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Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store following allegations that TikTok suppresses anti-ICE videos; its founder says it crossed 1M users (Conor Murray/Forbes)

Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store...

Conor Murray / Forbes: Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store...

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Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month...

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Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned IPO this year; under the proposed deal, shares of xAI would be exchanged for shares in SpaceX (Reuters)

Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a...

Reuters: Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned IPO this...

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Federal Reserve defies Trump to hold interest rates steady

Federal Reserve defies Trump to hold interest rates steady

The US Federal Reserve has defied pressure from President Donald Trump by holding...

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Meta & Microsoft earnings reports underline huge AI spending, raise profitability questions

Meta & Microsoft earnings reports underline huge AI spending,...

Both Meta Platforms and Microsoft shared their latest quarterly results on Wednesday...

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US-based AI startup Arcee releases Trinity Large, a 400B-parameter open-weight model that it says compares to Meta's Llama 4 Maverick 400B on some benchmarks (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

US-based AI startup Arcee releases Trinity Large, a 400B-parameter...

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: US-based AI startup Arcee releases Trinity Large, a 400B-parameter...

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Job listings show that DeepSeek hopes to broaden its AI offerings with a search engine capable of supporting multiple languages and more emphasis on agents (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Job listings show that DeepSeek hopes to broaden its AI...

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Job listings show that DeepSeek hopes to broaden its AI...

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Letter: Rep. John Moolenaar, chair of the US House Select Committee on China, says Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by the Chinese military (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Letter: Rep. John Moolenaar, chair of the US House Select...

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Letter: Rep. John Moolenaar, chair of the US House Select...

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German police search Deutsche Bank offices in money-laundering probe

German police search Deutsche Bank offices in money-laundering...

German police searched Deutsche Bank's Frankfurt headquarters and its Berlin office...

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Fed defies Trump to hold interest rates steady

Fed defies Trump to hold interest rates steady

The US Federal Reserve has defied pressure from President Donald Trump, by holding...

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Adaptive6, which treats cloud cost inefficiencies as security vulnerabilities to help companies cut bills, raised a $28M Series A, for $44M in total funding (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Adaptive6, which treats cloud cost inefficiencies as security...

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Adaptive6, which treats cloud cost inefficiencies...

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Slice, which uses AI agents to encode tax policies and legal rules across 60+ countries, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight, taking its total funding to $32M (Mary Ann Azevedo/This Week in Fintech)

Slice, which uses AI agents to encode tax policies and...

Mary Ann Azevedo / This Week in Fintech: Slice, which uses AI agents to encode tax...

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Google DeepMind researchers unveil AlphaGenome, an AI model trained on molecular data to predict 11 different genomic processes, such as gene splicing (Carl Zimmer/New York Times)

Google DeepMind researchers unveil AlphaGenome, an AI model...

Carl Zimmer / New York Times: Google DeepMind researchers unveil AlphaGenome, an...

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Sensitive agricultural products excluded from EU-India trade deal

Sensitive agricultural products excluded from EU-India...

The EU and India have hailed their new free trade agreement as "the mother of all...

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US dollar extends fall after Trump dismisses concerns over weaker currency

US dollar extends fall after Trump dismisses concerns over...

The US dollar weakened to its lowest level in four years on Tuesday after President...

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Internal documents from 2025: Microsoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28B liters by 2030, up from 7.9B liters in 2020 and 10.4B liters in 2024 (New York Times)

Internal documents from 2025: Microsoft expects its annual...

New York Times: Internal documents from 2025: Microsoft expects its annual water...

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Amazon appears to mistakenly alert some AWS employees about planned layoffs in an email invite to a Wednesday "Project Dawn" meeting about company efficiency (Business Insider)

Amazon appears to mistakenly alert some AWS employees about...

Business Insider: Amazon appears to mistakenly alert some AWS employees about planned...

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Memo: Tim Cook told employees that he is "heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis" and calls for a "deescalation" (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Memo: Tim Cook told employees that he is "heartbroken by...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Memo: Tim Cook told employees that he is “heartbroken by...

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What's in the India-EU trade deal?

What's in the India-EU trade deal?

After the presidents of the EU Commission and EU Council signed a free trade deal...

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Sensitive agricultural products excluded from EU - India trade deal

Sensitive agricultural products excluded from EU - India...

The EU and India have hailed their new free trade agreement as "the mother of all...

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Montreal-based Vention raised a $110M Series D to scale its physical AI platform into manufacturing plants worldwide, taking its total raised to ~$216M (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)

Montreal-based Vention raised a $110M Series D to scale...

Madison McLauchlan / BetaKit: Montreal-based Vention raised a $110M Series D to...

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Abu Dhabi's top tech university MBZUAI launches K2 Think, a new model it says is capable of advanced reasoning, as part of the UAE's push into "sovereign" AI (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Abu Dhabi's top tech university MBZUAI launches K2 Think,...

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Abu Dhabi's top tech university MBZUAI launches...

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Amazon agrees to pay a $309M settlement and return $600M to users in a US class action lawsuit over allegedly incorrectly denied refunds since September 2017 (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

Amazon agrees to pay a $309M settlement and return $600M...

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Amazon agrees to pay a $309M settlement and return $600M...

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EU, India to sign major trade deal

EU, India to sign major trade deal

India has rolled out the red carpet, hosting top EU leaders as guests of honour...

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Khosla Ventures' Vinod Khosla and Ethan Choi disavow Keith Rabois' comments on an ICE shooting; Rabois said the man killed by agents was committing a "felony" (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Khosla Ventures' Vinod Khosla and Ethan Choi disavow Keith...

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Khosla Ventures' Vinod Khosla and Ethan Choi disavow Keith...

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YC updated its website to remove Canada from its list of approved jurisdictions for incorporation, leaving the US, Cayman Islands, and Singapore as options (Murad Hemmadi/The Logic)

YC updated its website to remove Canada from its list of...

Murad Hemmadi / The Logic: YC updated its website to remove Canada from its list...

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The US Army signs a $5.6B, 10-year contract with Salesforce to speed up outdated practices; as part of the deal, military recruiters will get access to Slack (Wall Street Journal)

The US Army signs a $5.6B, 10-year contract with Salesforce...

Wall Street Journal: The US Army signs a $5.6B, 10-year contract with Salesforce...

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France set to fast-track under-15s social media ban

France set to fast-track under-15s social media ban

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to fast-track legislation to ban social media...

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Gold surges to new highs as investors seek 'safe haven' amid global uncertainty

Gold surges to new highs as investors seek 'safe haven'...

The price of an ounce of gold surged past $5,100 on Monday as investors flock to...

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OpenAI says nearly 1.3M weekly users are discussing "advanced topics in hard science" in January, with an average of 8.4M ChatGPT messages on those topics (Ashley Gold/Axios)

OpenAI says nearly 1.3M weekly users are discussing "advanced...

Ashley Gold / Axios: OpenAI says nearly 1.3M weekly users are discussing “advanced...

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Interviews with 100+ therapists and psychiatrists on clients' AI chatbot usage show, while there are some upsides, conversations also deepened negative feelings (New York Times)

Interviews with 100+ therapists and psychiatrists on clients'...

New York Times: Interviews with 100+ therapists and psychiatrists on clients' AI...

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Sources: NY-based Tandem, which uses AI to automate the paperwork for writing and receiving medical prescriptions, raised a $100M Series B at a $1B valuation (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)

Sources: NY-based Tandem, which uses AI to automate the...

Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg: Sources: NY-based Tandem, which uses AI to automate...

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Power prices surge in Virginia, home to the world's largest data center hub; record demand is expected during the winter storm, partly due to data center needs (Tim McLaughlin/Reuters)

Power prices surge in Virginia, home to the world's largest...

Tim McLaughlin / Reuters: Power prices surge in Virginia, home to the world's largest...

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A profile of Mercor, which pays about $2M daily to ~30K experts training AI models at $95/hour on average, with roles like radiologists earning up to $375/hour (Bethan Staton/Financial Times)

A profile of Mercor, which pays about $2M daily to ~30K...

Bethan Staton / Financial Times: A profile of Mercor, which pays about $2M daily...

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Many AI founders now find it necessary to raise at valuations requiring absolute domination of the field; Brex, once valued at $12B, shows the downsides of this (Jason Lemkin/SaaStr)

Many AI founders now find it necessary to raise at valuations...

Jason Lemkin / SaaStr: Many AI founders now find it necessary to raise at valuations...

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France set to fast track under-15s social media ban

France set to fast track under-15s social media ban

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to fast-track legislation to ban social media...

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Analysis: scientists who appeared to use LLMs posted 33% more papers on arXiv than those who didn't, as concerns grow over AI slop in scientific publishing (Ross Andersen/The Atlantic)

Analysis: scientists who appeared to use LLMs posted 33%...

Ross Andersen / The Atlantic: Analysis: scientists who appeared to use LLMs posted...

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HSBC: JioHotstar had 300M paying subscribers in India in 2025, compared with 65M for Amazon Prime Video and 20M for Netflix; ~24% of OTT users pay for content (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)

HSBC: JioHotstar had 300M paying subscribers in India in...

Manish Singh / India Dispatch: HSBC: JioHotstar had 300M paying subscribers in India...

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Domain Name Stat: the number of .ai domains has surpassed 1M; data suggests Anguilla, the UK territory managing the domain, made ~$70M in fees in the past year (Sherwood News)

Domain Name Stat: the number of .ai domains has surpassed...

Sherwood News: Domain Name Stat: the number of .ai domains has surpassed 1M; data...

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Sources: the EU's executive arm is drafting new legislation aimed at promoting tech sovereignty and openly discussing the security risks posed by US tech (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: the EU's executive arm is drafting new legislation...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the EU's executive arm is drafting new legislation...

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Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery keys for encrypted data if it receives a valid legal order and the user has stored the keys on its servers (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery keys...

Thomas Brewster / Forbes: Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery...

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Nifty Gateway, the NFT trading platform which had facilitated $300M in sales by mid-2021, enters withdrawal-only mode and plans to shut down on Feb. 23, 2026 (CoinDesk)

Nifty Gateway, the NFT trading platform which had facilitated...

CoinDesk: Nifty Gateway, the NFT trading platform which had facilitated $300M in...

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Sources: the Trump administration dismissed two Commerce Department officials, who focused on Chinese tech threats, raising concerns about a softening stance (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: the Trump administration dismissed two Commerce...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the Trump administration dismissed two Commerce Department...

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OpenAI and longtime US government contractor Leidos announce a partnership to roll out generative and agentic AI tools for specific missions at federal agencies (Miranda Nazzaro/FedScoop)

OpenAI and longtime US government contractor Leidos announce...

Miranda Nazzaro / FedScoop: OpenAI and longtime US government contractor Leidos...

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A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's rise; reports say Polymarket had 491K monthly active traders in December 2025, and <0.04% of addresses took 70% of profits (Benjamin Wallace/New York Times)

A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's rise; reports say Polymarket...

Benjamin Wallace / New York Times: A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's rise; reports...

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Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a special version of an AI character for teens (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters...

