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Saturday, December 20, 2025

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San Francisco power outage leaves 124,000 customers dark on Saturday (33) hot

SF grid fails, dark millions shocked
Waymo stranded; autonomous chaos ensues

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Flock camera aids Brown University shooting investigation (9)

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Rising RAM prices in US burden consumers amid supply chain strains (13) hot

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ChatGPT tone controls offer customizable personality tweaks (10) hot

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Discontinuation of $399 LCD Steam Deck signals product lineup update (8)

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Google delays replacing Assistant with Gemini on select Android phones (11) hot

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US, Venezuela Engage in Electronic Warfare, Jamming Caribbean GPS Signals Amid Tensions (10) hot

In Detail Full day, Saturday, December 20, 2025, Timezone: America/Chicago

Nearly a Third of San Francisco Loses Electricity

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon / nytimes - At least 124,000 customers out of 414,000 lost power on Saturday.

#energy #government #technology #emergencyservices #telecommunications #safety #california

SF grid fails, dark millions shocked (3)
Waymo stranded; autonomous chaos ensues (9)
All Other Stories

SF grid fails, dark millions shocked

PG&E outages in S.F. leave 130k without electricity

2 months / ycombinator

Nearly a Third of San Francisco Loses Electricity

2 months / nytimes / Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

Nearly a Third of San Francisco Loses Electricity

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Waymo stranded; autonomous chaos ensues

'Confused' Waymos Stopped in Intersections During San Francisco Power Outage

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Waymos Froze, Blocked Traffic During San Francisco Power Outage

2 months / bloomberg / María Paula Mijares Torres

Frozen Waymos backed up San Francisco traffic during a widespread power outage

2 months / theverge / Richard Lawler

Waymo pauses robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected

2 months / cnbc

Waymo cars stall, causing traffic jams, during San Francisco blackout

2 months / mashable

A San Francisco power outage left Waymo's self-driving cars stranded at intersections

2 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

Waymo suspends service in San Francisco as robotaxis stall during blackout

2 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Blackout in San Francisco Litters Streets with Traffic-Blocking, Deactivated Waymos

2 months / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams

2 months / ycombinator

All Other Stories

San Francisco power outage brings Waymo robotaxis to a standstill

2 months / fastcompany / Taylor Hatmaker

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Tesla (TSLA) Stock: Robo-Taxis Shine While Waymo Goes Dark During Blackout

2 months / blockonomi / Trader Edge

Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

2 months / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Waymo vehicles are operating again in San Francisco following a power outage

2 months / engadget / Steve Dent

San Francisco Blackout Halts Waymo Autonomous Fleet

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Waymo resumes San Francisco service after blackout causes suspension

2 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Waymo’s robotaxis didn’t know what to do when a city’s traffic lights failed

2 months / digitaltrends

Waymo’s robotaxis lose their way as San Francisco traffic lights go blank

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

“Shouldn’t there be a plan for this?” - @theverge.com www.theverge.com/news/848843/...

2 months / bsky / @carlquintanilla.bsky.social / carlquintanilla.bsky.social

Frozen Waymos backed up San Francisco traffic during a widespread power outage www.theverge.com/news/848843/...

2 months / bsky / @patrickcmiller.bsky.social / patrickcmiller.bsky.social

Waymo paused its robotaxi service in the San Francisco Bay Area after blackout chaos… www.cnbc.com/2025/12/21/w...

2 months / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

Waymo suspended its SF robotaxi service on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Il blackout di sabato a San Francisco mette KO la flotta di robotaxi Waymo. Stiamo alacremente costruendo incubi di antiresilienza? Waymo suspends service in San Francisco as robotaxis stall during blackout techcrunch.com/2025/12/21/w...

2 months / bsky / @phastidio.net / phastidio.net

Waymo has suspended service in SF, which was its biggest and second most-established market, so it appears they agree this was a problem. techcrunch.com/2025/12/21/w...

