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ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped: The experience includes awards, poems, and pictures referencing your year in chat. Read More

Paramount renews bid for Warner Bros, ensuring $40B Larry Ellison backing: It's the latest attempt by one major Hollywood superpower to acquire another. Read More

CEO of SpaceX rival United Launch Alliance resigns: Tory Bruno's abrupt departure comes after 12 years in the role. The company, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, has had to fight to keep pace with Elon Musk's SpaceX. Read More

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Waymo resumes service in San Francisco after robotaxis stall during blackout: Waymo suspended its SF robotaxi service on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets. Read More

Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks: Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for the data center and clean energy developer. Read More

Splat's app uses AI to turn your photos into coloring pages for kids: The app turns your own photos into pages for your kids to color, via AI. Read More

Trump admin halts 6 GW of offshore wind leases again: The move is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to delay the construction of 6 gigawatts of offshore wind near a hotspot of data center development. Read More

A rough week for hardware companies: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes were very different companies, but they faced some similar challenges. Read More

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Last but Not Least

As EU waters down 2035 EV goals, electric startups express concern: Instead of requiring 100% of new cars to be zero-emission vehicles by that date, the revised plan would allow 10% of new car sales to be hybrids or other vehicles as long as manufacturers purchase carbon offsets to compensate. Read More