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Source: smart ring maker Oura plans a tender offer for early investors at a 25% discount to its $11B valuation from Series E, aiming to stay private longer (Bloomberg)

Source: smart ring maker Oura plans a tender offer for...

Bloomberg: Source: smart ring maker Oura plans a tender offer for early investors...

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Source: Binance considers reintroducing stock tokens after removing them in 2021; OKX, Kraken, Bitget, and others are expanding their tokenized stock offerings (Yueqi Yang/The Information)

Source: Binance considers reintroducing stock tokens after...

Yueqi Yang / The Information: Source: Binance considers reintroducing stock tokens...

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Sources: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs is in discussions with investors to raise hundreds of millions at a valuation of $5B; World Labs was last valued at $1B in 2024 (Bloomberg)

Sources: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs is in discussions with...

Bloomberg: Sources: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs is in discussions with investors to...

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Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters expects Netflix to win WBD, says Paramount's bid "doesn't pass the sniff test" and a "very small" number of WBD holders backed it (Financial Times)

Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters expects Netflix to win WBD,...

Financial Times: Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters expects Netflix to win WBD, says Paramount's...

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Sources: China's review of Meta's Manus deal was spurred by what officials called "selling young crops", a concern over cross-border transfer of emerging tech (Financial Times)

Sources: China's review of Meta's Manus deal was spurred...

Financial Times: Sources: China's review of Meta's Manus deal was spurred by what...

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Trump takes spotlight at 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos

Trump takes spotlight at 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos

After a week of twists and turns, US President Donald Trump delivered a highly anticipated speech...

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Mistral's CEO says claims that Chinese AI startups lag behind the US are a "fairy tale," and China's open-source tech is "probably stressing" US CEOs (Bloomberg)

Mistral's CEO says claims that Chinese AI startups lag...

Bloomberg: Mistral's CEO says claims that Chinese AI startups lag behind the US...

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Inferact, founded by the creators of vLLM to create a commercial AI product for cross-hardware efficiency, raised a $150M seed led by a16z at an $800M valuation (Agnee Ghosh/Bloomberg)

Inferact, founded by the creators of vLLM to create a commercial...

Agnee Ghosh / Bloomberg: Inferact, founded by the creators of vLLM to create a commercial...

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Railway, a cloud platform for software deployment, raised a $100M Series B led by TQ Ventures, bringing its total funding to $130M+, says it has ARR of $10M+ (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Railway, a cloud platform for software deployment, raised...

Chris Metinko / Axios: Railway, a cloud platform for software deployment, raised...

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Marketing tech startup Applecart raised $100M in a minority funding round led by Blackstone's growth equity business, a source says at a ~$700M valuation (Myles Miller/Bloomberg)

Marketing tech startup Applecart raised $100M in a minority...

Myles Miller / Bloomberg: Marketing tech startup Applecart raised $100M in a minority...

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xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he has "left" the company days after appearing on a podcast last week where he claimed that xAI had been skirting regulations (AJ Dellinger/Gizmodo)

xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he has "left" the company...

AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo: xAI engineer Sulaiman Ghori says he has “left” the company...

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BitGo raises $212.8M in its US IPO at $18 per share, above the marketed range of $15 to $17 per share, giving it a market value of about $2.1B (Bloomberg)

BitGo raises $212.8M in its US IPO at $18 per share, above...

Bloomberg: BitGo raises $212.8M in its US IPO at $18 per share, above the marketed...

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Trump cancels threatened tariffs after reaching 'framework of deal' on Greenland

Trump cancels threatened tariffs after reaching 'framework...

Just hours after he doubled down on his claim that the US should "get Greenland",...

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Sources: Elon Musk is pushing for a SpaceX IPO by July, seems eager to beat OpenAI and Anthropic to market, and views it as a way to help xAI catch its rivals (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Elon Musk is pushing for a SpaceX IPO by July,...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Elon Musk is pushing for a SpaceX IPO by July, seems...

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Upscale AI, which is building AI networking infrastructure, raised $200M led by Tiger, Premji Invest, and Xora Innovation at a $1B valuation to take on Cisco (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Upscale AI, which is building AI networking infrastructure,...

Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Upscale AI, which is building AI networking infrastructure,...

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Adobe updates Acrobat to add new AI features, including presentation generation, file editing, and creating podcast summaries from docs stored in Adobe Spaces (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Adobe updates Acrobat to add new AI features, including...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Adobe updates Acrobat to add new AI features, including...

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France's Macron calls on EU to be ready to activate its 'trade bazooka'

France's Macron calls on EU to be ready to activate its...

French president Emmanuel Macron spoke out against Donald Trump's latest tariff...

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LinkedIn data shows sluggish overall hiring but a surge in AI-related jobs

LinkedIn data shows sluggish overall hiring but a surge...

A new report by professional social media platform LinkedIn shows that while jobseekers...

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The EC introduces draft revisions to the EU's Cybersecurity Act to phase out equipment from high-risk suppliers in critical sectors, a move criticized by Huawei (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

The EC introduces draft revisions to the EU's Cybersecurity...

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EC introduces draft revisions to the EU's Cybersecurity...

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Sources: Applied Compute, which lets companies customize models with their own data, is in talks to raise funding at a $1.3B valuation, up from $500M in October (The Information)

Sources: Applied Compute, which lets companies customize...

The Information: Sources: Applied Compute, which lets companies customize models...

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G42 CEO Peng Xiao says AI chip shipments from Nvidia, AMD, and Cerebras are set to arrive in the UAE within the next few months, as the UAE builds a 200MW hub (Bloomberg)

G42 CEO Peng Xiao says AI chip shipments from Nvidia, AMD,...

Bloomberg: G42 CEO Peng Xiao says AI chip shipments from Nvidia, AMD, and Cerebras...

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One year since Trump's return to the White House: The US's two-track economy

One year since Trump's return to the White House: The US's...

It's been one year since Donald Trump started his second term as US president, and...

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French PM to push 2026 budget through parliament without vote

French PM to push 2026 budget through parliament without...

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced he will invoke Article 49.3...

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Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50%+ of all Instagram ads in 2025, up from 35% in 2024; Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on Instagram in the US in 2025 (Zach Vallese/CNBC)

Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50%+ of all Instagram...

Zach Vallese / CNBC: Sensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50%+ of all Instagram ads...

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Humans&, founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, and Google staff to build collaborative AI, raised a $480M seed from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others at a $4.48B valuation (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Humans&, founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, and Google staff...

Cade Metz / New York Times: Humans&, founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, and Google staff...

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says selling AI chips to China is a blunder with "incredible national security implications", calling it a "big mistake" and "crazy" (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says selling AI chips to China...

Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says selling AI chips...

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French prime minister to push 2026 budget through parliament without vote

French prime minister to push 2026 budget through parliament...

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced he will invoke Article 49.3...

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Anthropic's Claude Cowork launch has revived fears about disruption that weighed on SaaS stocks in 2025; Morgan Stanley SaaS index is down 15% so far in 2026 (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)

Anthropic's Claude Cowork launch has revived fears about...

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: Anthropic's Claude Cowork launch has revived fears...

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Q&A with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan on the use of AI in game development, the gaming community's pushback against AI, partnering with Grok, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan on the use of AI in game...

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan on the use of AI in game...

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The UK launches a consultation on whether to ban under-16s from using social media, alongside restrictions on addictive app features like infinite scrolling (Kiran Stacey/The Guardian)

The UK launches a consultation on whether to ban under-16s...

Kiran Stacey / The Guardian: The UK launches a consultation on whether to ban under-16s...

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Iran internet shutdown: Activists warn of 'permanent' blackout

Iran internet shutdown: Activists warn of 'permanent' blackout

Iran is 10 days into an internet blackout, which rights groups say is intended to...

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Davos to open under threat of trade chaos as Trump floats new Europe tariffs

Davos to open under threat of trade chaos as Trump floats...

US President Donald Trump's latest threat of tariffs on eight European nations if...

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Chinese media: phone makers Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Transsion trimmed their 2026 shipment targets, with Oppo cutting up to 20%, due to the memory chip shortage (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)

Chinese media: phone makers Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and Transsion...

Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: Chinese media: phone makers Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and...

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Sources: political appointees at the US CISA blocked Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala's attempt to oust the agency's Chief Information Officer Robert Costello (John Sakellariadis/Politico)

Sources: political appointees at the US CISA blocked Acting...

John Sakellariadis / Politico: Sources: political appointees at the US CISA blocked...

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Chinese smartphone shipments fell 1.6% YoY in Q4 2025 and 0.6% YoY for 2025 due to weak demand, rising prices, and memory shortages; iPhone shipments rose 28% (Counterpoint Research)

Chinese smartphone shipments fell 1.6% YoY in Q4 2025 and...

Counterpoint Research: Chinese smartphone shipments fell 1.6% YoY in Q4 2025 and...

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Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android...

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CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched since 2021 are now inactive, with 7.7M tokens failing in Q4 2025, after Oct. 10 "liquidation cascade" (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched...

Helene Braun / CoinDesk: CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched...

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Inside the 2026 National Retail Federation conference in New York City, where integrating AI into retail businesses was the overarching theme on the expo floor (New York Times)

Inside the 2026 National Retail Federation conference in...

New York Times: Inside the 2026 National Retail Federation conference in New York...

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Iran internet shutdown: activists warn of 'permanent' blackout

Iran internet shutdown: activists warn of 'permanent' blackout

Iran is 10 days into an internet blackout, which rights groups say is intended to...

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Atlantic Council: China-led cross-border digital currency platform mBridge, still a prototype, has processed 4,000+ cross-border transactions totaling $55.5B (Marc Jones/Reuters)

Atlantic Council: China-led cross-border digital currency...

Marc Jones / Reuters: Atlantic Council: China-led cross-border digital currency...

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OpenAI's former Head of Policy Research Miles Brundage announces AVERI, a nonprofit aimed at advocating the idea of external audits for frontier AI models (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)

OpenAI's former Head of Policy Research Miles Brundage...

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: OpenAI's former Head of Policy Research Miles Brundage announces...

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A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary about Google DeepMind and its CEO Demis Hassabis, garnering 285M+ views on YouTube since November 2025 (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary...

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary...

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Micron signs a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8B to expand DRAM memory chip production, expected to close in Q2 2026 (Valentine Baldassari/Bloomberg)

Micron signs a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site...

Valentine Baldassari / Bloomberg: Micron signs a letter of intent to buy a fabrication...

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ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a hardware wallet social engineering scam; XMR jumped as the attacker began converting the funds to Monero (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a...

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a...

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Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)

Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T...

Maria Sherman / Associated Press: Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry...

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Luxembourg-based Hydrosat, which builds AI-based thermal infrared satellite tech to provide data for water resource management and more, raised a $60M Series B (Ingrid Lunden/Resilience Media)

Luxembourg-based Hydrosat, which builds AI-based thermal...

Ingrid Lunden / Resilience Media: Luxembourg-based Hydrosat, which builds AI-based...

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Sources: the EU's cybersecurity proposal, to be presented on Jan. 20, is expected to phase out vendors such as Huawei from the bloc's critical infrastructure (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)

Sources: the EU's cybersecurity proposal, to be presented...

