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| Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest: |
Microsoft is showing a Bing search result page that mimics Google Search UI when a user searches for “Google” on Bing while not signed into a Microsoft account — Microsoft seems to have rolled out a pretty interesting yet controversial change that spoofs Google.com UI when you try to find Google when using Bing.com.
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Forums: r/assholedesign, r/technology, r/google, and Slashdot
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Sam Altman says that OpenAI, which isn't profitable, is losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because “people use it much more than we expected” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because people are using it more than expected
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Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it” and that OpenAI is turning its focus to superintelligence — The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning.
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Bluesky: @marypcbuk, @quinnypig.com, @domw, @theopriestley.com, and @daniloc.xyz. Threads: @mergesort
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| Josh Tyrangiel / Bloomberg: |
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Forums: r/fusion, r/slatestarcodex, and r/OpenAI
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney and Fubo announce a deal wherein Disney will combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo in a joint venture and Fubo will drop its Venu Sports antitrust lawsuit — Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery will pay Fubo $220 million to settle antitrust suit — Disney announced a deal …
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Bluesky: @willman.online and @philthepill.online
X: @tvanswerman, @mgsiegler, @matthewkeyslive, @knox_vol865, @allie_canal, @tvgrimreaper, @michellef_davis, @mikestrawmedia, @chrisharihar, @nycmikehenry, @davidclinchnews, @frankthetank111, @jbflint, and @xpangler. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski. Forums: r/MediaMergers
| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Dell is rebranding its PC lines as Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, each with Base, Plus, and Premium tiers, killing names like XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude — The PC manufacturer's new laptops, desktops, and monitors will have a simplified naming scheme with labels like ‘Pro’ and ‘Max.’| Bloomberg: |
Sources: India plans ~$2.7B in fresh subsidies and import tariff cuts to help boost local manufacturing, especially of smartphones made by companies like Apple — - Proposed incentives will help smartphone makers like Apple — Final decision to be made by cabinet; details likely in budget
More: 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Apple Must, Supercharged, and MacDailyNews. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD unveils Ryzen AI Max+, a laptop chip with new integrated memory and 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, claiming 84% faster rendering performance vs. the MacBook M4 Pro — Disruption is a daily thing. — AMD announced its ‘Strix Halo’ Ryzen AI Max series laptop processors here at CES 2025 in Las Vegas …
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| Jon Henley / The Guardian: |
Emmanuel Macron joins growing European criticism of Musk, says “the owner of one of the world's largest social networks” is “intervening directly in elections” — French president accuses world's richest man of intervening directly in continent's democratic processes
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Bluesky: @sturdyalex, @adamjschwarz, @jestastrophy, and @marypcbuk
X: @elonmusk, @skynews, @chafkin, @lewis_goodall, @elonmusk, @edwardjdavey, @elonmusk, and @elonmusk
Forums: r/europe and r/worldnews
| Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: |
Gemini agrees to pay $5M to end a CFTC claim that it misled the derivatives regulator in a bid to launch the first US-regulated Bitcoin futures contract — The Winklevoss twins' Gemini Trust Co. agreed to pay $5 million to end a Commodity Futures Trading Commission claim that it misled … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia unveils Project Digits, a “personal AI supercomputer” with a new GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and says it can run models up to 200B parameters in size — At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nvidia unveiled Project Digits, a “personal AI supercomputer” … | Financial Times: |
Chinese VCs are targeting failed founders' personal assets and blacklisting them as debtors when they don't pay, throwing China's funding ecosystem into crisis — Pursuit of entrepreneurs threatens start-up ecosystem as investors target personal assets to claw back funding
More: TechCrunch. Bluesky: @marypcbuk, @kylebrussell, and @michaelpettis
X: @eringriffith and @tomaxwell
| Hassan Mujtaba / Wccftech: |
AMD unveils the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, with clock speeds up to 5.7GHz, 144MB of cache, and up to 64% faster performance than the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K — AMD has officially announced its high-end 3D V-Cache CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D & 9900X3D, for enthusiast AM5 PC builders & gamers.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils a suite of AI experiences for its TVs, including Click to Search, Live Translate, and a way to recognize food on the screen and provide recipes — For this year's lineup, Samsung said that AI will come to life in more ways than just great picture quality.
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