While Trump downplayed Elon Musk's Stargate criticism, assuring reporters “they're putting up the money”, key White House sources say they're furious with Musk
“It's clear he has abused the proximity to the president,” said one ally of the president.
Trump signs an EO to create a crypto working group led by David Sacks to consider a national digital asset stockpile “potentially derived” from seized crypto
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to promote the advancement of cryptocurrencies in the U.S …
The US SEC revokes SAB 121, a controversial accounting rule added in 2022 that forced banks to treat BTC and other tokens as a liability on their balance sheets
After years of lobbying by the crypto industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded an accounting rule …
Sources: Stargate lacks a fully developed plan, hasn't yet secured funding, will get no government financing, and will exclusively serve OpenAI once operational
Donald Trump has called the SoftBank-backed venture a 'resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential'
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is planning to invest $60B to $65B in capex in 2025, will end the year with 1.3M+ GPUs, and plans to grow its AI teams “significantly”
Meta Platforms (META.O) will invest $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditure in 2025, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Friday.
Trump signs an EO to develop AI systems “free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas”, revoking Biden policies that “act as barriers” to innovation
The next 60-180 days will show what the adjusted balance looks like. … Forums: r/EB2_NIW : Donald Trump signed a new presidential action titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial ...
The FBI warns that North Korean IT workers are abusing their access to steal source code and extort US companies that have been tricked into hiring them
The FBI warned today that North Korean IT workers are abusing their access to steal source code and extort U.S. companies that have been tricked into hiring them.
OpenAI releases a “research preview” of its Operator AI agent that can automate web-based tasks, launching to US subscribers of its $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier
A research preview of an agent that can use its own browser to perform tasks for you. OpenAI on YouTube : Introduction to Operator & Agents David Gewirtz / ZDNET : Operator isn't worth its $200-per-mo...
OpenAI partners with DoorDash, eBay, Instacart, Priceline, StubHub, Uber, and other companies to ensure that Operator respects their terms of service agreements
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman kicked off this year by saying in a blog post that 2025 would be big for AI agents, tools that can automate tasks and take actions on your behalf.
Instagram suspended the accounts of two abortion pill providers and Facebook removed their posts; Meta blamed “over-enforcement” and restored some accounts
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
The CMA says Google has agreed to curb UK businesses using fake reviews to boost star ratings and must report to the CMA on its efforts for the next three years
Google will take firmer action against British businesses that use fake reviews to boost their star ratings on the search giant's reviews platform.
Hands-on with Operator: limited in what it can browse, can autonomously perform repetitive workflows, and can do lengthy tasks on its own with minimal prompting
but with hiccups Efe Udin / Gizchina.com : OpenAI launches Operator to carry out online tasks for users Mitra Sorrells / Engage Feed : OpenAI debuts “Operator” agent that can book travel Nicole Kobie ...
DeepSeek's latest AI model R1 sticks to Chinese government restrictions on sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and the treatment of Uyghurs in China
Those who train the AI models get to decide what the truth is. — 5H — The AI world was abuzz this week with the release …
X refuses to remove a video of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop watched by Axel Rudakubana minutes before murdering three kids in UK's Southport last summer
Axel Rudakubana was able to view Australian clip before murdering three young children despite pleas from authorities
Sources: Apple moved Kim Vorrath, a company veteran known for fixing troubled products, to its AI group to help improve Siri and Apple Intelligence
- Kim Vorrath previously worked on Vision Pro, iPhone software — The company is racing to catch up in artificial intelligence
Sources: a16z is pulling back from its much-touted expansion into UK crypto investing, seeking to refocus on the US crypto industry following Trump's election
Silicon Valley investor says it wants to refocus on US market with Donald Trump in office — Andreessen Horowitz is closing …
The EC says it will question Meta, X, Snap, Google, TikTok, and LinkedIn on January 31 about their plans to counter disinformation ahead of elections in Germany
- X, Google, Snap and LinkedIn to be tested on disinformation — EU is working to combat false information around elections
Epic launches a free games program on mobile and promises to pay the Apple Core Technology Fee for participants in the program on iOS for one year
Lauren Feiner / The Verge :
Google rolls out the first public beta of Android 16 for Pixel devices, introducing Live Updates, a limited version of Apple's Live Activities, and more
The first beta of Android 16 is now available … Mishaal Rahman / Android Police : Android 16's first beta is here with major tablet improvements and iOS-like Live Updates Efe Udin / Gizchina.com : And...
Sources: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance is buying Nvidia's AI chips and plans to build a 3GW data center in Jamnagar, India, set to be the world's largest by capacity
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg :
PE firm Everstone acquires Delhi-based Wingify, whose flagship product Visual Website Optimizer helps businesses improve online conversion rates, for $200M
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Anthropic debuts Citations, a new API feature that lets developers “ground” answers in source documents, available for Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.5 Haiku
At least we're in good company: … Forums: Hacker News : Citations on the Anthropic API
Tesla plans a software update for ~1.2M cars in China, around half its fleet in the country, to address power steering and rear-view camera issues
Bloomberg :
The UK CMA opens investigations into Apple's and Google's mobile ecosystems, including OSes, app stores, and browsers, to see the impact on users and businesses
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
Perplexity launches Perplexity Assistant in its Android app, which can take “multi-app actions” like hailing a ride, initially free for users in 15 languages
But There Are Some Gaps Jak Connor / TweakTown : Perplexity AI assistant goes head-to-head with Google's Gemini Business Today : Perplexity debuts AI assistant for Android, challenges ChatGPT, Siri, a...
The US DOJ charges the former CEO of AI chatbot startup GameOn and his wife for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $60M between 2018 and 2024
while failing to even make payroll for employees Cyrus Farivar / Forbes : AI Startup Founder Allegedly Spent Millions Of Investors' Money On House, Car And Wedding Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law : AI C...
Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 1.7% YoY to $4.01B, net income down 12% YoY to $1.2B, and projects Q1, 2025 sales between $3.74B and $4.06B
Ian King / Bloomberg :
Substack launches a $20M Creator Accelerator Fund to lure US creators who have $2K+ per month in recurring revenue away from other subscription-based platforms
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch :
Sources: OpenAI faces obstacles to becoming a for-profit company, including struggling to value Microsoft's stake; its new charitable arm could be worth $30B
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How China's progress across overlapping industries like lidar, drones, robotics, smartphones, AI, EVs, and batteries forms a mutually reinforcing feedback loop
EVs, batteries, lidar, drones, robotics, smartphones, AI. China's progress across a range of overlapping industries creates a mutually reinforcing feedback loop.
HSBC shuts Zing, its payments app launched in January 2024 to compete with Revolut and Wise, marking the latest failed fintech venture by a traditional bank
Akila Quinio / Financial Times :
Google acquihires “some of the HTC VIVE engineering team” in Taiwan with “a proven track record in VR” for $250M in cash, to “accelerate” Android XR development
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Twilio says its adjusted operating margin will reach 21%-22% in 2027, exceeding est. and up from 16.1% in the most recent quarter; TWLO jumps 11%+ after hours
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Sources: Daniel Guarnera, a DOJ lawyer who helped file US antitrust lawsuits against Google and Apple, has been picked to lead the FTC's Bureau of Competition
Bloomberg : Bluesky: @schock.cc Bluesky: Sasha Costanza-Chock / @schock.cc : Interesting, curious about my tech policy and legal followers' take on Guarnera [embedded post]
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