Barbara Moens / Financial Times: Sources: the EU's cybersecurity proposal, to be...

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Adobe's stock has slumped more than 45% since the end of 2023, reflecting analyst concerns over the threat of AI-driven disruption to SaaS companies (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)

Adobe's stock has slumped more than 45% since the end of...

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: Adobe's stock has slumped more than 45% since the end...

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Analysis: Colossus 2, one of the world's largest AI datacenters, will use as much water/year as 2.5 average In-N-Outs, assuming only drinkable water and burgers (SemiAnalysis)

Analysis: Colossus 2, one of the world's largest AI datacenters,...

SemiAnalysis: Analysis: Colossus 2, one of the world's largest AI datacenters, will...

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Istanbul-based TaleMonster Games, the studio behind the puzzle game Match Valley, raised a $30M Series A led by Arcadia Gaming Partners and a16z (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

Istanbul-based TaleMonster Games, the studio behind the...

Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: Istanbul-based TaleMonster Games, the studio behind...

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Vietnam's military-run telecom company Viettel begins construction of the country's first chip plant, with trial production expected to start by late 2027 (Phuong Nguyen/Reuters)

Vietnam's military-run telecom company Viettel begins construction...

Phuong Nguyen / Reuters: Vietnam's military-run telecom company Viettel begins construction...

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France's Macron calls for €36 billion increase in defence budget by 2030

France's Macron calls for €36 billion increase in defence...

In his New Year's address to the armed forces, French President Emmanuel Macron...

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Meta will discontinue Workrooms, its VR space for workers, on February 16; Quest headsets and Horizon services will not be sold to businesses as of February 20 (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Meta will discontinue Workrooms, its VR space for workers,...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Meta will discontinue Workrooms, its VR space for workers,...

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California regulators unanimously voted in favor of Verizon's $10B Frontier acquisition; deliberations included Verizon committing to CA's DEI requirements (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)

California regulators unanimously voted in favor of Verizon's...

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net: California regulators unanimously voted in favor of...

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SiFive will integrate Nvidia's NVLink Fusion infrastructure with its RISC-V processor IP platforms, allowing SiFive silicon to communicate with Nvidia GPUs (Marco Chiappetta/Forbes)

SiFive will integrate Nvidia's NVLink Fusion infrastructure...

Marco Chiappetta / Forbes: SiFive will integrate Nvidia's NVLink Fusion infrastructure...

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Is the EU-Mercosur trade agreement more than a 'cows for cars' deal?

Is the EU-Mercosur trade agreement more than a 'cows for...

A qualified majority of EU countries have finally approved the EU-Mercosur trade...

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Macron calls for €36 billion increase in defence budget by 2030

Macron calls for €36 billion increase in defence budget...

In his New Year address to the armed forces, French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled...

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Boston-based Tulip, which offers an AI-powered frontline operations platform used by 60K workers, raised a $120M Series D led by Mitsubishi at a $1.3B valuation (Gil Press/Forbes)

Boston-based Tulip, which offers an AI-powered frontline...

Gil Press / Forbes: Boston-based Tulip, which offers an AI-powered frontline operations...

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AI video startup Higgsfield raised an $80M Series A extension from Accel and others at a $1.3B+ valuation, and reports a $200M annualized revenue run rate (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

AI video startup Higgsfield raised an $80M Series A extension...

Krystal Hu / Reuters: AI video startup Higgsfield raised an $80M Series A extension...

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Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs raised $252M from OpenAI, Bain Capital, and others (Ike Swetlitz/Bloomberg)

Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs...

Ike Swetlitz / Bloomberg: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs...

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Musk's xAI limits Grok's capacity to generate sexualised images

Musk's xAI limits Grok's capacity to generate sexualised...

Elon Musk's xAI says its Grok AI chatbot will be restricted from generating sexualised...

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Some museum entrance fees go up for non-EU tourists in France

Some museum entrance fees go up for non-EU tourists in...

Tourists visiting France from outside the European Union now have to pay significantly...

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Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz are returning to OpenAI from Thinking Machines and the move "has been in the works for several weeks" (Fidji Simo/@fidjissimo)

Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz...

Fidji Simo / @fidjissimo: Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz...

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Thinking Machines parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with Soumith Chintala taking over the role; sources say the termination is due to "unethical conduct" (Kylie Robison/@kyliebytes)

Thinking Machines parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph, with...

Kylie Robison / @kyliebytes: Thinking Machines parts ways with CTO Barret Zoph,...

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Project Eleven, which builds tools to prepare blockchains for post-quantum threats, raised a $20M Series A led by Castle Island at a $120M post-money valuation (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Project Eleven, which builds tools to prepare blockchains...

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Project Eleven, which builds tools to prepare blockchains...

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Trump praises 'low' inflation data, doubles down on rate cut demands

Trump praises 'low' inflation data, doubles down on rate...

US President Donald Trump says inflation in the country is low enough for Fed chair...

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China sees record $1.19 trillion trade surplus in 2025 in spite of US tariffs

China sees record $1.19 trillion trade surplus in 2025...

China's customs administration unveiled its latest trade data this Wednesday and...

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Sources: Chinese chip designer Montage, a Shanghai-listed company valued at $22B, plans a Hong Kong IPO that could raise $900M+, backed by Alibaba and JPMorgan (Dave Sebastian/Bloomberg)

Sources: Chinese chip designer Montage, a Shanghai-listed...

Dave Sebastian / Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese chip designer Montage, a Shanghai-listed...

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Alpaca, which builds software to let companies offer stocks, ETFs, and other financial instruments, raised a $150M Series D led by Drive at a $1.15B valuation (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Alpaca, which builds software to let companies offer stocks,...

Ben Weiss / Fortune: Alpaca, which builds software to let companies offer stocks,...

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Sources: McKinsey pilots an overhaul in how it recruits its next generation, asking candidates to use its AI tool Lilli to analyze a case study during a test (Financial Times)

Sources: McKinsey pilots an overhaul in how it recruits...

Financial Times: Sources: McKinsey pilots an overhaul in how it recruits its next...

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Liftoff, which helps companies place ads in mobile apps, files for a US IPO, reporting a $25.6M net loss on $491.6M in revenue in the nine months up to Sept. 30 (Natalia Kniazhevich/Bloomberg)

Liftoff, which helps companies place ads in mobile apps,...

Natalia Kniazhevich / Bloomberg: Liftoff, which helps companies place ads in mobile...

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Under new licensing requirements, the US Commerce Department says exports of Nvidia's H200 chips and AMD's MI325X chips will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis (Bloomberg)

Under new licensing requirements, the US Commerce Department...

Bloomberg: Under new licensing requirements, the US Commerce Department says exports...

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Source details how Apple's Gemini deal works: new Siri features launching in spring and at WWDC, Apple can finetune Gemini, no Google branding, and more (The Information)

Source details how Apple's Gemini deal works: new Siri...

The Information: Source details how Apple's Gemini deal works: new Siri features...

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US investigation into Fed chair Powell sparks chorus of criticism

US investigation into Fed chair Powell sparks chorus of...

Criticism has been pouring in from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, former Fed...

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Trump imposes 25% tariff on any country 'doing business' with Iran

Trump imposes 25% tariff on any country 'doing business'...

US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday...

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Researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic, and others are studying LLMs like living things, not just software, to uncover some of their secrets for the first time (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

Researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic, and others are studying...

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: Researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic, and...

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The US House passes a bipartisan bill to expand US export controls to restrict Chinese companies' remote access to US AI chips from data centers outside China (Juro Osawa/The Information)

The US House passes a bipartisan bill to expand US export...

Juro Osawa / The Information: The US House passes a bipartisan bill to expand US...

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PJM, the nonprofit operator for a 13-state power grid across the US, expects 4.8% average annual power growth over the next decade driven by the AI boom (Wall Street Journal)

PJM, the nonprofit operator for a 13-state power grid across...

Wall Street Journal: PJM, the nonprofit operator for a 13-state power grid across...

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US investigation into Fed Chair Powell sparks chrus of criticism

US investigation into Fed Chair Powell sparks chrus of...

Criticism has been pouring in from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, former Fed...

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Sources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-person Reality Labs division, disproportionately affecting those working on VR headsets and Horizon Worlds (New York Times)

Sources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-person...

New York Times: Sources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-person Reality...

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Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal "seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google given that [they] also have Android and Chrome" (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal "seems like...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal “seems...

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OpenAI acquires Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app that aggregates and analyzes medical records; source: OpenAI is paying $100M in equity (Laura Mandaro/The Information)

OpenAI acquires Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app...

Laura Mandaro / The Information: OpenAI acquires Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare...

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'It's a scam': French AI envoy on X making Grok chatbot pay-to-perve

'It's a scam': French AI envoy on X making Grok chatbot...

France's AI and Digital Ambassador Clara Chappaz says making public image generation...

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America's top central banker Powell targeted by federal probe

America's top central banker Powell targeted by federal...

US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is under criminal investigation by the Justice...

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A profile of China's CXMT, whose $4.2B IPO goal would rank among the century's biggest chip debuts, as the memory chip maker faces US and South Korean curbs (Wall Street Journal)

A profile of China's CXMT, whose $4.2B IPO goal would rank...

Wall Street Journal: A profile of China's CXMT, whose $4.2B IPO goal would rank...

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President Trump says "we may speak to Elon" about using Starlink to restore the internet in Iran, after the state imposed an internet blackout amid protests (Rachael Levy/Reuters)

President Trump says "we may speak to Elon" about using...

Rachael Levy / Reuters: President Trump says “we may speak to Elon” about using...

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CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo's chatty motorized laptop to Sharp's ChatGPT-powered Poketomo (Chris Velazco/Washington Post)

CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI...

Chris Velazco / Washington Post: CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make...

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"It's a scam": French AI envoy on X making Grok chatbot pay-to-perve

"It's a scam": French AI envoy on X making Grok chatbot...

France's AI and digital ambassador Clara Chappaz says making public image generation...

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Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-powered security operations platform, raised $140M led by Merlin Ventures at a $1.2B valuation (Andrew Martin/Bloomberg)

Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-powered...

Andrew Martin / Bloomberg: Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-powered...

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Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an issue that let an external party send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5M users' data was exposed (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an issue...

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an...

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Tucuvi, which develops AI agents that check in with patients and escalate cases to human teams when needed, raised a $20M Series A, led by Cathay and Leadwind (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)

Tucuvi, which develops AI agents that check in with patients...

John Reynolds / Tech.eu: Tucuvi, which develops AI agents that check in with patients...

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Analysis: global AI-related companies drove ~40% of benchmark convertible bond index returns in 2025, pushing the amount raised to $166.5B, the most since 2001 (Bloomberg)

Analysis: global AI-related companies drove ~40% of benchmark...

Bloomberg: Analysis: global AI-related companies drove ~40% of benchmark convertible...

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Newly listed Chinese AI chipmakers Moore Threads, Biren, and MetaX had stellar stock market debuts, but none has sales above 10% of rival Cambricon (Financial Times)

Newly listed Chinese AI chipmakers Moore Threads, Biren,...

