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Uber launches Uber Parking, an in-app parking reservation tool powered by its SpotHero acquisition, in 15 US cities, including Chicago, NYC, and San Francisco

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You can now reserve and pay for parking directly within the Uber app, earning credits on reservations to use for rides and food delivery.

theverge.com
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Disney and Adobe sign a multiyear deal to build proprietary "artist-led" generative AI models with Adobe Firefly Foundry to support Disney's production pipeline

Disney gains access to bespoke generative AI tools, ensuring creative output remains aligned with its brands and commercially safe.

theverge.com · 7 sources ●●●●
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Medium launches TK, an AI-powered, minimalist note-taking, journaling, and private social networking app with daily prompts, its first major launch since 2017

Medium's new TK app offers AI-assisted note-taking and private group blogging, independent of search engine traffic.

theverge.com · 5 sources ●●●●
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Meta releases Muse Ember, its smallest and most cost-efficient AI model yet, saying it delivers more intelligence per dollar than Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna

Meta Superintelligence Lab released a new AI model on Monday called Muse Ember, the lab's lightest and most cost-efficient AI model yet.

techcrunch.com · 4 sources ●●●●
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Elliptic: hackers behind the $6.3B Binance heist created at least six memecoins on the NEAR blockchain network to launder about $430,000 of stolen funds

The cost to launder crypto using disposable meme coins on NEAR has fallen to under $100 per token.

bloomberg.com · 10 sources ●●●●
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Sources: Jensen Huang hired crisis communications firm Heller as early as October 2025; an NYT report in October 2025 on his Megaspeed ties caused tensions

Nvidia's CEO admitted to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, triggering an internal investigation into his conduct.

wired.com · 7 sources ●●●●
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French officials say Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France in October

The cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, including food supply chains and blood banks, is now directly threatened by state-sponsored cyber warfare.

reuters.com · 14 sources ●●●○
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Sources: a Commerce Department investigation into Megaspeed for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips to China was transferred to the DOJ after Nvidia intervened

If you trade in advanced tech components, expect increased scrutiny on export compliance.

nytimes.com · 5 sources ●●●○
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In a 60 Minutes interview, Trump says the DOJ threatened a top exec at "one of the big" AI companies over "bad" activities and this "person totally changed"

The Justice Department is now implicitly involved in regulating AI company executives based on unspecified "bad" activities.

theverge.com · 2 sources ●●●○
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Google unveils two specialized TPUs launching in 2027: the 8tx, to be paired with an AMD CPU, and the 8i Max, a dual-chip package for long-context window tasks

You can now use Google's TPUs on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure starting in 2027, in addition to Google's own cloud.

bloomberg.com · 19 sources ●●●○
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Draft law: the EU's Digital Fairness Act would require companies to let adults disable addictive features and will target AI systems that simulate relationships

Adults will be able to disable addictive features on social media platforms.

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An interview with ex-Shein Executive Chair Donald Tang who insists it was his decision to step down ahead of the troubled IPO, Shein's valuation rout, and more

The former chair of a major fast-fashion retailer is no longer involved with the company.

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Spines, which uses AI agents to edit and proofread amateur authors' books, design their covers, and handle their layout, raised $29M in equity and $35M in debt

The cost of self-publishing a book falls by thousands of dollars, making professional-quality production accessible to more aspiring authors.

en.globes.co.il · 6 sources ●●○○
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Nominal, which builds software to make hardware manufacturing more efficient, raised $240M at a $3B valuation, up from $1B after an $80M Series B in March

If you are building hardware, the tools to make manufacturing more efficient are valued more highly.

bloomberg.com · 6 sources ●●○○
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Sources: Alice Huang and her partner pitched a Southeast Asia data center project to China-based investors in 2025, saying they had "no problem securing GPUs"

The cost of securing high-end GPUs for AI infrastructure may be less than anticipated.

ft.com · 4 sources ●●○○
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Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny

Washington may now doubt Nvidia's assurances on preventing sensitive technology from reaching unauthorized customers.

techcrunch.com · 12 sources ●●○○
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang starring in possible remake of The Spy Who Shagged Me

Nvidia's CEO is under investigation for personal conduct that could have national security implications, directly impacting investor confidence and the company's standing.

theregister.com · 3 sources ●●○○
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Nvidia espionage scandal weakens Huang's lobby against tighter AI chip export controls

If you buy Nvidia AI chips, their accessibility to China is now under greater government scrutiny.

the-decoder.com · 56 sources ●●○○