Google teams up with Accel to hunt for India’s next AI breakouts
Google and Accel will jointly invest up to $2 million in each startup through their new partnership.
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RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster
Michael Crider’s headline at PCWorld today perfectly captures how ridiculous the PC memory shortage has become: stores like the San Francisco Bay Area’s Central Computers are beginning to sell RAM at market prices, like you’d pay for the catch-of-the-day at…
UN climate negotiations burned up and then fizzled out
A fire burns in a pavilion during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Pará state, Brazil, on November 20th, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images “It’s a wrap … Don’t forget to buy an ‘i survived Belém’ shirt,” reads…
DOJ settles with RealPage over its software’s alleged rent price fixing
The Department of Justice has announced a settlement with RealPage, the widely used rent-setting software that it accused of engaging in collusion to drive up rent prices by sharing previously private information from competing landlords. The settlement puts limits on…
ChatGPT shopping research builds you a buyer’s guide using AI
OpenAI is making it easier to plan out holiday shopping with ChatGPT’s latest feature called “shopping research.” Any shopping question in ChatGPT will trigger this new feature, which is rolling out to all ChatGPT users on free and paid plans…
Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model
Anthropic today released Opus 4.5, its flagship frontier model, and it brings improvements in coding performance, as well as some user experience improvements that make it more generally competitive with OpenAI’s latest frontier models. Perhaps the most prominent change for…
Altman describes OpenAI’s forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone
Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years.
Rivals object to SpaceX’s Starship plans in Florida—who’s interfering with whom?
The commander of the military unit responsible for running the Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida expects SpaceX to begin launching Starship rockets there next year. Launch companies with facilities near SpaceX’s Starship pads are not pleased. SpaceX’s two chief rivals,…
Meta’s new wearables trade-in program gives you Ray-Ban and Oakley discounts
For the first time, Meta is offering trade-in discounts for its smart glasses with a pilot program that’s only running through December 31st. According to a legal page on Meta’s website, trade-in discounts can be applied to the Ray-Ban Meta…
OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’
OpenAI might have to rename the “cameo” feature in the Sora app.