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A look at Apple's and Meta's robotics efforts; sources say Apple is working on a 27" Studio Display successor to launch by 2026 and considering monetizing Maps — Apple and Meta are set to go toe-to-toe in another emerging area: AI-powered humanoid robots.
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Sources: Broadcom has informally explored a bid for Intel's chip design and marketing unit, but only if it could secure a partner for Intel's foundry business — Broadcom has interest in Intel's chip-design business, while TSMC is looking at the company's factories
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Docs: the NYT greenlights the use of select internal and external AI tools for editorial and product staff, including from OpenAI, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft — The Scoop — The New York Times is greenlighting the use of AI for its product and editorial staff, saying that internal tools … | Madeline Coleman / New York Times: |
A look at sim racing, Formula One world champion Max Verstappen's passion for the competitive esport, and his efforts to get sim drivers into physical racing — Race teams always look up and down the motorsports ladder to identify rising stars. But Formula One world champion Max Verstappen …
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Meta's Joel Kaplan says Meta “won't shy away” from taking up its case with President Trump if the EU uses its rules to unfairly target Meta's digital products — - Kaplan says company will make case if EU singles it out — Tension over tech rules underscores transatlantic rift
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South Korea's data protection authority says DeepSeek app downloads have been suspended in the country after DeepSeek failed to follow its personal data rules — South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said it had temporarily suspended the domestic service of Chinese AI app DeepSeek since Saturday.
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Match's head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, says Match is using AI in its apps, like Tinder, to detect men's “off-color” messages and drive “behavioral change” — Online dating group is using the technology to detect ‘off-colour’ messages, says safety chief Yoel Roth| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
A look at the OpenEuroLLM project, a partnership among 20 EU organizations to develop open-source LLMs that support all EU languages, with a budget of €37.4M — Large language models (LLMs) landed on Europe's digital sovereignty agenda with a bang last week, as news emerged of a new program … | Financial Times: |
A look at changes in the UK's CMA after its chair was forced to resign and the agency tries to reconcile its enhanced powers with government's pro-growth focus — CMA chair Marcus Bokkerink was told by phone he was to resign after months of rising frustration within government
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Tencent is testing using DeepSeek for search in its messaging app Weixin, while Baidu plans to fully connect its search engine to DeepSeek and its LLM, Ernie — Tencent said on Sunday its (0700.HK) Weixin messaging app, China's largest, is allowing some users to search via DeepSeek's … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to boost the Vision Pro with Apple Intelligence, a spatial content app, and a revamped guest mode in visionOS 2.4, as early as April 2025 — - Company seeks to boost interest in headset with new features — Move marks the first device expansion for Apple Intelligence
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| Kyle Baird / DL News: |
Indian authorities have seized nearly $190M in cryptocurrency linked to the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, one of the country's largest crypto enforcement actions — Indian authorities have seized nearly $190 million in cryptocurrency linked to the BitConnect Ponzi scheme — one of the country's largest crypto enforcement actions.
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