Wednesday, December 17, 2025

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DoorDash Integrates App With OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Facilitate Grocery Shopping

PYMNTS / pymnts - A growing number of consumers will be able to shop for groceries in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, check out on DoorDash, and have their orders delivered from local grocery stores in as little as an hour. This experience is enabled by the new DoorDash app in ChatGPT, …

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New third-party iOS App Stores in Japan preserve user privacy, child safety

appleinsider - Apple is introducing alternative app stores and payment options in Japan to comply with a new competition law, while maintaining that platform-level security and child safety controls remain in place.App StoreApple compares this approach with the EU's Dig…

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China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees

Anna Washenko / engadget - A report from Reuters claims that scientists in China have created a prototype of a machine that could eventually be used to produce semiconductor chips capable of powering artificial intelligence. Sources told the publication that a team in Shenzhen comp…

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California threatens Tesla with 30-day suspension of sales license for deceptive self-driving claims

techxplore - California regulators are threatening to suspend Tesla's license to sell its electric cars in the state early next year unless the automaker tones down its marketing tactics for its self-driving features after a judge concluded the Elon Musk-led company h…

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Meta 'Pauses' Third-Party Headset Program

BeauHD / slashdot - Meta has paused its third-party Horizon OS headset program, effectively canceling planned VR headsets from Asus and Lenovo as it refocuses on "building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market." Road to VR reports:…

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Coinbase rolls out stock trading, prediction markets and more in bid to become the ‘Everything Exchange’

Ian Allison / coindesk - Coinbase is dramatically expanding the assets available to trade on its platform, including novel cryptocurrencies, perpetual futures, stocks and prediction markets, starting with Kalshi.

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OpenAI in Talks with Amazon for $10 Billion Investment: Report

Jon Swartz / techstrong - OpenAI is in preliminary discussions to raise at least $10 billion from Amazon.com Inc., according to a report in The Information, citing sources familiar with the matter. The potential deal would value the ChatGPT creator at more than $500 billion and in…

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Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator in do-over after Musk feud

go - The Senate has confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator

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Micron earnings blow past expectations — and the stock is climbing

@MarketWatch / x - Micron earnings blow past expectations — and the stock is climbing https://t.co/84lxNNYloP— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) December 17, 2025

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Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.

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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount hostile bid, backs Netflix deal

techspot - Warner Bros. Discovery's board has formally rejected Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid, urging shareholders to stick with Netflix's previously announced acquisition. The decision shuts down Paramount's attempt to wrest control of the media giant j…

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FIFA to return to gaming — via Netflix on TV

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Netflix has partnered with FIFA on a new soccer game to coincide with next year’s World Cup. The game, which wasn’t given an official title, will connect to most supported TVs and be playable using your phone as a controller. The game’s developer, Santa M…

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F.C.C. Chair Says Agency ‘Isn’t Independent,’ Breaking From Tradition

Cecilia Kang / nytimes - The comment from Brendan Carr, a Republican, raised concerns from lawmakers about how President Trump might use the agency.

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Apple Releases First Public Betas of iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, macOS Tahoe 26.3, and More [Download]

iclarified - Apple has released the first public betas of iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, macOS Tahoe 26.3, watchOS 26.3, and tvOS 26.3 for users to test. The release comes just a couple of days after Apple seeded the first developer betas of the new software.Continue ReadingS…

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Coursera to Acquire Udemy in $2.5 Billion All-Stock Deal

Jon Swartz / techstrong - Coursera Inc. announced Wednesday it will acquire rival online learning platform Udemy Inc. in an all-stock transaction, creating a combined entity valued at approximately $2.5 billion as the education technology sector consolidates following pandemic-era…

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Oracle stock dips 6% on report Blue Owl Capital won't back $10 billion data center

cnbc - The cloud company later said the project was moving forward and "on schedule," but that Blue Owl was not part of equity talks.

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OnePlus 15R launches with absolutely massive battery, and alongside iPad competitor

digitaltrends - OnePlus is ending the year strong with solid smartphone and tablet offerings.The post OnePlus 15R launches with absolutely massive battery, and alongside iPad competitor appeared first on Digital Trends.

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Ben Raises $27.5M in Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Ben, a London, UK-based provider of a platform using AI to help global enterprises manage employee benefits, raised $27.5M in funding. The round was led by Mercia Ventures with participation from existing investors Atomico, Cherry Ventures, DN Capital, an…

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Ankar lands $20M Series A to reinvent how Innovation becomes defensible IP

Cate Lawrence / tech - IP patent platform Ankar has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Atomico, with Index Ventures doubling down and Norrsken VC and Daphni participating. This Series A brings Ankar’s total funding...

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