TechCrunch
Jensen Huang's two-day Tokyo trip resulted in deals for a national AI factory, robotics partnerships, and chip-supplier agreements, betting Japan's industrial future on Nvidia hardware.
The Verge
Reto Project's $35 Kodak EC35 is a no-frills film camera that brings back the disposable camera experience with a sliding lens cover and fun colors.
The Atlantic
China tells Nvidia 'no thanks' to its H200 chips, preferring to build its own inferior ones - because nothing says innovation like reinventing the wheel, badly, while locking out the rest of the world.
ZDNet
A laptop-shopping survival guide: which upgrades are worth your hard-earned cash and which are just fancy ways to separate you from it.
TechCrunch
From the Honda Prologue to the Tesla Model S, a look at the EVs that met their demise in the U.S. this year - blame tariffs, tax credits, and a general case of cold feet.
The Verge
Author Dave Eggers visited OpenAI to tell staff that ChatGPT is catastrophically harming education and silencing a generation of writers. Sam Altman probably saw this coming.
The Verge
Google may actually give the Pixel 11a a current-gen processor and a modem that doesn't hate you.
Grist
New York puts the brakes on data centers for a year, because apparently the cloud needs to pay its share of the electric bill.
The Verge
After years of scoffing at e-bike riders, a journalist finally tries one and discovers electric mountain bikes are actually fun - and might even make you a better rider.
TechCrunch
Applications close in 48 hours for Stripe x Startup Battlefield Sydney - one startup gets a golden ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt, and the only requirement is having an actual working thing, not just a dream and a Canva deck.
TechCrunch
VC Jeremy Levine changes his Zoom name to beg not to be recorded, as AI transcription apps turn every conversation into a potential data point - and dating in San Francisco gets a whole new level of awkward.
The Verge
Apple sues OpenAI, but the real headline is whether the new Siri is any good - and whether anyone can break the Samsung-Apple duopoly without buying T-Mobile.
The Guardian Europe
Meta's AI glasses are a privacy nightmare, and Kylie Jenner is here to make them trendy. Because nothing says 'safety' like a flashing LED that nobody sees.
The Guardian
BrewDog founder James Watt's attempt to buy back the company via a new venture hits a legal snag as former investors complain to the UK's data watchdog about unsolicited emails.
The Guardian
Telstra blames a server that thought it was 2006 for a nationwide outage, admitting poor documentation and missing updates - because apparently, Y2K was just a practice run.
TechCrunch
Coca-Cola's Fairlife dairy pauses U.S. production after a ransomware attack, proving that even milk isn't safe from cybercriminals.
The Verge
EU forces Google to open Android to rival AI assistants, but gives it a year to comply - a luxury Apple didn't get for Siri AI, as Google outmaneuvers Cupertino in regulatory chess.
BBC World
Ghana makes digital ID checks mandatory, putting photocopiers and visual inspectors on notice with fines up to $2,100.
TechCrunch
Lululemon invests $30M in a French startup that promises to recycle the nylon that's too stubborn to sort - because even yoga pants deserve a second life.
ZDNet
A tech journalist preps for Spain by turning his home into a smart, leak-detecting, router-securing fortress, because insurers and burglars are apparently his travel companions.
The Good Times
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