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Samsung announced the 2nm Exynos 2600 for some of the Galaxy S26 devices in 2027, and Jason shares his first impressions after 48 hours with the RayNeo X3 Pro smart glasses.
Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt and Justin Robert Young
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OpenAI Seeks $100 Billion Funding Round, Eyeing $830 Billion Valuation, Meta Launches Superintelligence Labs to Reorganize AI Efforts, and LG Allows TV Owners to Remove Copilot Icon.
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TikTok is selling its U.S. operations to a new entity, “TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC,” for about $14 billion to resolve U.S. national security concerns over its Chinese ownership. The joint venture, set to close on January 22nd, will be 45% owned by U.S. investors (Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX), with the rest held by affiliates of existing ByteDance investors and ByteDance. This new, independent U.S. entity will be responsible for U.S. data protection, content moderation, and algorithm security, including retraining the content recommendation algorithm, with Oracle acting as the security compliance partner.
Read More: Axios
OpenAI is reportedly seeking to raise up to $100 billion, potentially valuing the company at $830 billion, by the end of calendar first quarter next year. This massive fundraise is needed to cover rising inferencing costs, fund development, and maintain its lead over rivals like Anthropic and Google, committing trillions to the AI race despite cooled investor sentiment and chip constraints. OpenAI is also rumored to be pursuing an IPO and courting Amazon for a $10 billion investment in cash and AI computing chips, which would substantially increase its current $64 billion in funds following a recent $500 billion valuation.
Read More: TechCrunch
Meta Platforms is restructuring its AI initiatives by forming the Meta Superintelligence Labs under Mark Zuckerberg and Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. This new division will focus on accelerating AI development, aiming to launch two major models in the first half of 2026: “Mango” (for image/video generation) and “Avocado” (a large language model for coding). This strategic shift, particularly toward visual AI, is a response to intense market competition from rivals like OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Nano Banana.
Read More: MSN
LG smart TV owners were surprised by the sudden, unremovable appearance of a Microsoft Copilot icon, which LG later clarified is merely a shortcut to launch the AI chatbot in the TV’s web browser, not an embedded application. Following the backlash, an LG representative stated the company “will take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish,” underscoring the point that, much like with U2’s forced iTunes album giveaway, customers prefer to choose which services are added to their devices, especially given smart TVs’ existing privacy concerns.
Read More: Engadget
Google Cloud and cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks (PANW.O) have substantially increased their partnership, revealing what a source characterized to Reuters as Google Cloud’s most significant security services agreement to date; this major contract involves a commitment from Palo Alto Networks to spend “approaching $10 billion” with Google Cloud over a span of several years, according to an individual with direct knowledge of the deal.
Read More: Reuters
Meta’s Threads app had a successful year, becoming the second-most-downloaded iOS app after ChatGPT and reaching 400 million monthly and 150 million daily active users. While initial growth has been fueled by promotions on Instagram and Facebook, Threads’ head, Connor Hayes, is focused on building an organic user base that opens the app voluntarily. The platform is aiming to define its identity as the go-to place for “what’s going on in the world” by strategically developing verticals like sports, entertainment, and news.
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Instacart has agreed to pay a $60 million refund settlement to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations of deceptive advertising and unlawful tactics. The FTC claimed Instacart misled consumers with false “free delivery” promises that included mandatory service fees, failed to honor its “100% satisfaction guarantee” by steering customers toward future credits instead of full refunds, and did not clearly disclose charges after the free trial for its Instacart+ membership. Instacart denied wrongdoing but accepted the settlement while simultaneously facing a separate FTC investigation into its AI-powered pricing tool, which was found to be causing price variations for the same items.
Read More: TechCrunch
Samsung unveiled the Exynos 2600, its next flagship chipset for some Galaxy S26 phones. It’s the world’s first smartphone SoC built on a 2nm Gate-All-Around process, promising significant gains in performance, efficiency, and thermals. The new chip features a 10-core CPU based on Arm’s latest v9.3 architecture, using new C1-Ultra and C1-Pro cores and dropping the traditional low-power cores.
Read More: Android Authority
Instagram is taking steps to curb the overuse of hashtags on its platform, with chief Adam Mosseri announcing a new cap of five hashtags per post. Mosseri explained that a small number of specific, high-quality tags perform better than a long, generic list, emphasizing that while hashtags aid in search, they do not inherently boost reach; instead, creators should concentrate on producing content that truly resonates with their audience. This move follows a similar measure taken for Threads, where posts are limited to just one tag to encourage community focus over engagement manipulation.
