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A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's lucrative shift toward sports, as high-profile real-world bets raise questions about access, integrity, and US CFTC regulation (Bloomberg)
2026-01-07 08:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Chinese AI startups Zhipu and MiniMax are set to go public in Hong Kong on January 8 and 9, respectively; MiniMax has 210M+ users, and Zhipu has 8,000+ clients (Bloomberg)
2026-01-07 11:43 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
As data center development pressures power grids, officials have proposed requiring data centers to power down or switch to a backup when blackout risks rise (Katherine Blunt/Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-07 07:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
An interview with Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu on his new role as Google's chief AI architect, Gemini 3, progress toward the goal of AGI, and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)
2026-01-07 07:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
PitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50%+; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024 (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
2026-01-07 07:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How Google's ambitious approach to training Gemini on text, code, audio, images, and video helped it stage a powerful comeback, triggering a Code Red at OpenAI (Katherine Blunt/Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-07 07:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The US FDA says it will limit regulation of non-medical wellness wearables and AI software, provided they don't make claims about disease diagnosis or treatment (Puyaan Singh/Reuters)
2026-01-07 06:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Filing: Larry Page moved assets out of California ahead of the proposed CA wealth tax, meeting an end-of-2025 deadline; a source said he has left the state (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)
2026-01-07 04:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Dutch fintech Bunq applies to become a US bank; the OCC conditionally approved national trust bank charters for several crypto firms in 2025, including Circle (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
2026-01-07 06:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Motorola unveils the Razr Fold, its first book-style foldable phone, with a 6.6" front display and an 8.1" 2K LTPO inner screen, expected to launch this summer (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
2026-01-07 04:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
China unveils rules banning major platforms like Alibaba from forcing merchants into discounts or practices seen as disrupting market order, effective February (Bloomberg)
2026-01-07 06:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's purchase of Manus for possible technology export control violations (Financial Times)
2026-01-07 02:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How the huge data center buildout is heating up local politics in US towns across red and blue states on issues like water, electricity, and noise (Evan Halper/Washington Post)
2026-01-07 01:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant for both its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving later this quarter (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
2026-01-07 02:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Discord has filed confidentially for an IPO, working with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase (Bloomberg)
2026-01-07 00:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Brands complain Amazon's "Buy for Me" AI-powered shopping tool features their products on Amazon without permission and shows descriptions with errors (Allison Smith/Modern Retail)
2026-01-06 23:39 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware operator in 10+ years, pcTattletale founder pleads guilty to promoting surveillance apps for unlawful uses (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
2026-01-06 22:39 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Jensen Huang says he isn't concerned about a billionaires tax under consideration in California, and plans to remain in Silicon Valley (Bloomberg)
2026-01-06 20:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google will now publish new source code to the Android Open Source Project twice a year, down from releasing source code for each quarterly Android release (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
2026-01-06 20:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, backed by $100M of his own capital, has hired 30+ engineers from Apple, Meta, and others (Rocket Drew/The Information)
2026-01-06 21:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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