Tech Crunch Sam Altman disputes Marc Andreessen’s description of AI meetings with Biden administration EV startup Canoo places remaining employees on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’ After causing outrage on the first day of Y Combinator, AI code editor PearAI lands $1M seed Third member of LockBit ransomware gang has been arrested Feds clear the way for robotaxis without steering wheels and pedals ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot VCs pledge not to take money from Russia or China, and Databricks raises a humongous round

Tecnica (BB) Google Blasts Chrome Sale as ‘Extreme’ Remedy at Odds With Law Tether Sees $10 Billion in Net Profits for 2024 Qualcomm Defeats Arm’s Claim Over Chip Design License Breach Amazon NYC Warehouse Targeted by Teamsters for Midnight Strike Samsung, Texas Instruments Finalize Chips Act Awards Deals Tech Leaders Approach Trump, Intel Seeks Altera Buyers | Bloomberg Technology Uber Investors Are Calling for More Transparency Into Driver Pay

Scenza & Tecnica (TE) Academic writing is getting harder to read—the humanities most of all Giving children the wrong (or not enough) toys may doom a society Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why Humans and Neanderthals met often, but only one event matters Machine translation is almost a solved problem AI can bring back a person’s own voice Carbon emissions from tourism are rising disproportionately fast

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Tecnica (MIT) Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs Enabling human-centric support with generative AI Puzzle Corner Puzzle Corner September/October 2024 bonus solutions The Download: shaking up neural networks, and the rise of weight-loss drugs Drugs like Ozempic now make up 5% of prescriptions in the US Why childhood vaccines are a public health success story

Tecnica (Arstech) 12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models The AI war between Google and OpenAI has never been more heated Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI model As firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bank New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than reality A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movement

Technica (FT) WhatsApp wins legal victory against NSO Group in Pegasus hacking case AI’s assault on our intellectual property must be stopped Qualcomm claims trial win in dispute with Arm over chip design licences Argentina chooses US investor to spur nuclear-powered AI dream Ōura takes a turn on the fitness-finance treadmill Five great last-minute gadgets for Christmas Second-hand fashion creates only third-rate profit

The Verge Google’s counteroffer to the government trying to break it up is unbundling Android apps Josh King’s viral slide-out MagSafe gamepad found a home at OhSnap and looks amazing Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group is liable for attacks on 1,400 WhatsApp users Qualcomm wins a legal battle over Arm chip licensing The best Xbox controller to buy right now US reveals charges against alleged LockBit ransomware developer We rounded up 40 last-minute gifts you can still grab in time for the holidays Here are the shipping and return policies for all the big-name retailers The AI talent wars are just getting started This 240W USB-C cable’s connector both rotates and bends