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 (Alex Heath/Sources)
A new world model startup is quietly raising big money
General Intuition is building a general-purpose AI agent and world model.
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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
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How Apple is helping filmmakers and developers create immersive media for the Vision Pro and share best practices (Harry McCracken/Fast Company) https://www.fastcompany.com/91461534/apple-vision-pro-immersive-video
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How Apple is helping filmmakers and developers create immersive media for the Apple Vision Pro and share best practices
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OpenAI opens app submissions for review and publication in ChatGPT, where users can discover or search for apps in a new app directory (OpenAI) https://openai.com/index/developers-can-now-submit-apps-to-chatgpt
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OpenAI opens app submissions for review and publication in ChatGPT, where users can discover or search for apps in a new app directory
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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 (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
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Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More
Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes i...
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Apple makes iOS changes in Japan to comply with local laws, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls
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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 (Jody Godoy/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/ftc-investigating-instacarts-ai-pricing-tool-source-says-2025-12-17/
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Sources: the US FTC is investigating Instacart
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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 (The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-discussed-raising-tens-billions-valuation-around-750-billion
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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
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Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and more, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
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Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app
Coinbase is expanding into stocks, advanced trading, prediction markets and new tools for businesses, developers and automated financial guidance.
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Coinbase rolls out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and other features, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app
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Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts and Pages to posting just two links per month, unless they subscribe to $14.99+/month Meta Verified (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
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Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
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Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts and Pages to posting just two links per month, unless they subscribe to $14.99+/month Meta Verified
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Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine in early 2025 with a team of former ASML engineers who reverse-engineered the company's EUV machines (Fanny Potkin/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manhattan-project-rival-west-ai-chips-2025-12-17/
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Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine in early 2025 with a team of former ASML engineers who reverse-engineered the company
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Micron reports Q1 revenue up 57% YoY to $13.64B, vs. $12.84B est., net income up 180% to $5.24B, and Q2 revenue forecast above est.; MU jumps 5%+ after hours (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
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Micron forecasts surging revenue as computer memory demand for AI remains high
The high demand for memory has driven Micron shares higher and they are up 168% in 2025.
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Micron reports Q1 revenue up 57% YoY to $13.64B, above $12.84B est., net income up 180% YoY to $5.24B, and Q2 revenue forecast above est.; MU jumps 5%+
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