Tech

Russian Launch Site Mishap Shows Perilous State of Storied Space Program (science.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 Russia

Shopify says it fixed an issue in its login authentication flow, resolving a December 1 outage that left some merchants unable to log in or access POS systems (www.reuters.com)
2025-12-2 Shopify

Trade data shows South Korea's chip exports rose 38.5% YoY to a record $17.26B in November, driven by strong data center demand and higher memory prices (www.reuters.com)
2025-12-2 Korea

Nvidia announces Alpamayo-R1, an AI model for autonomous driving research, and calls it the “first industry-scale open reasoning vision language action model” (techcrunch.com)
2025-12-2 AI Nvidia

Texas AG Ken Paxton says he is investigating Shein to determine whether it violated state laws on unethical labor practices and the sale of unsafe products (www.reuters.com)
2025-12-2 Texas

Samsung Debuts Its First Trifold Phone (mobile.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 Samsung

Internal memo: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares a “code red” to shift more resources into improving ChatGPT amid rising competition, delaying other plans like ads (www.theinformation.com)
2025-12-2

Sources: Marvell is in advanced talks to buy chip startup Celestial AI in a cash-and-stock deal that could top $5B; Celestial was valued at $2.5B in March 2025 (www.theinformation.com)
2025-12-2 Startup AI

Google, with its structural advantages, is a threat for both OpenAI and Nvidia; OpenAI has a real moat with 800M+ ChatGPT users, but needs an advertising model (stratechery.com)
2025-12-2 Google Nvidia

'We Built a Database of 290,000 English Medieval Soldiers' (developers.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 Database

AWS and Google Cloud announce a jointly built multicloud networking solution and a new open interoperability spec; AWS plans a rollout with Azure later in 2026 (9to5mac.com)
2025-12-2 Google

The Trump administration agrees to inject up to $150M in xLight, which develops lasers for EUV machines and has Pat Gelsinger on its board, for an equity stake (www.wsj.com)
2025-12-2 Trump Equity

Samsung says the Galaxy Z TriFold will go on sale in South Korea on December 12 for ~$2,440, in China this year, and in the US as early as Q1 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2025-12-2 China Korea Samsung

Swiss Illegal Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Shut Down (slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 Switzerland Cryptocurrency

Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z TriFold, with a 6.5-inch outer screen, a 10-inch 120Hz inner screen, three rear cameras, and a 3.9mm profile at its thinnest point (www.theverge.com)
2025-12-2 Samsung

Marques Brownlee plans to shut down his wallpaper app Panels on December 31; Appfigures: it had 900K downloads and $95K in user spending since its 2024 launch (techcrunch.com)
2025-12-2

Smartphones At Age 12 Linked To Worse Health (mobile.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2

Be a global communicator with with all 14 Babbel languages in this deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-2

Apple AI Chief Retiring After Siri Failure (apple.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 AI Apple

Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers To Build Its Surveillance AI (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 AI

Kalshi says users can now trade tokenized versions of their wagers on Solana, in a bid to court crypto holders; Polymarket already allows on-chain trading (www.cnbc.com)
2025-12-2

Amazon launches Amazon Now, a new service that aims to deliver household essentials and groceries in ~30 minutes or less, available in Seattle and Philadelphia (www.geekwire.com)
2025-12-2 Amazon Seattle

Austria's Rebel Nuns Refuse To Give Up Instagram To Stay In Their Convent (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 Instagram Austria

Zipcar To End UK Operations (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2

Apple says its AI chief, John Giannandrea, is stepping down; former Microsoft executive Amar Subramanya will lead AI, reporting to Craig Federighi (www.macrumors.com)
2025-12-2 Microsoft AI Apple

Vanguard will allow ETFs and mutual funds that primarily hold cryptocurrencies to be traded on its platform starting Tuesday, reversing a longstanding position (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-2 ETF

Korea's Coupang Says Data Breach Exposed Nearly 34 Million Customers' Personal Information (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 Korea

Glassworm malware returns in third wave of malicious VS Code packages (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-12-2

Dozens of US universities and colleges have announced new AI departments and programs over the last two years; an AI program is now MIT's second-largest major (www.nytimes.com)
2025-12-2 AI

New York Now Requires Retailers To Tell You When AI Sets Your Price (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-12-2 AI New York

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