Tech

Circana: Xbox Series console sales fell 70% YoY to an all-time low in November, compared to the PS5's 40% YoY drop and Switch 1 and 2's combined 10% YoY fall (www.ign.com)
2025-12-18 Xbox

Video Game Hardware Sales Had a Historically Bad November In the US (games.slashdot.org)
2025-12-18

Honda plans to halt production in Japan and China from December 29 to January 6, showing the ongoing fallout of the global chip shortage and Nexperia takeover (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-18 China Japan Honda

Sources: Yann LeCun is in early talks to raise €500M for his startup at a ~€3B valuation, and plans to name Alexandre LeBrun as CEO, ahead of a January launch (www.ft.com)
2025-12-18 Startup

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr tells a Senate committee the FCC “is not an independent agency”; the agency removed “independent agency” from its site as he testified (www.axios.com)
2025-12-18 Senate

An in-depth look at a recent research paper that offered a roadmap to the viability of 3D HBM-on-GPU integration for improved AI performance and utilization (morethanmoore.substack.com)
2025-12-18 AI

Rome-based Exein, which offers cybersecurity tools for protecting connected devices including cars and home routers, raised €100M led by Blue Cloud Ventures (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-18

Sources detail how Tiger Global fueled the COVID-era unicorn bubble that burst ahead of the AI boom; the firm recently shared its $12.7B 2021 fund is now up 16% (restofworld.org)
2025-12-18 AI

Filing: Sony and Tencent reach a “confidential settlement” over Tencent's Light of Motiram, a game that Sony alleged was a “slavish clone” of its Horizon series (www.theverge.com)
2025-12-18 Tencent Sony

Tokyo-based Resonac, a crucial cutting-edge chip chemicals supplier whose shares are up 40%+ YTD, says it has bolstered China production capacity to meet demand (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-18 China Tokyo

Oilfield service companies are moving into the data center business by supplying power and cooling tech as demand from traditional drilling customers weakens (www.ft.com)
2025-12-18

Another Starship Clone Pops Up In China (science.slashdot.org)
2025-12-18 China

Sources: Pinduoduo and Temu owner PDD fires dozens following a fistfight between employees and Chinese officials probing fraudulent deliveries on its platform (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-18 China

Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is “charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments” (x.com)
2025-12-18 IOS Japan Apple

Manus says it crossed $100M ARR eight months after launch and is growing at 20%+ MoM since Manus 1.5's release; its total revenue run rate is now over $125M (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-18

In a letter, Rocket Internet minority shareholder Scherzer & Co accuses the company of marking down startup valuations to buy out backers at “bargain prices” (www.ft.com)
2025-12-18 Startup

SoftBank Group Corp was among the Japanese tech stocks that fell on Dec. 18, as AI infrastructure spending worries on Wall Street crossed into the Asian markets (www.cnbc.com)
2025-12-18 Japan AI Wall Street

Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer says Amazon canceled a $150M advance for a Texas AI data center campus; FRMI fell 34% on Dec. 12 after saying a tenant had canceled (www.businessinsider.com)
2025-12-18 Amazon AI Texas

Wall Street clearinghouse DTCC selects the Canton Network blockchain as a real-world asset tokenization partner after receiving a No-Action Letter from the SEC (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-18 Blockchain Wall Street Asset

India-listed RRP Semiconductor's stock surged 55,000%+ in the 20 months through Dec. 17, despite negative revenue; source: India's SEBI is examining the surge (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-12-18 India

Sources: General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning, is in late-stage talks to raise several hundred million dollars at a $2B+ valuation (sources.news)
2025-12-18 AI

Tebra, which offers practice management tools for private healthcare providers, raised $250M led by Hildred, mostly in equity, to accelerate its AI capabilities (www.finsmes.com)
2025-12-18 AI Equity

MIT Grieves Shooting Death of Renowned Director of Plasma Science Center (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-18

How Apple is helping filmmakers and developers create immersive media for the Vision Pro and share best practices (www.fastcompany.com)
2025-12-18 Apple

OpenAI opens app submissions for review and publication in ChatGPT, where users can discover or search for apps in a new app directory (openai.com)
2025-12-18

Apple unveils iOS changes in Japan to comply with local law, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls (www.macrumors.com)
2025-12-18 IOS Japan Apple

Senate Confirms Billionaire Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman As New NASA Chief (science.slashdot.org)
2025-12-18 Senate Entrepreneur NASA

Sources: US FTC is probing Instacart's AI pricing tool, after a study showed different prices for the same items at the same stores; CART drops 8%+ after hours (www.reuters.com)
2025-12-18 AI

Sources: OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with investors about raising tens of billions of dollars, and as much as $100B, at a valuation of around $750B (www.theinformation.com)
2025-12-18

The Oscars Will Abandon Broadcast TV For YouTube In 2029 (news.slashdot.org)
2025-12-18 YouTube

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