YouTube adopts new Australian law banning social media accounts for users under 16, Night mode in Portrait is absent on iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, and Alan Dye, former Apple VP of Human Interface Design, joins Meta to lead a new hardware design studio.
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Amazon Pushes Hard Against Nvidia’s AI Chip Lead
Amazon is challenging Nvidia’s dominance with its upcoming Trainium3, which is four times faster than Trainium2. Trainium2 already brings in multi-billion-dollar revenue from more than a million chips used by 100,000+ companies, including a 500,000-chip commitment from Anthropic (Project Rainier). Amazon is pursuing a price-performance strategy but must overcome industry dependence on CUDA. Future plans include Trainium4 interoperability with Nvidia GPUs.
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YouTube to Enforce Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban
YouTube will comply with Australia’s new law banning social media accounts for users under 16 by automatically signing them out and preventing login, subscription, and posting beginning December 10. The company calls the rule a “disappointing update,” arguing it may reduce safety by disabling parental controls. The law carries heavy penalties and is viewed as a potential global precedent.
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Apple Removes Night-Mode Portraits From iPhone 17 Pro
The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max no longer allow Night mode in Portrait mode, ending support present in all Pro models from the iPhone 12–16 era. Night mode remains available for standard photos, selfies, and time-lapse video, but users can no longer capture low-light Portrait shots unless they use older devices. Apple has not explained the change.
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Former Apple Design Chief Alan Dye Joins Meta
Alan Dye, Apple’s former VP of Human Interface Design and a key figure behind visionOS, has been hired by Meta to lead a new design studio spanning hardware, software, and AI under CTO Andrew Bosworth. It’s a significant win for Meta as it scales hardware like Quest and Ray-Ban smart glasses. Apple will replace Dye with senior designer Stephen Lemay.
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Linux Hits 3.2% on Steam, Highest Ever
Linux usage on Steam climbed to 3.2% in November, while Windows remains dominant at 94.79%. SteamOS Holo leads Linux distributions at 26.4%, followed by Arch Linux, Linux Mint, CachyOS, Bazzite, and Ubuntu. Growth may be driven by Windows 10’s coming end-of-life and continued gaming improvements from Steam Deck and Proton, despite ongoing anti-cheat limitations.
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Google Launches Workspace Studio for AI Automation
Google introduced Workspace Studio (formerly Workspace Flows), an AI-powered automation platform built on Gemini 3 that lets users create and share custom agents to automate workflows across Gmail, Chat, Drive, and third-party apps like Salesforce. Agents use plain-language prompts and can perform tasks like prioritization and sentiment analysis. Deployment is rolling out across Workspace, AI Pro, and Ultra tiers.
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Yahoo Sports Debuts AI “Game Breakdowns”
Yahoo Sports is rolling out Game Breakdowns, an AI feature for NFL Week 14 that generates evolving summaries, identifies storylines and stakes, surfaces key plays, and provides follow-up question prompts. Available in beta for Fantasy Plus subscribers, the feature aims to go beyond basic AI recaps by offering a dynamic narrative before, during, and after games.
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EU Investigates Meta Over WhatsApp API Restrictions
The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into Meta for allegedly blocking rival AI chatbots—including ChatGPT—from accessing WhatsApp’s business API, while allowing Meta AI. Regulators warn the policy, taking effect in January, may unlawfully limit competition. Meta could face fines up to 10% of its global revenue. WhatsApp denies wrongdoing.
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Spotify Wrapped 2025 Breaks Records
Spotify’s Wrapped 2025 drew over 200 million users in its first 24 hours—a 19% jump year over year. After criticism of the AI-heavy 2024 edition, Spotify added new data-centric and social features such as “listening age,” listener categories, and the “Wrapped Party,” leading to more than 500 million social shares, up 41%.
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