Monday, December 29, 2025

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The amount of AI slop and brainrot videos on YouTube is shocking

digitaltrends - A Kapwing study reveals how AI slop has become a global presence on YouTube, with billions of views and growing influence across multiple markets.The post The amount of AI slop and brainrot videos on YouTube is shocking appeared first on Digital Trends.

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Trust Wallet Confirms $7M Claims Portal After Chrome Exploit Hits

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Trust Wallet has launched a $7 million compensation process for users affected by a Chrome extension security breach. Only version 2.68 of the Trust Wallet Chrome extension was compromised in the incident. Victims are required to submit wallet addres…

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iPhone Fold Design Revealed By Leaker Who Apple Sued Earlier This Year

bgr - Leaker Jon Prosser is back with a detailed look at the unannounced foldable iPhone despite the fact that Apple sued him just months ago.

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'I Switched To eSIM in 2025, and I am Full of Regret'

msmash / slashdot - Google's Pixel 10 series arrived this year as the company's first eSIM-only lineup in the United States, forcing users who wanted to review or buy the new phones to abandon their physical SIM cards entirely. Ryan Whitwam, a senior technology reporter at A…

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Apple Appeals $1.8 Billion UK Antitrust Ruling Over App Store Fees

Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple has asked the UK Court of Appeal to overturn a £1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) antitrust ruling that found the company overcharged millions of App Store users, escalating one of the most significant competition cases ever brought against the company in…

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Google Photos Is Coming To Your TV, Starting With Samsung Models

bgr - Samsung is making it easier than ever to share photos and videos with guests by bringing a Google Photos experience to its TVs in 2026.

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Nvidia's $20 billion Groq IP deal bolsters AI market domination — hardware stack and key engineer behind Google TPUs included in bombshell agreement

tomshardware - Nvidia has announced a $20 billion deal to acquire Groq’s intellectual property, though not the company itself, and absorb key members of its engineering team.

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UK Accounting Body To Halt Remote Exams Amid AI Cheating

msmash / slashdot - The world's largest accounting body is to stop students being allowed to take exams remotely to crack down on a rise in cheating on tests that underpin professional qualifications. From a report: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), …

Editor: Is it AI cheating, or AI productivity boosting? Accounting is about the application of rules and judgment en masse - it strikes me that the exams need to test student's ability to validate their sources (is the model's output factually correct?) and apply their own judgment - or validate the model's work. I wonder how much of the problem here is poor test design methodology.

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Apple assembly partner victim of a supply chain cyberattack

appleinsider - A Chinese assembler working for Apple was the target of cyberattacks in December, with the event potentially causing product line details to be leaked to attackers.Manufacturing for AppleApple's massive supply chain is a prime target for hackers keen to e…

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(LEAD) Gov't says poor security of femtocells led to major payment breach at KT

Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- The science ministry said Monday the security breach ...

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DigitalBridge shares jump 50% after report SoftBank is in talks to acquire firm

cnbc - The premarket move comes shortly after Bloomberg reported Japan's SoftBank was in advanced talks to acquire the data center investment firm.

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China outlines rules to regulate human-like AI companion apps

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - China’s internet regulator issued new draft rules on Saturday that aim to regulate the use of artificial intelligence “companions,” which are defined as systems that interact with humans and display “human-like traits and behavior.” The new rules, called …

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China to let banks pay interest on digital yuan to drive adoption

Timmy Shen / theblock - China's central bank will allow commercial banks to pay interests on digital yuan holdings in a new framework taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

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Former IBM CEO and savior Louis Gerstner dies aged 83

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Louis Gerstner, the former Chief Executive Officer credited with saving IBM Corp. from bankruptcy, has died aged 83, the company revealed on Sunday. Gerstner (pictured) served as Chairman and CEO of IBM from 1993 to 2002, taking over during one of the dar…

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