WhatsApp launches long-awaited Apple Watch app

For the first time, WhatsApp users will be able to use their Apple Watch to get call notifications, read full messages, record and send voice messages, and view media content more clearly.

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Alex Karp blasts ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry as ‘bats— crazy’ for bets against Palantir, Nvidia

“The idea that chips and ontology is what you want to short is bats— crazy,” Alex Karp said.

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Bitcoin’s November sell-off worsens as investors reduce risk on worries about the AI trade

Cryptocurrencies retreated Tuesday as investors continued to flee risk-on assets.

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Instacart rolls out AI tools for grocers, Sprouts will be first to use its Cart Assistant

Instacart’s AI Solutions, a suite of artificial intelligence tools for grocers, includes agentic inventory tracking and an AI shopping assistant.

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Anthropic and Iceland Unveil National AI Education Pilot

Teachers from every corner of the country — from Reykjavik to the nation’s most remote communities — will gain access to Claude.
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Chrome Expands Autofill to Passports, Licenses, and Vehicle Details

Google updates Chrome’s enhanced autofill to handle passports, driver’s licenses, and vehicle IDs like VINs, with opt-in confirmation and encryption.
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Nvidia, Deutsche Telekom strike €1B partnership for a data center in Munich

Nvidia has signed a €1 billion partnership with Deutsche Telekom to set up an “AI factory” in Munich that aims to boost Germany’s AI computing power by 50%.

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ClickUp adds new AI assistant to better compete with Slack and Notion

Core parts of the release were possible because of its acquisition of Qatalog.

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Behind the wave of white-collar layoffs: Old-school cost cutting, tariffs and, yes, AI

Amazon, Target and UPS are laying off thousands of employees, but the reasons behind the cuts go a lot deeper than AI.

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Amazon’s new subsea internet cable Fastnet will have the capacity to stream 12.5 million HD movies simultaneously

Amazon is building a subsea fiber-optic cable called Fastnet to connect Maryland’s Eastern shore to County Cork, Ireland.

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