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🇺🇸 Trump approves Nvidia H200 sales to China with 25% cut
🇪🇺 EU launches antitrust probe into Google AI
📱 Australia bans social media for under 16s
👓 Google plans to launch AI glasses in 2026
🤝 Apple and Google partner to make switching easier
🚕 Waymo hits 450,000 weekly paid rides
🎁 + 20 other news you might like
🧰 + 6 trending tools
📚 + 2 trending papers
🇺🇸 Trump approves Nvidia H200 sales to China with 25% cut LINK
President Donald Trump says Nvidia is allowed to ship H200 artificial intelligence chips to approved customers in China as long as the US government receives a 25 percent cut of the deal.
A Truth Social post claims that Chinese President Xi Jinping responded positively to the proposal, adding that the Department of Commerce will apply this same approach to AMD and Intel.
This H200 is a higher-grade chip than the H20 model designed for the country, marking a shift from August when Nvidia and chip rival AMD agreed to share just 15 percent.
🇪🇺 EU launches antitrust probe into Google AI LINK
The European Commission has officially opened an antitrust investigation to see if Google abuses market dominance by scraping publisher content for its AI products without providing appropriate compensation to creators.
Investigators will scrutinize whether the company forces an “all-or-nothing” choice regarding data harvesting for AI Overviews and if YouTube blocks rival developers from accessing user-uploaded video data for model training.
Publishers argue they face a coercive dilemma because blocking crawlers removes them from Search entirely, while allowing access lets generative summaries cannibalize traffic by eliminating the user’s need to click through.
📱 Australia bans social media for under 16s LINK
A new Australian law taking effect this Wednesday forces platforms like TikTok and Instagram to stop children under 16 from holding accounts or face fines of up to $AU49.5 million.
Tech companies are responding by deactivating or locking profiles, while Reddit and others will now require users to verify their age using a government ID or video selfie to access content.
Teens can still watch YouTube videos without logging in, and messaging apps like Messenger, WhatsApp, and Discord remain exempt from the ban, along with gaming platforms such as Roblox and Steam.
👓 Google plans to launch AI glasses in 2026 LINK
Google plans to release new AI glasses in 2026 to compete with Meta, working with partners like Warby Parker and Samsung to build hardware that runs on its Android XR operating system.
Upcoming styles include audio-only frames for speaking with the Gemini assistant, while other models feature an in-lens display to show you visual information like navigation directions and language translations.
The company also revealed software updates for the Galaxy XR headset, including a travel mode for use in planes and cars plus the ability to link the device directly to Windows PCs.
🤝 Apple and Google partner to make switching easier LINK
Google and Apple are teaming up to improve the painful process of swapping between Android phones and iPhones by adding support for transferring several new categories of personal data during setup.
Hidden code within the latest Android Switch app suggests you might soon be able to copy accessibility settings, music playlists, and Wi-Fi credentials directly from an old iPhone to a new Pixel.
The update may also eventually let you migrate passwords and passkeys, though it remains unclear if these new data types will require a physical cable connection or work wirelessly over the air.
🚕 Waymo hits 450,000 weekly paid rides LINK
Waymo has nearly doubled its robotaxi volume since April and is now completing 450,000 paid rides every week, according to a letter from an investor that was viewed by CNBC.
This updated count marks a major expansion for the business, given that the company publicly reported hitting a milestone of just 250,000 trips across the U.S. market earlier this year.
Tiger Global claims the product is 10x safer than human drivers and describes Alphabet's unit as the clear leader in autonomous driving within a note announcing its new 2024 fund.
Other news you might like
- Uber will start selling trip and takeout data to marketersLINK
- DoJ takes down sophisticated network smuggling $160m worth of AI chips to ChinaLINK
- Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a buttonLINK
- Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it soundsLINK
- Google says there are ‘no plans’ to put ads in the Gemini appLINK
- iFixit’s new app uses AI to help you repair your stuffLINK
- Tesla Optimus falls in Miami demo, hand movements sparks remote operation debateLINK
- Report: Aging power grid puts OpenAI and Microsoft's growth at riskLINK
- Tesla’s Holiday Update Lets You Put Grok in Charge of Mapping Out DirectionsLINK
- Sam Altman’s Sprint to Correct OpenAI’s Direction and Fend Off GoogleLINK
- People are spending more time on Gemini compared to ChatGPTLINK
- Cursor developed an internal AI Help Desk that handles 80% of its employees’ support tickets says the $29 billion startup’s CEOLINK
- Amazon robotaxi service Zoox to start charging for rides in 2026, with ‘laser focus’ on transporting people, not deliveries, says cofounderLINK
- AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary JournalsLINK
- Apple’s Slow AI Pace Becomes a Strength as Market Grows Weary of SpendingLINK
- From Llamas to Avocados: Meta's shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusionLINK
- Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnershipLINK
- Researcher finds Chinese KVM has undocumented microphone, communicates with China-based serversLINK
🧰 Trending tools
BON Credit: an AI-powered tool that consolidates multiple credit cards, analyzes payment priorities, and creates optimized repayment strategies to help users eliminate debt faster.LINK
Cosmic AI Agents: autonomous assistants that handle coding tasks via PRs, generate styled content drafts, and run scheduled or on-demand jobs in the background.LINK
Kerno: automates integration testing for AI-generated code, eliminating manual test writing and speeding up the feedback cycle from hours to minutes.LINK
thefrontkit: provides production-ready Next.js and Figma templates for AI chat interfaces and SaaS dashboards, eliminating weeks of boilerplate setup work.LINK
taag.app: automates product link sharing for content creators using vision AI, helping monetize content by eliminating repetitive "where to buy" questions.LINK
Meeting Notes System: a purpose-built tool for capturing key points, actions, and history during recurring meetings like one-on-ones.LINK
📚 Trending papers & reports
Weight averaging across different AI models: researchers found that averaging the internal parameters of separately trained neural networks produces a single model that performs well on all their original tasks simultaneously.LINK
SETI updates protocols for alien contact: researchers revised guidelines for what scientists should do if they detect an actual signal from extraterrestrial intelligence.LINK
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