning labels about mental health impacts on young users
The warnings will appear when users interact with a feature the state deems addictive. — The State of New York …
The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including CEO Jonathan Ross, creator of the TPU, and keeps them from companies that may try to make their own chips
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a... wait. What's that?
Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B+ in assets
It's uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
Internal documents show Instagram's aggressive campaign to win back teens, including by boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more
The company pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back even after critics said it wasn't safe, records show.
A Google support page in Hindi says the company is rolling out an option to let users change their Gmail addresses while retaining all data and services
experimental @gmail feature rolling out in India first, no official announcement yet Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times : Google is at last letting users swap out embarrassing Gmail addresses with...
Indian IT services provider Coforge agrees to acquire Encora, which offers AI tools for product, cloud, and data engineering, at an enterprise value of $2.35B
Indian IT services provider Coforge said on Friday it would acquire artificial intelligence firm Encora at an enterprise value …
Five FaZe Clan influencers exit after failed contract talks with new management; Matt Kalish, who invested $10M, calls FaZe's current structure “unsustainable”
The future of the popular influencer group FaZe Clan is in flux once again after several members announced …
Coinbase says a former customer service agent was arrested in India, following a May breach where hackers bribed contractors to access sensitive customer data
Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said that a former customer service agent for the largest US crypto exchange …
As inference splits into prefill and decode, Nvidia's Groq deal could enable a “Rubin SRAM” variant optimized for ultra-low latency agentic reasoning workloads
Nvidia is buying Groq for two reasons imo. 1) Inference is disaggregating into prefill and decode.
Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450, retail traders have poured billions of dollars into the stock, which is up ~3,000% in the past three years
Kyle Dijamco is a proud member of Palantir Technologies' fast-growing retail investor base. — The Los Angeles-based marketer …
The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France
President Emmanuel Macron, who wanted to be at the forefront of France's reindustrialization efforts, traveled to Isère … Bluesky: @pieterhaeck . Forums: r/europe , r/hardware , and r/technology Blues...
Facing disruption from GenAI, the $250B Indian IT industry has adapted by focusing on preparatory work AI requires, such as data cleanup and system integration
How Indian IT learned to stop worrying and sell the AI shovel — For the last two years, generative AI was going to kill Indian IT.
Federal records show ICE has increased its surveillance tech spending to $300M+ under Trump, as the White House lowered privacy guardrails around citizens' data
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying millions of dollars' worth of new surveillance tools at the same …
The top 10 US tech billionaires collectively added $550B+ to their combined net worth in 2025, reaching $2.5T by December 24, up from $1.9T at the year's start
NVIDIA's revenue exploded from ~$61B in FY2024 to ~$120B run-rate exiting 2025, roughly ~95% YoY growth at the peak. … Bluesky: @thebluenami.is.democrat : m@ga been trained to obey every word from the...
Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since Q3 2001, when it slid ~34%, amid skepticism about its ability to open more data centers for OpenAI
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
ServiceNow has spent $12B+ on acquisitions and investments in 2025 amid concerns about revenue growth, projected to fall below 20% in 2026 without acquisitions
After years of eschewing big mergers, ServiceNow Inc. is on a deal spree. It has spent at least $12 billion this year on acquisitions or strategic investments.
A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, “signaling limited technology spillovers” to the local economy
HO CHI MINH CITY — Vietnam looks like a tech darling as investment from giants such as Apple, Samsung and others pours in.
Government data: shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones in China, primarily iPhones, rose 128.4% YoY in November 2025 to 6.93M units
Cursor CEO Michael Truell warns that “vibe coding” advanced projects may create “shaky foundations” and eventually “things start to kind of crumble”
Nothing controversial here. If you have AI write a bunch of code that you don't understand then you'll have a bad time. @pileofgarbage.net : Very amusing watching the CEO of garbage AI coding company...
Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $100B+ in 2025; small companies face higher interest rates given investor wariness over unproven AI businesses
Cool cool So like a dot-com boom-bust with mortgage crisis characteristics? — https://www.nytimes.com/... #GiftLink Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : As AI Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow W...
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending frenzy in India
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post :
Chinese state media: China launches three VC funds of $7.1B+ each to back early-stage “hard technology” startups valued below ¥500M, or about $71M
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