@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: ElevenLabs seeks to raise hundreds of millions at a valuation of $11B, four months after a secondary share sale that valued it at $6.6B (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5bb87485-7641-4577-8b64-144a1553d42e
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUK ministers say they are considering options for the BBC including ads across its channels and subscriptions for older or more commercially oriented content (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e818aeb7-a485-4cc5-8db1-bb88c03d57e7
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyUS unemployment rate hits four-year high of 4.6%
#Trumponomics https://www.ft.com/content/17a1674d-0e6b-4e9b-9c0d-82de5887be15
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump’s first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to ... megadonor’s company
(of course he did)
https://www.ft.com/content/da74c248-fb36-4ff1-8fb2-d2dd1e00fde8
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Can Academic Libraries Lead the Quantum Revolution?" https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/future-of-work/2025/can-libraries-lead-the-quantum-revolution
– Herjeh, um was sollen wir uns denn noch alles kümmern…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deAdobe Experience Manager: Agenten für Code und Content
Adobe erweitert den Experience Manager um KI-Agenten, die selbstständig Code sowie Inhalte generieren und Regeln wie Marken- oder Nutzungsrechte prüfen.
https://…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPentagon says it will 'refocus' Stars and Stripes content (Corey Dickstein/Stars & Stripes)
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-01-15/pentagon-refocus-stars-and-stripes-content-20415816.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p154#a260115p154
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioYou know Mozilla, how about just idk making the best browser instead of...
*checks notes*
..."doing for AI what we did for the web".
https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/278/files/2025/11/Mozilla-Summary-Portfolio-Strategy.pdf
@rigo@mamot.frSuper émission/video de TV Monaco sur l'IA générative avec les pros de l'INRIA et de l'université Sophia Antipolis. A consommer sans modération!
https://videos.tvmonaco.com/content/ia-chat-gpt-et-les-ia-generatives
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: suppliers of parts for Nvidia's H200 chips have paused production after Chinese customs officials blocked shipments of the AI processors (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/02a3eb7c-684f-4e39-87b8-36e9595ef800
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMeta launches a tool called content protection to let creators detect when their reels are reposted on Facebook or Instagram and take action (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/face
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialBing's web crawler is a true putz of the Internet.
By-the-way, various other search engines use Bing as the underlying web crawler, so this is far from being a Microsoft issue.
Bing's web crawler refuses to index content that does not meet its standards.
And what are those standards? It is that pages contain a bunch of meta tags and such.
Well, some of my archival content was written around 1995, long before those meta tags were conceived.
Thus, from Bi…
@ethanwhite@hachyderm.io"NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists"
'"This is like a stick in the spokes of merit review,” says one staffer who requested anonymity because of fear of retaliation. “It devalues discussion of the merits of each proposal.”'
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-pares-down-grant-review-process-reducing-influence-outside-scientists
h/t @…
@alejandrobdn@social.linux.pizzahttps://justthebrowser.com/
"Just the Browser helps you remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers. The goal is to give you just the browser and nothing else, using hidden settings in web browsers intended for com…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"For Researchers in the Humanities, Is Open Really Fair?" @ Katina Magazine https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/for-researchers-in-the-humanities-is-open-really-fair "The open …
@seeingwithsound@mas.toEnhanced pitch perception in early blind individuals and musicians is due to reduced internal noise https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.25.690447v1
@teledyn@mstdn.caWhen people can’t tell what’s real, it can blur their understanding of animal behavior, welfare, and conservation needs. It can also divert attention – and support – away from organizations doing the real work to protect wildlife.
https://scz.org/blog/the-reality-of-ai-animal-content
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaWhat is Anarcho-Syndicalism and how we work: An Open letter to Media and all workers all over the world
https://iwa-ait.org/content/what-anarcho-syndicalism-and-how-we-work-open-letter-media-and-all-workers-all-over-world<…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialThe EU has confirmed that Greenland falls under article 42.7 of the EU-treaty, the mutual defence clause. If the USA is so stupid to take Greenland against the will of Greenland/Denmark and the EU. It will suffer enormously, all US military bases in Europe will have to close. Power projection in Africa and the Middle East will become very hard. To name just one thing.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: it expects to make "low billions" from ads in 2026 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ec1656cd-e07b-48ed-92a8-26c7fe517899
@debellum@ludosphere.fr
@TFG@social.linux.pizzaWant to get rid of unwanted stuff in your webbrowser - like telemetry or #ai
There's a git project for FF, Chrome and Edge and a website:
https://github.com/corbindavenport/jus
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
After the warming. [1989] (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfE8wBReIxw
saved 2019-07-31 https://dotat.at/:/B58YJ…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialOpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: it expects to make "low billions" from ads in 2026 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ec1656cd-e07b-48ed-92a8-26c7fe517899
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: top Monzo shareholders, including Accel and Iconiq, are pushing to oust the fintech's Chair Gary Hoffman after the surprise departure of CEO TS Anil (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/1487940f-03ed-40b9-a19e-da1b657ff37a
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeX still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/16/x-still-allowing-sexualised-images-grok-ai-nudification
@aardrian@toot.cafeOh goody, a LinkedIn connection request with a message!