Financial Times: Newly listed Chinese AI chipmakers Moore Threads, Biren, and MetaX...

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Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered companies to move ~$1B in stablecoins since 2023, evading international sanctions (TRM Insights)

Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

TRM Insights: Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered...

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Stack Overflow recorded just 6,866 questions in Dec. 2025, about the same monthly volume as in 2008; annual revenue has risen ~2x to $115M since ChatGPT's debut (Claire Yubin Oh/Sherwood News)

Stack Overflow recorded just 6,866 questions in Dec. 2025,...

Claire Yubin Oh / Sherwood News: Stack Overflow recorded just 6,866 questions in...

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Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool (Fransiska Nangoy/Reuters)

Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual...

Fransiska Nangoy / Reuters: Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of...

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Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to 60% of listeners aged 18-44 reported listening to AI-generated music for 2.5 to 3 hours per week (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)

Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to...

Luke Kawa / Sherwood News: Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50%...

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Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with US officials (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block pirate...

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block...

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Documents: OpenAI is asking contractors to upload their work from current or previous jobs to evaluate its models, leaving it to them to scrub confidential info (Wired)

Documents: OpenAI is asking contractors to upload their...

Wired: Documents: OpenAI is asking contractors to upload their work from current...

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Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's stock has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60M users (Bloomberg)

Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's stock has surged 88%...

Bloomberg: Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's stock has surged 88% over the past...

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Global anger over Grok undressing women online

Global anger over Grok undressing women online

There's global outrage over Elon Musk's chatbot Grok, a key feature on social media...

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Rain, which helps businesses issue stablecoin-linked Visa cards, raised a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ at a $1.95B valuation, taking its total funding to $338M+ (Pragyan Kalita/Reuters)

Rain, which helps businesses issue stablecoin-linked Visa...

Pragyan Kalita / Reuters: Rain, which helps businesses issue stablecoin-linked Visa...

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Sources say DeepSeek will launch V4, its next-generation model, in the coming weeks and say it outperformed Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT series in coding (The Information)

Sources say DeepSeek will launch V4, its next-generation...

The Information: Sources say DeepSeek will launch V4, its next-generation model,...

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A16z captured 18%+ of all US venture capital allocated in 2025 and now manages $90B in assets, vs Sequoia Capital's $56B and General Catalyst's $43B (Iain Martin/Forbes)

A16z captured 18%+ of all US venture capital allocated...

Iain Martin / Forbes: A16z captured 18%+ of all US venture capital allocated in...

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EU set to pass Mercosur deal after last-ditch concessions seem to convince Italy

EU set to pass Mercosur deal after last-ditch concessions...

The EU is set to pass a trade deal with South American trade bloc Mercosur after...

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Nvidia has hired Google Cloud VP of Marketing Alison Wagonfeld to be Nvidia's first CMO; source: Wagonfeld will report to CEO Jensen Huang (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)

Nvidia has hired Google Cloud VP of Marketing Alison Wagonfeld...

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Nvidia has hired Google Cloud VP of Marketing...

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Docs: xAI had a net loss of $1.46B in Q3, up from $1B in Q1; sources: xAI told investors it plans to build AI that will eventually power Optimus humanoid robots (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

Docs: xAI had a net loss of $1.46B in Q3, up from $1B in...

Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg: Docs: xAI had a net loss of $1.46B in Q3, up from $1B...

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Seattle-based Spangle AI, which makes AI tools for online retailers to build custom storefronts, raised a $15M Series A led by NewRoad at a $100M valuation (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Seattle-based Spangle AI, which makes AI tools for online...

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based Spangle AI, which makes AI tools for online...

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Trump calls for US military spending to increase by 50% in 2027

Trump calls for US military spending to increase by 50%...

US President Donald Trump has called for the US military budget to reach $1.5 trillion...

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Venezuela's crude concessions: US vows to exert control over world's largest oil reserves

Venezuela's crude concessions: US vows to exert control...

What's next for Venezuela, where a surprise attack saw US forces capture President...

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EU set to pass Mercosur deal after last ditch concessions seem to convince Italy

EU set to pass Mercosur deal after last ditch concessions...

The EU is set to pass a trade deal with South American trade bloc Mercosur after...

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Google makes Help Me Write, AI email summaries, and Suggested Replies free to all Gmail users; the features required a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google makes Help Me Write, AI email summaries, and Suggested...

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google makes Help Me Write, AI email summaries, and Suggested...

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The EU says it ordered X to retain all internal docs and data relating to Grok until the end of 2026, after criticizing Grok's nonconsensual image generation (Louise Breusch Rasmussen/Reuters)

The EU says it ordered X to retain all internal docs and...

Louise Breusch Rasmussen / Reuters: The EU says it ordered X to retain all internal...

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Protege, which offers an AI data platform to access high-quality, proprietary training data at scale, raised $30M from a16z, extending its $25M Series A (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Protege, which offers an AI data platform to access high-quality,...

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Protege, which offers an AI data platform to access...

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Warner Bros. rejects Paramount's revised offer

Warner Bros. rejects Paramount's revised offer

Warner Brothers Discovery has rejected the latest takeover bid from Paramount Skydance,...

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Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B, vs. ~$12.3B est., and revenue up 23% to ~$64.2B, as demand for AI servers lifted memory chip prices (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B,...

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B,...

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Arm creates a "Physical AI" unit to focus on robotics and automotive sectors, as part of a reorganization that includes "Cloud and AI" and "Edge" business units (Reuters)

Arm creates a "Physical AI" unit to focus on robotics and...

Reuters: Arm creates a “Physical AI” unit to focus on robotics and automotive sectors,...

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Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps this year before expanding to its vehicles in 2027, and aims to debut Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its...

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Berlin households grapple with prolonged blackout as cold snap grips Europe

Berlin households grapple with prolonged blackout as cold...

A severe cold snap has gripped Europe, causing deadly accidents and travel chaos....

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Trump says Venezuela will send 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to US

Trump says Venezuela will send 30 to 50 million barrels...

In a Truth Social post late on Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump announced...

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Warner Bros rejects Paramount takeover again and tells shareholders to stick with Netflix bid

Warner Bros rejects Paramount takeover again and tells...

Warner’s leadership has rebuffed Paramount’s overtures again and urged shareholders...

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Samsung says it expects memory chip supply shortages to raise prices across the electronics industry, including potentially among its own consumer products (Bloomberg)

Samsung says it expects memory chip supply shortages to...

Bloomberg: Samsung says it expects memory chip supply shortages to raise prices...

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Jensen Huang says Nvidia has "fired up" H200 production in the expectation of resumed China sales and it is working on the "last details" with the US government (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Jensen Huang says Nvidia has "fired up" H200 production...

Michael Acton / Financial Times: Jensen Huang says Nvidia has “fired up” H200 production...

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Filing: Samsung plans to acquire $1.73B of its stock for employee and executive compensation, as part of a performance-linked scheme introduced in October 2025 (Kyu-seok Shim/Reuters)

Filing: Samsung plans to acquire $1.73B of its stock for...

Kyu-seok Shim / Reuters: Filing: Samsung plans to acquire $1.73B of its stock for...

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Berlin households grapple with prolonged blackout as a cold snap grips Europe

Berlin households grapple with prolonged blackout as a...

A severe cold snap has gripped Europe, causing deadly accidents and travel chaos. ...

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Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, backed by $100M of his own capital, has hired 30+ engineers from Apple, Meta, and others (Rocket Drew/The Information)

Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI CEO...

Rocket Drew / The Information: Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI...

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Mobileye is acquiring Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $900M; Mentee was founded in 2022 and has raised $50M (Marissa Newman/Bloomberg)

Mobileye is acquiring Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee...

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Mobileye is acquiring Israeli humanoid robot startup...

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In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware operator in 10+ years, pcTattletale founder pleads guilty to promoting surveillance apps for unlawful uses (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware operator...

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware...

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US's long history of involvement in Venezuelan oil

US's long history of involvement in Venezuelan oil

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to meet executives of top US oil...

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French farmers pile on pressure as Italy reportedly backs Mercosur trade pact

French farmers pile on pressure as Italy reportedly backs...

French farmers are continuing their protests across the country this Tuesday, in...

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AMD teases its next-generation CDNA 6-based MI500 AI chips built on a 2nm node, claiming 1,000x performance gains over predecessors, launching in 2027 (Reuters)

AMD teases its next-generation CDNA 6-based MI500 AI chips...

Reuters: AMD teases its next-generation CDNA 6-based MI500 AI chips built on a 2nm...

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Nvidia announces native apps for its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service for select Linux distributions and Amazon Fire TV sticks, available in early 2026 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Nvidia announces native apps for its GeForce NOW cloud...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia announces native apps for its GeForce NOW cloud gaming...

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Even if AI could take over every job, humans will invent new work for themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just output (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Even if AI could take over every job, humans will invent...

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Even if AI could take over every job, humans will invent...

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US's long history of involvment in Venezuelan oil

US's long history of involvment in Venezuelan oil

The Trump administration is reportedly planning to meet executives of top US oil...

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Sources: Nvidia has struggled to monetize its Omniverse software and the company shuttered the Omniverse Cloud service in August 2025 due to lack of demand (The Information)

Sources: Nvidia has struggled to monetize its Omniverse...

The Information: Sources: Nvidia has struggled to monetize its Omniverse software...

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A viral Reddit post by a purported developer alleging that a "major food delivery app" exploits drivers appears AI-generated; Uber and DoorDash deny the claims (Elissa Welle/The Verge)

A viral Reddit post by a purported developer alleging that...

Elissa Welle / The Verge: A viral Reddit post by a purported developer alleging...

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Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered by a custom chip that connects to compatible minifigures and tags for interactive lights and sounds (Jeremy White/Wired)

Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered...

Jeremy White / Wired: Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered...

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US's big plans for Venezuela's oil face political, economic challenges

US's big plans for Venezuela's oil face political, economic...

US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire for American firms to...

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Samsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini-powered AI features to ~400M mobile devices and aims to boost the figure to 800M in 2026 (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)

Samsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini-powered...

Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: Samsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini-powered...

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Samsung upgrades its Family Hub refrigerators with AI features, such as voice control to open and close the door and Gemini-powered AI Vision to track inventory (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Samsung upgrades its Family Hub refrigerators with AI features,...

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Samsung upgrades its Family Hub refrigerators...

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Taiwan says China's cyberattacks on its hospitals, banks, energy, and other infrastructure rose 6% YoY in 2025 to an average of 2.63M attacks a day (Yimou Lee/Reuters)

Taiwan says China's cyberattacks on its hospitals, banks,...

Yimou Lee / Reuters: Taiwan says China's cyberattacks on its hospitals, banks, energy,...

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Hands-on with Xreal's Neo, a $99 battery pack and mini-dock that acts as a passthrough converter so the company's glasses can work with the Nintendo Switch (Scott Stein/CNET)

Hands-on with Xreal's Neo, a $99 battery pack and mini-dock...

Scott Stein / CNET: Hands-on with Xreal's Neo, a $99 battery pack and mini-dock...

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Sources: Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity company Axonius for $2B; Axonius has raised ~$700M and was valued at $2.6B during earlier rounds (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Sources: Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity...

