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OpenAI launches GPT-5.2, its "best model yet," in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning (Maxwell Zeff/Wired) OpenAI launches GPT-5.2, its "best model yet," in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning (Maxwell Zeff/Wired) Reviewed by swadu on December 11, 2025 Rating: 5
Ethiopia arrests 'indecently' dressed TikTok stars after awards ceremony Ethiopia arrests 'indecently' dressed TikTok stars after awards ceremony Reviewed by swadu on December 11, 2025 Rating: 5
Nick Clegg joins London-based VC firm Hiro Capital as a general partner, and Yann LeCun joins the firm as an adviser; sources: Hiro looks to raise a €500M+ fund (Financial Times) Nick Clegg joins London-based VC firm Hiro Capital as a general partner, and Yann LeCun joins the firm as an adviser; sources: Hiro looks to raise a €500M+ fund (Financial Times) Reviewed by swadu on December 10, 2025 Rating: 5
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results Reviewed by swadu on December 10, 2025 Rating: 5
These young Australians grew up with social media - what do they think of the ban? These young Australians grew up with social media - what do they think of the ban? Reviewed by swadu on December 09, 2025 Rating: 5
Google Photos launches new video editing tools, including specialized templates with preset music and text overlays, as well as a redesigned video editor (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch) Google Photos launches new video editing tools, including specialized templates with preset music and text overlays, as well as a redesigned video editor (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on December 09, 2025 Rating: 5
Source: the US Department of Commerce plans to allow the export of Nvidia's old H200 chips to China, seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China (Reed Albergotti/Semafor) Source: the US Department of Commerce plans to allow the export of Nvidia's old H200 chips to China, seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China (Reed Albergotti/Semafor) Reviewed by swadu on December 08, 2025 Rating: 5
An interview with Headspace CEO Tom Pickett on its AI chatbot Ebb, which he insists isn't for serious mental health issues, Ebb's upgrade to voice, and more (Emma Jacobs/Financial Times) An interview with Headspace CEO Tom Pickett on its AI chatbot Ebb, which he insists isn't for serious mental health issues, Ebb's upgrade to voice, and more (Emma Jacobs/Financial Times) Reviewed by swadu on December 07, 2025 Rating: 5
Trump criticises Democrat he pardoned over not switching political parties Trump criticises Democrat he pardoned over not switching political parties Reviewed by swadu on December 07, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Aaru, which uses AI to simulate user behavior, has raised a Series A led by Redpoint Ventures at multiple valuation tiers, including a $1B tier (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch) Sources: Aaru, which uses AI to simulate user behavior, has raised a Series A led by Redpoint Ventures at multiple valuation tiers, including a $1B tier (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on December 07, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Ted Sarandos met with President Trump in November, and both agreed WBD should go to the highest bidder; Sarandos argued that Netflix wasn't a monopoly (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) Sources: Ted Sarandos met with President Trump in November, and both agreed WBD should go to the highest bidder; Sarandos argued that Netflix wasn't a monopoly (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on December 07, 2025 Rating: 5
North American leaders take stage together for the first time North American leaders take stage together for the first time Reviewed by swadu on December 06, 2025 Rating: 5
Boycotts and arguments - can the Eurovision Song Contest survive its biggest crisis? Boycotts and arguments - can the Eurovision Song Contest survive its biggest crisis? Reviewed by swadu on December 05, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company (Wall Street Journal) Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company (Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on December 05, 2025 Rating: 5
Which European countries have mandatory or voluntary military service Which European countries have mandatory or voluntary military service Reviewed by swadu on December 05, 2025 Rating: 5
Phia, founded by Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe to develop an AI search engine accessed via an extension for Chrome and Safari, raised $30M at a $180M valuation (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg) Phia, founded by Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe to develop an AI search engine accessed via an extension for Chrome and Safari, raised $30M at a $180M valuation (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on December 04, 2025 Rating: 5
Israel says Palestinian groups returned body of Thai hostage held in Gaza Israel says Palestinian groups returned body of Thai hostage held in Gaza Reviewed by swadu on December 04, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Stripe is paying ~$1B to acquire Metronome, and the deal is expected to be predominantly cash; PitchBook: Metronome was valued at $470M in February (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Sources: Stripe is paying ~$1B to acquire Metronome, and the deal is expected to be predominantly cash; PitchBook: Metronome was valued at $470M in February (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Reviewed by swadu on December 03, 2025 Rating: 5
Stop wasting the world's time, Ukraine tells Putin after US talks in Moscow Stop wasting the world's time, Ukraine tells Putin after US talks in Moscow Reviewed by swadu on December 03, 2025 Rating: 5
OpenAI agrees to buy Poland-based Neptune, which makes tools for analyzing progress during AI model training; the transaction will be in stock (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) OpenAI agrees to buy Poland-based Neptune, which makes tools for analyzing progress during AI model training; the transaction will be in stock (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on December 03, 2025 Rating: 5
Filings: after EA's buyout, Saudi Arabia's PIF would own 93.4% of EA, implying it needs to put up ~$29B, while Silver Lake and Affinity would own 5.5% and 1.1% (Wall Street Journal) Filings: after EA's buyout, Saudi Arabia's PIF would own 93.4% of EA, implying it needs to put up ~$29B, while Silver Lake and Affinity would own 5.5% and 1.1% (Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on December 02, 2025 Rating: 5
