US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent orders the CFPB to stop activities, like rulemaking, communications, and litigation; in November, Musk said to “delete CFPB”
Search by Topic — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside …
Apple debuts Invites, an app to help plan events like birthdays, graduations, and more, with Image Playground and Writing Tools tie-ins, for iCloud+ subscribers
Apple today announced the launch of a new app called “Invites,” which is designed to allow users to plan events like birthday parties …
Sources: Marko Elez, a 25-year-old Elon Musk-linked engineer, has admin privileges over Treasury Department code that controls Social Security payments and more
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It's also where, sources say …
An OPM staffer believes that a server Elon Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not had a Privacy Impact Assessment
www.wired.com/story/elon-m... Tim Marchman / @timmarchman : NEW: A 25-year-old who's worked for Elon Musk companies now has direct control over a Treasury system disbursements from which amount to a f...
Donald Trump signs an executive action to direct officials to create a US sovereign wealth fund and says that it could be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US
- Fund could be used as US facilitates TikTok sale, Lutnick says — Bessent says fund will be created in the next 12 months
China's State Administration for Market Regulation says it will probe Google for alleged antitrust violations, moments after Trump put tariffs on Chinese goods
China announced an investigation into Google and imposed new tariffs on a range of US products moments after President Donald Trump slapped …
Opera launches Opera Air, a free browser focused on mindfulness and mental well-being, including break reminders and ambient soundscapes, for Windows and macOS
Opera Air offers break reminders, ambient soundscapes, and breathing exercises, all in your browser.
Sources: Thomas Shedd, GSA's new Technology Transformation Services director and Elon Musk ally, told GSA workers the agency will pursue an “AI-first strategy”
Sources say the former Tesla engineer now in charge of the Technology Transformation Services wants an agency that operates like a “startup software company.”
An interview with The Sims designer Will Wright on the virtual dollhouse game turning 25, its mechanics, infusing it with chaos, ants, The Sims Online, and more
Will Wright kindly requests that admirers stop describing him as a god. — “I don't think God would concern himself with taking …
The Iconfactory launches Tapestry on the App Store, bringing Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and more into a single timeline, with a $1.99/month tier to remove ads
The Iconfactory, makers of the now-discontinued Twitterrific app, have today launched the spiritual successor to their Twitter client.
Elon Musk's goal seems to amount to a coup over the US administrative state; Musk said the 18F Direct File tax program was “deleted”, but that may not be true
Elon Musk has an uncanny ability to sort out which of America's rules are real.
Sources: China is looking at launching a formal probe into Intel; a source says whether such a probe is officially launched could depend on US-China relations
Financial Times :
Nintendo reports Q3 revenue down ~33% YoY to ~$2.8B, net profit down ~33% YoY to ~$831M, both below est, 4.8M Switch sales, and cuts Switch and profit forecasts
The Kyoto-based company now expects ¥280 billion ($1.8 billion) in operating income in the fiscal year to March, slashing more than a fifth from its prior forecast.
An investigation into 300+ cyberattacks against US K-12 schools since 2020 shows how they can withhold details from students and parents whose data was stolen
An investigation into more than 300 cyberattacks against US K-12 schools over the past five years shows how schools … Bluesky: @zackwhittaker and @dell . Mastodon: @douglevin@infosec.exchange Bluesky:...
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 12% YoY to 675M, subscribers up 11% YoY to 263M, and €1.14B in 2024 net income, vs. a €532M loss in 2023
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal :
Ontario Premier Doug Ford pauses retaliatory measures like “ripping up” the province's CA$100M Starlink contract, after Donald Trump delays US tariffs on Canada
#CanPoli #ONpoli — https://www.cbc.ca/... X: Justin Trudeau / @justintrudeau : I just had a good call with President Trump. [...] Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work ...
Dick Kramlich, who co-founded NEA in 1977, died on February 1 at age 89; he was an early investor in Apple and led investments in Juniper Networks and others
Ben Bergman / Business Insider :
A US district court judge denies Apple's emergency motion to halt the remedy phase of DOJ v. Google, saying that Apple hasn't demonstrated satisfactory reasons
Umar Shakir / The Verge :
Toronto-based programmatic ad startup StackAdapt raised $235M led by Teachers' Venture Growth, after raising $300M from Summit Partners in June 2022
While the U.S. and Canada duke it out over tariffs between the two countries, a tech company based out of Toronto is announcing a major round of funding led by a homegrown VC.
Anthropic details Constitutional Classifiers, a protective LLM layer designed to stop AI model jailbreaking by monitoring inputs and outputs for harmful content
inputs designed to bypass its safety training and force it to produce outputs that might be harmful. Our new technique is a step towards robust jailbreak defenses. Read the blog post: https://anthropi...
Counterpoint: global smartphone revenue grew 5% in 2024, with the iPhone 15 leading sales, followed by the iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro, and Galaxy A15 5G
Andrew Orr / AppleInsider :
Self-driving truck startup Waabi partners with Volvo to develop and deploy autonomous trucks, starting with pilots in Texas and a launch in late 2025 or 2026
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch :
ByteDance researchers demo OmniHuman-1, an AI system that is “easily heads and shoulders above previous deepfake techniques”, if ByteDance's clips are accurate
Researchers from TikTok owner ByteDance have demoed a new AI system, OmniHuman-1, that can generate perhaps the most realistic deepfake videos to date.
PayPal reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $8.4B, adjusted net income down 1.9% YoY to $1.21B, above est., payment volume up 7% to $437.8B, and plans a $15B buyback
Paige Smith / Bloomberg :
Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal invests $230M in his Indian AI startup Krutrim and plans to raise $1.15B from outside investors by 2026 to develop better local AI
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Meta defines the types of AI systems that it deems too risky to release, including ones capable of aiding in cybersecurity, chemical, and biological attacks
here's what that means Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Meta May Restrict Access to High-Risk AI Following Misuse of LLaMA Models Mudit Dube / NewsBytes : Meta won't release high-risk AI models—but ...
Source: Salesforce is cutting 1,000+ roles and will let displaced workers apply for other jobs internally; Salesforce had nearly 73,000 workers in January 2024
Start-of-the-year layoffs have become common in tech. … Forums: r/technology : Salesforce Cutting 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
A US appeals court panel appeared skeptical of Google's bid to overturn a 2023 jury verdict that declared the Play Store an illegal monopoly in the Epic case
Judges Tell Search Giant Apple Case Doesn't Apply X: Vidushi Dyall / @vidushi_law : According to Google, “Epic sought a do-over” by trying to get a different result against a different adversary, and ...
Salt Lake City-based Jump, which offers AI tools for financial advisors and other financial services providers, raised a $20M Series A led by Battery Ventures
Palantir reports Q4 revenue up 36% YoY to $828M, vs. $776M est., and US commercial revenue up 64% YoY; PLTR, which soared 340% in 2024, jumps ~20%
Becoming $200 Billion Company Avi Eberstein / Wall Street Pit : Palantir Warns Against DeepSeek AI, Predicts 2025 Revenue Surge Namrata Sen / Benzinga : PLTR Stock Surges Over 17% In Pre-Market After ...
Sources: the Trump admin plans to nominate Arielle Roth, a critic of Biden's $42.5B broadband infrastructure plan, to lead the NTIA, which oversees the project
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg :
Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B in advertising revenue in 2025; 24% of US-based Netflix subscribers are on the Standard with Ads tier
Adrian Pennington / StreamTV Insider : X: @tvgrimreaper See also Mediagazer X: @tvgrimreaper : At its peak, ad spending on US linear TV was >$70 billion/ year. Just like the cable bundle subscriber f...
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