Meir Orbach / CTech: Sources: Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity...

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Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi for $400M; Koi has raised $48M to date (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli...

Sophie Shulman / CTech: Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli...

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A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska's court system to provide aid in the probate process, which has been plagued by delays and hallucinations (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska's court...

Jared Perlo / NBC News: A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska's court...

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A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios)

A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just...

Herb Scribner / Axios: A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just...

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Fueled partly by US tech companies, governments worldwide are racing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Fueled partly by US tech companies, governments worldwide...

Natasha Singer / New York Times: Fueled partly by US tech companies, governments...

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A look at Elon Musk's bet that Tesla's future is in its Optimus humanoid robots, which for now rely on human helpers and still face commercial challenges (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal)

A look at Elon Musk's bet that Tesla's future is in its...

Becky Peterson / Wall Street Journal: A look at Elon Musk's bet that Tesla's future...

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A deep dive into co-packaged optics, long promised to transform data center connectivity, covering benefits, challenges, architecture, key companies, and more (SemiAnalysis)

A deep dive into co-packaged optics, long promised to transform...

SemiAnalysis: A deep dive into co-packaged optics, long promised to transform data...

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The Groq deal shows the challenges Nvidia faces as options to deploy its cash flood narrow; its annual free cash flow has risen from $4.2B in 2020 to $80B+ now (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)

The Groq deal shows the challenges Nvidia faces as options...

Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: The Groq deal shows the challenges Nvidia faces...

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California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents request the deletion of their personal data from over 500 registered data brokers (Michael Kan/PCMag)

California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets...

Michael Kan / PCMag: California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents...

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Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump's prison-reform law (CNBC)

Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years...

CNBC: Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking...

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What to expect at CES 2026: laptops with new chips from Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD, more AI integrations, smart home robotics, smart glasses, and more (The Verge)

What to expect at CES 2026: laptops with new chips from...

The Verge: What to expect at CES 2026: laptops with new chips from Intel, Qualcomm,...

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How Meta's Reels became a hit, with a $50B+ annual run rate; Sensor Tower: users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts, and 44 on TikTok (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

How Meta's Reels became a hit, with a $50B+ annual run...

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: How Meta's Reels became a hit, with a $50B+...

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UK crypto buyers are required to share their account details with tax officials starting January 1 or face penalties, as the UK seeks to collect unpaid taxes (Rachel Clun/BBC)

UK crypto buyers are required to share their account details...

Rachel Clun / BBC: UK crypto buyers are required to share their account details...

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Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon Valley, AI and manufacturing, and how China and the US are building the future (Dan Wang)

Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist...

Dan Wang: Tech analyst Dan Wang reflects on the Chinese Communist Party vs. Silicon...

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Danish post office delivers last letter, ending 400-year run

Danish post office delivers last letter, ending 400-year...

It's the end of an era for the Danish post office. Citing a 90 percent drop in letter-sending...

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Bulgaria bids farewell to lev currency, awaits euro adoption amid inflation concerns

Bulgaria bids farewell to lev currency, awaits euro adoption...

Bulgaria will formally adopt the euro as its currency starting on January 1, leaving...

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Leaps and bounds: How the power of AI expanded further in 2025

Leaps and bounds: How the power of AI expanded further...

It's only been three years since ChatGPT leaped onto the world stage, but artificial...

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Bulgarians ring in the new year by withdrawing euros

Bulgarians ring in the new year by withdrawing euros

As Bulgaria formally adopts the euro currency this January 1st, residents in the...

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EU's new carbon border tax goes into force

EU's new carbon border tax goes into force

The European Union's controversial new rules on polluting industrial imports went...

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How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral (Philosopher Count)

How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions...

Philosopher Count: How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on...

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Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Radiant and a new $10B AI fund, and plans to acquire up to $100B in land, data centers, and power assets for AI (Miles Kruppa/The Information)

Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Radiant...

Miles Kruppa / The Information: Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Radiant...

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Starlink plans to lower its satellites orbiting at ~550km to ~480km in 2026 to improve space safety and reduce the likelihood of debris collisions (Rishabh Jaiswal/Reuters)

Starlink plans to lower its satellites orbiting at ~550km...

Rishabh Jaiswal / Reuters: Starlink plans to lower its satellites orbiting at ~550km...

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The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to spyware maker Intellexa, reversing a designation imposed by the Biden administration in 2024 (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives...

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: The US Treasury has lifted sanctions on three executives...

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Filing: Chinese AI startup MiniMax seeks to raise up to ~$538.5M in a Hong Kong IPO, offering 25.4M shares at a price range of ~$19.40 to ~$21.20 per share (Shivangi Lahiri/Reuters)

Filing: Chinese AI startup MiniMax seeks to raise up to...

Shivangi Lahiri / Reuters: Filing: Chinese AI startup MiniMax seeks to raise up...

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SoftBank says it has completed a $22.5B investment in OpenAI, finalizing its up to $40B investment commitment announced in March and taking its stake to ~11% (SoftBank Group Corp.)

SoftBank says it has completed a $22.5B investment in OpenAI,...

SoftBank Group Corp.: SoftBank says it has completed a $22.5B investment in OpenAI,...

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Iran's central bank chief resigns amid protests, currency turmoil

Iran's central bank chief resigns amid protests, currency...

Iran's state TV says the country's central bank chief Mohammad Reza Farzin has stepped...

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China issues new proposals to regulate AI chatbots around mental health and suicide

China issues new proposals to regulate AI chatbots around...

China's cyberspace administration has issued new draft rules aiming to regulate...

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Danish post office delivers last letter, ending a 400-year run to adapt to the digital age

Danish post office delivers last letter, ending a 400-year...

It's the end of an era for the Danish post office. Citing a 90% drop in letter-sending...

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Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are expanding into India's Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (Bloomberg)

Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are...

Bloomberg: Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy are expanding into...

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Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the increasing AI competition from Amazon and Google; Microsoft Deputy CTO Dee Templeton says Nadella is in "founder mode" (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the increasing AI...

Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: Sources: Satya Nadella is focused on the increasing...

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Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the founders of Perplexity, Figure AI, Safe Superintelligence, Harvey, and others joined the nine-figure club in 2025 (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)

Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the founders...

Natallie Rocha / New York Times: Sources, PitchBook data, and news reports: the...

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Iran's central bank chief resigns amid protests and currency turmoil

Iran's central bank chief resigns amid protests and currency...

Iran's state TV says the country's central bank chief Mohammad Reza Farzin has stepped...

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A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing (Calder McHugh/Politico)

A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and...

Calder McHugh / Politico: A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and...

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How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by inserting tiny imperfections, opening up potential uses in medicine, brain-computer interfaces, and more (Financial Times)

How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by...

Financial Times: How diamonds are being converted to quantum sensors by inserting...

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Meta agrees to acquire Singapore-based startup Manus, which makes an AI agent it sells to SMBs; Manus said in December its annual revenue run rate was $125M+ (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Meta agrees to acquire Singapore-based startup Manus, which...

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta agrees to acquire Singapore-based startup Manus, which...

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E-commerce giant Coupang offers €1 billion compensation scheme after massive data breach

E-commerce giant Coupang offers €1 billion compensation...

Over a month after announcing a massive data breach affecting 34 million of its...

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Since the GENIUS Act's passage in July, the total value of stablecoins circulating rose from ~$250B to $300B+, as they become the "respectable" face of crypto (Joel Khalili/Wired)

Since the GENIUS Act's passage in July, the total value...

Joel Khalili / Wired: Since the GENIUS Act's passage in July, the total value of...

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Sources: SoftBank is in advanced talks to buy NYSE-listed DigitalBridge, a private equity firm that invests in data centers and digital infrastructure operators (Bloomberg)

Sources: SoftBank is in advanced talks to buy NYSE-listed...

Bloomberg: Sources: SoftBank is in advanced talks to buy NYSE-listed DigitalBridge,...

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A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels finds 278 of them have only posted AI-generated "slop" videos, amassing 63B+ views and 221M+ subscribers (Aisha Down/The Guardian)

A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels finds...

Aisha Down / The Guardian: A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels finds...

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How executives at humanoid robot startups like Agility Robotics and Weave Robotics are managing safety risks and tempering expectations for the technology (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)

How executives at humanoid robot startups like Agility...

Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal: How executives at humanoid robot startups like...

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Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited with turning the company around, died at 83; IBM's market value rose from $29B to ~$168B during his tenure (Patrick Oster/Bloomberg)

Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited with...

Patrick Oster / Bloomberg: Lou Gerstner, a former IBM CEO and chairman credited...

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Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts to get customers to book directly, as they seek to save on online platform commissions and prepare for AI agents (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts to get customers...

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Global hotel groups are intensifying efforts...

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Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Siege and its in-game Marketplace to resolve an "incident"; reports say hackers breached internal systems (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rainbow Six Siege...

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Ubisoft says it intentionally shut down Rainbow...

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Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)

Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup...

Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times: Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery...

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Data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom (Martha Muir/Financial Times)

Data center developers, facing grid access wait times of...

Martha Muir / Financial Times: Data center developers, facing grid access wait times...

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Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B+ in assets (New York Times)

Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a...

New York Times: Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed...

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The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)

The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU...

Virginie Malingre / Le Monde: The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU...

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A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, "signaling limited technology spillovers" to the local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)

A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for...

Lien Hoang / Nikkei Asia: A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts...

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The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including CEO Jonathan Ross, creator of the TPU, and keeps them from companies that may try to make their own chips (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including...

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: The Groq deal secures key talent for Nvidia, including...

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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like addictive feeds to show warning labels about mental health impacts on young users (Andre Revilla/Engadget)

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms...

Andre Revilla / Engadget: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms...

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Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450x, retail traders have poured billions of dollars into the stock, which is up ~3,000% in the past three years (Alex Harring/CNBC)

Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450x, retail...

Alex Harring / CNBC: Despite Palantir's high trailing P/E ratio of ~450x, retail...

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Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B in Indian investments since October, 80% of those in December, as part of an AI spending frenzy in India (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined $67.5B...

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google pledged a combined...

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Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since Q3 2001, when it slid ~34%, amid skepticism about its ability to open more data centers for OpenAI (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since...

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Oracle stock fell 30% this quarter, its steepest drop since...

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Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $100B+ in 2025; small companies face higher interest rates given investor wariness over unproven AI businesses (Joe Rennison/New York Times)

Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $100B+...

Joe Rennison / New York Times: Refinitiv: AI infrastructure companies borrowed $100B+...

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An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert about the US adopting authoritarian digital practices, the research group's accomplishments, and more (Finian Hazen/MIT Technology Review)

An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert about...

Finian Hazen / MIT Technology Review: An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald...

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A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship (Aishvarya Kavi/New York Times)

A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration...

Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times: A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration...

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As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon...

Annie Palmer / CNBC: As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon...

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PitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals in 2025 vs. $2.17B in 2024; 11 crypto IPOs raised $14.6B worldwide, up from $310M from four IPOs in 2024 (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

PitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals in 2025...

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: PitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals...

