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Samsung SmartThings Becomes the Industry’s First To Support Matter Cameras - samsung.com
Samsung Electronics today announced that its smart home platform, SmartThings, now supports Matter 1.5 — the global smart home standard — making it the first in the industry to support Matter-compatible cameras. Starting later this month, Samsung will roll ou…

Evaluating chain-of-thought monitorability - OpenAI
We introduce evaluations for chain-of-thought monitorability and study how it scales with test-time compute, reinforcement learning, and pretraining.

Nike shares fall sharply as weak China sales dent faith in turnaround - Financial Times
CEO of sports shoe and apparel maker acknowledges need for a ‘reset’ in the country as it also navigates Trump tariffs
Exclusive | Meta Is Developing a New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’ - The Wall Street Journal

Michigan regulators sign off on DTE agreement for massive data center - Detroit Free Press
Commissioners voted 3-0 at their Dec. 18 meeting to approve DTE's plan to provide power for the multibillion-dollar data center.
Trump Media to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal - The Wall Street Journal
Ohio consumers’ electric bills likely to jump again as demand outstrips supply of power - Cleveland.com
PJM power grid officials warn that without "concerted action" between states, power providers, and the data center industry, costs will continue climbing when price caps expire in 2026.
Instacart to pay $60 million in refunds after feds allege it deceived customers - CBS News
Instacart's "unlawful tactics" hurt shoppers and raised the cost of groceries, according to the FTC.
Trump Media announces $6 billion merger with nuclear fusion company - ABC News
NOAA says its new AI-driven weather models improve forecast speed and accuracy - CBS News
A suite of new Artificial Intelligence technology is being rolled out in major weather forecasting models.
A suite first flight: American’s new Airbus A321XLR debuts on transcontinental route - American Airlines Newsroom
American has elevated transcontinental travel today with the inaugural flight of its Airbus A321XLR, carrying more than 150 passengers between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Holiday travel forecast: When to fly, drive this Christmas and New Year's - ABC News

Anthropic aims to tame workplace AI - Axios
A new Claude update could tailor AI to how people actually work.

Monetary policy statement (with Q&A) - European Central Bank
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.

Deepening our collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy - OpenAI
OpenAI and the U.S. Department of Energy sign memorandum of understanding to accelerate science with AI.
Why the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot is the latest in a growing list of stratospheric lottery payouts - ABC News

US regulator loosens some compliance burdens for Citigroup - Financial Times
Move may be a sign Wall Street bank has made progress in correcting compliance mis-steps of recent years
Bank of Japan Interest Rate Decision Due Friday. Why a Hike Would Be Bad for US. - Barron's

Introducing GPT-5.2-Codex - OpenAI
The most advanced agentic coding model for professional software engineering and defensive cybersecurity.

Warner Bros. Falls Below Netflix Offer as Bidding War Hopes Cool - Bloomberg.com
Traders are betting that what once looked like a potential bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is turning into a one horse race, with Netflix Inc. winning out over Paramount Skydance Corp.