timef 12/02/2025

Mistral unveils its Mistral 3 lineup, including a frontier model and efficient small models designed for offline, customizable enterprise use—aiming to prove small, fine-tuned AI can beat closed-source giants.

Titan OS aims to expand its independent TV operating system in Europe and Latin America.

This year, Apple Music Replay includes even more listening habits, including the "Discovery" section, which highlights new artists users listened to, and "Loyalty," which spotlights artists that users have kept coming back to each year.

Amazon Music's 2025 Delivered introduced new badges for listeners to show off. For example, the “Headliner” badge recognizes fans who fall in the top percentage of an artist’s listeners.

The Indian government has ordered smartphone makers to preinstall its Sanchar Saathi app on all devices, a move that is raising fresh privacy concerns.

Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday.

You can imagine how this is all going over in Silicon Valley, where the libertarian ethos runs deep.

The move is being characterized as a shake-up, but was seemingly inevitable in retrospect.

The promise is AI that's uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.

The move is a loss for homebuyers, who through Zillow had ready access to a property's climate risks scores from First Street.

Shopify was down for many merchants this morning. preventing them from processing transactions. It appears to be fixed now.

Nvidia continues its push into physical AI with the release of a new reasoning world model and other tools for physical AI.

Amazon Web Services’ big annual event, re:Invent 2025, is getting into full swing in Las Vegas this week, and you can follow the keynotes live right here.

"We knew it was niche... and ultimately, we weren't able to turn it into the vision I had," Marques Brownlee said.

"I pinch myself going to work every day," one 51-year-old says of his new supervisor role overseeing 200 workers at a data center site.

New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.

Europol announced the seizure of Cryptomixer’s official website, as well as 25 million euros and 12 terabytes of data from the mixer's service.

This year, the whimsical holiday app comes to iPhone and adds a snow effect for Mac users.

Analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAI’s tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market potential. 

Deezer launched its version of Spotify Wrapped to give listeners an overview of their top tracks and artists.

The $2 billion investment in Synopsys, which makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips, deepens their existing partnership at a time when analysts scrutinize circular AI-industry deals and warn of a potential bubble.

On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when Rufus wasn't used.

Adam Joseph was shocked when Mark Cuban replied to his email with an inquisition full of questions.