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A look at Detroit's Apple Developer Academy, launched after the BLM protests, which spends $20K per student, nearly 2x the budget of local community colleges (Paresh Dave/Wired)

A look at Detroit's Apple Developer Academy, launched after...

Paresh Dave / Wired: A look at Detroit's Apple Developer Academy, launched after...

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A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app to pay $20 to $24 to manually close robotaxi doors and $60 to $80 to tow its cars (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)

A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis; Waymo...

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis;...

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Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq for $20B in cash; leaked email: Jensen Huang says Nvidia is not acquiring Groq (David Faber/CNBC)

Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy...

David Faber / CNBC: Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy assets...

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Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia; Groq says it will continue operating independently (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan...

Ian King / Bloomberg: Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan...

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Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over $300M led by China Mobile's industry investment fund at a $3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $800M (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over $300M...

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over...

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Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual terms that bar rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp; Meta calls the decision "fundamentally flawed" (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)

Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual...

Elvira Pollina / Reuters: Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual...

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AST launches its largest-ever satellite from India, hosting the BlueBird Block-2, the first in a series of deployments to challenge SpaceX in satellite internet (Sana Pashankar/Bloomberg)

AST launches its largest-ever satellite from India, hosting...

Sana Pashankar / Bloomberg: AST launches its largest-ever satellite from India,...

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Sources: Nvidia tested Intel's 18A to make chips but stopped moving forward; interviews with 20+ people describe how dealmaker Lip-Bu Tan gave Intel a lifeline (Reuters)

Sources: Nvidia tested Intel's 18A to make chips but stopped...

Reuters: Sources: Nvidia tested Intel's 18A to make chips but stopped moving forward;...

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A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking a Texas law requiring mobile app stores to verify users' ages from taking effect on January 1 (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking...

Lauren Feiner / The Verge: A federal judge grants a temporary injunction blocking...

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Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building next-gen AI personal assistants, raised an $8M seed at a $35M valuation and plans to exit stealth in 2026 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building next-gen...

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building...

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The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans,...

Fatima Hussein / Associated Press: The US is imposing visa restrictions on five...

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Off the scales? Work-life balance in the digital age

Off the scales? Work-life balance in the digital age

It's the word of the year in Japan with a literal take on the Rihanna song "Work"....

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Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's Hong Kong stock fell as much as 6% to ~$8, the lowest since November 21, after it was hit by a cyberattack on December 22 (Reuters)

Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's Hong Kong stock fell...

Reuters: Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's Hong Kong stock fell as much as 6% to...

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Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians stay active on X; the UK government says it stopped paid ads in 2024, after spending £9M in 2021 (Financial Times)

Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians...

Financial Times: Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians...

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US companies sold $1.7T of investment-grade bonds in 2025, nearing the $1.8T 2020 record, driven by AI infrastructure borrowing; Goldman says AI makes up ~30% (Kate Duguid/Financial Times)

US companies sold $1.7T of investment-grade bonds in 2025,...

Kate Duguid / Financial Times: US companies sold $1.7T of investment-grade bonds...

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OpenAI rolls out Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wrapped-like feature, to Free, Plus, and Pro users in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

OpenAI rolls out Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wrapped-like...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: OpenAI rolls out Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wrapped-like...

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Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases GLM-4.7, an open-weight model that Z.ai says delivers significant improvements in coding performance compared to GLM-4.6 (Z.ai)

Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases GLM-4.7, an open-weight...

Z.ai: Chinese AI startup Z.ai releases GLM-4.7, an open-weight model that Z.ai says...

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Vince Zampella, former CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty, died Sunday at 55 in a single-car crash in Southern California (NBC Los Angeles)

Vince Zampella, former CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio...

NBC Los Angeles: Vince Zampella, former CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio behind...

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Waymo resumes robotaxi service in SF after suspending it during a blackout, and says most trips were completed before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over (CNBC)

Waymo resumes robotaxi service in SF after suspending it...

CNBC: Waymo resumes robotaxi service in SF after suspending it during a blackout,...

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Adam Mosseri says "maybe we'll need" premium longform video for Instagram, and that TikTok's US sale turmoil has given Meta time to retune algorithms (Max Tani/Semafor)

Adam Mosseri says "maybe we'll need" premium longform video...

Max Tani / Semafor: Adam Mosseri says “maybe we'll need” premium longform video...

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Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, regulatory pressure that killed Amazon's deal, his new robotics startup, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company's...

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company's...

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Sources detail SoftBank's efforts to raise funds as it races to close its $22.5B funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of this year (Reuters)

Sources detail SoftBank's efforts to raise funds as it...

Reuters: Sources detail SoftBank's efforts to raise funds as it races to close its...

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Source: OpenAI's compute margin has jumped to about 70% in October from about 52% at the end of 2024 and roughly 35% in January 2024 (Sri Muppidi/The Information)

Source: OpenAI's compute margin has jumped to about 70%...

Sri Muppidi / The Information: Source: OpenAI's compute margin has jumped to about...

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Sources: the US DHS is investigating whether 6 CISA staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph, compounding instability at the agency (John Sakellariadis/Politico)

Sources: the US DHS is investigating whether 6 CISA staffers...

John Sakellariadis / Politico: Sources: the US DHS is investigating whether 6 CISA...

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Chinese AI chipmaker Moore Threads announces a new generation of chips slated for mass production from 2026, just weeks after its blockbuster IPO in China (Bloomberg)

Chinese AI chipmaker Moore Threads announces a new generation...

Bloomberg: Chinese AI chipmaker Moore Threads announces a new generation of chips...

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METR: Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50% task completion time horizon of about 4 hours and 49 minutes, more than double that of Claude Opus 4 released earlier this year (@metr_evals)

METR: Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50% task completion time horizon...

@metr_evals: METR: Claude Opus 4.5 has a 50% task completion time horizon of about...

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A look at Tokyo-based neocloud provider Datasection, which sources say has a $1.2B+ contract giving Tencent access to a large share of its 15K Blackwell chips (Financial Times)

A look at Tokyo-based neocloud provider Datasection, which...

Financial Times: A look at Tokyo-based neocloud provider Datasection, which sources...

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Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M+ total installs that collected users' conversations with AI chatbots and sold them for marketing use (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M+...

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Security company Koi finds browser extensions with 8M+...

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Inside NeurIPS 2025, and how it has transformed from a small academic conference into a massive industry event with 24,000+ attendees, yacht parties, and more (Wall Street Journal)

Inside NeurIPS 2025, and how it has transformed from a...

Wall Street Journal: Inside NeurIPS 2025, and how it has transformed from a small...

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Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to...

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to...

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OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT's characteristics, including how warm or enthusiastic it is, and its use of headers, lists, and emojis (Emma Roth/The Verge)

OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT's...

Emma Roth / The Verge: OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT's...

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Google plans to charge developers $2.85/app and $3.65/game if a US user follows a link that takes them outside of the Play Store to install it within 24 hours (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Google plans to charge developers $2.85/app and $3.65/game...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Google plans to charge developers $2.85/app and $3.65/game...

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Sources: Resolve AI, which is developing an autonomous site reliability engineering tool, raised a Series A at multiple valuation tiers, including at $1B (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Sources: Resolve AI, which is developing an autonomous...

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Sources: Resolve AI, which is developing an autonomous...

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Sacrificing agriculture for trade? Mercosur deal divides European Union

Sacrificing agriculture for trade? Mercosur deal divides...

It's a deal that's been decades in the works, but might not make it across the finishing...

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Sources: Google has formed a new executive council to allocate computing capacity given a critical shortage; members include Thomas Kurian and Demis Hassabis (Erin Woo/The Information)

Sources: Google has formed a new executive council to allocate...

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: Google has formed a new executive council to...

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Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says ByteDance's US entities will retain direct control over core US revenue drivers, including ecommerce, ads, and marketing (Financial Times)

Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says ByteDance's US entities...

Financial Times: Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says ByteDance's US entities will...

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Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks strike a deal that a source says is Google Cloud's largest security services deal "approaching $10B" over several years (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)

Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks strike a deal that...

Kenrick Cai / Reuters: Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks strike a deal that a...

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Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get...

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can...

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Sources: Riot Games is working on a major overhaul of League of Legends, internally called League Next, for 2027; Riot confirms a big update is in the works (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Sources: Riot Games is working on a major overhaul of League...

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: Riot Games is working on a major overhaul...

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US approving Nvidia H200 exports to China is based on the idea that Huawei is a viable competitor, but data shows the gap between Nvidia and Huawei is widening (Chris McGuire/Council on Foreign ...)

US approving Nvidia H200 exports to China is based on the...

Chris McGuire / Council on Foreign Relations: US approving Nvidia H200 exports to...

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Warner Bros. rejects Paramount's bid, accuses it of 'consistently misleading' shareholders

Warner Bros. rejects Paramount's bid, accuses it of 'consistently...

Warner Brothers Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid,...

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BP appoints Big Oil's first female CEO to continue shift away from renewables

BP appoints Big Oil's first female CEO to continue shift...

London-based energy giant BP announced on Wednesday it was appointing Meg O'Neill...

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TMTG agrees to merge with Google-backed fusion energy company TAE in a $6B deal and begin building the "world's first utility-scale fusion power plant" in 2026 (Financial Times)

TMTG agrees to merge with Google-backed fusion energy company...

Financial Times: TMTG agrees to merge with Google-backed fusion energy company TAE...

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Study: AI's 2025 power demand could hit 23GW, above 2024 Bitcoin mining levels, and AI carbon emissions could hit 32.6M to 79.7M tons, compared to NYC's 50M (Justine Calma/The Verge)

Study: AI's 2025 power demand could hit 23GW, above 2024...

Justine Calma / The Verge: Study: AI's 2025 power demand could hit 23GW, above 2024...

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Documents: OpenAI has sold 700K+ ChatGPT licenses to ~35 US public universities for students and faculty, who used it 14M+ times in September, beating Copilot (Bloomberg)

Documents: OpenAI has sold 700K+ ChatGPT licenses to ~35...

Bloomberg: Documents: OpenAI has sold 700K+ ChatGPT licenses to ~35 US public universities...

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Warner Bros. rejects Paramount's bid, accuses it of "consistently misleading" shareholders

Warner Bros. rejects Paramount's bid, accuses it of "consistently...

Warner Brothers Discovery has rejected Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid,...

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Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine in early 2025 with a team of former ASML engineers who reverse-engineered the company's EUV machines (Fanny Potkin/Reuters)

Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine...

Fanny Potkin / Reuters: Sources: China built a working prototype of an EUV machine...

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Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts and Pages to posting just two links per month, unless they subscribe to $14.99+/month Meta Verified (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta is testing limiting Facebook professional accounts...

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Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and more, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading...

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading...

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Oil prices rise as Trump orders blockade of sanctioned tankers in and out of Venezuela

Oil prices rise as Trump orders blockade of sanctioned...

Crude benchmarks were rising on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said the...

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Warner Bros board rejects takeover bid from Paramount, favours deal with Netflix

Warner Bros board rejects takeover bid from Paramount,...

Warner Bros Discovery's board has urged shareholders to reject a $108.4 billion...

