Tuesday, December 30, 2025

In Detail Full day, Tuesday, December 30, 2025, Timezone: America/Chicago

Ford confirms it is sticking with Apple CarPlay

Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Ford’s chief financial officer, Sherry House, has confirmed that Apple CarPlay will remain available in its vehicles. According to iPhone in Canada, House said that many Ford drivers enjoy CarPlay, and that Ford reportedly wants to preserve the experience…

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U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks, face 20 years in prison each — group demanded up to $10 million from each victim

tomshardware - Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion for deploying ransomware against several victims. The perpetrators are facing 20 years in prison each, with sentencing set in March 2026.

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Long Live AM4: ASUS Rumored To Increased DDR4 Motherboard Production

techpowerup - Perhaps in response to the overwhelming demand for DDR5 and the resulting price increase for PC hardware, ASUS is apparently planning to increase production of its B550 AM4 motherboards, which still rely on aging DDR4 RAM. This is according to a leak post…

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra leaks in new photos, revealing bigger camera bump

Max Buondonno / theshortcut - The rest of the phone seems to be identical to the S25 Ultra

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Grayscale Targets AI Crypto Exposure With Proposed GTAO Bittensor ETF

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Grayscale pushes GTAO ETF conversion as TAO halving fuels renewed demand momentum Spot GTAO ETF plan brings staking rewards and in-kind flows to investors worldwide OTCQX debut sets stage for NYSE Arca listing and future ETF effectiveness ahead TAO p…

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Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Drone Show Lights Up Las Vegas Nightline Ahead of Dec. 31 Show Finale

Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Ahead of the Dec. 31 final episode of the last season of Netflix’s popular sci-fi thriller series “Stranger Things,” the Las Vegas nightline was treated to a “Stranger Things” drone show. On Dec. 28., the drone show depicted moments from the series with 5…

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SoftBank Makes Good on $40 Billion OpenAI Investment

PYMNTS / pymnts - SoftBank completed its promised $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI, CNBC reported Tuesday (Dec. 30), citing unnamed sources. The Japanese investment firm last week gave the artificial intelligence startup a final payment of $22 billion to $22.5 b…

Editor: So the big question here is what did Softbank have to do to make this happen? We already know ~6B of it came from liquidating Nvidia stock, but what else? Selling off more bets? Taking on more debt? It feels like a lot of exposure.

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LG unveils Gallery TV, a canvas-style rival to Samsung's The Frame

techspot - The LG Gallery TV will use the company's Gallery+ content service launched earlier this year. The library offers more than 4,500 pieces of artwork. Owners can also create pieces using generative AI or add their own images from a personal gallery – it even…

Editor: Having seen the Samsung equivalent in the wild, I can appreciate why these qualify as a "craze" - they look fantastic and really add to a space.

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TCL’s New Paper-Like Tablet Has a Bunch of AI in It

James Pero / gizmodo - The Note A1 Nxtpaper throws a lot of AI features at the wall.

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Britain’s Octopus Energy To Spin Off AI Arm Kraken At $8.65 Billion Valuation

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - British renewable-energy startup Octopus Energy is spinning off its utility management platform, Kraken Technologies, with a valuation of $8.65 billion. The move follows Kraken’s first standalone $1 billion equity raise, led by D1 Capital Partners and joi…

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