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The Trump administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and major Indian IT firms from the green card program citing fraud. Labor Secretary Keith Sundling halted pending certifications while VP JD Vance prioritized hiring Americans and investigated universities for wage suppression. Microsoft defended its practices, noting most H-1B visas were renewals for existing staff. This crackdown on tech immigration may reshape global talent flows and impact US tech R&D teams amid intense AI competition.
The Trump administration suspended Microsoft, Adobe, and major Indian IT firms from the green card program citing fraud. Labor Secretary Keith Sundling halted pending certifications while VP JD Vance prioritized hiring Americans and investigated universities for wage suppression. Microsoft defended its practices, noting most H-1B visas were renewals for existing staff. This crackdown on tech immigration may reshape global talent flows and impact US tech R&D teams amid intense AI competition.
Tencent will shut down its WeChat AI assistant QClaw on December 24, 2026, following business adjustments. New registrations and subscriptions cease immediately, with automatic billing paused. Existing users retain access until shutdown and can request refunds for unused subscriptions. Data will be deleted after March 24, 2027, barring legal retention requirements. Users can migrate to WorkBuddy via a one-click tool, receiving 1000 points as a subsidy. This move consolidates resources from QClaw and WorkBuddy teams under Tencent's sixth cloud products department, focusing on the WorkBuddy platform for remote office tasks.
Tencent will shut down its WeChat AI assistant QClaw on December 24, 2026, following business adjustments. New registrations and subscriptions cease immediately, with automatic billing paused. Existing users retain access until shutdown and can request refunds for unused subscriptions. Data will be deleted after March 24, 2027, barring legal retention requirements. Users can migrate to WorkBuddy via a one-click tool, receiving 1000 points as a subsidy. This move consolidates resources from QClaw and WorkBuddy teams under Tencent's sixth cloud products department, focusing on the WorkBuddy platform for remote office tasks.
Peking University and DeepSeek have open-sourced DSpark, an inference acceleration framework for large language models. It uses a semi-autoregressive architecture and confidence-based scheduling to reduce latency and computing waste in high-concurrency scenarios. Tests show DSpark outperforms Eagle3 and DFlash, especially in long-sequence tasks. Deployed in DeepSeek-V4, the full code is on GitHub.
Peking University and DeepSeek have open-sourced DSpark, an inference acceleration framework for large language models. It uses a semi-autoregressive architecture and confidence-based scheduling to reduce latency and computing waste in high-concurrency scenarios. Tests show DSpark outperforms Eagle3 and DFlash, especially in long-sequence tasks. Deployed in DeepSeek-V4, the full code is on GitHub.
ByteDance is in advanced talks to purchase 50,000 AI chips from domestic firm Tianshi Zhixin for inference tasks powering its Doubao chatbot. If finalized, Tianshi Zhixin would become ByteDance's third major domestic GPU supplier after Huawei and Cambricon, marking a milestone in commercial deployment of domestic high-performance chips.
ByteDance is in advanced talks to purchase 50,000 AI chips from domestic firm Tianshi Zhixin for inference tasks powering its Doubao chatbot. If finalized, Tianshi Zhixin would become ByteDance's third major domestic GPU supplier after Huawei and Cambricon, marking a milestone in commercial deployment of domestic high-performance chips.
Meta partners with Reliance Industries to build a 168MW AI data center in Jamnagar India using renewable energy and seawater cooling. Reliance handles design and operations. The move deepens their existing ties and integrates India into Meta's global AI network amid the country's rapid expansion as a computing hub. Meta also signed nearly 1GW of renewable energy agreements for the facility.
Meta partners with Reliance Industries to build a 168MW AI data center in Jamnagar India using renewable energy and seawater cooling. Reliance handles design and operations. The move deepens their existing ties and integrates India into Meta's global AI network amid the country's rapid expansion as a computing hub. Meta also signed nearly 1GW of renewable energy agreements for the facility.
Asana has acquired workflow automation startup StackAI for $75 million, integrating its no-code AI agents into enterprise systems like Salesforce and Slack. StackAI founders join Asana to advance the AI-native office platform strategy. Funded by Y Combinator and others, StackAI raised nearly $20 million. Asana aims to become the operating system for human-machine teams despite competition from Zapier and AI labs. The deal comes as Asana’s market value halved since ChatGPT launched, but CEO Dan Rogers remains confident in next-gen human-machine collaboration.
Asana has acquired workflow automation startup StackAI for $75 million, integrating its no-code AI agents into enterprise systems like Salesforce and Slack. StackAI founders join Asana to advance the AI-native office platform strategy. Funded by Y Combinator and others, StackAI raised nearly $20 million. Asana aims to become the operating system for human-machine teams despite competition from Zapier and AI labs. The deal comes as Asana’s market value halved since ChatGPT launched, but CEO Dan Rogers remains confident in next-gen human-machine collaboration.
Midjourney launches V8.1 Alpha, featuring a 3x faster and 3x cheaper HD mode compared to V8. Standard resolution generation is 50% faster with 25% lower cost. The update reintroduces V7's classic aesthetics and restores the Image Prompts function while adding a new 'Describe' feature. Currently available for testing on its alpha site, V8.1 aims to make professional AI image creation more accessible and efficient.
Midjourney launches V8.1 Alpha, featuring a 3x faster and 3x cheaper HD mode compared to V8. Standard resolution generation is 50% faster with 25% lower cost. The update reintroduces V7's classic aesthetics and restores the Image Prompts function while adding a new 'Describe' feature. Currently available for testing on its alpha site, V8.1 aims to make professional AI image creation more accessible and efficient.
Super Teacher an AI powered tutoring app founded by ex Google PM Tim Novikoff aims to make private tutoring accessible for 15 a month The startup has 20000 family users and partners with schools in New York New Jersey and Hawaii It avoids LLMs using a deterministic system for accurate answers and is currently focused on elementary students
Super Teacher an AI powered tutoring app founded by ex Google PM Tim Novikoff aims to make private tutoring accessible for 15 a month The startup has 20000 family users and partners with schools in New York New Jersey and Hawaii It avoids LLMs using a deterministic system for accurate answers and is currently focused on elementary students
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is scheduled for October 27-29 in San Francisco featuring over 200 sessions and 250 speakers like Google Cloud and Netflix Key roundtable topics include AI in fintech and construction real economy automation and safe AI deployment Early registration offers savings up to 444 and a 60 discount on a guest pass
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is scheduled for October 27-29 in San Francisco featuring over 200 sessions and 250 speakers like Google Cloud and Netflix Key roundtable topics include AI in fintech and construction real economy automation and safe AI deployment Early registration offers savings up to 444 and a 60 discount on a guest pass
Google launches Mixboard, an AI-powered mood board tool generating visuals from text prompts, leveraging its Nano Banana editing model. The beta service targets creative brainstorming for decor, events, and DIY projects, competing with Pinterest and similar platforms. Currently available in the U.S. via Google Labs.
Google launches Mixboard, an AI-powered mood board tool generating visuals from text prompts, leveraging its Nano Banana editing model. The beta service targets creative brainstorming for decor, events, and DIY projects, competing with Pinterest and similar platforms. Currently available in the U.S. via Google Labs.
