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Pew Research Center: Survey of 1,458 US teens: 64% use AI chatbots, and 28% use them daily; 59% say they use ChatGPT, 23% Gemini, 20% Meta AI, 14% Copilot, and 9% Character.ai  —  Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say… Read More »Survey of 1,458 US teens: 64% use AI chatbots, and 28% use them daily; 59% say they use ChatGPT, 23% Gemini, 20% Meta AI, 14% Copilot, and 9% Character.ai (Pew Research Center)

New York Times: Nexperia’s former CEO Frans Scheper says Wingtech, which bought the Dutch chipmaker in 2019, quickly plotted to send Nexperia’s research and IP to China  —  The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials… Read More »Nexperia’s former CEO Frans Scheper says Wingtech, which bought the Dutch chipmaker in 2019, quickly plotted to send Nexperia’s research and IP to China (New York Times)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: The European Commission says Apple and Google’s Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA  —  Yesterday, Apple and Google announced that they have teamed up… Read More »The European Commission says Apple and Google’s Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

The Guardian: Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time  —  Albanese says commencement of ban a ‘proud day’ for him as prime… Read More »Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time (The Guardian)

Dylan Butts / CNBC: Amazon will invest $35B+ in India’s cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs  —  Amazon on Wednesday committed… Read More »Amazon will invest $35B+ in India’s cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia: Chinese state-backed chipmaker Hygon, which makes server CPUs, calls off merger with its top shareholder and server maker Sugon; the merger was announced in May  —  SHANGHAI — Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology is abandoning… Read More »Chinese state-backed chipmaker Hygon, which makes server CPUs, calls off merger with its top shareholder and server maker Sugon; the merger was announced in May (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)

Bloomberg: Nintendo’s shares slid as much as 4.7% on December 10 to their lowest level since May, amid concerns that rising memory chip prices will erode its profit  —  Nintendo Co.’s shares slid as much as 4.7% Wednesday to their… Read More »Nintendo’s shares slid as much as 4.7% on December 10 to their lowest level since May, amid concerns that rising memory chip prices will erode its profit (Bloomberg)

The Guardian: Ofcom: UK porn traffic has now settled at a “lower level” since the start of age checks; VPN users rose to a peak of 1.4M in mid-August and now stand at 900K  —  Visitor numbers to UK’s 10… Read More »Ofcom: UK porn traffic has now settled at a “lower level” since the start of age checks; VPN users rose to a peak of 1.4M in mid-August and now stand at 900K (The Guardian)

Mark Anderson / Bloomberg: Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun resigns after the company incurred South Korea’s largest-ever data breach, in which the personal data of 30M+ people was compromised  —  Coupang Inc. Chief Executive Officer Park Dae-jun has resigned after the… Read More »Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun resigns after the company incurred South Korea’s largest-ever data breach, in which the personal data of 30M+ people was compromised (Mark Anderson/Bloomberg)

Reuters: Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its unreleased location verification tech in recent months, which could show the country its chips are operating in  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are… Read More »Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its unreleased location verification tech in recent months, which could show the country its chips are operating in (Reuters)