Sources: YouTube reorganizes its leadership team, with three product teams reporting to CEO Neal Mohan, and announces a "voluntary exit program" for US staff (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/youtube-announces-ai-reorg-and-layoffs
Sources: ByteDance plans to spend about $14B on Nvidia's AI chips in 2026, an increase of about 18% from 2025 (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338191/bytedance-pour-u…
Sources: Carter to Philly, Metchie to Jets in trade https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46772929/sources-eagles-trade-john-metchie-iii-jets-michael-carter-ii
When "AI" search engines look for sources, they go for fringe and not established quality sites. What could possibly go wrong?
(Original title: AI-powered search engines rely on “less popular” sources, researchers find)
https://arstechnica.com/a…
Sources: Colts to start Leonard over Rivers at QB https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47453736/colts-expected-start-qb-riley-leonard-finale-sources-say
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Sources: China is requiring chipmakers to use at least 50% domestically made equipment for adding new capacity, in a rule that is not publicly documented (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-mandates-50-domestic-…
Sources: Nvidia has approached TSMC to ramp up H200 chip production; Chinese companies have placed orders for 2M H200 chips for 2026, while Nvidia holds 700K (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-sounds…
Sources: SoftBank has completed its $40B investment in OpenAI (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/30/softbank-openai-investment.html