Nintendo teases the Switch 2, featuring a new kickstand design and backward compatibility for physical and digital games, with more details on April 2, 2025
The console looks a lot like the original, but it's bigger. In the video, the Joy-Con controllers are black with colored accents, and they attach to the console magnetically.
An official says the Biden administration is “exploring options” to implement the law without causing TikTok to go dark for US users on January 19
Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban in the U.S. on the popular app is set to begin on Sunday.
Sources: Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days
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Source: over 700K new users joined Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, in just two days; Sensor Tower: the app's US downloads were up more than 200% YoY this week
New users have piled in to Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed U.S. ban on the popular social media app TikTok …
Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew plans to attend Trump's inauguration after being invited to sit on the dais, joining Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at the event
Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump's inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.
UK's Ofcom imposes robust age checks on porn sites, which could include photo ID matching, facial age estimation technology, and credit card checks
Ofcom sets out new rules that could include photo ID matching and credit card verification — The UK media regulator will make it harder …
During oral arguments, SCOTUS seemed open to a Texas law requiring age checks to view online porn, but could send the case back to a lower court
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u... Allie Shenkin / @shenkin : Not that anyone asked for a large experiment on the presumably-mollifying effects of porn on violence by teenagers, but looks like we're abou...
Sources: RedNote staff is scrambling to hide US users' posts from Chinese users after China raised concerns about politically sensitive English-language posts
But Will It Last? Makena Kelly / Wired : TikTok Hadn't Even Been Banned Before the Backlash Started Yaling Jiang / Time : The Lure of Chinese App Red Note Taylor Lorenz / User Mag : The RedNote honeym...
US school districts hit by PowerSchool's December breach say hackers accessed “all” historical student and teacher data; PowerSchool has 50M+ US student records
U.S. school districts affected by the recent cyberattack on edtech giant PowerSchool have told TechCrunch that hackers accessed …
AT&T stops 5G Internet Air service in New York, as a new law mandates monthly broadband rates of $15 for 25Mbps or $20 for 200Mbps for low-income residents
A new affordable broadband law in the Empire State has led to AT&T dropping its 5G home internet product entirely.
Anduril plans to build a $1B factory in Columbus, Ohio called Arsenal-1 to eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year
The company said its Columbus plant could eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year.
Letter: Google told EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite new EU requirements
- The code would require Google to incorporate fact-check results alongside Google's search results and YouTube videos.
NOYB files complaints against AliExpress, Shein, TikTok, Xiaomi, Temu, and WeChat over claims they are unlawfully sending EU user data to China
TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi (1810.HK) and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb …
BitMEX is fined an additional $100M for US Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020; it pleaded guilty in July 2024 and previously agreed to pay $110M
- BitMEX has been slapped with an additional $100 million fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020.
An interview with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, who says the company's revenue grew 5x over the past six months after releasing a new AI coding tool called Agent
THE SCENE — Replit has had a turbulent year, but CEO Amjad Masad's sonorous voice was almost zen-like as he spoke to me on Monday … Bluesky: @mikefulk and @coloradotravis Forums: r/singularity , r/C...
AI researcher François Chollet and Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop launch Ndea, an AI research and science lab focused on “developing and operationalizing AGI”
François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs.
Mistral announces a content deal with the Agence France-Presse to improve answer accuracy in Le Chat, marking the French AI startup's first such partnership
Just a day after Google inked a deal with The Associated Press, Mistral is also announcing a content deal with the Agence France-Presse …
Sources: retail trading platform eToro has confidentially filed for a US IPO, seeking a $5B valuation; it was valued at $3.5B in 2023
Chief executive believes New York will give company access to a broader range of investors than a UK flotation — Retail trading platform eToro …
Sources: the biggest shareholders of viral app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, are in talks to sell part of their holdings at a valuation of at least $20B
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Canalys: China smartphone shipments rose 4% YoY to 285M units in 2024, with Vivo up 11% to a 17% market share, Huawei up 37% to 16%, and Apple down 17% to 15%
US tech giant faces competition on mainland as it struggles to introduce AI features on its flagship product
Four current Meta employees, citing internal discussions, say the actual number of full-time staff who will have to relocate from California to Texas is limited
Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias.