Read More: The Verge
Facebook is testing a £9.99 monthly subscription that would limit how many links non-paying users can share in posts, with capping at two links per month. OpenAI announced that developers may now submit apps to ChatGPT, and those apps will be featured in an app directory, available from the tools menu and at chatgpt.com/apps. David Spark explains the difference between attending a trade show and successfully attending one. And is Netflix and Instagram coming for YouTube?
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Plus OpenAI starts an app store, and Apple lets Japanese users have more app stores.
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Shenzhen scientists develop EUV lithography prototype, the FTC probes Instacart’s AI pricing tool, and Apple is modifying its iOS app store policies in Japan.
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Google has released its fast and cost-effective Gemini 3 Flash model, which will replace Gemini 2.5 Flash as the default in the Gemini app and AI search. The new model offers significant performance improvements, including a leading score on the MMMU-Pro multimodality and reasoning benchmark, competing with frontier models like Gemini 3 Pro and GPT 5.2. Designed as a “workhorse” for bulk tasks, it is available for consumer, enterprise, and developer use, featuring enhanced understanding of user intent and the ability to process multimodal content like videos, sketches, and audio, despite a slight increase in token cost.
Read More: TechCrunch
Chinese scientists in Shenzhen have developed a prototype machine for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, a technology vital for cutting-edge semiconductor chips and previously a Western monopoly. Completed in early 2025 by former ASML engineers, the machine can generate EUV light, though chip production is not expected until 2028–2030. This achievement stems from a six-year, Huawei-led “Manhattan Project” to gain semiconductor independence by secretly reverse-engineering ASML technology, recruiting former Chinese ASML veterans, and acquiring components on the secondary market to circumvent U.S. export controls.
Read More: Reuters
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a civil investigative demand to Instacart concerning its AI-powered pricing tool, Eversight, after a study alleged some users were charged up to 23 percent more for the same items, with an average difference of about 7 percent. The FTC expressed concern over Instacart’s “alleged pricing practices.” Instacart claimed the variances were from “limited, short-term and randomized tests” conducted by retail partners using Eversight, which it bought in 2022, and denies that prices are set in real-time or based on supply, demand, or personal user data.
Read More: Engadget
Apple is modifying its iOS App Store policies in Japan, similar to changes in the EU, to comply with new legislation that permits third-party app stores and alternative payment methods. While this allows developers to use alternative stores (like AltStore PAL) or link to external websites for purchases, Apple is introducing new commission fees: 5% for alternative store purchases, and up to 21% or 15% for alternative in-app payment options. Users will also see warnings when using third-party options, a point of friction cited by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in relation to the delayed return of Fortnite to iOS in Japan.
Read More: The Verge
YouTube is stopping its data submission to the U.S. Billboard charts after January 16, 2026, due to a disagreement over how streams are weighted. The platform argues that Billboard’s current methodology, which weights ad-supported (free) streams less than paid/subscription streams, undervalues non-subscribing fan engagement. YouTube’s global head of music, Lyor Cohen, stressed that the platform believes all plays should count equally, and hopes to resolve the issue for “equitable representation” on the charts in the future.
Read More: Variety
Micron Technology predicts that the increasing focus on producing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI applications will lead to persistent RAM shortages and higher prices for servers. This is because manufacturers are prioritizing the more profitable HBM, reducing output of other memory types, even as the AI boom increases overall server demand. The prediction follows Micron’s strong Q1 2026 financial results, which saw revenue of $13.64 billion and net income of $5.2 billion, a performance driven by this intense, AI-led demand that the CEO expects will continue to exceed supply, ensuring higher prices and better margins for the company.
Read More: The Register
OpenAI has introduced an app directory within ChatGPT on iOS, Android, and web platforms, allowing users to integrate services like Booking.com, Spotify, Dropbox, Apple Music, and DoorDash. These apps extend ChatGPT’s functionality for tasks such as ordering groceries or summarizing documents and are categorized into Feature, Lifestyle, and Productivity. This move is part of OpenAI’s strategy to create a more versatile ecosystem through custom “GPT” bots, with resources available for developers.
Read More: Engadget
Google is integrating its “vibe-coding” tool, Opal, into the Gemini web app to allow users to create customized AI-powered mini-apps called “Gems.” Gems are specialized versions of Gemini for particular tasks, and Opal enables their creation through a visual editor where users describe the app in natural language. This editor allows for non-coders to arrange and link steps, with an Advanced Editor available for more complex customizations at opal.google.com. This move reflects the increasing trend of AI-powered programming and app development.