2 months / bsky / @niedermeyer.online / niedermeyer.online

Blackout in San Francisco Litters Streets with Traffic-Blocking, Deactivated Waymos https://gizmodo.com/blackout-in-san-francisco-litters-streets-with-traffic-blocking-deactivated-waymos-2000702290

2 months / bsky / @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy / servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy

Blackout in San Francisco Litters Streets with Traffic-Blocking, Deactivated Waymos https://gizmodo.com/blackout-in-san-francisco-litters-streets-with-traffic-blocking-deactivated-waymos-2000702290

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

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2 months / bsky / @nytdiff.bsky.social / nytdiff.bsky.social

Nearly a third of San Francisco loses electricity www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

2 months / bsky / @tobbyolumba.bsky.social / tobbyolumba.bsky.social

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2 months / bsky / @nytdiff.bsky.social / nytdiff.bsky.social

Nearly a third of San Francisco loses electricity www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

2 months / bsky / @tobbyolumba.bsky.social / tobbyolumba.bsky.social

Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns

EditorDavid / slashdot - During a search for the Brown shoogin suspect, a law enforcement press conference included a request for "Ring camera footage from residents and businesses near Brown University," according to local news reports. But in the end it was Flock cameras accord…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #internet #camera #privacy #police #law #technology #digitalprivacy

The CEO of Flock downloads on his surveillance cameras

2 months / politico / By Aaron Mak

At some point #Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is going to have to admit that Flock is not a good actor and the city is putting its residents at risk. www.404media.co/flock-expose...

2 months / bsky / @aweiss.bsky.social / aweiss.bsky.social

404 Media: Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/ #privacy #AI #surveillance #bigbrother #dystopia

2 months / bsky / @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy / ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy

Benn Jordan – This Flock Camera Leak Is Like Netflix for Stalkers [video]

2 months / ycombinator

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

2 months / 404media / Jason Koebler

School security industry may be booming, but little is helping to stop shootings

2 months / fastcompany / The Conversation

Flock and Cyble Inc. Weaponize "Cybercrime" Takedowns to Silence Critics

2 months / ycombinator

Flock Executive Says Their Camera Helped Find Shooting Suspect, Addresses Privacy Concerns

2 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

Influencers play detective — and unleash chaos

2 months / axios / Zachary Basu

Why RAM Prices Are Out Of Control In The US

slashgear - Buying RAM for your PC has become a nightmare. Retailers are hiding prices, costs have doubled, and one major brand has reportedly shut down entirely.

#hardware #semiconductors #business #supplychain #us #pricing #manufacturing #technology #memory

Apple Turns to Samsung as RAM Prices Rise

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

PC Prices Expected to Jump by up to 8% in 2026, Notes Report

2 months / techpowerup

Samsung has always been a part of the iPhone supply chain, and Apple is about to lean on the company more as RAM prices skyrocket worldwide.

2 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

3 ways you can get around the RAM crisis to upgrade your PC

2 months / pocket-lint / Roger Fingas

Apple Clings to Samsung as RAM Prices Soar

2 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple cozies up to Samsung as RAM gets ridiculously expensive

2 months / appleinsider

Unlucky Amazon shopper orders DDR5 memory but gets DDR4 hidden under the heatspreader — RAM sold as new was a switcharoo

2 months / tomshardware

Micron Technology (MU) Stock: AI Demand and Tight Memory Supply Boost Forecasts

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Your next prebuilt PC might arrive with memory loss

2 months / digitaltrends

IDC expects average PC prices to jump by up to 8% in 2026 due to crushing memory shortages — some vendors already selling pre-builts without RAM

2 months / tomshardware

Samsung, SK hynix accelerate memory output amid AI boom

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Why RAM Prices Are Out Of Control In The US

2 months / slashgear

Tired of sky-high memory prices? Buckle up, we're in this for the long haul

2 months / theregister / Tobias Mann

ChatGPT gets tone controls: OpenAI adds new personalization options

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI now lets users customize how ChatGPT communicates.The article ChatGPT gets tone controls: OpenAI adds new personalization options appeared first on The Decoder.

