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Uber rewrote its UK driver contracts to act as an agent rather than a supplier of taxi services outside London, to avoid UK's new 20% "taxi tax" on total fares (Simon Goodley/The Guardian)
2026-01-02 18:15 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Pebble unveils Pebble Round 2 smart watch with a rounded screen and basic health and activity tracking but no heart rate monitor, shipping in May for $199 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2026-01-02 17:15 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
An interview with analyst Benedict Evans on the role of productization in AI adoption, AI bubble, OpenAI, comparing Nvidia to Sun Microsystems, and more (The Circuit on YouTube)
2026-01-02 17:15 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
xAI's Grok says "lapses in safeguards" led it to create sexualized images of minors in response to user prompts on X; the images have been taken down (Bloomberg)
2026-01-02 16:15 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Yann LeCun says Llama 4's "results were fudged a little bit", and that the team used different models for different benchmarks to give better results (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)
2026-01-02 14:14 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, and how China and the US are building the future (Dan Wang)
2026-01-02 13:14 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
UK crypto buyers are required to share their account details with tax officials starting January 1 or face penalties, as the UK seeks to collect unpaid taxes (Rachel Clun/BBC)
2026-01-02 11:14 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How Meta's Reels became a hit, with a $50B+ annual run rate; Sensor Tower: users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts, and 44 on TikTok (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-02 10:14 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How Nokia has reinvented itself for the AI revolution by expanding into cloud services, data centers, and optical networks, and by partnering with Nvidia (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
2026-01-02 07:14 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Chinese AI chip startup Biren surged as much as 119% in its Hong Kong debut, after raising ~$717M in an IPO priced at ~$2.52 per share (Bloomberg)
2026-01-02 04:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How Arizona is training talent for its growing chip industry as suppliers fear tighter US immigration policy; Arizona has drawn $200B+ in investments since 2020 (Nikkei Asia)
2026-01-02 04:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Baidu's AI chip unit Kunlunxin confidentially files for a Hong Kong IPO, paving the way for a spin-off; a recent fundraising reportedly valued it at ~$3B (Sneha Kumar/Reuters)
2026-01-02 02:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Starlink plans to lower its satellites orbiting at ~550km to ~480km in 2026 to improve space safety and reduce the likelihood of debris collisions (Rishabh Jaiswal/Reuters)
2026-01-02 00:13 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Radiant and a new $10B AI fund, and plans to acquire up to $100B in land, data centers, and power assets for AI (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
2026-01-01 22:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at US tech laws rolling out in 2026, including California's SB 53 AI transparency law and Virginia's new social media limits for minors, effective today (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
2026-01-01 19:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral (Philosopher Count)
2026-01-01 20:12 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ukraine has become a live-fire test range for AI drones like the Bumblebee, provided by a secretive Eric Schmidt-led venture, raising alarms in Kremlin circles (C.J. Chivers/New York Times)
2026-01-01 18:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
DeepSeek researchers detail a new mHC architecture they used to train 3B, 9B, and 27B models, finding it scaled without adding significant computational burden (Vincent Chow/South China Morning Post)
2026-01-01 17:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: OpenAI ramped up efforts to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its AI-powered personal device, which is expected to be largely audio-based (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
2026-01-01 15:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Tech startups have started to offer nicotine pouches as a free perk to employees, as some claim the products help them focus despite health hazards (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-01 14:11 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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