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- Meta acquires intelligent agent firm Manus, capping year of aggressive AI moves - Meta Platforms has acquired Manus, a Singapore-based developer of general-purpose AI agents, capping a year of massive spending on artificial intelligence.
- Week in review: The S&P 500 kept hitting records, and an AI giant went back into the Bullpen - The Club added an old stock to the bullpen and bought more shares of another.
- One year on from the UK's grand AI plan: Has its infrastructure buildout been a success? - Hefty financial commitments from tech giants are positive signals, but big challenges remain for the U.K. to fulfil its ambitions.
- Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep 'fiction of competition alive,' analyst says - Groq's description of its Nvidia deal as a "non-exclusive licensing agreement" mimics other recent big AI transactions orchestrated by U.S. tech giants.
- Google is rolling out a new feature allowing users to change their Gmail address - Google says it is rolling out a feature that lets users change their Gmail addresses in a long-requested update to their email policy.
- Waymo pauses robotaxis in SF again due to flash flood warnings on Christmas Day - Waymo again paused it robotaxi service, citing a flash flood warning on Christmas Day.
- Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20 billion in its largest acquisition on record - Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.
- Free streaming service Tubi is rivaling major players for viewership. Here's how it's winning - Fox's Tubi outpaced Peacock and HBO Max for share of streaming minutes in Nielsen's November Gauge report.
- These 5 infrastructure stocks have more than tripled this year on the AI trade - While Nvidia has been the biggest infrastructure winner during the AI boom, other data center stocks have performed better this year.
- Amazon faces 'leader's dilemma' — fight AI shopping bots or join them - Agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and Perplexity's Instant Buy threaten to reshape the e-commerce landscape.