Let’s break this down:
> …vc backed…
Focused on quarterly profits / RoI instead of outcomes.
> …invite-only…
NDAs and other gag agreements.
> …openAI browser…
Chromium that begs authors for ARIA to parse content.
> …seeing promising results…
Which aren’t genuine results.
> …goal is 100% WCAG testing…
Ah, snake oil.
> …with high capture rates.
Sales…
@keithjgrant@front-end.socialI designed notes.keithjgrant.com for short-form content (like, tweet-length), but I've really had the urge lately to add slightly longer "review" posts on movie and games and such that really don't belong on my main blog... 🤔
@cheeaun@mastodon.socialRE: https://hachyderm.io/@jimfl/115560110273697988
Subconsciously do mental arithmetic as you read the timeline. Bits of exercises for the brain cells while consuming content 🤔
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTo transform Iran, the west needs patience not over-reach (Richard Haass/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/36258864-3996-4c5d-882e-18df767db611
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p19#a260117p19
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the EU's cybersecurity proposal, to be presented on Jan. 20, is expected to phase out vendors such as Huawei from the bloc's critical infrastructure (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/eb677cb3-f86c-42de-b819-277bcb042295
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBBC lawyers argue that the Florida court has no jurisdiction over President Trump's case; Trump's lawyers counter that BritBox showed Panorama in Florida (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/fb0d4335-c324-438c-951d-b46d40277a73
@seeingwithsound@mas.toCausal role of the individual alpha phase in #multisensory #perception https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Blue Owl Capital will not invest in Oracle's $10B, 1GW data center in Michigan after funding talks stalled due to concerns over debt terms and delays (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/84c147a4-aabb-4243-8298-11fabf1022a3
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: UK ministers will begin the search for a new Ofcom chair this week; current chair Michael Grade's single term expires in April 2026 (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6ab2facb-8a7a-4657-8884-e6c99280db99
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEuropean automakers warn of substantial disruption to production after China cut off Nexperia's outbound shipments following the Dutch seizure of Nexperia (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/91304da5-6537-4f80-955a-6cb1df05cbc8
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHow dozens of Trump's donors have benefited from his second term (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0ab138a5-76de-4371-8f20-3ca31f27e170
http://www.memeorandum.com/251017/p1#a251017p1
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: the BBC plans to announce a major deal to make bespoke shows for YouTube for the first time, which will later be aired on the BBC iPlayer and Sounds (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/cdcfbec7-1472-4161-a29f-71426333bd40
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources say Monzo CEO TS Anil, who announced his exit and handover to ex-Googler Diana Layfield in October, was pushed out by the board over an IPO timing clash (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5aa2f310-d023-441d-97e4-a23ba6ad0874
@cdarwin@c.imTrump has no idea what reality is
https://bsky.app/profile/amberspeaks.bsky.social/post/3m3fifsmlbc2u
@aardrian@toot.cafeThe 2025 Web Almanac mistook me.
I did *not* say LLMs provide better image descriptions. I cited SeeingAI and Be My Eyes as tools for undescribed IRL uses.
I said LLM-generated captions could be better than craptions. I mentioned abstracts / reading-level changes, which could be summaries?