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Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline the process of drafting patent applications for patent attorneys, raised a $20M Series A led by Atomico (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)

Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline...

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline...

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Sources: top Monzo shareholders, including Accel and Iconiq, are pushing to oust the fintech's Chair Gary Hoffman after the surprise departure of CEO TS Anil (Financial Times)

Sources: top Monzo shareholders, including Accel and Iconiq,...

Financial Times: Sources: top Monzo shareholders, including Accel and Iconiq, are...

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Crypto exchange HashKey closed flat in its Hong Kong debut, after rising as much as 6.6% before falling 8.4% intraday, amid a weakness in digital assets (Reuters)

Crypto exchange HashKey closed flat in its Hong Kong debut,...

Reuters: Crypto exchange HashKey closed flat in its Hong Kong debut, after rising...

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EU rolls back 2035 internal combustion engine ban

EU rolls back 2035 internal combustion engine ban

The European Union has proposed changes to a 2023 law that effectively banned the...

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Hong Kong-based RedotPay, a fintech focused on stablecoin-based payments, raised a $107M Series B led by Goodwater Capital, bringing its total raised to ~$200M (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Hong Kong-based RedotPay, a fintech focused on stablecoin-based...

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Hong Kong-based RedotPay, a fintech focused on stablecoin-based...

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X updates its ToS, effective January 15, 2026, to explicitly claim rights to the "Twitter" trademark after a startup filed an application to trademark the term (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

X updates its ToS, effective January 15, 2026, to explicitly...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X updates its ToS, effective January 15, 2026, to explicitly...

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Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking and focus on research tools, part of a push to add business customers, after launching Comet on Android (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking...

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking...

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Ford to take $19.5 billion writedown as it scraps flagship EVs

Ford to take $19.5 billion writedown as it scraps flagship...

Ford is abandoning top EV models like the F-150 Lightning as weak demand and hostile...

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Shares in Chinese companies critical to AI infrastructure surged in 2025, with CATL up 45% and Sungrow up 130%, as exports boost margins despite Trump's tariffs (William Sandlund/Financial Times)

Shares in Chinese companies critical to AI infrastructure...

William Sandlund / Financial Times: Shares in Chinese companies critical to AI infrastructure...

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Sources say Monzo CEO TS Anil, who announced his exit and handover to ex-Googler Diana Layfield in October, was pushed out by the board over an IPO timing clash (Financial Times)

Sources say Monzo CEO TS Anil, who announced his exit and...

Financial Times: Sources say Monzo CEO TS Anil, who announced his exit and handover...

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How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood, as some oppose the use of the technology while others say they are exploring ways to utilize AI tools (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood, as some oppose...

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: How the rise of AI has divided Hollywood, as some oppose...

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China sees first annual investment decline in 30 years

China sees first annual investment decline in 30 years

Despite logging record a trade surplus, economic data for November showed China's...

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GM is adding native Apple Music to select vehicles, and rolls out support for digital keys, after it started phasing out CarPlay in 2023 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

GM is adding native Apple Music to select vehicles, and...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: GM is adding native Apple Music to select vehicles,...

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Cloudflare 2025 report: global internet traffic grew 19% in 2025, ChatGPT was the most popular AI service, global traffic from Starlink grew 2.3x, and more (Cloudflare)

Cloudflare 2025 report: global internet traffic grew 19%...

Cloudflare: Cloudflare 2025 report: global internet traffic grew 19% in 2025, ChatGPT...

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The US FTC, along with 21 states and DC, files an amended complaint against Uber, alleging deceptive billing and cancellation practices related to Uber One (Reuters)

The US FTC, along with 21 states and DC, files an amended...

Reuters: The US FTC, along with 21 states and DC, files an amended complaint against...

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French government calls for delay of EU-Mercosur trade deal vote

French government calls for delay of EU-Mercosur trade...

France's prime minister has called for pushing back the final approval vote on the...

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Investigation: after Trump's return to office, the SEC eased up on or dismissed 60%+ of ongoing crypto cases, including ones involving Trump-linked companies (New York Times)

Investigation: after Trump's return to office, the SEC...

New York Times: Investigation: after Trump's return to office, the SEC eased up...

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A look at iRobot, founded in 1990, and its slow collapse after regulatory pressure killed Amazon's $1.7B deal in 2024, and increased Chinese competition (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

A look at iRobot, founded in 1990, and its slow collapse...

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: A look at iRobot, founded in 1990, and its slow collapse...

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Filing: Oracle signed ~$150B of data center leases in the three months ending November 30, raising its total data center and cloud capacity commitments to $248B (Martin Peers/The Information)

Filing: Oracle signed ~$150B of data center leases in the...

Martin Peers / The Information: Filing: Oracle signed ~$150B of data center leases...

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A look at Trump's AI EO and how its interstate commerce argument could backfire by invalidating laws in GOP states targeting "Big Tech censorship" (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

A look at Trump's AI EO and how its interstate commerce...

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: A look at Trump's AI EO and how its interstate commerce...

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Solve Intelligence, which offers generative AI tools to law firms for IP and patent law work, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $55M (Mike Butcher/Pathfounders)

Solve Intelligence, which offers generative AI tools to...

Mike Butcher / Pathfounders: Solve Intelligence, which offers generative AI tools...

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Exor rejects Tether's all-cash offer for its 65.4% controlling stake in Juventus, which valued the Italian soccer club at €1.1B (Zack Abrams/The Block)

Exor rejects Tether's all-cash offer for its 65.4% controlling...

Zack Abrams / The Block: Exor rejects Tether's all-cash offer for its 65.4% controlling...

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Despite talk of an existential US-China AI race, the Chinese state and its major companies are spending more to dominate other domains, such as EVs and robotics (Tim Wu/Financial Times)

Despite talk of an existential US-China AI race, the Chinese...

Tim Wu / Financial Times: Despite talk of an existential US-China AI race, the Chinese...

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Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on defining superintelligence, its application in the medical field, universal basic income, regulation, and more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)

Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on defining...

Mishal Husain / Bloomberg: Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on defining...

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The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the "actual delivery" of a digital asset, aiming to support broader access to regulated crypto markets (Micah Zimmerman/Bitcoin Magazine)

The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the "actual...

Micah Zimmerman / Bitcoin Magazine: The US CFTC withdraws its 2020 guidance on the...

How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO)

Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic...

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A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground motion-based gaming system targeted toward kids and projects more than $150M of sales this year (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground motion-based...

Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground...

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Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sector in 2025 amid concerns over AI threat (Financial Times)

Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted...

Financial Times: Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans...

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Sources: The Trump administration is drafting a new cyber strategy that would enlist private companies to mount offensive cyberattacks on foreign adversaries (Jamie Tarabay/Bloomberg)

Sources: The Trump administration is drafting a new cyber...

Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: Sources: The Trump administration is drafting a new cyber...

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OpenAI quietly adopted Anthropic's "skills" mechanism in ChatGPT and Codex; ChatGPT's skills include creating and modifying spreadsheets, docx files, and PDFs (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)

OpenAI quietly adopted Anthropic's "skills" mechanism in...

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: OpenAI quietly adopted Anthropic's “skills”...

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Microsoft expands its bug bounty program so that any critical vulnerability, including in third-party code, impacting its online services is eligible for awards (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Microsoft expands its bug bounty program so that any critical...

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Microsoft expands its bug bounty program so that any...

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Google has removed dozens of AI videos from YouTube that depicted Disney characters, after Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter flagging the links (Gene Maddaus/Variety)

Google has removed dozens of AI videos from YouTube that...

Gene Maddaus / Variety: Google has removed dozens of AI videos from YouTube that...

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How 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' became a gaming tour de force

How 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' became a gaming tour...

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, December 12: A US defence news website reports on leaks from...

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TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 processor, used in its Mate 80 Pro Max phone, is China's most advanced chip to date and produced with SMIC's updated 7nm tech (Ian King/Bloomberg)

TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 processor, used in its...

Ian King / Bloomberg: TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 processor, used in its Mate...

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Sources: Nvidia tells its Chinese clients that it is considering adding production capacity for its H200 chips in response to robust demand (Reuters)

Sources: Nvidia tells its Chinese clients that it is considering...

Reuters: Sources: Nvidia tells its Chinese clients that it is considering adding...

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Switzerland launches a preliminary investigation into whether Apple's terms for granting third-party access to NFC tech on iPhones violate its antitrust laws (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)

Switzerland launches a preliminary investigation into whether...

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Switzerland launches a preliminary investigation into...

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Is the US interested in Venezuela's oil?

Is the US interested in Venezuela's oil?

The US' motives are unclear after it seizes a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast...

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President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying "we want to have one central source of approval" (Reuters)

President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting...

Reuters: President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing...

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Broadcom CEO Hock Tan reveals that Anthropic placed a $10B order for Google's Ironwood TPU racks in Q3 and says it placed an additional $11B order in Q4 (CNBC)

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan reveals that Anthropic placed a $10B...

CNBC: Broadcom CEO Hock Tan reveals that Anthropic placed a $10B order for Google's...

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On OpenAI's 10th anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on "a decade of breakthroughs, learnings, and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity" (OpenAI)

On OpenAI's 10th anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on "a...

OpenAI: On OpenAI's 10th anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on “a decade of breakthroughs,...

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Addiction economy: Can regulators rein in social media platforms?

Addiction economy: Can regulators rein in social media...

Will history remember this as the day the planet started to rein in big tech? Australia...

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US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for third straight time

US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for third straight...

The US Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point,...

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US Federal Reserve cuts rate by 25 basis points, but dissenting voices heard

US Federal Reserve cuts rate by 25 basis points, but dissenting...

The Federal Reserve, the US central bank, lowered its benchmark interest rate by...

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The world for sale: A deep dive into the murky world of commodity traders

The world for sale: A deep dive into the murky world of...

They buy, hoard and sell the Earth's resources. In this episode, journalist Javier...

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Harness, which uses AI to automate code testing, verification, security, and governance, raised a $240M Series E led by Goldman Sachs at a $5.5B valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Harness, which uses AI to automate code testing, verification,...

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Harness, which uses AI to automate code testing, verification,...

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Israeli startup Port, which offers a proprietary developer portal competitor to Spotify's open-source Backstage, raised a $100M Series C at an $800M valuation (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Israeli startup Port, which offers a proprietary developer...

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Israeli startup Port, which offers a proprietary developer...

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Runware, which operates a developer tool platform that generates images, video, and audio in real-time, raised a $50M Series A, taking its total funding to $66M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Runware, which operates a developer tool platform that...

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Runware, which operates a developer tool platform...

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US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the third straight time

US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the third straight...

The US Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point,...

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ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US iOS App Store, up from No. 4 in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US iOS...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US...

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Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally, letting users customize "top stories" in Search, and launches highlighted links from users' news subscriptions (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally, letting users...

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google rolls out Preferred Sources globally,...

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Amazon now offers same-day perishable grocery delivery in 2,300+ US markets and has expanded the service's grocery offerings by 30%+ since its August launch (Peyton Bigora/Grocery Dive)

Amazon now offers same-day perishable grocery delivery...

