A look at Model Context Protocol and how it went from a passion project made by Anthropic employees to an industry standard shared through the Linux Foundation (Hayden Field/The Verge)
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AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” says the Linux Foundation’s Jim Zemlin.
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A look at the Model Context Protocol and how it went from a passion project from two Anthropic employees to an industry standard managed by the Linux Foundation
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China's power grid, the world's largest, gives it an edge in the global AI contest, helping Chinese companies develop AI models more cheaply than US competitors (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/china-ai-electricity-data-centers-d2a86935?st=FufziF&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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VC fund a16z crypto says it is expanding to Asia and opening an office in Seoul, calling South Korea the world's second-largest crypto market (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
Andreessen Horowitz Crypto Unit to Expand Into Asia With South Korea Office
The crypto VC says it's opening its first Asia-based office in Seoul.
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a16z crypto expands to Asia, opens a Seoul office, hires Monad
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Uber launches its B2B logistics service Uber Direct in India with ONDC integration, starting in Bengaluru with grocery deliveries for Zepto and KPN Farm Fresh (The Economic Times)
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Uber enters B2B logistics with Uber Direct on ONDC, onboards Zepto, KPN Farm fresh - The Economic Times
Uber is broadening its B2B logistics portfolio in India with the introduction of Uber Direct, in partnership with ONDC. Kicking off with grocery de...
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Uber launches its B2B logistics service Uber Direct in India with ONDC integration, starting in Bengaluru with grocery deliveries for Zepto and KPN Farm Fresh
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US investors are boosting Chinese AI-related tech stocks and adding cash to ETFs tracking China's tech sector, as US lawmakers push for tighter capital curbs (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/u-s-investors-are-going-big-on-china-ai-despite-concerns-in-congress-cb9a71c5?st=nbBxHB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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US investors are boosting Chinese AI-related tech stocks and adding cash to ETFs tracking China
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Uber discontinues monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, which slashed clean-energy incentives (Ben Elgin/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10/uber-pulls-back-from-evs-slashing-incentives-for-drivers
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Uber discontinues its monthly EV bonuses as it scales back key climate efforts after embracing Trump
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Shares of JD.com's JingDong Industrials, a supply chain tech and services provider, opened down 7.8% after the company raised ~$383M in its Hong Kong IPO (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/jingdong-industrials-set-open-down-78-hong-kong-trading-debut-2025-12-11/
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A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January-September 2025 finds health-related topics dominated users' questions, and more (Megan Morrone/Axios) https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/microsoft-copilot-personal-productivity
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A Microsoft analysis of 37.5M Copilot conversations from January to September 2025 finds that health, career, and relationship topics dominated users
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Google DeepMind plans to open its "first automated science laboratory" in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)
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Google DeepMind plans to open its first “automated science laboratory” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more
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Sources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B+ over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China's approval (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/chinas-zte-may-pay-more-than-1-billion-us-over-foreign-bribery-allegations-2025-12-11/
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Sources: the US is working on a settlement that could see ZTE pay $1B+ over alleged foreign bribery from 2018 and earlier; a deal would require China
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