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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 — President-elect Donald Trump is tapping tech heavyweights to join his new administration, continuing a trend …
More: The Verge, The Hill, FedScoop, Nextgov/FCW, Science, YourStory.com, Bloomberg, and Tech in Asia
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More: @realDonaldTrump …, @realDonaldTrump …, Politico, Unchained, The Capital, Crowdfund Insider, @realDonaldTrump …, Barron's Online, Tech in Asia, New York Times, DL News, Mashable India, Sifted, The Economic Times, CIO.com, YourStory.com, Coinspeaker, CCN.com, The Crypto Times, Coinpedia Fintech News, Analytics India Magazine, Inc42 Media, Business Today, Blockhead, Axios, Benzinga, The Information, and Cointelegraph
Bluesky: @romitmehta.com. X: @sriramk, @avischiffmann, @skupor, @levie, @andrewyng, @elonmusk, @danielsloeb1, @zoink, @deedydas, @gergelyorosz, @martin_casado, @dhume, @cdixon, and @antoniogm
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Hashed: Hyperliquid, the top DeFi derivatives exchange by volume, had $112M+ of USDC outflows on December 23, over concerns of trading by North Korean hackers — - Hyperliquid is the largest DeFi derivatives exchange by volume — Security expert says Hyperliquid faces threat from North Korea| Laila Kearney / Reuters: |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report: data centers could account for 6.7% to 12% of US total electricity consumption by 2028, up from ~4% currently — U.S. data-center power demand could nearly triple in the next three years, and consume as much as 12% of the country's electricity … | Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
In a viral YouTube video, MegaLag claims PayPal's Honey browser extension doesn't show users the best coupons and deals, and steals creators' affiliate revenue — Honey is a popular browser extension owned by PayPal that's at the center of a big new controversy.
More: The Verge, MegaLag on YouTube, Fortune, OC3D, SiliconANGLE, Android Authority, The i Paper, The US Sun, and TechIssuesToday.com
Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com, @tinydragon.art, @mtsw, @caseynewton, @kirb.me, @GossiTheDog.cyberplace …, @daizz, @venerabela.vuhuni.net, @patrickhowelloneill.com, and @taylorlorenz
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Anticonsumption, r/Coffeezilla_gg, r/youtube, and Slashdot
| Antonio Pequeño IV / Forbes: |
xAI raised a $6B Series C from a16z, BlackRock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, Sequoia, Nvidia, and others, at a reported valuation of at least $40B — Elon Musk's xAI announced Monday it raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round, putting the company's value at more than $40 billion …
More: x.ai, Business Insider, Benzinga, Analytics India Magazine, Crypto Briefing, DatacenterDynamics, TechCrunch, The Verge, CoinGape, and Tech in Asia
Bluesky: @devindra. X: @sawyermerritt, @autismcapital, @silvermanjacob, @rpoo, @amitisinvesting, @martymadrid, @drjimfan, @xai, and @linusekenstam
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI's o3 performance on benchmarks suggests that test-time compute is the next best way to scale AI models, raising new questions about costs and usage — Last month, AI founders and investors told TechCrunch that we're now in the “second era of scaling laws,” noting how established methods … | Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Apple's M5 chip will 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 — One of the key elements of Apple's A-series and M-series chips is the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) design which tightly integrates all the components within a single package.| Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: |
Xerox agrees to acquire Lexmark from Ninestar, PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda in a deal valued at $1.5B, including debt, closing in H2 2025 — Deal values the closely held company at $1.5 billion, including debt — Xerox Holdings has struck a deal for Lexmark International that values … | Reuters: |
An investigator says he reported 26 OnlyFans accounts suspected of containing CSAM to NCMEC and that all of the accounts were removed within a day of his report — This story contains disturbing descriptions of the possible online abuse of children. — An experienced child exploitation … | William J. Broad / New York Times: |
How AI hallucinations are transforming scientific discovery, with some scientists calling the term “hallucination” misleading and likening it to exploration — Artificial intelligence often gets criticized because it makes up information that appears to be factual, known as hallucinations.
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Analysis: SAP accounts for ~40% of Frankfurt DAX's 18.7% gains in 2024, with SAP up 70%+ as the software company transitions its business customers to the cloud — Software provider SAP responsible for two-fifths of all Frankfurt gains in year of political tumult| Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Balderton Capital and Dealroom: European AI startups attracted 25% of the region's VC funding, or ~$13.7B, in 2024, compared to 15% in 2020 — Venture funding into Europe is heading for a flat year, but this may obfuscate the fact that European AI startups are thriving.Sponsor Posts
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