Sources: an exec overseeing Siri told staff the delays were ugly, made worse by Apple publicly promoting the new features, and it's unclear when they will ship
Apple Inc.'s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing …
Klarna files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under KLAR, seeking to raise at least $1B and reportedly targeting a valuation of more than $15B
Klarna Group Plc filed publicly for a US initial public offering in what could be one of the year's biggest financial company listings.
Email: Amazon says Echo users won't be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally, as new generative AI features need processing in the cloud
In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally …
Google says Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android phones in 2025, except on phones with Android 9 or earlier and that don't have at least 2GB of RAM
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Meta's effort to neutralize Sarah Wynn-Williams' book, filled with gossipy anecdotes, feels less about defending its reputation than a need to punish a defector
Mark Zuckerberg might be in his post-fact-checking-era. But that hasn't stopped Meta from going after the author of Careless People.
The NIST's new directive to AI Safety Institute partners scrubs mentions of “AI safety” and “AI fairness” and prioritizes “reducing ideological bias” in models
A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
Delaying a revamped Siri may be embarrassing for Apple, but rushing an update with half-baked features could have created a real crisis for the company
and more M.G. Siegler / Spyglass : Apple Joins the Navy Bluesky: Kye / @kye.boats : OK. Weird article premise based entirely around a strawman. The issues are: — 1. Siri has sucked, consistently, ...
A look at some standout startups from YC's W25 Demo Day, which showcased 160 companies, including several creating tools to enhance other companies' AI agents
Silicon Valley's most storied startup accelerator, Y Combinator, held its Winter 2025 Demo Day on Wednesday, showcasing its latest batch of 160 startups.
A lack of consensus on what defines an AI “agent” is leading to customer frustration, as Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and others market it differently
Silicon Valley is bullish on AI agents. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said agents will “join the workforce” this year.
Klarna reports 2024 revenue up 24% YoY to $2.81B, a net profit of $21M, compared with a net loss of $244M a year ago, and 93M active consumers
Klarna, the Swedish buy now, pay later giant, on Friday filed for a U.S. IPO. — Why it matters: It's the first big consumer fintech to test …
The GSMA announces the latest RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in future OS updates
iPhones will soon get encrypted RCS messaging to Androids Matt Milano / WebProNews : Encrypted RCS Coming to iOS and Android Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : RCS texting updates will bring end-to-en...
A look at the adoption of DeepSeek across China, as Chinese automakers, smartphone sellers, and others rush to build services on top of the homegrown AI model
Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown AI model that has taken the world by storm since January.
The UK held a hearing for Apple's legal battle with the government over providing a backdoor in its Advanced Data Protection service, without the media present
bloomberg.com/news/article... [embedded post] X: @togetherdec : .@ukhomeoffice secretly demanded backdoor access to Apple iCloud encryption Now Apple in High Court to appeal, contents of hearing also...
Meta debuts the highly requested Passthrough Camera API for Quest 3/3S as an experimental feature; developers can't ship apps with the API on Horizon Store yet
David Heaney / UploadVR :
China's National People's Congress saw an uncharacteristic surge in tech optimism, driven by DeepSeek, which has fired up investors, politicians, and regulators
- Push for high-tech development follows DeepSeek's breakthrough — Chinese shares poised to post best NPC performance since 2018
Sources: Ubisoft explores selling a stake in a new entity holding IP like Assassin's Creed to investors including Tencent, at a higher valuation than Ubisoft
Hopefully, the former? — www.bloomberg.com/news/article... [image] @knoebel : Ubisoft is looking for backers for its new IP unit. The new entity would include IPs like 'Assassin's Creed'. One of ...
White House memo: David Sacks sold $200M+ in digital asset-related investments personally and via his firm, Craft Ventures, before starting his government job
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC :
Foxconn says revenue from cloud and networking, including AI servers, made up 26% of its Q4 revenue and will almost catch up with consumer electronics in 2025
Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal :
The US DOJ says Russian and Israeli national Rostislav Panev, accused of being a key LockBit ransomware gang developer, was extradited from Israel to the US
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The GOP's Jim Jordan subpoenas Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, and 10 others over alleged Biden pressure to use AI to “censor lawful speech”
Because the bullshit machine needs “woKe AI” and “TeCH cENsoRShIP” fantasies to keep the base distracted while they dismantle services and take away benefits. Renee DiResta / @noupside : Two years ago...
Streamers court YouTubers for new shows or spinoffs; sources: Amazon made $100M+ in profit on Beast Games and Netflix held talks with Dude Perfect for a series
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal :
Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform the state's corporate law to keep it attractive to both investors and CEOs, following Musk's exit
Tesla CEO Elon Musk turned Delaware's corporate law into a hot-button topic last year after a judge there ruled … Bluesky: @lorak Bluesky: Lora Kolodny / @lorak : Delaware is poised to overhaul its co...
Nashville-based 360 Privacy, an identity and risk management startup protecting enterprises and high net-worth people from online threats, raised $36M from FTV
Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek :
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Lumafield, which manufactures industrial CT scanners with cloud-based analysis software, raised a $75M Series C led by IVP
Aaron Weitzman / Axios :
Orlando-based Worth, whose tech lets fintechs, banks, and enterprises underwrite SMBs by automating KYC, fraud verification, and more, raised a $20M seed
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Clearwater Analytics agrees to acquire Beacon, a capital markets developer platform, for $560M, and Bistro, Blackstone's portfolio visualization tool, for $125M
Cameron Emanuel-Burns / FinTech Futures :
Block says it is expanding consumer lending through Cash App Borrow after obtaining FDIC approval to issue loans out of its subsidiary Square Financial Services
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC :
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