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Energy department hands out $800M in grants for small nuclear reactors

The Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec were awarded substantial grants to build one reactor in Tennessee and two more in Michigan.

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Anthropic hires lawyers as it preps for IPO

Anthropic is reportedly prepping for an IPO that could come as early as 2026.

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AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation

AWS is launching more capabilities in both Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI to make building custom models easier.

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What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about Eventbrite’s acquirer

Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.

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Amazon Fire TV’s new AI feature lets you jump to scenes by describing them to Alexa+

Amazon says you can describe the scene to Alexa by mentioning details like the actor or character’s name, or a memorable quote.

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Autolane is building ‘air traffic control’ for autonomous vehicles

And the Palo Alto-based startup has raised $7.4 million to do that.

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Waymo starts autonomous testing in Philadelphia

Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis join a long list of cities where the company is gearing up to offer robotaxi rides.

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Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with ‘Wrapped Party’

Spotify Wrapped returns to its data-driven roots with new interactive features, deeper insights, and social experiences designed to revive its fan-favorite feel.

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Nothing looks to its community to raise $5M, wants to be ‘IPO-ready’ in 3 years

The new round, which opens on December 10, will enable consumers to buy the company’s shares at its Series C valuation of $1.3 billion.

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After intense backlash, India pulls mandate to pre-install government app on smartphones

On Wednesday, the Indian telecom ministry said Sanchar Saathi, an anti-theft and cybersecurity protection app, would remain voluntary, and that smartphone makers would no longer be required to preload it on devices they sell.

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