But “better” image descriptions is right out.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Vinted is exploring a share sale that could value the company at ~€8B; Vinted says it expects 2025 revenue to cross €1B , up from €813M in 2024 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/76b8784e-438b-49aa-b044-b1b590a5af0b
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDonald Trump's first Venezuela oil sale deal goes to megadonor's company (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/da74c248-fb36-4ff1-8fb2-d2dd1e00fde8
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p8#a260116p8
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: following investor backlash, Monzo to give outgoing CEO TS Anil an expanded role after he steps down in February; he is likely to retain a board seat (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7d4e11d3-f30e-4c33-bedc-908cf221cffc
@seeingwithsound@mas.toEfficacy of electronic travel aids for the blind and visually impaired during wayfinding #ETA
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialYouTube revises policy to allow full monetization of nongraphic videos on sensitive issues including abortion, self-harm, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse (Sam Gutelle/Tubefilter)
https://www.tubefilter.com/2026/01/15/youtube-sensitive…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBerlin-based Trade Republic says early investors will sell €1.2B of shares to Sequoia and others at a €12.5B valuation, becoming Germany's most valuable startup (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f5f3bfeb-79cc-4eff-8999-1cecd6360003
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMeta is partnering with Singapore-based K-ID to add its AgeKey age-verification tech to Meta apps, with plans to roll it out across multiple countries in 2026 (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8164c36c-f224-4006-bc1f-561952c119b6
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPA Media, the UK's largest press agency, says it has adopted a "video-first" strategy to meet increased demand for live and vertical social media content (Freddy Mayhew/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-
@memeorandum@universeodon.comVladimir Putin predicts European 'swine' backing Ukraine will lose power (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/52c0b594-d299-4473-a35e-9a9235267d92
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p94#a251217p94
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDune and Keyrock: bets placed on prediction markets rose from <$100M per month in early 2024 to $13B per month in November, as Polymarket and Kalshi compete (Jill R Shah/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bc300579-4b19-4f82-b232-e537e992c310
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: UK companies and groups tell the UK that a planned ban on paying ransoms to ransomware gangs is unlikely to stop attacks and risks collapsing services (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3dc82018-2d3a-444e-8400-07d4c27a7665
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'Maga has gone Maoist': corporate America reels as Trump turns interventionist (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/36ab31dd-6cb6-4b1e-b15d-32eafdcea556
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p38#a260116p38
@Techmeme@techhub.socialShares in Chinese companies critical to AI infrastructure surged in 2025, with CATL up 45% and Sungrow up 130%, as exports boost margins despite Trump's tariffs (William Sandlund/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ea276954-7dab-49be-a152-98caa95e8c9d
@Techmeme@techhub.socialKlarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski says he is "nervous about the size of these investments in these data centres"; he owns stakes in OpenAI, Perplexity, and xAI (Laith Al-Khalaf/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/61ce397b-968c-403e-aecf-16d4b2ff08cd<…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialYouTube revises policy to allow full monetization of nongraphic videos on sensitive issues including abortion, self-harm, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse (Sam Gutelle/Tubefilter)
https://www.tubefilter.com/2026/01/15/youtube-sensitive…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialYouTube adds over 100 full episodes from previous seasons of Sesame Street and also hosts an expanded library of Sesame Street content on Shorts (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/youtube-sesame-street-full-episo…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at challenges BBC DGs face due to its vast size, like frequent ideological and commercial attacks, and maintaining impartiality in a polarized climate (Henry Mance/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/71245687-18c4-492f-a122-c14577de5f41
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCloudflare acquires AI data marketplace Human Native for an undisclosed sum, aiming to create a new system where AI developers pay creators for training content (Davis Giangiulio/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/cloudflare-ai-human-native-acquisition.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d03bef02-0cf6-4aee-a4ab-0455cdca98cd
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: Apple's Google Gemini deal will be a cloud contract where Apple pays Google; another source says OpenAI declined to be Apple's custom model provider (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8033b1bc-4ffe-47ed-baf0-5abea6a1322a
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic researchers say rich countries' higher AI use risks deepening economic disparities and widening living standard gaps, driven by productivity gains (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3ad44e30-c738-4356-91fb-8bb2368685c4
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBerlin-based Parloa, which develops AI customer service agents for Booking.com and others, raised $350M at a $3B valuation, taking its total raised to $560M (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d0436edf-008a-4852-8e30-54e41f244bc1
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDisney says it plans to "invest approximately $24B in content across Entertainment and Sports in fiscal 2026, an increase of $1B compared to the prior year" (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDTCC: credit default swaps tied to a handful of US tech groups have climbed 90% since early September, as investors seek ways to protect against an AI debt bust (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c5f9380e-df86-42a9-a387-a0d5e04ad45f
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow Nvidia's lobbying efforts grew after Howard Lutnick brokered Jensen Huang's access to Trump, ending with the president's approval of the H200 sales to China (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ba305968-5427-41ee-b65b-818d27f7db16
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the UK government wants Apple, Google, and others to block explicit images at the OS level by default to protect kids and have adults verify their ages (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0ef79775-eadf-4cc9-b32c-e97b0eff816f
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0d424625-f4f8-4646-9f6e-927c8cbe0e3e
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Dentsu's efforts to sell its UK-based international unit are nearing collapse after Apollo Global and other buyers withdrew from negotiations (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/cd37655c-2f7e-4ca2-beeb-53a258f696be
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA profile of Wikipedia as it faces challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and legal challenges in India (Darren Loucaides/Financial Times)
