Economists see a lot of flaws in the delayed consumer price index report. cnb.cx/44W0XRt

Miguel Marchese, the Hazie's bartender assaulted by a patron over the weekend, said he isn't pressing charges. However, he does have a GoFundme for those interested: www.gofundme.com/f/help-migue...

Waymo is in discussions to raise more than $15 billion in a new funding round, valuing it at as high as $110 billion. It would more than double Waymo’s last round of funding, which closed in 2024. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/a...

New: OpenAI quietly rolled back ChatGPT's model router for free users last week. The router—which was costly for the company to serve, but aimed to improve answer quality—was thought to be hurting engagement, one person familiar with the matter told WIRED.

Here's how the robotaxi market looks as we close out 2025 and look ahead at 2026, with Waymo ahead of the pack but Zoox and Tesla finally rolling to the starting line www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/w... by @lorak.bsky.social @jennelias.bsky.social & @anniepalmer.bsky.social

New: Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he thinks Waymo will be "meaningful" to Alphabet's financials as soon as 2027 as the company eyes "aggressive" expansions in the coming year. Read more from our year-end piece on the robotaxi race. @lorak.bsky.social @anniepalmer.bsky.social cnb.cx/4qcLJj8

Merriam-Webster declares 'slop' its word of the year (in nod to growth of AI — yknow, growth like the unchecked growth of say a fungus or cancer on the internet…) www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/m...

Lee will lead corporate development with visibility into M&A in its next phase of growth as OpenAI continues to hunt for targets that can help it gain an edge over Google and Anthropic. @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com cnb.cx/4adU3ub

Zillow shares have plunged more than 9% today on worries that Google appears to be running tests on putting real estate sale listings into its search results. cnb.cx/4aQc9CE

"Very little data on inflation have been released since our meeting in October." cnb.cx/4pXZYIk

New: Trump just signed an executive order, issuing a single regulation framework for AI, marking a win for tech companies lobbying against states' abilities to regulate it. States that don't adhere to the rules could face funding restrictions, the order says. cnb.cx/44mxKyC

Disney sent a cease and desist letter to Google Wednesday alleging the company infringed its copyrights on a “massive scale.” Today, Disney announced it was making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, that will allow characters on its Sora AI video generator cnb.cx/4rR1Kg1

Meta is developing a new frontier AI model called Avocado, but performance problems have delayed it to 2026. The company’s shift from open source to proprietary AI is causing internal confusion. Good scoop by @jonathanvanian.bsky.social www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/m...

I have a new email address: Jennifer.Elias [at] cnbc [dot] com As before, no spam pitches please.

New: Waymo has crossed 450,000 weekly paid rides, nearly doubling its April rider milestone. cnb.cx/4ppcdOa

NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

“Trump spent five hours on Truth Social on Monday evening, posting more than 160 times between 7 pm and midnight in a social media blitz that included posts promoting far-right conspiracy theories, AI videos, and attacks on his political opponents.” time.com/7338077/trum...

A YouTube tool that uses creators’ biometrics to help them remove AI-generated videos that exploit their likeness also allows Google to train its AI models on that sensitive data, experts say. By @zachvallese.bsky.social www.cnbc.com/2025/12/02/y...

Instagram will require U.S.-based employees to return to the office five days a week. cnb.cx/4pL4FoN

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Google needs to “be able to deliver 1,000 times more capability, compute, storage networking for essentially the same cost and increasingly, the same power, the same energy level,” Vahdat said. cnb.cx/4oTKd59

A week out from Gemini 3’s launch and experts told me Google’ become a clear AI leader but warned competition is razor thin. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/27/h...

Waymo today added Minneapolis to its list of cities that it hopes to start serving in 2026. It's the latest sign that the Google sister company believes its robotaxis might soon be ready to brave cold weather www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/w... by @jennelias.bsky.social

NEW: Google's AI infra head told employees the company must double AI compute every 6 months to meet AI demand. CEO Sundar Pichai also acknowledged AI bubble concerns and told employees 2026 will be “intense."

