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Daily Tech News Roundup - 2025-12-28

1. Best Apple Watch apps for boosting your productivity
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/best-apple-watch-apps-for-boosting-your-productivity/
Summary: Although the Apple Watch comes with simple built-in productivity apps like Reminders and Calendar, it’s worth exploring some third-party apps that are designed to boost productivity by offering additional functionality.

2. India startup funding hits $11B in 2025 as investors grow more selective
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/india-startup-funding-hits-11b-in-2025-as-investors-grow-more-selective/
Summary: Startup funding rounds in India fell sharply in 2025 as investors concentrated capital into fewer companies.

3. Two new wireless Samsung speakers for 2026 lean into aesthetics
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/850481/two-new-wireless-samsung-speakers-for-2026-lean-into-aesthetics
Summary: For years, Samsung has made products that try to camouflage what they are by displaying works of art. The Frame TV is the most famous example, but the company also released the Music Frame, a speaker disguised as a picture frame, at last year's CES. Now, instead of hiding a speaker with a piece of […]

4. FaZe Clan’s future is uncertain after influencers depart
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/faze-clans-future-is-uncertain-after-influencers-depart/
Summary: Six influencers recently announced that they are leaving esports group FaZe Clan following unsuccessful contract negotiations with new management.

5. Trump administration seeks to deport hate speech researcher previously sued by X
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/trump-administration-seeks-to-deport-hate-speech-researcher-previously-sued-by-x/
Summary: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of State from arresting or deporting Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

6. Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/850537/sam-altman-openai-head-of-preparedness
Summary: OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X, Sam Altman announced the position by acknowledging that the rapid improvement of AI models poses "some real challenges." The post goes on […]

7. Investors share what to remember while raising a Series A
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/investors-share-what-to-remember-while-raising-a-series-a/
Summary: Investors share what founders should remember if looking to raise a Series A.

8. Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/meet-the-team-that-investigates-when-journalists-and-activists-get-hacked-with-government-spyware/
Summary: For years, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has been aiding journalists and dissidents who have been targeted with government spyware. This is how they operate.

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