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Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Samsung announces the $800 Galaxy S25 with a 6.2" screen and the $1K 6.7" Galaxy S25 Plus, with 12GB of RAM, Snapdragon 8 Elite, “Qi2 Ready”, and more  —  If the Galaxy S24 series heralded the triumphant arrival of Galaxy AI, then the S25 and S25 Plus may be a bit of a comedown …
Sam Rutherford / Engadget:
Samsung unveils the $1.3K Galaxy S25 Ultra with a 6.9" QHD+ AMOLED screen, up from 6.8", 50MP sensor for the ultra-wide camera, a small S Pen downgrade, more  —  Samsung's latest fad is the introduction of AI agents.  —  Senior Writer, Reviews  —  Last year Samsung embraced artificial intelligence …
Cherlynn Low / Engadget:
A live blog of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025, where Samsung announced the Galaxy S25 lineup, new Galaxy AI features, and more  —  We're expecting the first major Android flagships of the year in the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus and S25 Ultra.  —  The start of Samsung's Samsung Unpacked event is imminent …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Samsung teases the Galaxy S25 Edge; an exec says it aims to sell the ultra-thin phone in the US and other markets by the middle of 2025, priced under $1,300  —  Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch an ultrathin version of its Galaxy S25 phone in the first half of this year, beating Apple Inc. to a promising new category.
Samsung on YouTube:
A recording of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked January 2025  —  #GalaxyUnpacked is now LIVE.  Join us.  #GalaxyAI #SamsungWatch our ASL stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/QhhG6Q- XWFMTo view the YouTube streams on a deskto...
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh says Samsung and Google are working on AR glasses, but doesn't provide further details or a launch timeframe
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Google's Gemini will be the default on-device assistant for the new Galaxy S25 series, and gets the ability to work across multiple apps in a single prompt  —  Google's AI assistant Gemini is now able to carry out tasks across multiple apps in a single interaction, in an update announced today alongside …
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
A look at The Stargate Project: lots of unanswered questions, PR wins, SoftBank only has ~$30B in cash, many projects are old, and Musk trolled the announcement  —  If John ‘Hannibal’ Smith loves it when a plan comes together, I love it when a plan comes together hastily.
Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Source: Trump had a lengthy conversation with Sam Altman last week about the potential of AI and the need to develop the tech in the US
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Sam Altman denies Musk's Stargate claim that “they don't” have the money, adding “what is great for the country isn't always what's optimal for your companies”
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle unveil The Stargate Project, a JV to invest in US AI infrastructure, committing $100B now and up to $500B over the next four years
David DiMolfetta / Defense One:
Sources: Trump administration dismissed the members of CSRB, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents, likely disrupting the Salt Typhoon hacks probe  —  The Department of Homeland Security advisory committee was investigating a Chinese hack into U.S. telecommunications.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price plans to step down from the Sony-owned studio after 30+ years; a trio of Insomniac veterans will serve as co-heads  —  Taking over for Price, who will be staying with the PlayStation Studio through March, are a trio of Insomniac vets who will serve …
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Source: OpenAI plans to release a new ChatGPT feature called Operator this week to automate complex tasks typically done via a web browser  —  OpenAI is preparing to release a new ChatGPT feature this week that will automate complex tasks typically done through the Web browser …
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
EA expects net bookings of $7B to $7.15B for the FY ending March 31, below guidance of $7.5B to $7.8B, citing underperforming games; stock falls 5%+ after hours  —  Electronic Arts slashed its full-year bookings guidance on Wednesday, blaming the shortfall on underperforming games, notably its soccer franchise, EA Sports FC.
The Cloudflare Blog:
In 2024, Cloudflare's autonomous DDoS defense systems blocked ~21.3M DDoS attacks, up 53% YoY, and 420+ DDoS attacks in Q4 2024 exceeded 1Tbps, up 1,885% QoQ  —  Welcome to the 20th edition of the Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report, marking five years since our first report in 2020.
Financial Times:
Sources: Google is investing $1B+ more in Anthropic, which is also nearing a further $2B round from Silicon Valley VCs led by Lightspeed at a ~$60B valuation  —  Artificial intelligence group closes in on $60bn valuation  —  Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1bn into OpenAI rival Anthropic …

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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Q&A with Emanuel Fabian, who says he faced death threats from Polymarket bettors over his reporting on a missile strike in Israel, making him doubt what he saw

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
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