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A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by "overfitting" in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech (Sam Kriss/New York Times) - 2025-12-06T02:35:00-05:00

Short seller Grizzly shorts London-listed Trustpilot, alleging the review site pressures businesses to pay for subscriptions; Trustpilot refutes the claims (Bloomberg) - 2025-12-06T01:55:01-05:00

Parents are pressuring LA Unified, the second-largest US school district, to reduce mandatory student screen time on school-issued iPads and Chromebooks (Tyler Kingkade/NBC News) - 2025-12-06T01:30:02-05:00

Source: Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell (Abram Brown/The Information) - 2025-12-06T01:20:00-05:00

Leaked memos: Meta is delaying the release of its MR glasses codenamed "Phoenix" from H2 2026 to H1 2027 for "more breathing room to get the details right" (Jyoti Mann/Business Insider) - 2025-12-05T22:30:01-05:00

An analysis of 100T+ tokens from the past year shows reasoning models now represent over half of all usage, open-weight model use has grown steadily, and more (OpenRouter) - 2025-12-05T21:20:02-05:00

Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communication training software, raised a $40M Series B led by WestBridge Capital, valuing the startup at $300M+ (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) - 2025-12-05T19:25:04-05:00

Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how its robotaxis operate around school buses following an NHTSA investigation opened in October (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) - 2025-12-05T18:30:02-05:00

A US judge rules Google must renegotiate annually any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices (Bloomberg) - 2025-12-05T17:55:01-05:00

A look at the uphill battle to win regulatory approval for Netflix's acquisition of WBD, and the roles of the US DOJ, EU regulators, and state attorneys general (Ted Johnson/Deadline) - 2025-12-05T16:15:00-05:00

WBD confirms that Warner Bros. Games will be acquired by Netflix along with its wider streaming and television business (Chris Kerr/Game Developer) - 2025-12-05T15:20:02-05:00

Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a pendant-style AI wearable that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33M (Echo Wang/Reuters) - 2025-12-05T15:05:05-05:00

Sources: SpaceX has told investors and financial institution representatives that it is aiming for an IPO in the second half of 2026 (Katie Roof/The Information) - 2025-12-05T14:45:00-05:00

Netflix's WBD bid marks a striking strategy shift for a company long known for pivots, especially after years of avoiding full commitment to theatrical releases (Nicole Sperling/New York Times) - 2025-12-05T14:35:01-05:00

Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company (Wall Street Journal) - 2025-12-05T14:00:57-05:00

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