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Sources and a memo: the US DOJ is using a novel reading of a federal anti-fraud law to probe contractors, including Google and Verizon, over their DEI programs (Lydia Wheeler/Wall Street Journal)
2025-12-29 05:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Big Tech got almost everything it wanted from President Trump, as he backs policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered, worrying some conservatives (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
2025-12-29 03:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How tech worker activism has grown more cautious as companies crack down and once-privileged workers realize they don't have much leverage (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)
2025-12-29 00:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts to get customers to book directly, as they seek to save on online platform commissions and prepare for AI agents (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)
2025-12-28 20:58 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How executives at humanoid robot startups like Agility Robotics and Weave Robotics are managing safety risks and tempering expectations for the technology (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)
2025-12-28 15:57 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited with turning the company around, died at 83; IBM's market value rose from $29B to ~$168B during his tenure (Patrick Oster/Bloomberg)
2025-12-28 18:58 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Tracxn: VC funding for Indian startups fell 17%+ YoY to $10.5B in 2025 across 1,518 deals, down ~39% YoY; AI startups raised $643M, up 4% YoY, across 100 deals (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
2025-12-28 11:57 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom (Martha Muir/Financial Times)
2025-12-28 07:57 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)
2025-12-28 07:57 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Siege and its in-game Marketplace to resolve an "incident"; reports say hackers breached internal systems (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
2025-12-28 06:56 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sam Altman says OpenAI is seeking a new Head of Preparedness, noting "the potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a preview of in 2025" (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)
2025-12-28 06:56 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: ~90% of Groq employees will join Nvidia and be paid cash for all vested shares; most shareholders will get per-share payouts tied to the $20B valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)
2025-12-28 05:56 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
ChatGPT told a teen who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over months but also used words like "hanging" and "suicide" very often, say family's lawyers (Washington Post)
2025-12-28 05:56 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
China's draft rules on the use of human-like AI would require companies to inform users they are dealing with AI when they log on and at two-hour intervals (Bloomberg)
2025-12-28 04:56 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A profile of the Digital Security Helpline, run by Access Now, which gives 24/7 help to reporters and others who suspect they are victims of government spyware (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
2025-12-27 22:55 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Q&A with Edison Scientific CEO Sam Rodriques about Kosmos, Edison's AI tool for scientific research, why AI probably won't cure diseases anytime soon, and more (New York Times)
2025-12-27 20:55 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at Chinese food delivery giant Meituan's subsidy war with Alibaba and JD.com, leading Meituan to a big Q3 loss and internal debate over global expansion (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
2025-12-27 19:55 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, "signaling limited technology spillovers" to the local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)
2025-12-27 16:55 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)
2025-12-27 14:55 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B+ in assets (New York Times)
2025-12-27 11:54 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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