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Eva Longoria / Michelle Bernstein (0:12)
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Jen Kutter (2:36)
These are the daily tech headlines for Monday, December 15, 2025. I'm Jen Kutter. On Sunday, robot vacuum maker Irobot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after 35 years in operation. Irobot plans to be acquired by Chinese company Pysia Robotics in a deal expected to close in February 2026 if approved by the bankruptcy court. In a press release, iRobot said business would continue with no anticipated disruption to its app functionality, customer programs, global partners, supply chain relationships or ongoing product support. After European regulators threatened to veto an acquisition of iRobot by Amazon in 2024, the company issued a statement to investors in March 2025 about its doubt about the company's continued operations in Reddit's lawsuit against being included in Australia's ban on social media for those under 16 years of age, Reddit said it operates as a collection of public fora arranged by subject and this law is applied to Reddit inaccurately since we're a forum primarily for adults and we don't have the traditional social media features the government has taken issue with. The suit was filed on Friday against the Commonwealth of Australia and its minister of Communications, also claiming the new law infringes the implied freedom of political communication. Late Friday on X VP of Starlink Engineering Michael Nichols shared details on a near miss of a collision in space between a Starlink satellite and a newly launched Chinese satellite, with the two passing each other within 200 meters. Nichols said the satellites were launched from the Zhouchuan satellite launch center in northwestern China, with no data provided to allow other satellites to make course adjustments. Amazon is rolling out a feature to the Kindle iOS app called Ask this Book, using AI to answer questions about books in the Kindle library. Amazon has not disclosed how many books the feature currently works with, other than thousands of English language bestsellers. Reactor rebranded from Tor.com in 2024, reports an Amazon spokesperson said to ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out. The feature is expected to roll out to Android and physical Kindle devices in 2026. Last week, Google removed dozens of YouTube videos featuring AI generated Disney IPs after previously receiving a cease and desist letter claiming Google is using AI to engage in copyright infringement on a massive scale. Variety reports seeing the letter, which specifically calls out not just YouTube hosting the videos, but that Google used copyrighted works to train video generation for nanobanana and veo. Disney has previously challenged character AI and midjourney over AI copyright infringement, and last week Disney announced the deal with OpenAI to bring Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT. Uber launched its own yearly wrap up for users called Uber Y O U B E R. Starting today, US Customers of Uber and Uber Eats have access to the feature, offering details like if users are in the top 1% of a particular restaurant's customers, how often Uber Comfort was requested, and be assigned an Uber personality profile. Among the 14 available profiles are Rise Shiner for early morning rides, Do Gooder for using Uber Electric, and Delivery Darling for those frequently ordering all kinds of deliveries. X added widgets for iOS which were first showed back at WWDC 20 over five years ago. The home screen widget called X News Highlights is available in three sizes and shows which headlines are trending. There are more widget options for the lock screen, including X notifications, X messages and two widgets for Grok, one for voice and one for quick access. And Chinese handheld gaming manufacturer Ayaneo announced a Kickstarter for a Pocket Play smartphone resembling the old Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, with a slide out panel featuring a controller. The PocketPlay's controller has a D pad, a B, X, Y buttons and two touchpads acting as virtual joysticks or customized for other inputs. This will be Ayaneo's first smartphone and no specs or potential price are available at this time with with the Kickstarter's launch coming soon. For more discussion on the tech news of the day, subscribe to the Daily Tech news show@dailytechnewshow.com where you can also find the show notes and links to every headline. Please remember to rate and review Daily Tech Headlines on your podcast service of choice from everyone here at Daily Tech Headlines. Thanks for listening. Guys. Thanks for helping me carry my Christmas tree, Zoe.