Peyton Bigora / Grocery Dive: Amazon now offers same-day perishable grocery delivery...

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Ford, Renault team up on low-cost electric cars to counter Chinese rivals

Ford, Renault team up on low-cost electric cars to counter...

Automotive heavyweights Renault and Ford are to join forces to develop a line of...

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Australian social media ban for kids tackles 'addiction economy', ScrollAware says

Australian social media ban for kids tackles 'addiction...

As Australia's ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect, we speak...

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Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking infrastructure to link and scale quantum computers, raised a $60M Series A led by National Grid Partners (Isabella Ward/Bloomberg)

Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking...

Isabella Ward / Bloomberg: Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking...

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An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu, whose hands-on dealmaking approach generated $10B in international gaming revenue over the past year (Bloomberg)

An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu,...

Bloomberg: An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu, whose hands-on...

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Documents and former US government officials detail ICE's digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump's first year (Peter Andringa/Financial Times)

Documents and former US government officials detail ICE's...

Peter Andringa / Financial Times: Documents and former US government officials detail...

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Instagram appears to be generating often misleading SEO-style headlines and long descriptions for users' Instagram posts, appearing in Google Search results (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

Instagram appears to be generating often misleading SEO-style...

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Instagram appears to be generating often misleading...

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Hamish McKenzie says Substack is starting to test native sponsorships with some writers but won't take a cut for now (Emily Sundberg/Feed Me)

Hamish McKenzie says Substack is starting to test native...

Emily Sundberg / Feed Me: Hamish McKenzie says Substack is starting to test native...

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Sources: SpaceX plans an IPO in mid-to-late 2026, seeking to raise far above $30B and targeting a ~$1.5T valuation, potentially making it the largest IPO ever (Bloomberg)

Sources: SpaceX plans an IPO in mid-to-late 2026, seeking...

Bloomberg: Sources: SpaceX plans an IPO in mid-to-late 2026, seeking to raise far...

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US to allow exports of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China

US to allow exports of advanced artificial intelligence...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would allow the export of US chipmaker...

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Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros is among 'most audacious in history'

Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros is among 'most...

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, December 9: The bidding war has begun after Paramount launched...

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The future of AI development could resemble the rivalry between iOS and Android, with China's AI approach closer to Google's open and customizable Android OS (Kai-Fu Lee/Financial Times)

The future of AI development could resemble the rivalry...

Kai-Fu Lee / Financial Times: The future of AI development could resemble the rivalry...

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AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete, are forcing web developers to rethink whether they are designing websites for humans or for robots (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete,...

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: AI browsers, still far from making legacy browsers obsolete,...

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An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and against above-trend model capabilities growth, the state of evals, and the safety of reasoning models (Gavin Leech/LessWrong)

An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and...

Gavin Leech / LessWrong: An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and...

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Paramount challenges Netflix with $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

Paramount challenges Netflix with $108.4 billion hostile...

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner...

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Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel like VR shrunken to a far smaller form, the 70° FoV is small but enough for immersion, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)

Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they...

Scott Stein / CNET: Hands-on with Xreal's Project Aura prototype glasses: they feel...

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An Airwallex executive warned in 2023 that China staff were pushing to access client data; Keith Rabois accuses Airwallex of enabling Chinese access to US data (Lucas Baird/Australian Financial Review)

An Airwallex executive warned in 2023 that China staff...

Lucas Baird / Australian Financial Review: An Airwallex executive warned in 2023...

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Samsung's Galaxy XR gets beta support for Google's realistic avatar system for video calls, a Travel Mode, and a built-in PC remote desktop feature (David Heaney/UploadVR)

Samsung's Galaxy XR gets beta support for Google's realistic...

David Heaney / UploadVR: Samsung's Galaxy XR gets beta support for Google's realistic...

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Days before Australia's social media ban, teens race to find loopholes

Days before Australia's social media ban, teens race to...

Australia is about to become the first major democracy to impose a nationwide ban...

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China's trade surplus hits record $1.08 trillion after just 11 months

China's trade surplus hits record $1.08 trillion after...

China exported over $1 trillion worth of goods more than it imported for January...

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A look at an "etiquette camp" for young founders in San Francisco, which teaches them how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations for tech founders (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)

A look at an "etiquette camp" for young founders in San...

Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: A look at an “etiquette camp” for young founders in...

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Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B, above its market value of ~$8B as of December 5 close (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data streaming...

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data...

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How "cash to crypto" swaps allow users everywhere to convert national currencies to stablecoins and then debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions (Aaron Krolik/New York Times)

How "cash to crypto" swaps allow users everywhere to convert...

Aaron Krolik / New York Times: How “cash to crypto” swaps allow users everywhere...

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Lemurian Labs, which aims to develop hardware-agnostic portability software for AI workloads, raised a $28M Series A co-led by Pebblebed Ventures and Hexagon (Sally Ward-Foxton/EE Times)

Lemurian Labs, which aims to develop hardware-agnostic...

Sally Ward-Foxton / EE Times: Lemurian Labs, which aims to develop hardware-agnostic...

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Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about the €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account (Bjarke Smith-Meyer/Politico)

Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to...

Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico: Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying...

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Essential AI, whose CEO co-wrote Google's Attention Is All You Need paper, unveils Rnj-1, an 8B-parameter open model with SWE-bench performance close to GPT-4o (Ashish Vaswani/Essential AI)

Essential AI, whose CEO co-wrote Google's Attention Is...

Ashish Vaswani / Essential AI: Essential AI, whose CEO co-wrote Google's Attention...

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A profile of Byron Cook, a VP at Amazon who is leading the company's effort to reduce AI hallucinations with a feature called Automated Reasoning Checks (John Pavlus/Fast Company)

A profile of Byron Cook, a VP at Amazon who is leading...

John Pavlus / Fast Company: A profile of Byron Cook, a VP at Amazon who is leading...

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Digital asset treasuries, one of the hottest trends in public markets in H1 2025, saw a dramatic reversal in H2; SharpLink stock has fallen 86% from its peak (Monique Mulima/Bloomberg)

Digital asset treasuries, one of the hottest trends in...

Monique Mulima / Bloomberg: Digital asset treasuries, one of the hottest trends...

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In recent months, several companies like Airtable, Handshake, and Opendoor have announced that they are "refounding", as they scramble to add new AI features (Lora Kelley/New York Times)

In recent months, several companies like Airtable, Handshake,...

Lora Kelley / New York Times: In recent months, several companies like Airtable,...

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Short seller Grizzly shorts London-listed Trustpilot, alleging the review site pressures businesses to pay for subscriptions; Trustpilot refutes the claims (Bloomberg)

Short seller Grizzly shorts London-listed Trustpilot, alleging...

Bloomberg: Short seller Grizzly shorts London-listed Trustpilot, alleging the review...

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A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by "overfitting" in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech (Sam Kriss/New York Times)

A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly...

Sam Kriss / New York Times: A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly...

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A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with only a ZIP code and uses an encryption system based on "zero-knowledge proofs" (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that...

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that...

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A US judge rules Google must renegotiate annually any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices (Bloomberg)

A US judge rules Google must renegotiate annually any contract...

Bloomberg: A US judge rules Google must renegotiate annually any contract that makes...

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Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how its robotaxis operate around school buses following an NHTSA investigation opened in October (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how...

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over...

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Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communication training software, raised a $40M Series B led by WestBridge Capital, valuing the startup at $300M+ (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communication...

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Seattle-based Yoodli, which sells AI-powered communication...

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Defence, oil and trade imbalances: Putin in India to boost economic ties

Defence, oil and trade imbalances: Putin in India to boost...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has landed in India for talks with Prime Minister...

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Netflix to acquire Warner Bros studio, HBO Max for $72 billion

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros studio, HBO Max for $72...

Streaming giant Netflix has agreed to acquire Warner Bros studios and its streaming...

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The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules,...

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules,...

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Netflix agrees to buy WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal; the transaction is expected to close after Q3 2026 (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Netflix agrees to buy WBD's studios and streaming business...

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: Netflix agrees to buy WBD's studios and streaming...

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Sources and docs: India's government is considering forcing phone makers to enable always-on satellite location tracking; Apple, Google, and Samsung are opposed (Reuters)

Sources and docs: India's government is considering forcing...

Reuters: Sources and docs: India's government is considering forcing phone makers...

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Defence, oil and trade imbalances: Putin arrives in India to boost economic ties

Defence, oil and trade imbalances: Putin arrives in India...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has landed in India for talks with Narendra Modi...

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Google Cloud partners with Replit to expand the use of Google's cloud offerings and AI models and to jointly support AI use cases for enterprise customers (CNBC)

Google Cloud partners with Replit to expand the use of...

CNBC: Google Cloud partners with Replit to expand the use of Google's cloud offerings...

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TBPN signs a partnership with the NYSE, giving the video podcast the same on-floor access enjoyed by major financial networks such as CNBC (Sam Becker/Fast Company)

TBPN signs a partnership with the NYSE, giving the video...

Sam Becker / Fast Company: TBPN signs a partnership with the NYSE, giving the video...

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Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views...

Will Oremus / Washington Post: Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political...

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EU proposes using frozen Russian assets to provide €90 billion to Ukraine

EU proposes using frozen Russian assets to provide €90...

The European Commission has unveiled plans to provide €90 billion to support Ukraine...

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France's Macron pushes for more investment, trade rebalancing in China visit

France's Macron pushes for more investment, trade rebalancing...

French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting China with a delegation of business...

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Sources: Beijing-based Cambricon plans to more than triple its AI chip production to 500K units in 2026, including 300K of its advanced Siyuan 590 and 690 chips (Yuan Gao/Bloomberg)

Sources: Beijing-based Cambricon plans to more than triple...

Yuan Gao / Bloomberg: Sources: Beijing-based Cambricon plans to more than triple...

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Ofcom fines AVS Group, which runs 18 adult sites, £1M+ under the OSA, the largest penalty so far, and threatens action against a "major social media company" (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Ofcom fines AVS Group, which runs 18 adult sites, £1M+...

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: Ofcom fines AVS Group, which runs 18 adult sites,...

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Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google and reader donations are "not to subsidize OpenAI costing us a ton of money" (Reuters)

Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on...

Reuters: Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar...

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EU proposes using frozen Russian assets to provide €90 billion to Ukeraine

EU proposes using frozen Russian assets to provide €90...

The European Commission has unveiled plans to provide €90 billion to support Ukraine...

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Micron says it will exit its Crucial consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in AI data centers amid a global supply shortage (Arsheeya Bajwa/Reuters)

Micron says it will exit its Crucial consumer business,...

Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: Micron says it will exit its Crucial consumer business,...

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Netflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders, David Edery and Daniel Cook; the streamer has shrunk its six-studio gaming operation down to three (Stephen Totilo/Game File)

Netflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders,...

Stephen Totilo / Game File: Netflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders,...

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Microsoft says "aggregate sales quotas for AI products have not been lowered", following a report that some units lowered sales growth targets for AI products (Reuters)

Microsoft says "aggregate sales quotas for AI products...

Reuters: Microsoft says “aggregate sales quotas for AI products have not been lowered”,...