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VW plans to end vehicle production at its Dresden plant, which opened in 2001, and convert it into a research hub focused on AI, robotics, and chip design (Gregory Schmidt/New York Times)
2025-12-16 12:01 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources and a memo: Amazon plans to cut 370 jobs, or ~8.5% of its 4,370 employees, at its European HQ in Luxembourg, the country's biggest layoffs in 20 years (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg)
2025-12-16 12:01 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Analysis: of the 8,808 global data centers in October 2025, ~7,000 are in areas outside the optimal 18C to 27C temperature range; 600 are in areas above 27C (Rest of World)
2025-12-16 12:01 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
As Europe rearms, Anduril is trying to break through in the UK by co-funding major programs, cutting manufacturing deals, and billing itself as "Anglo-American" (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
2025-12-16 12:01 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Global smartphone shipments in 2026 are set to shrink 2.1% due to rising memory costs, led by Chinese OEMs; DRAM price surges are set to raise costs by 10%-15% (Counterpoint Research)
2025-12-16 11:01 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood, as some oppose the use of the technology while others say they are exploring ways to utilize AI tools (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
2025-12-16 08:01 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources say Monzo CEO TS Anil, who announced his exit and handover to ex-Googler Diana Layfield in October, was pushed out by the board over an IPO timing clash (Financial Times)
2025-12-16 06:00 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
China approves two cars from state-owned automakers with Level 3 autonomous capabilities, the first such approvals; the cars can drive in Chongqing and Beijing (Reuters)
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Shares in Chinese companies critical to AI infrastructure surged in 2025, with CATL up 45% and Sungrow up 130%, as exports boost margins despite Trump's tariffs (William Sandlund/Financial Times)
2025-12-16 06:00 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
CoreWeave's market value fell $33B in six weeks amid construction delays at its Denton, TX AI data center, criticism from short seller Jim Chanos, and more (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)
2025-12-16 04:00 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
OpenAI's chief communications officer Hannah Wong will leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman's brief ouster and return in 2023 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
2025-12-16 04:00 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: the US has paused a tech trade deal with the UK, signed in September, over disagreements about the UK's digital regulations and food safety rules (New York Times)
2025-12-16 02:00 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Allen Institute for AI launches Bolmo 7B and Bolmo 1B, claiming they are "the first fully open byte-level language models", built on its Olmo 3 models (Emilia David/VentureBeat)
2025-12-16 02:00 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
PayPal says it has filed applications to establish PayPal Bank to provide loans more efficiently to US small businesses and reduce its reliance on third parties (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
2025-12-15 23:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Shares of Tesla closed at a 2025 high on Monday after the company confirmed it is testing driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
2025-12-16 01:00 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ford plans to repurpose its US battery manufacturing capacity to launch a battery energy storage business for data centers, amid a shift away from large EVs (TechCrunch)
2025-12-15 23:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Shares of Broadcom, CoreWeave, and Oracle, companies tied to the AI infrastructure buildout, extend last week's decline; ORCL is down 46%+ since September 10 (Ari Levy/CNBC)
2025-12-15 23:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Intel appoints Robin Colwell, deputy assistant to President Trump and deputy director of the National Economic Council, as its head of government affairs (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
2025-12-15 22:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Disney's Sora deal is entirely in OpenAI stock rather than a cash licensing fee; Disney has the option to buy additional stock beyond the $1B stake (Bloomberg)
2025-12-15 22:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How crypto entrepreneur Bill Zanker helped Trump and Melania launch memecoins; as of December 10, $TRUMP was down 92% since its peak and $MELANIA was down 99% (Bloomberg)
2025-12-15 20:59 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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