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SpaceX didn’t properly inspect crane before collapse at Starbase, OSHA says – TechCrunch | Link
Netflix to pay all cash for Warner Bros. to fend off Paramount hostile takeover – Ars Technica | Link
Sony is giving TCL control over its high-end Bravia TVs – Ars Technica | Link
Google and Epic Games strike secretive $800 million deal – 9to5 Google | Link
TikTok closes deal to split US app from global business – BBC | Link
Tata Communications Appoints Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as New CEO-Designate, ETTelecom | Link
Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 has been a mess – The Verge | Link
Amazon cuts 16,000 corporate jobs amid efforts to develop AI – SAN | Link
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The Mui Board will support mmWave sleep tracking and gesture control – The Verge | Link
Everything announced at CES 2026 – Engadget | Link
FCC approves 7,500 additional Starlink Gen2 satellites — service will benefit from higher throughput and lower latency worldwide – Tom’s Hardware | Link
Eurobites: Eutelsat orders 340 more OneWeb LEO satellites – Light Reading | Link
Anthropic launches Claude Cowork, a version of its coding AI for regular people – Engadget | Link
Ofcom investigates Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes – BBC | Link
Microsoft has a plan to stop AI data centers from hiking up your electricity bill – CNN Business | Link
Google faces EU antitrust investigation over AI Overviews, YouTube – Reuters | Link
Paramount launches a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery – CNN Business | Link
AMS-IX to discontinue US operations amid shift to emerging markets – SDX Central | Link
Tekpon acquires TNW (The Next Web) brand from The Financial Times – TNW| Link
Google Pixel Watch 4 gets double pinch and wrist turn features – Engadget | Link
Google is powering a new US military AI platform – The Verge | Link
NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one – Ars Technica | Link
Google is turning any headphones into real-time translation earbuds – TechSpot | Link
iRobot has filed for bankruptcy and may be taken over by its primary supplier Picea Robotics – Engadget | Link
Starlink and Chinese satellites nearly collided last week – The Verge | Link
Google is retiring its free dark web monitoring tool next year – Engadget | Link
Amazon plans 370 job cuts at European HQ in Luxembourg: Who could be affected – The Economic Times | Link
U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight – The New York Times | Link
Google launches Gemini 3 Flash, makes it the default model in the Gemini app – TechCrunch | Link
Meta and Google delay undersea cables over security concerns – Engadget | Link
Widespread Cloudflare outage took many sites offline, but appears to be fixed – Engadget | Link
With a new company, Project Prometheus, Jeff Bezos will become a CEO again – Ars Technica | Link
A Cloudflare Outage Knocked Out Web Services Like X, ChatGPT and More Today – Investopedia | Link
Amazon Inks $38 Billion Nvida Chip Deal With OpenAI – Data Center Knowledge | Link
Microsoft’s $15.2B UAE investment turns Gulf State into test case for US AI diplomacy – TechCrunch | Link
Amazon and Perplexity are fighting over the future of AI shopping – Engadget | Link
Rivian creates another spinoff company called Mind Robotics – TechCrunch | Link
Samsung is working on HDR10+ Advanced to take on Dolby Vision 2 – Engadget | Link
An official Nintendo Store app hits iOS and Android – Engadget | Link
Microsoft To Invest $15B in UAE AI Industry – Data Center Knowledge | Link
SpaceX acquires $2.6 billion more in spectrum licenses from EchoStar – Engadget | Link
Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible – The Verge | Link
NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere – and what that could mean for Earth – ABC News | Link
Starlink rival ‘Project Kuiper’ rebrands to Amazon Leo – The Verge | Link
Valve Announces Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller – TechPowerUp | Link
Amazon Web Services Outage Affects Snapchat, Fortnite – The Wrap | Link
SpaceX launches 10,000th Starlink satellite, with no sign of slowing down – Ars Technica | Link
Amazon’s DNS problem knocked out half the web, likely costing billions – Ars Technica | Link
Samsung Launches Galaxy XR: AI-Powered Headset Built with Google to take on Apple & Meta – Outlook Business | Link
Apple hits $4 trillion milestone; Nvidia nears $5 trillion – NBC News | Link
Everyone thinks AI is replacing factory workers, but Amazon’s layoffs show it’s coming for middle management first – Fortune | Link
Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending – WIRED | Link
US government is getting closer to banning TP-Link routers – Engadget | Link
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UK government bails out Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5B loan after hack disrupts vehicle production for weeks – TechCrunch | Link
Google’s gradient ‘G’ logo is rolling out everywhere – The Verge | Link
Ground testing anomaly destroys Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha booster intended for next flight – Spaceflight Now | Link
Amazon’s 2025 hardware event: the 8 biggest announcements – The Verge | Link
Eight Sleep’s first water-chilled pillow cover costs a cool $1,049 – The Verge | Link
Google reveals its Gemini-powered smart home lineup and AI strategy – TechCrunch | Link
Chinese regulators are investigating Qualcomm’s acquisition of Autotalks – Engadget | Link
DGX Spark Nvidia’s desktop supercomputer: first look – The Register | Link
DJI fights U.S. government classification as ‘Chinese military company,’ appeals ruling – Mashable| Link
Battlefield 6 sold over 7 million copies in three days – Engadget | Link
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Framework deal reached over future of TikTok – AP News | Link
Google releases VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving LLM – Ars Technica | Link
Meta leaks its new smart glasses with a display – The Verge | Link
YouTube just announced a bunch of AI tools for creators – Engadget | Link
China reportedly bans tech companies from buying NVIDIA’s AI chips – Engadget | Link
Nvidia, Intel to co-develop “multiple generations” of chips as part of $5 billion deal – Ars Technica | Link
Google is expanding Gemini in Chrome and letting it do stuff for you – The Verge | Link
Microsoft is turning Foxconn’s empty buildings into the ‘world’s most powerful’ AI data center – The Verge | Link
Amazon is closing all Fresh grocery stores in the UK – Engadget | Link
Google reveals its Android for PC is coming next year – The Verge | Link
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its data centers for mass surveillance of Palestinians – Engadget | Link
Amazon will debut the Fire TV’s new Vega OS next week – Android Police | Link
$14 billion deal keeps TikTok alive in U.S. – Search Engine Land | Link
YouTube secretly tested AI video enhancement without notifying creators – Ars Technica | Link
Microsoft hosts emergency press conference after protesters ‘storm a building’ – The Verge | Link
Microsoft introduces a pair of in-house AI models – Engadget | Link
Dolby announces Dolby Vision 2, expanding picture quality ‘beyond HDR’ – Engadget | Link
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors – The New York Times | Link
Google fined $3.5 billion by EU for ad tech abuse – The Verge | Link
Trump Threatens Trade Actions After EU Fines Google Over Ads – Bloomberg | Link
Google finally details Gemini usage limits – The Verge | Link
An ‘iPhone Air,’ price hikes and AI: What to watch at Apple’s biggest event of the year – CNN Business | Link
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Reddit is restricting its availability to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine – Engadget | Link
Microsoft Sued For Killing Windows 10—All Users Must Act Now – Forbes | Link
Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor – The Verge | Link
Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature – The Verge | Link
HTC takes on Meta with the Vive Eagle smart glasses – Engadget | Link
The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess – Ars Technica | Link
Steam can’t escape the fallout from Visa and Mastercard’s censorship – Polygon | Link
Google launches its own ‘MagSafe’ with PixelSnap – TechCrunch | Link
Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder – Engadget | Link
AI browsers may be the best thing that ever happened to scammers – Engadget | Link
Google Pixel Watch 4 is the first with satellite communication support – GSMArena | Link
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