TikTok advises its US Android users to sideload the app through APKs on its website; its app still isn't back in Apple's App Store and Google Play in the US
The social media app is still not available on Apple App Store and Google Play. — If you need to download and install TikTok in the US …
At a conference in January, Elon Musk said he hadn't bid for TikTok and was not “chomping at the bit to acquire” it, amid reports of China evaluating the option
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PlayStation Network experienced a 24-hour outage on Feb. 7, affecting account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, Store, and Direct services
The PlayStation Network outage has been resolved after roughly 24 hours … Marco Lancaster / Gizchina.com : PlayStation Network Restored After Nearly 24-Hour Outage The Indian Express : Sony restores P...
Meta shares work on a system that uses a magnetic scanner and a deep neural network to analyze brain signals and identify which keys people pressed while typing
Back in 2017, Facebook unveiled plans for a brain-reading hat that you could use to text just by thinking.
Christie's plans to hold its first AI art auction beginning February 20; critics say the sale elevates AI tools trained on artists' works without their consent
Fine art auction house, Christie's, has sold AI-generated art before. But soon, it plans to hold its first show dedicated solely …
How DeepSeek's R1 accelerated the rollout of chatbots showing their “thinking” process; an expert says seeing a chatbot's inner monologue can trigger empathy
How Chinese start-up DeepSeek triggered a rush to launch chatbots that “reason.” — Chinese start-up DeepSeek …
Take-Two estimates that 94M+ current generation consoles, excluding Nintendo Switch, were sold as of November 2024, implying sales of ~28.5M for Xbox Series X/S
Sales figures from Take-Two have unintentionally revealed the divide between the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, and it isn't looking good for Microsoft.
How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term
After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country's A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.
Crypto.com and Kalshi launched sports wagers around the Super Bowl in 50 US states, shocking the sports betting industry and infuriating state regulators
Crypto.com and Kalshi have made an end-run around state regulators to allow wagers on the NFL championship, the biggest betting day in American sports.
DeepSeek R1 is more susceptible to jailbreaking than ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude; it can instruct on a bioweapon attack, write a pro-Hitler manifesto, and more
Testing shows the Chinese app is more likely to dispense details on how to make a Molotov cocktail or encourage self-harm by teenagers
A look at WikiTok, a site that lets users vertically swipe through an endless stream of random Wikipedia article stubs without algorithmically tracking the user
On Wednesday, a New York-based app developer named Isaac Gemal debuted a new site called WikiTok, where users can vertically swipe through … Mastodon: @sohkamyung@mstdn.io and @kyle@mister.computer Fo...
Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association: the semiconductor market in India is projected to grow to $103.4B at a CAGR of 13% through 2030
India's semiconductor consumption market, valued at $52 billion in 2024-25, is expected to grow at a 13% CAGR through 2030.
DeepSeek recruiting recent graduates from China's top universities reflects a growing trend among the country's top AI talent to pursue opportunities at home
Young Chinese engineers focus on homegrown innovation, drawn by fewer visa hurdles and the chance to build a future on their own terms.
Source: TikTok CEO Shou Chew proposed to senior White House officials a US-based joint venture between US investors and TikTok that would oversee data security
Vance tapped to help oversee negotiations, with companies including Oracle and Amazon signaling interest while TikTok officials hope to avoid a sale X: @jchengwsj . LinkedIn: Jessica Toonkel X: Jonath...
An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector unemployment rate rose from 3.9% in December to 5.7% in January, with the number of unemployed rising from 98K to 152K
Artificial intelligence continues to impact the technology labor market — The unemployment rate in the information technology sector rose … Forums: r/Futurology , r/technology , r/economy , r/techne...
Some users are wearing the Apple Watch on their ankles to get around problems, like skin conditions; some believe health metrics are more accurate on the ankle
Apple Ankle Watch [embedded post] Forums: MacRumors Forums : Watch on ankle? — Just saw this headline. — Why Are People Wearing Apple Watches on Their Ankles?
Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot sometimes hallucinates cited URLs and often admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and skirt paywalls
The chatbot regularly called attention to subscription paywalls and acknowledged its responses were at risk of violating copyright. — www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/how- ... See also Mediagazer
Leaked draft: the statement set to be signed at the Paris AI Action Summit barely mentions AI risks and fails to follow up on commitments from previous Summits
an omission which would represent a huge blow to the Summit's French organizers. [image] Shakeel / @shakeelhashim : Other experts criticised the statement too. @_andreamiotti called it “a wasted oppor...
PitchBook: almost 66% of VC funding in Europe came from abroad in 2024; no European company with €100B+ in market cap has been built from scratch in 30 years
In times of global uncertainty, cities that adapt, innovate, and capitalize on opportunity rise to the top. … Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro : 💥 Check out our ‘Big Take’ report on how Europe's fractured capital...
Tass: Rostelecom says an unspecified external impact has damaged a Russian underwater cable in the Baltic Sea, but there was no impact on subscribers
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A look at the daunting task for Google and others of mapping roads and maintaining accurate maps in India, amid growing reports of misdirections in the country
most recently by a parliamentarian in India. But digital mapping experts say these incidents are not specific to #Google and instead highlight systemic challenges to mapping Indian roads https://resto...
Data from crypto security company Coinkite shows 78 listed companies globally are following MicroStrategy's example in buying bitcoin to hold in place of cash
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