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Source details how Apple's Gemini deal works: new Siri features launching in spring and at WWDC, Apple can finetune Gemini, no Google branding, and more (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-using-gemini-give-chatgpt-like-ans…

How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers
In another AI win for Google lately, Apple announced on Monday that it will use Google’s Gemini models to power its artificial intelligence features, including an upcoming updated version of its Siri voice assistant.With Gemini powering its answers, Siri will have the ability to answer factual ...

The #EU - #Mercosur deal «reaffirms standards established under the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and introduces enhanced protections for copyrights, trademarks, designs, patents and trade secrets».
Also «simulations project a rise in GHG emissions across M…

CNN signs a non-exclusive deal to stream video podcasts from Lemonada Media, including titles featuring Hasan Minhaj and Mandy Patinkin, on the CNN app (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/cnn-le…

CNN Inks Deal to Stream Video Podcasts From Lemonada (Exclusive)
Video episodes of the podcasts — including shows from Hasan Minaj and Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody — will stream on the CNN app. The deal is non-exclusive so the titles will still stream on YouTube as well.

YouTube TV, Disney reach deal to restore access to ESPN networks after two-week standoff https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6802603/2025/11/14/youtube-tv-espn-disney-status-deal-agreement/

Rest easy Raiders and Cowboys fans: Monday Night Football returns YouTubeTV https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/11/14/disney-youtubetv-reach-deal…

NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Monday, Jan. 12 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-monday-jan-12

Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring to publish seditious articles (Kanis Leung/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-ve…

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court. Three government-vetted judges on Monday found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law, Lai could face up to life imprisonment. A mitigation hea…

Sources: Intel is in advanced talks to acquire AI chip startup SambaNova for about $1.6B including debt; the deal could come together as soon as next month (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-12/intel-nears…

Dan Bongino, who stepped down as the deputy director of the FBI this month, says he will restart his podcast on February 2, streaming daily on Rumble (Reggie Ugwu/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/arts/dan-bongino-fbi-podcast.html

Dan Bongino, No Longer at the F.B.I., Will Return to Podcasting
The former F.B.I. deputy director, who had hosted a right-wing, pro-Trump podcast, will restart the show after a rocky tenure at the law-enforcement agency.

Sources: Apollo nears a $3.4B loan deal to a Valor-led investment vehicle to buy and lease Nvidia chips to xAI; through fall 2025, xAI was burning $1B per month (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apollo-nears-3-bil…

Apollo Nears $3 Billion Chip-Funding Deal Tied to XAI
Apollo Global Management, one of Wall Street’s biggest private credit firms, is nearing a deal to lend about $3.4 billion to an investment vehicle that will purchase Nvidia chips and lease them to Elon Musk’s xAI, which just merged with SpaceX, said a person with knowledge of the deal. The deal ...