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These are the daily tech headlines for Tuesday, December 16, 2025. I'm Rob Dunwood. The rising demand for memory chips, especially dram for AI data centers, is predicted to negatively affect the smartphone market in 2026, causing a projected 2.1% drop in shipments and a 6.9% increase in average selling price. Per price hike is attributed to the growing component cost and semiconductor supply bottlenecks. With memory prices potentially rising another 40% by Q2 2026. While major companies like Apple and Samsung can better absorb these costs, mid to lower end Chinese smartphone makers will face pressure on profit margins, possibly leading them to use cheaper components or push consumers toward more expensive devices. PayPal is applying to the FDIC and the Utah Department of Financial institutions for a US bank charter. For PayPal bank, this move is int expand its financial services, leveraging its existing loan business and provide capital to small businesses and eventually offer interest bearing savings accounts. Following a trend of non traditional financial companies including cryptocurrency firms sinking bank charters, the United States has paused the implementation of the $40 billion technology prosperity deal with Britain, an agreement covering AI, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy. British officials confirmed that this is due to US Concerns regarding London's policies on digital regulation, a digital services tax and safety restrictions. Despite the deal being agreed upon in September and Britain having previously lowered some US tariffs, both sides have paused the rollout. The UK government stated that it would not compromise on its standards, and officials from both nations plan to continue talks in January to resolve the issues. Ford is undergoing a major shift in its electric vehicle strategy, canceling plans for its larger EV models and redesigning the F150 Lightning as a hybrid due to lower than expected demand, high costs and the end of a crucial EV tax credit. This change is projected to cost the company $19.5 billion. CEO Jim Farley says the company will now focus investment on more profitable hybrid and gas powered vehicles along with smaller, more affordable EVs, calling it a customer driven shift that reflects a slower EV adoption trend in the United States. In other Ford news, the company is redirecting focus from large electric vehicles to launch new energy storage businesses, investing $2 billion to repurpose planned battery manufacturing capacity into commercial grid and data center energy storage systems, with future resident expected. This new venture, which will use cheaper LFP batteries and licensed catl technology, targets 20 gigawatt hours of annual capacity by 2027, with a Kentucky factory being repurposed, while the Michigan plant will still produce LFP batteries for other four DVs and home storage. The Apple TV app on Android has been updated to version 2.2, adding Google Cast support. This new feature allows Android users to easily stream Apple TV content to their televisions, filling a previously missing Essential FE. The casting option is exclusive to Android version. The iOS app still lacks AirPlay support for Android devices. This update follows Netflix's removal of its casting feature from phones to most smart TVs, potentially making Apple TV's Android app, a more convenient choice for content casting. Mozilla's new for profit CEO Anthony Enzor DiMeo sees the company's privacy focused mission and Firefox browser as well suited to navigate the AI driven tech landscape. While not building a proprietary large language model, Mozilla will introduce and AI mode in Firefox, offering users model choices and emphasizing trust and open standards. Enzor dimeo is prioritizing Firefox, its main revenue source, to increase its user base and diversify revenue away from the Google Search deal through subscriptions, advertising and new search AI partnerships. Adobe is enhancing its Firefly AI Video generator with a new editor featuring a timeline for precise prompt based edits to elements like color and camera angles, eliminating the need for full clip regeneration. The update, now available integrates third party models like Black Forest Labs Flux 2 for image generation and Topaz Labs Astra for video upscaling alongside Runway and Adobe's Firefly video models which can recreate camera motions. These continuous additions reflect Adobe's push to compete in the AI creation market, currently offering unlimited generations to some subscribers until January 15th. And finally, Merriam Webster has selected Slop as his 2025 Word of the Year. Defined as a digital content of low quality that is prod, usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence, the term reflects the widespread nature of low quality AI generated media fueled by tools like Sora and veo, which has led to a slop economy. Critics are concerned that this trend is creating a digital divide, but the term's influence extends beyond entertainment, describing the impact of AI on fields such as legal, cybersecurity and academic writing. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTechnewssshow.com, and if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check us out. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you next time.