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Daily Tech News Roundup - 2025-12-17

1. Monzo board reportedly pushed out CEO Anil over IPO timing
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/monzo-board-reportedly-pushed-out-ceo-anil-over-ipo-timing/
Summary: A key issue, reportedly, was IPO timing.

2. Even Trump’s chief of staff was ‘aghast’ at Elon Musk’s deadly USAID cuts
Source: https://www.theverge.com/policy/846054/elon-musk-susie-wiles-doge-usaid
Summary: Elon Musk, a billionaire who decimated the United States federal workforce using the Department of Government Efficiency, is not remembered fondly by the most powerful woman in Washington: Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff and the gatekeeper to President Donald Trump. In several on-the-record interviews with Vanity Fair's Chris Whipple conducted over the past […]

3. Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing for Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, judge rules
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/tesla-engaged-in-deceptive-marketing-for-autopilot-and-full-self-driving-judge-rules/
Summary: The judge ruled Tesla should have to suspend manufacturing and sales in California for 30 days, but the DMV stayed those rulings for 90 days to allow Tesla to comply.

4. Arcade1Up isn’t dead, maybe
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/846034/arcade1up-basic-fun-dead-home-arcade
Summary: Days after a rumor circulated that home arcade machine maker Arcade1Up would be shutting down, the company has finally shared a statement about its future. "Select assets" from Arcade1Up have been acquired by toy company Basic Fun, and although Arcade1Up isn't dead, what's next for the brand is still a little murky. Last week, a […]

5. How Silicon Valley turned Trump into a fellow broligarch
Source: https://www.theverge.com/column/845955/donald-trump-big-tech-2025
Summary: Hello and welcome to 2025's last issue of Regulator. If you're not a Verge subscriber, get off the 2026 naughty list by signing up here. And if you're a Verge subscriber - well, dang, that's really nice of you. Last week, I appeared on The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC to talk about my reporting […]

6. Alexa Plus’ website is live for some users
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/845678/alexa-dot-com-alexa-plus-website-live
Summary: The Alexa.com website appears to be live for some users. The browser-based home for Alexa Plus, the company's revamped digital voice assistant, was first announced at the Alexa Plus launch event in February. But until recently, Alexa.com redirected to an information page. Now, some users, myself included, are seeing a new Alexa Plus web interface. […]

7. Samsung’s 2026 Micro RGB LED TVs can actually fit in your living room
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/845760/samsung-micro-rgb-led-ces-2026
Summary: Following the release of the 115-inch Micro RGB TV back in August, Samsung has revealed today that its Micro RGB technology will extend into smaller sizes ranging from that 115-inch behemoth all the way down to 55 inches. While we all enjoy dreaming big, it's far more reasonable for most of us to consider putting […]

8. How Luminar’s doomed Volvo deal helped drag the company into bankruptcy
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/how-luminars-doomed-volvo-deal-helped-drag-the-company-into-bankruptcy/
Summary: Luminar says trouble with Volvo started as early as 2022, and that the Swedish automaker made -- but then backed away from -- large orders of its lidar sensors.

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