Waymo says it now plans to operate in Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa, totaling 15 new cities for the company's planned expansions in 2026. cnb.cx/3JI9y2M

Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI board after the release of emails with Epstein, which made mentions to Summers. cnb.cx/49tdZsK

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

Waymo says it will launch in more Texas and Florida cities in 2026. The company says it "has entered a new phase of commercial scale, doubling the number of cities we operate without a human specialist in the car." cnb.cx/4pc8hjm

Google's new AI model Gemini 3 will allow users to get better answers to more complex questions, “so you get what you need with less prompting,” says Google CEO Sundar Pichai. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/g...

Buffett's Google bet comes two decades after the billionaire investor 'inspired' the search giant's IPO. cnb.cx/4paCfEo

"People familiar with FBI security protocols said they were unaware of any other instance in which the girlfriends of top FBI officials received government-staffed security details..." www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

Google shares are rallying after Berkshire Hathaway revealed it bought a stake in Alphabet worth $4.3 billion. It's a rare move for the billionaire, who's had decades-long hesitation toward high-growth tech companies. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/a...

Epstein, in a 2011 email to his now-convicted procurer Ghislaine Maxwell, wrote, “I want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is trump.” Epstein told Maxwell that a victim of his “spent hours at my house with” Trump, the email says. cnb.cx/3XnxKuf

Waymo is set to begin offering robotaxi rides on freeways in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix. The company also installed additional infrastructure needed to charge its fleet of electric robotaxis given the freeway expansion. cnb.cx/3JZsj1B

Waymo has tapped Google finance exec Steve Fieler as its new CFO. cnb.cx/47JBTO0

New: Ex-Google and Meta silicon executives have formed a new startup called Majestic Labs, claiming their high-capacity AI servers can save hyperscalers money on data center buildouts. I spoke with the trio, who recently raised $100 million in funding. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/m...

Google has spent more than a decade developing silicon, a bet that’s paying off in a big way from the AI boom. We dove into how increased demand for its TPUs is helping boost recent growth in its cloud unit. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/g...

Google is making its most powerful TPU chip yet, Ironwood, widely available as the search giant’s latest effort to try and win business from artificial intelligence companies by offering custom silicon. cnb.cx/4hPiHD8

Amazon staffers tell @anniepalmer.bsky.social they feel like they’re under an “incredible amount of pressure” and “burdened with more work” than before, following waves of mass layoffs. The potential for more layoffs next year has created further anxiety. cnb.cx/47FNeym

“.. the bulletin cites five 2025 incidents involving fake immigration officers and says criminals are using Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s heightened profile to target vulnerable communities ..” @wired.com www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Palantir reports third-quarter earnings today. Can't help but wonder if this will come up at all.

NYT: The White House omitted “the names of several individuals and companies that collectively have billions of dollars riding on the outcome of administration policy decisions.” 🤡 @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

All this during “quiet period” btw

A federal judge blocked the Trump admin from ceasing to pay SNAP benefits during the government shutdown. The ruling came a day before the administration was set to cut off those food stamp benefits from 42 million Americans. cnb.cx/4qwcpw1

Update: videos of Palantir C-suite Lisa Gordon have been taken down from The Information's social media accounts following our reporting on Gordon's remarks about Palantir's "political shift" being what she called "concerning." Response from The Information's EIC Jessica Lessin has been added.

Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'

Palantir's comms chief said she's concerned about its political shift toward the Trump admin, including embracing parts of Trump's agenda and inking a contract with ICE to build "ImmigrantOS" "I think it's going to be challenging," she said. via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...

Palantir's communications chief Lisa Gordon said at a conference that the company’s political shift toward the Trump admin is “concerning," adding “I think it’s going to be challenging, as a lot of the company is moving pro-Trum-, you know, is moving in a certain direction.”

A children’s pastor filmed girls in an Arkansas church bathroom. In Illinois, a preacher accused of abusing children was sent to therapy. In California, a worship minister who molested boys got a welcome-home party. All remained ministers in the Assemblies of God—all went on to abuse more children.

“.. the most distinct instance yet of Trump using the powers of his office to benefit someone at the center of deals that have enriched his family.” @wsj.com #binance www.wsj.com/finance/curr...