#ai #software #innovation #openai #genai #chatgpt #ux #technology #assistant

OpenAI Adds ‘Warmth’ and ‘Enthusiasm’ Sliders to ChatGPT, Delays Adult Mode to 2026

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

ChatGPT now lets you dial up the warmth or tone down the enthusiasm in its responses

2 months / digitaltrends

OpenAI gives users a mixing board for AI personality

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

You can now tweak how warm and enthusiastic ChatGPT's responses are

2 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

ChatGPT’s Secret Santa

2 months / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

4 Uncomfortable Truths About Using ChatGPT

2 months / bgr

OpenAI allows users to directly adjust ChatGPT’s enthusiasm level

2 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

OpenAI Adds Granular Personality and Tone Controls to ChatGPT

2 months / iclarified

ChatGPT update lets users customize a warmer and more enthusiastic bot

2 months / mashable

ChatGPT gets tone controls: OpenAI adds new personalization options

2 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

The LCD Steam Deck is done

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - The most affordable Steam Deck, the $399 LCD model, is not available in the US. And, according to the Steam Deck site, it won't be coming back. Underneath the listings for the various models is a note that says: We are no longer producing the Steam Deck L…

#hardware #gaming #business #us #pricing #technology #steam #updates

It’s Game Over for the Steam Deck LCD (RIP 2022-2025)

2 months / gizmodo / Raymond Wong

Steam Deck LCD is on the way out, what this means for your next handheld buy

2 months / digitaltrends

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2 months / bsky / @techpowerup.com / techpowerup.com

Valve Discontinues Steam Deck LCD, OLED Versions Remain

2 months / techpowerup

Valve Discontinues Steam Deck LCD Model

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Valve discontinued the last remaining LCD model of the Steam Deck

2 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

The LCD Steam Deck is done

2 months / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Valve discontinues the most affordable Steam Deck — $399 LCD version on the way out as new starting point is $549

2 months / tomshardware

Google confirms Gemini will fully replace Assistant on phones in 2026

digitaltrends - Google’s shift from Assistant to Gemini on smartphones is delayed, meaning users can continue using Assistant while Google fine-tunes Gemini for a full mobile rollout.The post Google confirms Gemini will fully replace Assistant on phones in 2026 appeared …

#software #mobiletech #google #android #alphabet #technology #assistant #smartphone #updates #gemini

Google Mysteriously Delays Gemini Replacing Google Assistant On Its Devices

2 months / bgr

Google Delays Assistant Sunset to 2026, Citing Need for ‘Seamless Transition’ to Gemini

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google Pushes Timeline For Gemini Replacing Assistant Into 2026

2 months / seroundtable / barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)

The switch from Google Assistant to Gemini will be slower than expected

2 months / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Your Android might keep Google Assistant instead of Gemini for a while

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Why Nvidia maintains its moat and Gemini won’t kill OpenAI

2 months / siliconangle / David Vellante and David Floyer

Google Delays Replacing Assistant With Gemini on Android Phones

2 months / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Google Delays Full Gemini Rollout on Android to 2026

2 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Google Assistant will stick around a bit longer than expected for some Android users

2 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Google was at risk of losing its dominance — until it promoted this AI executive

2 months / cnbc

Google confirms Gemini will fully replace Assistant on phones in 2026

2 months / digitaltrends

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard

Riley Mellen and Anatoly Kurmanaev / nytimes - Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.

#cybersecurity #defensetech #politics #trump #us #security #telecommunications #satellite

US pursues third oil tanker in Caribbean

2 months / news.com.au

US intercepts second oil tanker off Venezuela, pursues a third

2 months / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

U.S. intercepting third oil tanker as Venezuela hostilities intensify

2 months / axios / Marc Caputo

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...

2 months / bsky / @newnarrative.bsky.social / newnarrative.bsky.social

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w.

2 months / bsky / @whodat35.bsky.social / whodat35.bsky.social

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...

2 months / bsky / @newnarrative.bsky.social / newnarrative.bsky.social

2 months / bsky / @whodat35.bsky.social / whodat35.bsky.social

Hackers Stole Millions of PornHub Users’ Data for Extortion

2 months / wired / Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman, Dell Cameron

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard

2 months / nytimes / Riley Mellen and Anatoly Kurmanaev

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