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Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal:
AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, founded in 1994 to design and make servers, server racks, and other infrastructure, for $4.9B, closing in H1 2025  —  ZT Systems produces servers, other equipment used in data centers for artificial intelligence
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration startup is “not going to be introducing any generative AI into our products”, drawing praise from creatives  —  Many Procreate users can breathe a sigh of relief now that the popular iPad illustration app has taken a definitive stance against generative AI.
CNBC:
Waymo unveils its cheaper “generation 6” self-driving tech that's integrated with Geely Zeekr vehicles, with 13 cameras and 4 lidar sensors, down from 29 and 5  —  Alphabet-owned Waymo revealed details about its newest “generation 6” self-driving technology on Monday.
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple debuts a web app for Podcasts, letting users log in to listen to podcasts, view the Up Next queue and library, and browse new shows, at podcasts.apple.com  —  Apple Podcasts is expanding to the web, starting today.  You can access the new web app version at podcasts.apple.com …
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
A week after data broker NPD confirmed a breach, which reportedly impacted 272M+ people, a review of NPD property Records Check shows exposed admin credentials  —  New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds …
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware:
Raspberry Pi launches a Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB of RAM for $50, alongside the existing 4GB model for $60 and 8GB for $80, and may release a future 1GB model  —  Will a $50 Raspberry Pi 5 2GB be enough?  —  The Raspberry Pi 5 is still the single board computer against which all others are measured …
Matthew Ball / MatthewBall.co:
Since 2018, Roblox has grown rapidly and consistently and now has an estimated average of 80M+ daily and 380M+ monthly users, over 2x that of Steam or Minecraft  —  Everyone knows Roblox is huge.  But as COVID receded into memory, Roblox shifted from “new” to “familiar,” …
David Welch / Bloomberg:
Source: GM is cutting over 1,000 software engineers, including 600+ in Michigan, as the automaker moves to lean up its software and services organization  —  - Job reductions follow company push to bolster digital prowess  — Company has faced technology glitches in Blazer, Lyriq models
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, which may debut in select iPhones in 2025 to replace Qualcomm's chip, with a full rollout taking a few years  —  Apple's move to drop Qualcomm modem chips won't have a payoff at the outset, but it could set the stage for bigger things later.
Washington Post:
Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed to diversify Silicon Valley are closing or rebranding to stay afloat, as critics attack DEI efforts  —  Groups like Girls In Tech and Women Who Code promised to attract women and people of color to the tech industry.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump names Danielle Thumann, an adviser to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to serve as an FCC commissioner; if confirmed, she'd bring the Republican majority to 3-1

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Scripps' CEO says the company is adopting a streaming news model enabled by AI, including cutting 12% of staff, and praises the FCC's lift of the ownership cap

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust challenge to Paramount's WBD acquisition brought by a group of consumers, but allows them to file a revised complaint

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Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Palo Alto Networks reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $2.2B, vs. $2.16B est., FY 2025 revenue guidance above est., and increases its share buyback by $500M to $1B
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Gemini Live is not too useful as a premium feature as it lacks many integrations that text-based Gemini supports and cannot yet interpret images or video

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Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times:
FOI documents: data center water consumption in Virginia, home to the world's largest cluster of data centers, hit 1.85B+ gallons in 2023, up from 1.13B in 2019
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times:
Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a “risk factor” in their recent annual reports, up from 9% in 2022; 86% of software firms cited AI as a risk
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