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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft was mentioned only as a technology partner in Stargate but the company is poised to benefit from the venture by offloading AI computing costs — - OpenAI-led venture lets Microsoft offload AI computing costs — Software giant could still decide to invest more in future
More: Microsoft, CNBC, Disrupt Africa, Motley Fool, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, and TechCrunch
| 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.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Microsoft and OpenAI were arguing over Microsoft's ability to fulfill OpenAI's computing needs, in the months leading up to the Stargate announcement — The partnership that launched the AI boom has been strained by disagreements over computing resources| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
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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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| Samsung on YouTube: |
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| 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 …
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| Mishaal Rahman / Android Faithful: |
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| Reuters: |
ByteDance launches Doubao-1.5-pro, an upgraded AI model, claiming it outperforms OpenAI's o1 in AIME benchmarks, joining DeepSeek in China's AI reasoning push — TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI's …
More: Doubao Team, TechCrunch, Enterprise AI Trends, Ars Technica, and DeepSeek on GitHub
| 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.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/cybersecurity, and Ars OpenForum
| Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: |
Moderators for 50+ subreddits announce bans of X links in new posts and comments, with several citing Elon Musk's recent gesture that many saw as a Nazi salute — The cascade of link bans came after Musk made a hand gesture at a Monday rally that many compared to a Nazi salute, which many cited in their protests, among other things.
More: The Verge, Newsweek, SKWAWKBOX, The Independent, Awful Announcing, DNyuz, and Inc
| 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.| 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 …
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
SK Hynix reports Q4 revenue up 75% YoY to a record ~$13.7B, a ~$5.6B net profit, and a ~$5.6B operating profit, in line with estimates, as HBM chip demand soars — - Its shares slide in Seoul after a 30% run-up this year — Demand for high-end memory soaring on datacenter rollouts| 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 …
| Patrick G. Eddington / Cato Institute: |
A US district judge rules that the FBI's warrantless “backdoor” searches of FISA's Section 702 databases violate the Fourth Amendment — Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. — Sometimes when “secret law” is involved—and that is always the case with the Foreign Intelligence …
More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, ACLU, and Medill on the Hill
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