Dec. 18, 2025
China’s EUV Machine?
Has China cracked a major puzzle for chip parity? Trump Media merges with a… Fusion Energy startup? Coinbase continues its efforts to let you trade everything. OpenAI is turning on the fundraising afterburners. And how to catch a North Korean IT infiltrator.
- China may have reverse engineered EUV lithography tool in covert lab, report claims — employees given fake IDs to avoid secret project being detected, prototypes expected in 2028 (Tom's Hardware)
- Trump media group agrees $6bn merger with Google-backed fusion energy company (FT)
- Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app (CNBC)
- OpenAI Has Discussed Raising Tens of Billions at Valuation Around $750 Billion (The Information)
- Amazon Caught North Korean IT Worker By Tracing Keystroke Data (Bloomberg)
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