X appears to be blocking Signal's “Signal.me” links in DMs, posts, and profile pages, giving error messages and showing a warning page for users clicking them
Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE.
A look at Apple's and Meta's robotics efforts; sources say Apple is working on a 27" Studio Display successor to launch by 2026 and considering monetizing Maps
Apple and Meta are set to go toe-to-toe in another emerging area: AI-powered humanoid robots.
South Korea's data protection authority says DeepSeek app downloads have been suspended in the country after DeepSeek failed to follow its personal data rules
South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said it had temporarily suspended the domestic service of Chinese AI app DeepSeek since Saturday.
New junior developers are reliant on Copilot, Claude, and other AI tools, meaning foundational coding knowledge is now missing, creating problems down the road
100k+ views 70+ votes 50+ votes — Something's been bugging me about how new devs and I need to talk about it. Bluesky: @mariotoday . Mastodon: @rabc@hachyderm.io , @dwallach@discuss.systems , and @s...
Documents: the NYT greenlights using select internal and external AI tools for editorial and product staff, including from OpenAI, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
The Scoop — The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools …
A look at “sim racing”, Formula One world champion Max Verstappen's passion for the competitive esport, and his efforts to get sim drivers into physical racing
Race teams always look up and down the motorsports ladder to identify rising stars.
Chinese President Xi meets with Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, and more, signaling Beijing's support for the long-marginalized sector
- Meeting signals a more supportive stance toward private firms — Xi promises relief from excessive fines, level playing field
An interview with Nadia Odunayo on building Goodreads alternative StoryGraph, remaining bootstrapped, reaching 3.8M active users, not allowing DMs, and more
Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers' platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed Bluesky: @justsmudge , @ben-esse , and @davidmbarnett Mastodon: @Cli...
Dream, which offers cybersecurity tools to governments and critical infrastructure firms, raised $100M led by Bain at a $1.1B valuation, up from $190M in 2023
- Cybersecurity-focused firm raised $100 million in latest round — Dream targets $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025
An analysis of credit and debit card data shows TikTok Shop passed Shein and Temu in US sales in January 2025, growing 153% to Shein's 26% and Temu's 28%
The popular video app, which brought in-app shopping to its millions of American users in 2023, continued to surpass Shein …
Mistral releases Mistral Saba, a 24B-parameter custom-trained model focused on Arabic language and culture, via its API; Saba outperforms Mistral Small 3
One of the many custom-trained models to serve specific geographies, markets, and customers X: Sophia Yang, Ph.D. / @sophiamyang : 🏟️Announcing @MistralAI Saba, our first regional language model. - Mi...
Indian authorities have seized nearly $190M in cryptocurrency linked to the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, one of the country's largest crypto enforcement actions
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Tencent is testing using DeepSeek for search in its messaging app Weixin, while Baidu plans to fully connect its search engine to DeepSeek and its Ernie LLM
Sources: Wall Street banks led by Morgan Stanley have offloaded almost all of Elon Musk's $12.5B in loans used to buy Twitter, and now hold $1B+ in X debt
Investor perception of debt has changed since Donald Trump's election victory — Wall Street banks have rid themselves of almost … Bluesky: @bondhack.ft.com Bluesky: Robert Smith / @bondhack.ft.com :...
Meta's Joel Kaplan says Meta “won't shy away” from taking up its case with President Trump if the EU uses its rules to unfairly target Meta's digital products
Note Vance referenced content moderation in his speeches. — Europe is their 2nd largest market... … Renee DiResta / @noupside : This is going to be corporation versus country. A sovereignty fight s...
A look at the OpenEuroLLM project, a partnership among 20 EU organizations to develop open-source LLMs that support all EU languages, with a budget of €37.4M
Large language models (LLMs) landed on Europe's digital sovereignty agenda with a bang last week, as news emerged of a new program … Bluesky: @albertvilella Bluesky: Albert Vilella, PhD / @albertvilel...
A new autopsy report finds former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji's death was a suicide, countering his family's suspicions, which had fueled speculation online
techcrunch.com/2025/... X: Poornima Rao / @raopoornima : SFPD writes inaccurate information in Autopsy and Police report . They have never retrieved CCTV footage from leasing office . We need report f...
Analysis: Spotify, which reported its first annual profit in 2024, had just €1.8B in ad revenue, 26% above 2022, while subscription revenue grew 35% to €13.8B
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Intel's foundry business lost $13B+ on $17.5B in revenue in 2024, while TSMC generated $41.1B in operating profit on $90B in revenue over the same period
What's at Stake? Skye Jacobs / TechSpot : Intel considers breakup as Broadcom and TSMC explore separate deals AleksandarK / TechPowerUp : Intel Faces Potential Breakup as TSMC and Broadcom Explore Acq...
Sources: Tesla is bracing for a delay in Chinese approval for FSD, despite an earlier sign it would come in Q2; China is weighing using it in US negotiations
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Match Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth says Match is using AI in its apps, like Tinder, to detect men's “off-color” messages and drive “behavioral change”
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A look at changes in the UK's CMA after its chair was forced to resign and the agency tries to reconcile its enhanced powers with government's pro-growth focus
Financial Times : Bluesky: @wavesblog . X: @justin_cash_1 Bluesky: Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “The former Amazon executive has had direct experience of the CMA's mergers process during the tech...
Some Bolivians, frustrated with spotty internet from a China-built satellite, are smuggling in Starlink kits despite Bolivia banning the service in August 2024
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