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The new affair allegation involves Nvidia executive Kimberly Powell, while the weekend report concerned Alice Huang.
The proposed curbs target suspected chip diversions to China; Commerce denies a reported confrontation over its handling of Megaspeed.
Anthropic’s Google Meet assistant launches in beta for Team and Enterprise customers, Axios reports.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was reportedly sent a classified warning; it’s unclear whether it affected China chip-export approvals.
Ring announced a $249.99 indoor drone and $999.99 business patrol robot; the drone’s U.S. release was subject to FCC approval.
Ballistic Ventures led the round to expand Anura, software designed to let military crews direct equipment in plain English.
The company could raise $62.5 billion before expenses, but its trillion-dollar valuation depends on which shares you count.
Paris is seeking EU sanctions over October’s refrigeration sabotage, while Tehran denies responsibility and France weighs further action.
October consumer prices rose 0.4% from September and core inflation increased 0.3%, both above economists’ forecasts.
Ring announced a $250 home drone and $1,000 business robot, with FCC authorization still pending for the drone.
WIRED reports a four-week verification project, not a clean bill of health for the entire Signal app.
The university says students and employees should shut down university devices and disconnect from campus Wi-Fi.
Axios reports Nvidia’s board is also investigating Huang’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
Wing says its planned Fort Worth factory could produce tens of thousands of delivery drones annually.
France says attacks targeted roughly 700 sites, causing fires and food losses worth tens of millions of euros.
Uber’s SpotHero-powered parking reservations debut in 15 U.S. cities, with account credits available to Uber One members.
Huang acknowledged infidelity in a message to employees and pledged to cooperate fully with the independent investigation.
Huang has admitted infidelity, and Nvidia says he will continue as CEO during the newly announced independent investigation.
Anthropic reportedly expects to raise $80 billion–$100 billion at a valuation of $1.25 trillion–$1.75 trillion.
Anthropic's IPO announcement odds before December fell to 57% on Kalshi following the post-election AI sell-off.
