Tech

The Problem With Letting AI Do the Grunt Work (slashdot.org)
2025-12-31 AI

Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based AI21, which is building its own LLMs, for $2B to $3B; the deal would resemble an acquihire (www.calcalistech.com)
2025-12-31 AI Nvidia

Malaria Shows No Sign of Stopping (science.slashdot.org)
2025-12-31

Nepal To Scrap 'Failed' Mount Everest Waste Deposit Scheme (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-31 Nepal

Zhipu AI launches a share sale to raise ~$560M in a Hong Kong IPO at a valuation of ~$6.6B, which would make it the first LLM developer listed in Hong Kong (www.scmp.com)
2025-12-31 Hong Kong IPO AI

European Space Agency confirms breach of "external servers" (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-31 Europe

Camera Makers Went Weird in 2025 - and That's Exactly What the Shrinking Industry Needed (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-12-31

Zoom Stealer browser extensions harvest corporate meeting intelligence (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-31 Browser Intelligence

Some Audiobooks Are Outselling Hardcovers (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-31

US cybersecurity experts plead guilty to BlackCat ransomware attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-31

CISA orders feds to patch MongoBleed flaw exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-31

Meta just bought into the enterprise market with its Manus deal, which may eventually help it expand into cloud offerings like those of its Big Tech peers (spyglass.org)
2025-12-31

Life in a Shrinking Japan (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-31 Japan

Sources: SoftBank has completed its $40B investment in OpenAI (www.cnbc.com)
2025-12-31

22 Million Affected By Aflac Data Breach (it.slashdot.org)
2025-12-31

'One of America's Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt' (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-31 U.S.

China's draft AI rules have measures to protect kids, like time limits and parental consent, ban gambling promotion content, and add suicide chats restrictions (www.bbc.com)
2025-12-31 China AI Ban

Forget recurring fees—1TB of Koofr cloud storage is $130 for life (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-31

Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax is seeking to raise $600M+ from its Hong Kong IPO, set for January 2026, and has secured Alibaba and the ADIA as backers (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-30 China Hong Kong IPO Alibaba Startup AI

Sources: China is requiring chipmakers to use at least 50% domestically made equipment for adding new capacity, in a rule that is not publicly documented (www.reuters.com)
2025-12-30 China

Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the founders of Perplexity, Figure AI, Safe Superintelligence, Harvey, and others joined the nine-figure club in 2025 (www.nytimes.com)
2025-12-30 AI

10 Fascinating Facts You Might Not Know About Snow (listverse.com)
2025-12-30

Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the increasing AI competition from Amazon and Google; Microsoft Deputy CTO Dee Templeton says Nadella is in “founder mode” (t.co)
2025-12-30 Google Amazon Microsoft AI

Meta Just Bought Manus, an AI Startup Everyone Has Been Talking About (meta.slashdot.org)
2025-12-30 Startup AI

Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are expanding into India's Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-30 India

PhDs Can't Find Work as Boston's Biotech Engine Sputters (science.slashdot.org)
2025-12-30 Biotech

Sources: the US has granted an annual license to Samsung and SK Hynix to ship their chip manufacturing equipment to their facilities in China for 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2025-12-30 China Samsung Manufacturing

Sources: Meta is buying Manus for $2B+, after approaching the startup during a fundraising at a $2B valuation; Manus CEO Xiao Hong will report to Javier Olivan (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-30 Startup

Researchers Make 'Neuromorphic' Artificial Skin For Robots (hardware.slashdot.org)
2025-12-30 Robot

Meta says Manus, initially based in Beijing and Wuhan, will cut Chinese investor ties after the deal and “will discontinue its services and operations in China” (asia.nikkei.com)
2025-12-30 China

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