9 Last-Minute Deals on WIRED-Approved Gifts That Will Arrive In Time - Wired
AI startups attracted 25% of Europe's VC funding - Techcrunch
Alibaba launches its first African site in Morocco - Innovation Village
An investigation finds that Google Maps fails users in the West Bank - Techcrunch
Apple Sends Spyware Victims To Nonprofit Security Lab 'Access Now - Slashdot
Critics Decry Vietnam's 'Draconian' New Internet Law - Slashdot
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director (Annie Palmer/CNBC) - Techmeme
Electric Aircraft Startup Lilium Ceases Operations, 1,000 Workers Laid Off - Slashdot
Elon Musk's xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions - Techcrunch
Encyclopedia Britannica Is Now an AI Company - Slashdot
Engineers Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over Active Internet Cables - Slashdot
Experts: Bitcoin has time to adopt newer encryption that's resistant to attacks via potentially upcoming quantum systems, but such an overhaul could take years (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Filing: Chinese video surveillance provider Dahua to terminate or exit five government projects in Xinjiang; Hikvision made a similar announcement this month (Reuters) - Techmeme
FOMO keeping you online' This new Instagram feature might fix that - Pocket Lint
Google's Counteroffer To the Government Trying To Break It Up is Unbundling Android Apps - Slashdot
Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld Editor and Renowned Hardware Journalist, Dies At 58 - Slashdot
Health Care Giant Ascension Says 5.6 Million Patients Affected In Cyberattack - Slashdot
HomeKit doorbells suck, so Apple is reportedly making its own - Pocket Lint
Honda and Nissan Announce Historic Merger Plans to Tackle Rising EV Competition - Innovation Village
How tech-enabled transportation service Zidallie is revolutionizing school transport in Kenya - TechMoran
Hyundai is giving away free Tesla NACs adapters to its EV customers - Techcrunch
Internet freedom advocates criticize Vietnam's Decree 147, which goes into effect on Dec. 25 and requires social media users to verify their identities and more (Agence France-Presse) - Techmeme
It's high time the macOS Launchpad receives a facelift - Pocket Lint
Kick back and relax with these iconic holiday TV episodes - Pocket Lint
Morrisons apologises after discount and delivery issues - BBC
New Physics Sim Trains Robots 430,000 Times Faster Than Reality - Slashdot
NORAD's sleigh surveillance: How Santa got tangled in military tech - Pocket Lint
Nvidia's CES 2025 keynote: How to watch - Techcrunch
OpenAI's o3 suggests AI models are scaling in new ways ' but so are the costs - Techcrunch
Patrick O'Rourke's 5 favorite things of 2024 - Pocket Lint
Rove R2-4K Pro dash cam review: high-quality coverage - Pocket Lint
SASSA 2025 appeal process and new payment dates - Techcabal
Sources: Microsoft is working on adding more first- and third-party AI models to power 365 Copilot, to lower its reliance on OpenAI amid cost and speed concerns (Reuters) - Techmeme
Sweden Says China Denied Request For Prosecutors To Board Ship Linked To Severed Cables - Slashdot
Telecom tariffs to rise in 2025 as NCC greenlights price increases - Techcabal
Telegram CEO says platform is now profitable, surpassing $1bn in 2024 - Innovation Village
The Galaxy S25 series could arrive in February with a price hike - Pocket Lint
The iPhone 18 Pro might get a major camera upgrade - Pocket Lint
The Quest To Save the World's Largest CRT TV From Destruction - Slashdot
US Targets China With Probe Into Semiconductor Industry - Slashdot
Venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs - Techcrunch
X is raising the price of a subscription service no one uses - Pocket Lint
xAI announces it raised a $6B Series C from a16z, BlackRock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, Sequoia, Nvidia, and others, at a reported valuation of at least $40B (Antonio Pequeo IV/Forbes) - Techmeme
Xerox agrees to acquire Lexmark from Ninestar, PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda in a deal valued at $1.5B, including debt, and expected to close in H2 2025 (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Yoast's former CEO calls for a 'federated' approach to WordPress repository - Techcrunch
THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips - Hackers News
5 surprising Gemini 2.0 upgrades that actually improve Google's AI - Pocket Lint
A look at new tech-based mental health treatments like the Tetris method and Avatar therapy that are offering promising early results and possibilities (Michael Peel/Financial Times) - Techmeme
A popular technique to make AI more efficient has drawbacks - Techcrunch
A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor (The Linux Foundation) - Techmeme
A viral YouTube video from MegaLag claims PayPal's Honey browser extension often doesn't show users the best coupon codes and steals creators' affiliate revenue (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac) - Techmeme
After playing Balatro on the Apple TV, it's clear why it lost GOTY - Pocket Lint
AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines - Wired
