BREAKING: Coursera Acquired Udemy

Coursera today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Coursera will combine with Udemy in an all-stock transaction.

Based on the closing prices of Coursera and Udemy common stock on December 16, 2025, the implied equity value of the combined company is approximately $2.5 Billion.

RIP Udemy Courses 🥀
You will be missed 🙏

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JUST IN: The UK Government will consider every developer a hostile actor and in the interest of a foreign state if they offer end-to-end encryption in their product

The developer of an app, whose selling point is end-to-end encryption which would make it more difficult for UK security and intelligence agencies to monitor communications. It is a reasonable assumption that this would be in the interests of a foreign state even though the foreign state has never contemplated this potential advantage

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https://fixvx.com/AlecMuffett/status/2000899091086049783

OnePlus becomes the world's first major brand to remove telephoto sensor and bring back 8MP ultrawide camera on 600$ smartphones

OnePlus has launched 15R in India and unlike the 13R which has a 50MP 2X Telephoto sensor, OnePlus has completely removed it. Yes, the 15R sucks the same in camera like the flagship OnePlus 15, when compared to the 13R and 13. Also, USB-C 2.0 still remains the same.

Apart from the camera, the display is also downgraded to cope with 165Hz refresh rate. While the 13R comes with superior BOE X1 8T LTPO AMOLED offering 1~120hz variable refresh rate, the successor 15R features a LTPS Tianma panel & offers just 5 fixed refresh steps — 60/ 90/ 120Hz/ 144Hz/ 165Hz.

OnePlus 15R is the rebranded OnePlus Ace 6T of China. While the Ace 6T in China which was launched just 2 weeks ago comes in the 16GB RAM variant, OnePlus has launched the 15R in only 12GB RAM because the RAM shortages only happen globally and in India for OnePlus. Apart from the RAM, the battery is also downgraded when compared to its Chinese counterpart.

Ace 6T: 8300mAh Si/C battery
15R: 7400mAh battery

In theory, Ace 6T can offer extra 2hrs battery while costing just 370$ for 12GB + 256GB model which the OnePlus sells in India for Rs. 47,999 (~530$).

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GitHub postpones plans for charging for self-hosted action runners after the backlash

After the feedback, Github notes that :

1. We’re postponing the announced billing change for self-hosted GitHub Actions to take time to re-evaluate our approach.

2. We are continuing to reduce hosted-runners prices by up to 39% on January 1, 2026.

We have real costs in running the Actions control plane. We are also making investments into self-hosted runners so they work at scale in customer environments, particularly for complex enterprise scenarios. While this context matters, we missed the mark with this change by not including more of you in our planning.

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You can finally hide At a glance from Pixel Launcher

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 adds the option to "Show on home screen". You can turn this off to completely hide at a glance from your home screen.

It's a server side update, so not everyone have it yet

We spotted this first back in november in Android Canary

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BREAKING: OnePlus is the new Xiaomi!

OnePlus practically has a new phone launch every other month next year like Xiaomi dumps on Earth.

Apparently, OnePlus will launch a phone with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 "Pro" after already launching phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite aka Ace 6, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 aka 15R or Ace 6T and 8 Elite Gen 5 aka OnePlus 15.

Also, similar to Xiaomi in how they copied Apple for the "Pro Max", OnePlus will also debut a phone with "Pro Max" naming scheme

The OnePlus 15 series is already heavily downgraded in both cameras and display while getting more expensive and now we have many more useless phones coming from them.

Stop buying Oneplus, its over 🥀

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A Chinese streamer cut the Apple Vision Pro’s weight in half using a helium balloon.

Here's how the future looks of wearing Vision Pro with Helium Balloon to reduce weight.

Z8086: Rebuilding the 8086 from Original Microcode
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RIP Real Racing 3 by EA Sports

Real Racing 3 have announced that they are sunsetting the game after 12 years. The game will be delisted from the App Store and Google Play on December 18, 2025, and will remain playable until March 19, 2026.

As a token of appreciation, the in-game announcement today will be followed by a grant of 1000 Gold, an Audi S1 e-tron quattro, and a 2023 Rimac Nevera to all our players.

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Introducing the Google Pixel Upgrade Program in India
Google India Blog

Basically, Google wants you to use a new pixel every year without paying the full price of the phone. Here's how:

1. Buy a Pixel 10 series on 24-month EMI - ₹3,333/month on no-cost EMI (~ ₹4500 if Pixel 10 Pro/XL )

2. From 9th EMI onwards, you can upgrade anytime up to the 15th EMI to a newer pixel model.

3. Upgrade to a new Pixel. Cashify clears your remaining EMI. Your old loan closes without any penalty as well

4. Start a fresh EMI on the new phone

5. You can upgrade to a new Google Pixel without worrying about your device’s condition. Your Google Pixel is protected for up to 15 months when you decide to upgrade against drops and accidents, making every upgrade simple.

So, a new pixel every year without even paying its full price and when you don't want a new pixel, just complete its 24 month EMI.

You can learn more about this program here: https://www.cashify.in/pixelupgrade

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Blame OpenAI for the death of Crucial Consumer Business and RAM, DRAM, NAND, SATA SSD, NVMe pricing going up because of their Stargate dream project.

Basically,
> OpenAI buys out 40% of global DRAM wafer till 2029
> They can't even use it, because it's not processed
> It's only so no one else can use it either
> They buy it with money they don't even themselves have
> OpenAI is also an unprofitable business and is already going into losses.

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DIY project to upgrade RAM. Day 1 update :

Still aligns even after a decade seeing Nvidia's drivers support

https://fixvx.com/0xmitsurii/status/2001845778936140111?s=20

After 5 minutes: 💥

https://fixvx.com/hayaponlog/status/2002013183293424002?s=46

Gemini: Draw to edit image and detect AI video on the go
- After uploading an image, you can tap on it to make quick edits by sketching or adding texts (Image credit)
- SynthID can now also identify video content generated using Google AI (up to 100 MB and 90 seconds long)

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Two Different reviewers but Same image of same lion of two different reviewer's channels, Is vivo sending these out to put these in their videos?

https://youtu.be/p7iM_k7N2aU?t=549 this is mobiscrub timestamp 9:09 and

https://youtu.be/rA6uKtIZzz4 This is the second one he starts right away

Spotify confirmed today an unknown group of individuals, who describe themselves as activists, have programmatically scraped Spotify and copied 300TB of music off their platform.

https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-music-library-leak-1236143970/