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Regulation and money led the day. The FCC began blocking devices with chips it labels foreign surveillance chips, and component prices pushed PC shipments down sharply. Capital kept flowing to AI and Musk-linked companies.
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The FCC used its new authority to block two gadgets containing a HiVision Hi3516CV610 chip, which it labels a foreign surveillance chip.
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Counterpoint Research reports global PC shipments fell 21 percent year over year in Q3 2026, citing RAM and component price hikes.
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DeepSeek reportedly raised $15 billion days after US federal agencies were ordered to remove its technology.
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SpaceX and Tesla have formed special committees to discuss a possible merger, alongside SpaceX's planned $40 billion borrowing.
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Uber is rolling out ChatGPT Work to all 30,000 employees after a smaller pilot.
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The Browser Company will shut down the Arc browser on December 22 to focus on Dia. Arc's AI features are disabled earlier, in November.
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The UK proposes up to 14 years in prison for subsea cable sabotage and gives telecoms operators new powers.
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OpenAI is reportedly raising $30B at a $1.25T valuation ahead of a possible IPO, which would be a record for a private company.
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Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over privacy violations tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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Social media giant Meta was ordered to pay 25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy lawsuit that sprang from the company's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which came to light in 2018. According to multiple reports from the Associated Press, the New York Times, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal, state District Court Judge Francis J. Mathew called
Oura filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against rival Ultrahuman, alleging its Ring Pro infringes two Oura patents.
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Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two of its patents.
Meta created a new stock class to help Mark Zuckerberg pay California's proposed billionaire tax without losing voting control.
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A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.
Spotify confirmed it is using a QR code verification method to remove Family Plan users who do not live together.
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Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström confirmed on this week's earnings call that the company is trying to catch Spotify Family plan users who don't actually live together with a new QR code verification method that requires scanning the plan manager's phone. TechCrunch reports that in response to a question about the "crackdown," he called it a "routine improvement" instead: This is not as much a crackdown as it is actually a routine improvement of our verification methods for our Family Plan. Family Plan has existed for a long while. It has been around for, I think it is now close to 12, 13 years in Spotify history, and it makes up a pretty signi … Read the full story at The Verge.
Andreessen Horowitz is rebranding its crypto unit a16z Crypto as a16z Frontier, broadening its scope beyond blockchain under Chris Dixon.
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The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.
The Browser Company is shutting down its Arc browser on December 22 to focus on its Dia product.
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Arc was fiercely beloved by a dedicated group of enthusiasts, but it never quite became the mass-market Chrome alternative its makers once envisioned.
Google's Chrome developer blog announces an origin trial for the HTML-in-Canvas API, letting sites render HTML content inside canvas.
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Article URL: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/html-in-canvas-origin-trial Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50200164 Points: 38 # Comments: 17
Former OpenAI science lead Warp Science launches a startup using camera-equipped human chemists to train robots for automated wet labs.
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Wearing cameras and sensor gloves, the startup’s human chemists will train robots to perform various lab tasks.
A Tesla operating in Full Self-Driving mode struck and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian crossing I-80 in Vallejo, California.
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A 71-year-old man was fatally hit by a Tesla operating in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode while crossing I-80 in Vallejo, CA around 2:30 AM on Thursday, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The California Highway Patrol's statement to media outlets says it reviewed video of the accident from the Tesla's dashcam, which "showed the Tesla's brakes being applied as the vehicle steered to the left in an effort to avoid the pedestrian […] Despite these evasive actions, the right front portion of the Tesla struck the individual." According to the Chronicle, authorities believe at least one other vehicle struck the pedestrian after the Tesla, but othe … Read the full story at The Verge.
Elon Musk reportedly invested $1 billion in Skydance, providing a financial boost as the company cuts costs.
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The investment will provide a much needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price.
Tesla plans to expand its Cybercab robotaxi service to more U.S. cities this year.
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The company is looking to roll out the gold two-seater robotaxis to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum on the number of paid rides.
Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants3
Helion raised $225 million to speed development of its fusion power plant and new semiconductors for it, meant to supply Microsoft in 2028.
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Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028.
eMudhra announced it will exit the global SSL/TLS certificate business.
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Article URL: https://emudhra.com/en/press-release/emudhra-to-exit-global-ssl-tls-certificate-business Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50195110 Points: 262 # Comments: 154