AI Could Generate 10,000 Malware Variants, Evading Detection in 88% of Case - Hackers News
AI platforms are unlikely to become a major source of traffic or ad revenue for media outlets, with content deals offering only a short-term revenue boost (Om Malik/On my Om) - Techmeme
Airtel launches 2nd buyback phase as stakeholders set to get $100 million in payback deal - Technext
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition review: best e-reader screen, fast page turns, and color options, but mostly small upgrades and lacks stylus support (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge) - Techmeme
Apple Reportedly Plans a Doorbell That Unlocks Your Door With Face ID - Slashdot
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says AI spending frenzy will continue until the decade's end, and downplays an Intel bid, saying he had his "hands very full" in AI chips (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) - Techmeme
CES 2025 is coming: TechCrunch wants to meet your hardware startup - Techcrunch
ChatGPT Mocks a Human Author. Who Owns That Paragraph - Slashdot
Coralogix acquires AI observability platform Aporia - Techcrunch
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Donald Trump appoints Bo Hines into 'Crypto Council' as his new crypto world creation continues - Technext
Drones Collide, Fall From Sky in Florida Light Show, Seriously Injuring 7-Year-Old Boy - Slashdot
Dutch tech investor Prosus plans to acquire online travel agency Despegar.com for $1.7B, or $19.50 per share, to expand in Latin American, closing in Q2 2025 (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Eero's Outdoor 7 long-distance mesh unit solved our yearslong Wi-Fi quandary in 10 minutes - Techcrunch
Electric aircraft startup Lilium ceases operations, 1,000 workers laid off - Techcrunch
Electric Vehicle Charging Is Going to Get Political - Wired
Elon Musk's X hikes premium+ subscription as Nigerian users now face 51% increase - Technext
Elon Musk, the bully billionaire - Technext
Energy Prices Drop Below Zero In UK Thanks To Record Wind-Generated Electricity - Slashdot
Equity for the first 10 employees: How to structure it - Techpoint
Facebooks comeback in Uganda after a 4-year ban - Techpoint
Fans made a native Star Fox 64 PC port with some modern flourishes - Engadget
Femi Adebayo's Netflix series, Seven Doors tops chart in Nigeria since release - Technext
France Adds First New Nuclear Reactor to Its Grid Since 1999 - Slashdot
Google and OpenAI's AI product announcements over the past month have transformed the state of AI and show the breadth and pace of change (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing) - Techmeme
Google could be accused of antitrust practices in Japan - Engadget
Google says it plans to counter Japan's FTC over claims that it hobbles rivals in search; a source says Japan's FTC sent a cease-and-desist order to Google (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Government To Name 'Key Witness' Who Provided FBI With Backdoored Encrypted Chat App Anom - Slashdot
Honda and Nissan plan major merger focused on 'intelligence and electrification - Techcrunch
How Can You Make the Most of Your Festive Season Savings - Itnewsafrica
How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank - Wired
How Nigerians Can Utilize TikTok to Enhance Tourism - Innovation Village
How to Spoof in Pokemon GO without Getting Banned 2025 (No PC) - Itnewsafrica
Human Vs. Autonomous Car' Race Ends Before It Begins - Slashdot
I just turned my iPhone into an iPod Classic, and now I'm drowning in nostalgia - Pocket Lint
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and $500M in cash, as it grapples with billions in debt (New York Times) - Techmeme
In Infinity Nikki, photo mode achieves its ultimate form - Engadget
Inappropriate apps rated as safe for young children are prevalent in the App Store, report warns - Engadget
Instagram tests a way to show you Story Highlights you didn't get a chance to see - Techcrunch
Italy Fines OpenAI '15 Million for ChatGPT GDPR Data Privacy Violations - Hackers News
Juniper Ventures spins out of Climate Capital to invest in synthetic biology for the climate - Techcrunch
Kash Patel Is the Hero QAnon Has Been Waiting For - Wired
Kuo: Apple's M5 chip to use TSMC's advanced N3P node; M5 Pro, Max, and Ultra will use a new server-grade SoIC packaging featuring separate CPU and GPU designs (Ben Lovejoy/9to5Mac) - Techmeme
Meta is reportedly adding displays to its Ray-Ban smart glasses - Engadget
Meta To Add Display To Ray-Bans as Zuckerberg Bets Computing Shift - Slashdot
Microsoft Copilot vs Meta.AI: Which is the Better AI for Enterprises - Innovation Village
NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly closer to the sun than ever on Christmas Eve - Engadget
Nissan and Honda Agree To Merge - Slashdot
Nissan and Honda officially announce plans to merge - Engadget
OpenAI details "deliberative alignment", a new method it used to make o1 and o3 "think" about its safety policy before responding, to improve overall alignment (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Palantir and Anduril reportedly building a tech consortium to bid on defense contracts - Techcrunch