What is Honduras ex-president accused of and why has Trump pardoned him? What is Honduras ex-president accused of and why has Trump pardoned him? Reviewed by swadu on December 02, 2025 Rating: 5
SITE NEWS: How to contact Techmeme about news SITE NEWS: How to contact Techmeme about news Reviewed by swadu on December 01, 2025 Rating: 5
Dozens missing as deadly landslide hits two boats in Peru Dozens missing as deadly landslide hits two boats in Peru Reviewed by swadu on December 01, 2025 Rating: 5
Michael Saylor's Strategy creates a $1.44B cash reserve funded by stock sales after cutting full-year profit and BTC yield targets due to bitcoin price drops (Stephen Alpher/CoinDesk) Michael Saylor's Strategy creates a $1.44B cash reserve funded by stock sales after cutting full-year profit and BTC yield targets due to bitcoin price drops (Stephen Alpher/CoinDesk) Reviewed by swadu on December 01, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Databricks is raising $5B at a $134B valuation, expects sales to grow 55% in 2025 to $4.1B, and is operating at roughly breakeven (Cory Weinberg/The Information) Sources: Databricks is raising $5B at a $134B valuation, expects sales to grow 55% in 2025 to $4.1B, and is operating at roughly breakeven (Cory Weinberg/The Information) Reviewed by swadu on November 30, 2025 Rating: 5
Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia Reviewed by swadu on November 30, 2025 Rating: 5
An in-depth look at TPUv7 Ironwood, the latest generation of Google's TPU, and how it positions Google as a serious challenger to Nvidia's AI chip dominance (Dylan Patel/SemiAnalysis) An in-depth look at TPUv7 Ironwood, the latest generation of Google's TPU, and how it positions Google as a serious challenger to Nvidia's AI chip dominance (Dylan Patel/SemiAnalysis) Reviewed by swadu on November 30, 2025 Rating: 5
Flights returning to normal after Airbus warning grounded planes Flights returning to normal after Airbus warning grounded planes Reviewed by swadu on November 29, 2025 Rating: 5
Salesforce: online Black Friday sales grew 6% YoY to $79B globally, including $3B in US sales driven by AI agents; Adobe: US online sales rose 9.1% to $11.8B (Joan Verdon/Forbes) Salesforce: online Black Friday sales grew 6% YoY to $79B globally, including $3B in US sales driven by AI agents; Adobe: US online sales rose 9.1% to $11.8B (Joan Verdon/Forbes) Reviewed by swadu on November 29, 2025 Rating: 5
Airbus issues an order to revert 6,000 A320-series planes to old software, after an incident revealed that intense solar radiation corrupted flight control data (Nadeem Badshah/The Guardian) Airbus issues an order to revert 6,000 A320-series planes to old software, after an incident revealed that intense solar radiation corrupted flight control data (Nadeem Badshah/The Guardian) Reviewed by swadu on November 29, 2025 Rating: 5
SEC filing: CoinShares withdraws registrations for its XRP, Solana staking, and Litecoin ETFs to focus on higher-margin opportunities ahead of a US listing (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters) SEC filing: CoinShares withdraws registrations for its XRP, Solana staking, and Litecoin ETFs to focus on higher-margin opportunities ahead of a US listing (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on November 28, 2025 Rating: 5
Prime Intellect debuts INTELLECT-3, an RL-trained 106B parameter open source MOE model it claims outperforms larger models across math, code, science, reasoning (Prime Intellect) Prime Intellect debuts INTELLECT-3, an RL-trained 106B parameter open source MOE model it claims outperforms larger models across math, code, science, reasoning (Prime Intellect) Reviewed by swadu on November 28, 2025 Rating: 5
Hungary's Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow Hungary's Orban defies EU partners and meets Putin again in Moscow Reviewed by swadu on November 28, 2025 Rating: 5
General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup Reviewed by swadu on November 27, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources detail how Anduril's fast-moving approach with its defense tech led to setbacks; Ukraine stopped using Anduril's Altius drones in 2024 due to problems (Wall Street Journal) Sources detail how Anduril's fast-moving approach with its defense tech led to setbacks; Ukraine stopped using Anduril's Altius drones in 2024 due to problems (Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on November 27, 2025 Rating: 5
The USPTO issues new guidelines clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human inventors and cannot itself be considered an inventor (Blake Brittain/Reuters) The USPTO issues new guidelines clarifying that generative AI is considered a tool that assists human inventors and cannot itself be considered an inventor (Blake Brittain/Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on November 27, 2025 Rating: 5
Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal) Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by swadu on November 26, 2025 Rating: 5
'I am devastated': Hong Kong residents in disbelief after fire destroys blocks of flats 'I am devastated': Hong Kong residents in disbelief after fire destroys blocks of flats Reviewed by swadu on November 26, 2025 Rating: 5
In an October 7 letter, the Pentagon informed lawmakers that Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg) In an October 7 letter, the Pentagon informed lawmakers that Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on November 26, 2025 Rating: 5
Trump envoy denies bias as he pushes for Sudan peace plan Trump envoy denies bias as he pushes for Sudan peace plan Reviewed by swadu on November 25, 2025 Rating: 5
OpenAI merges ChatGPT's voice mode directly into the main text chat interface by default; users can still switch back to the original, separate voice mode (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) OpenAI merges ChatGPT's voice mode directly into the main text chat interface by default; users can still switch back to the original, separate voice mode (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) Reviewed by swadu on November 25, 2025 Rating: 5
Ex-wife of Dubai royal says she fears arrest as custody battle escalates Ex-wife of Dubai royal says she fears arrest as custody battle escalates Reviewed by swadu on November 25, 2025 Rating: 5
OpenAI unveils a free shopping research feature in ChatGPT that delivers a personalized buyer's guide, powered by a custom version of GPT-5 mini (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET) OpenAI unveils a free shopping research feature in ChatGPT that delivers a personalized buyer's guide, powered by a custom version of GPT-5 mini (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET) Reviewed by swadu on November 24, 2025 Rating: 5
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