Read More: TechCrunch
Meta is experimenting with a new policy that limits the number of links users can post on Facebook to two, unless they subscribe to the paid Meta Verified service ($14.99/month). This limited test primarily affects Professional Mode and Facebook Pages and aims to determine if increased link volume is a valuable feature for Meta Verified subscribers. Exemptions include affiliate links, comments, and links to other Meta platforms. Despite the vast majority of US feed views not containing links, the experiment could pressure creators and brands who rely on external linking to either post content natively or pay for a subscription to maintain their reach.
Read More: TechCrunch
Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro features two distinct models. The iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 17 Pro Max. Apple Vision Show’s Eileen Rivera shares her experience living with the iPhone 17 Pro Max and whether or not the price and size increase is really worth it.
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Netflix announced a partnership with iHeartMedia for exclusive rights to air at least 15 video podcasts, X defends claims it abandoned the Twitter trademark, and Instagram tests Instagram for TV through Fire TV devices in the US.
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According to the Financial Times, Amazon is in discussions with OpenAI over investing $10 billion, with a possible deal including OpenAI using Amazon’s Trainium AI chips and renting more data center capacity from Amazon Web Services (AWS). OpenAI previously committed to spending $38 billion over the next seven years renting AWS servers. Any possible additional deal would not include Amazon being able to market OpenAI’s most advanced models as those rights are exclusive to Microsoft until at least 2030.
Source: The Financial Times and Engadget
In 2022 the California DMV formally accused Tesla of false advertising around its “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” features. Now a California administrative law judge ruled the advertising was indeed deceptive and Tesla should face a 30-day suspension of its licenses to sell and manufacture cars within the state. In a press conference on Tuesday, DMV director Steve Gordon said the agency will adopt a modified penalty, giving Tesla 60-days to fix confusing or deceptive claims about the features. Gordon further stated that if the issues are not resolved, the DMV will go ahead with the 30-day suspension of the car sale license, but not the manufacturing license.
Source: CNBC
On Tuesday, Netflix announced a partnership with iHeartMedia to publish at least 15 video podcasts exclusively on Netflix beginning in 2026. Under the deal the audio versions of the iHeartMedia podcasts will continue to be available on other platforms, but full video versions will no longer be on YouTube. This deal follows a previous similar arrangement for 16 podcasts produced by Spotify Studios and The Ringer, with those video episodes also set to air on Netflix in 2026.
Source: Variety
X, formerly known as Twitter, updated its Terms of Service to state it continues to hold the rights over use of the name ‘Twitter’. A startup named Operation Bluebird filed a petition to the US Patent and Trademark Office on December 2nd claiming X abandoned the Twitter brand through renaming the service to X. X now filed a countersuit claiming it continues to exclusively own Twitter and Tweet trademarks as well as the blue bird logo.
Source: TechCrunch
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against five TV manufacturers, alleging the smart TVs from Samsung, Sony, Hisense, TCL, and LG spy on viewers without consent. A press release from Paxton’s office claims personal data was unlawfully collected “through Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology”, which monitors viewing activity in real time and sells the data for targeted ads. The lawsuit claims this is a violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and seeks damages of up to $10,000 for each violation, with damages up to $250,000 for violations affecting those 65 years old and up. The suit also asks for restraining orders on ACR data while the suits are pending.
Source: Ars Technica
DoorDash is testing an app called Zesty, an AI-powered app to find new restaurants, currently available for New York and San Francisco. Using a DoorDash account users can view nearby restaurants and ask a chatbot for recommendations, with answers including third-party sources like Google Maps, Reddit threads, and likes on TikTok videos. Zesty includes restaurant photos and reviews shared by users, but does not support ordering food through the app.
Source: Bloomberg
On Wednesday, European privacy advocacy group ‘nyob’, which stands for ‘none of your business’, filed complaints with Austria’s data protection authority against TikTok, Grindr, and AppsFlyer alleging the companies breached regional privacy laws by tracking user activities across apps without consent. A statement from nyob to Reuters claims a user discovered their Grindr activity was accessed by TikTok, and TikTok said the data was used for “personalised advertising, analytics, and security” only after repeated contact attempts, which runs counter to GDPR transparency requirements. noyb claims AppsFlyer and Grindr had no legal grounds to share any data with TikTok.
Source: Reuters
Instagram is testing Instagram for TV through Amazon Fire TV devices in the US. Instagram Reels are organized by channels tuned to trending topics, sports highlights, music, and travel content, among others, and are personalized if a user logs in to their account. Reels will display with black bars on the side and the Instagram announcement states new features will be added over time and “may include using your phone as a remote”. The test could expand to more devices and countries in the future.
Source: CNET