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Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks — Also: Company ramps up work on turning AirPods into a health device.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP — Incoming president Donald Trump has confirmed reports that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January — Consortium likely to include Elon Musk's SpaceX in move to grab a bigger slice of $850bn US defence budget
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says AI spending frenzy will continue until the decade's end, and downplays an Intel bid, saying he had his “hands very full” in AI chips — CEO said Big Tech groups are ‘investing full tilt’ as US chipmaker soars to more than $1tn valuation
More: SiliconANGLE and Motley Fool
| The Linux Foundation: |
A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor — We've long understood that people are the engine that powers open source. Prior research has found different ways to measure the value … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son has recently become singularly obsessed with how to build the next Nvidia and wants competitive AI chips ready to ship by 2026 — The billionaire SoftBank founder promises to invest $100 billion in the US as part of a sweeping redemption plan.
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A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime — Disney and Netflix are expanding in the popular Japanese cartoon genre — At first glance, Sony Group Corp.'s $1.2 billion acquisition …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
A look at Amazon's revamped drone delivery program near Phoenix, Arizona, where the company's new MK-30 drones deliver dozens of packages a day to customers — A recent visit to the company's overhauled drone delivery program in Arizona left me impressed by the drones, but skeptical that the public will welcome them.| Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword: |
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms — We will appeal the Court's decision but the process requires that we first file proposed remedies. This is a case about contracts.
More: SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Google, Android Headlines, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Search Engine Land, Semafor, Los Angeles Times, Android Police, Engadget, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, BBC, Thurrott, Search Engine Journal, PhoneArena, New York Times, 9to5Google, Business Insider, New York Times, and Patently Apple
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| Esha Dey / Bloomberg: |
Tesla's shares are up 73% since Election Day, as several analysts see the Trump administration easing rules for self-driving tech, benefiting Tesla's ambitions — - Stock was down 2% before election, gains 73% since Trump's win — ‘Hard to imagine an upside’ from here: Wisdomtree's Gannatti
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Zoho:
The crossroads of AI and SaaS — Enabling businesses of all sizes to build products in-house and disqualifying SaaS tools that are not AI-powered. In a span of just two years, AI has made a name for itself as the key driver for innovation. Businesses of all sizes use AI and encourage …
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| Bloomberg: |
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region — - While global tech expands in the region, its startups languish — Its homegrown tech industry risks falling behind in AI| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
How Britannica survived the Wikipedia era by changing itself into a maker of education software and AI agents, as it reportedly weighs an IPO at a $1B valuation — The encyclopedia maker could have become a casualty of the Wikipedia era. But it has remade itself into a digital learning giant that is weighing going public.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency — But there's a twist: the agency wants self-driving car companies to cough up more data.
More: TESLARATI, CleanTechnica, Boston Herald, TechCrunch, NHTSA, and Reuters
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A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee laborFind
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Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in JanuaryFind
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A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into animeFind
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