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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)

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Amazon Prime Video pulls its AI recaps, which it began testing in November, for Fallout, Bosch, and other shows after users noticed errors in the Fallout recaps (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Hamish McKenzie says Substack is starting to test native sponsorships with some writers but won't take a cut for now (Emily Sundberg/Feed Me)

Emily Sundberg / Feed Me: Hamish McKenzie says Substack is starting to test native sponsorships with some writers but won’t take a cut for now 

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A technical deep dive into Amazon’s Trainium3 accelerator, including its server SKUs’ specifications, silicon design, power budget, and bill of materials (SemiAnalysis)

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Netflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders, David Edery and Daniel Cook; the streamer has shrunk its six-studio gaming operation down to three (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

Stephen Totilo / Game File: Netflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders, David Edery and Daniel Cook; the streamer has shrunk its

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Databricks is raising $5B and expects sales to grow 55% this year, putting its post-money valuation at $134B, as AI costs squeeze gross profit margins (Cory Weinberg/The Information)

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Sources detail how Anduril’s fast-moving approach with its defense tech led to setbacks; Ukraine stopped using Anduril’s Altius drones in 2024 due to problems (Wall Street Journal)

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a new plan mode that creates more precise plans, and support for Claude Code in the Claude desktop app (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)

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Filing: Airbnb says CTO Ari Balogh, who joined seven years ago from Google, plans to step down in December (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

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Maxima, whose AI platform automates accounting tasks like reconciliation and journal entry, raised $41M in seed and Series A rounds at a $143M valuation (Aditya Soni/Reuters)

Aditya Soni / Reuters: Maxima, whose AI platform automates accounting tasks like reconciliation and journal entry, raised $41M in seed and Series A rounds at