Earnest Analytics: ~60% of paid Gemini users kept their subscriptions six months after signing up, better than Perplexity but lagging behind ChatGPT and Claude
Tired of trailing OpenAI, CEO Sundar Pichai wants his Gemini chatbot to be used by 500 million people
A look at the legal dispute between Walgreens and Cooler Screens, which installed 10,000 smart doors that track shoppers and show ads at Walgreens' US stores
A startup promised the pharmacy chain its high-tech coolers would track shoppers and spark an in-store ad revolution.
Sources: crypto executives have offered input to David Sacks on a possible Trump EO that covers several areas of crypto policy, including a Bitcoin stockpile
The cryptocurrency industry has pushed President-elect Donald J. Trump to establish one, creating real political momentum behind the plan.
In a deposition for the Kadrey v. Meta copyright case, Mark Zuckerberg seemingly cited YouTube to justify Meta's use of copyrighted data for AI training
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube and its battle to take down pirated content to defend his own company's use …
Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed loans in the US through Morpho, a lending platform on its Base network; borrowers will post collateral and not rely on credit score
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Eve, which makes AI tools for law firms, raised a $47M Series A led by a16z, and says its revenue has grown by 5x over the past eight months
For about a year, I've been hearing that lawyers are using AI in droves. But it wasn't until I talked to Jennifer Gore last week that I started to understand what that meant in practice.
Nvidia announces new Nvidia Inference Microservices aimed at helping enterprises develop AI agents to address issues of trust, security, and safety
Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE :
Jio Platforms partners with Polygon Labs to integrate Web3 and blockchain services into Jio's apps and services; Jio Platforms has over 450M users in India
Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk :
TSMC says it will raise 2025 capital spending to $38B-$40B, an over 30% increase after three years of stagnation
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times :
Joe Biden plans to issue a cybersecurity EO to improve the way the government monitors its networks, buys software, uses AI, and punishes foreign hackers
Eric Geller / Wired :
Netradyne, which provides AI-enabled dashcams to fleet owners like Amazon, raised a $90M Series D led by Point72 at a pre-money valuation of $1.25B
Distracted driving is a leading cause of car crashes — and rising auto insurance premiums, which are expected to increase in 2025.
Brokerage firm IG Group acquires UK trading app Freetrade for £160M; Freetrade raised ~£30m via crowdfunding and was valued at £650m in 2021 during the pandemic
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Google agreed to buy 100K tons of CO2 removal credits from Indian startup Varaha for an undisclosed sum, marking its first deal with a carbon project in India
It has been an absolute pleasure collaborating closely …
E-commerce marketing startup Rokt agrees a secondary share sale at a $3.5B valuation ahead of a 2026 IPO, and acquires customer data startup mParticle for $300M
Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg :
Sources: Nothing seeks to raise at least $100M in its Series C; it crossed $1B in lifetime sales, sold 7M devices to date, and doubled revenue to $500M+ in 2024
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Block agrees to pay $80M to a group of 48 US state financial regulators that say it had insufficient policies for policing money laundering through Cash App
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Insight Partners raised $12.5B for its 13th flagship fund, down from its initial target of $20B, making it one of the biggest tech-focused funds
Kate Clark / Bloomberg :
The US Commerce Department adds 25 China-based companies, including Alibaba-backed LLM developer Zhipu AI and chip designer Sophgo, to its restricted trade list
Karen Freifeld / Reuters :
Sources: Satya Nadella and Brad Smith had lunch with Trump, Vance, and Musk at Mar-a-Lago on January 15; Microsoft says its two execs had a “Productive meeting”
Reed Albergotti / Semafor :
Amazon to acquire Bengaluru-based BNPL startup Axio, sources say for $150M+; Axio raised $135M in equity, claims to have 10M+ customers, and a $260M+ loan book
At axio, we've been on a mission to make credit worthy for customers across India. Supriya Roy / Times of India : Amazon to acquire fintech startup Axio for about $160 million The Paypers : Amazon acq...
China plans to probe whether the US gives its chipmakers an unfair advantage through grants or undercuts Chinese products illegally, escalating the chip war
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Official report: Chinese hackers who breached the US Treasury accessed 400+ computers and stole over 3K files; classified data and email systems were safe
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