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Some 2025 takeaways in LLMs: reasoning as a signature feature, coding agents were useful, subscriptions hit $200/month, and Chinese open-weight models impressed
This is the third in my annual series reviewing everything that happened in the LLM space over the past 12 months.
Sources: OpenAI ramped up efforts to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its AI-powered personal device, which is expected to be largely audio-based
OpenAI is taking steps to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its eventual release of an AI-powered personal device, said a person with knowledge of the effort.
A look at the rise of AI companion apps; a researcher counts 206 such apps on the App Store and 253 on Google Play, with 220M+ total downloads as of July 2025
The technology is changing the way many people meet and form relationships but some experts believe it may do more harm than good LinkedIn: Kieran Smith . Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app LinkedIn:...
Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality
Adam Mosseri says creators should prioritize “unflattering” images to prove they are real. — It's no secret that AI-generated …
Sources: SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could IPO in 2026; those three deals alone would exceed the total proceeds from roughly 200 US IPOs in 2025
Three biggest US private tech groups plan listings as early as this year, raising hopes of windfall for banks, lawyers and investors
Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, including efforts to make scam ads “not findable” for regulators and others
As regulators press Meta to crack down on rogue advertisers on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant has drafted a “playbook” to stall them.
IDC expects Apple to ship just 45,000 units of the Vision Pro in Q4 2025; Sensor Tower says Apple cut digital ad spend for the headset by 95% in 2025
High prices, limited apps and comfort issues expose difficulty of turning futuristic hardware into a mass-market product
DeepSeek researchers detail a new mHC architecture they used to train 3B, 9B, and 27B models, finding it scaled without adding significant computational burden
DeepSeek has published a technical paper co-authored by founder Liang Wenfeng proposing a rethink of its core deep learning architecture
Report: China-based Moonshot AI, maker of Kimi models, raised a $500M Series C at a $4.3B valuation led by IDG Capital, with Alibaba and Tencent participating
The Kimi AI model developer is now valued at US$4.3 billion, with cash reserves worth US$1.4 billion
Tech startups have started to offer nicotine pouches as a free perk to employees, as some claim the products help them focus despite health hazards
A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards
Thiel Capital opens an office in Miami, as Peter Thiel and others reportedly look to cut ties with California over a proposed ballot measure to tax billionaires
Peter Thiel's private investment firm opened an office in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, expanding the billionaire's presence in Florida, Thiel Capital announced Wednesday.
Elon Musk says Neuralink plans to start “high-volume production” of brain-computer interface devices and move to an almost automated surgical procedure in 2026
Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink will start “high-volume production” of brain-computer interface devices …
Analysts and manufacturers expect smartphone, PC, and consumer electronics prices to rise by as much as 20% in 2026, as AI demand drives up memory chip costs
Manufacturers and analysts warn AI data centre build-out is crowding out market for semiconductors
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 28% in 2025, its best percentage performance since 2017, driven by tech, AI, and semiconductor stocks
The city's benchmark Hang Seng Index finished the year up 28% — Hong Kong stocks ended 2025 with a second consecutive annual gain …
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Hundreds of megawatts of new data center capacity are being planned in Vernon, a city near LA, which is a key US-Asia cable-linking hub and is becoming crowded
Nilesh Christopher / Los Angeles Times : X: @megjameslat . LinkedIn: Nilesh Christopher . Bluesky: @latimes.com X: Meg James / @megjameslat : Once home to the meat packing plant that cranked out the ...
How AI labs are deploying on-site gas generators for power as the US electric grid struggles to keep pace with the growing demands of AI infrastructure
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The FBI says fraudsters bilked Americans out of $333.5M via bitcoin ATM scams from January through November 2025, up from roughly $250M in 2024
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TSMC says the US government has granted the company an annual license to import US chip manufacturing equipment to its facilities in Nanjing, China
Samsung, SK hynix likewise receive go signal from Commerce Department Gideon Wolf / COINOTAG : TSMC Secures US Export License for China Plant Amid AI Demand and Analyst Upgrades Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters ...
Filing: Chinese AI chip startup Biren raises ~$717M in its Hong Kong IPO; institutional and retail tranches were oversubscribed ~26x and ~2,348x, respectively
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Unsealed documents detail a US operation that stopped the alleged smuggling of $160M worth of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs to China between Oct. 2024 and May 2025
Sources: Uber is in talks to acquire the parking space reservation app SpotHero; the parking app was last valued at $290M
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Trump Media, owner of Truth Social, plans to distribute a new token to shareholders with partner Crypto.com, expected to operate on the Cronos blockchain
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Finland seizes a ship suspected of damaging an undersea cable linking Helsinki and Estonia in the Gulf of Finland; Estonia says a second cable was also damaged
Finnish special forces board ship, detain all 14 crewmembers Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty : Vessel Held In Finland After Suspected Baltic Cable Sabotage Bobinsabraham / The Indian Express : Finland...