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI hires former UK chancellor George Osborne to lead OpenAI for Countries, the global expansion arm of its $500B Stargate data center initiative (Financial Times)
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEvent software company Cvent acquires video content platform Goldcast; source: Cvent paid just under $300M to acquire Goldcast, which had raised around $38M (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/merger-deals/2025/12/15/cvent-300m-goldcast-buy
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating (Financial Times)
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialVox launches its subscriber-only program on Patreon, offering access to Vox.com, ad-free content, livestream events, two new exclusive video series, and more (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/16/2025/vox-to-partner-with…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBob Iger says upcoming changes to Disney include "game-like features" and "mostly short-form" user-generated content made with generative AI (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d03bef02-0cf6-4aee-a4ab-0455cdca98cd
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUK PM Keir Starmer says X indicated to government officials it was acting to comply with UK laws by restricting the generation of non-consensual sexual images (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/72c2a5b7-e10d-4e7c-8af0-e95b64d99d79
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: McKinsey pilots an overhaul in how it recruits its next generation, asking candidates to use its AI tool Lilli to analyze a case study during a test (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/de7855f0-f586-4708-a8ed-f0458eb25586
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUK satellite company Open Cosmos wins a highly contested Ka-band spectrum license, used for high-speed internet, beating companies backed by Peter Thiel (Josh Gabert-Doyon/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8262dff8-38da-4230-855d-9b7da1bc1c36
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOracle shares are down nearly 30% in the past month, reversing more than $250B in market value gains following the announcement of its OpenAI deals in September (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/583e9391-bdd0-433e-91e0-b1b93038d51e
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Amazon is seeking supplier discounts, from low single digits to 30%, as it moves to reverse concessions made to limit the shock of Trump's tariffs (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6f7ad580-a237-4cb7-86bc-f68e4e44f511
…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAhead of WEF 2026, the IMF urges governments to step up support for young workers displaced by AI, arguing candidates could use AI "rather than compete with it" (Delphine Strauss/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7e2ae3ad-4cfb-4e3f-a370-702781899e05…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Tether is in talks to lead a €1B funding round in Neura Robotics, valuing the startup at €8B-€10B, as Tether seeks to expand its investment portfolio (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a96098ca-3893-4608-85fa-d84790e3c374
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDelivery Hero Chair Kristin Skogen Lund backs CEO Niklas Östberg as the group explores asset sales amid shareholder pressure over its falling stock price (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e256c32a-be7e-46ba-b863-0e2238b2f787
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWH national security memo: Alibaba provides tech support for China military's "operations" against targets in the US; Alibaba says it is "complete nonsense" (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/30fb83a0-8cb9-4805-b5d2-19b5ef…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWarhammer maker Games Workshop says it banned its staff from using AI in its content or designs and it is taking a "very cautious" approach to protect its IP (Philip Stafford/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/82bf41f4-7020-4c41-9ca6-f5b7390e9198…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEvent software company Cvent acquires video content platform Goldcast; source: Cvent paid just under $300M to acquire Goldcast, which had raised around $38M (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/merger-deals/2025/12/15/cvent-300m-goldcast-buy
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTel Aviv- and Boston-based IO River, which lets users manage multiple CDN and edge networks, raised a $20M Series A led by Venture Guides and New Era (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-softw
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChinese toymaker FoloToy suspends sales of its GPT-4o-powered teddy bear, after researchers found the toy gave kids harmful responses, including sexual content (Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/ai_toys_fmatches_knives_kink/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialWikimedia says Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic, as more people access the site's information via AI chatbots without clicking through (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-says-ai-is-causing-a-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAs Meta shifts resources away from its Supernatural VR fitness service, users mourn the loss of a community built around the platform and its coaches (Boone Ashworth/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/metas-layoffs-supernatural-fitness-users/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialShares of data center real estate company Fermi closed down 34% after a tenant terminated a $150M agreement to help fund an AI campus in West Texas (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e4056c28-3f3e-48cf-ac3f-134fc926047e
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: carmakers find a workaround for chip shortages amid Nexperia's internal battle, buying wafers from its Dutch arm and then shipping themselves to China (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bb384dae-e927-469e-bd7f-c82b7760b9f5
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Balderton cashed out ~$2B of its Revolut stake in the past year, turning an early £1M bet into a historic European VC win; its fifth fund returned 25x (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/97e6f29e-bc79-43e0-bcbd-2dfe98755ea3
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b14490d9-3ac9-45ce-bce5-df6c39db472f
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMicrosoft warns Chinese companies, especially DeepSeek, are winning AI adoption outside the West, gaining significant market share in the Global South (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f7a5b184-1fef-4f02-b957-4c2b07adf91f
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sector in 2025 amid concerns over AI threat (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/137bfe82-3e52-418b-9d4f-930978b2532e
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA University of Cambridge analysis reveals how cheap SMS text message verification to create online accounts fuels global influence and manipulation campaigns (Clive Cookson/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/12105e19-208b-44ad-986d-398e68fc2270
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCisco's stock touched a new record high of $80.25 on December 10, surpassing its previous split-adjusted high of $80.06 on March 27, 2000; CSCO is up 31.64% YTD (Robin Wigglesworth/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b27ae706-6244-4337-81cd-5204bd2b9a00…
