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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple aims to eventually meld the modem into the main processor on its devices but likely no sooner than 2028; the M4 MacBook Air may launch in March — Last week, Apple introduced the long-awaited successor to the iPhone SE: the iPhone 16e. In doing so, it all but abandoned the budget smartphone market.
More: AppleInsider, Engadget, MacRumors, Laptop Mag, Benzinga, PhoneArena, Neowin, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Verge, Appleosophy, and Pocket-lint
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @patrickmoorhead
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
DefiLlama: Bybit experienced a “bank run” of over $4B after the ~$1.5B hack, leading to a ~$5.5B total outflow; CEO says “about 50%” of funds were withdrawn — Major cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has seen total outflows of over $5.5 billion after it suffered …
More: DL News, The Daily Hodl, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoin Insider, The Block, The Crypto Basic, Benzinga, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, Crypto Briefing, Gulf Business, CryptoNinjas, Cointelegraph, Blockworks, and The Record
Bluesky: @gerritd. X: @cz_binance, @benbybit, @paoloardoino, @coindesk, @simplykashif, @0xnoncesense, @benbybit, and @benbybit
Forums: Hacker News, r/Buttcoin, and r/CryptoCurrency
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Even as Trump embraces crypto, attracting millions of new investors, the Bybit hack and memecoins show how crypto remains the wild West of the financial world — Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.
More: Sydney Morning Herald, DL News, Techreport, Bitcoinist.com, Security Affairs, PC Gamer, TechSpot, Hindustan Times, The Independent, Türkiye Today, Associated Press, The Verge, TradingView, SlashGear, and Fortune
Bluesky: @xantori-crypto. X: @bybit_official, @chainlinkgod, @iamdcinvestor, @muz_muzzles, and @edwardlriche. LinkedIn: Rebecca Patterson
| RT Watson / The Block: |
More: Etherscan, Etherscan, BBC, Inside Bitcoins, Hackread, ZyCrypto, Blockchain.News, Cryptopolitan, Benzinga, crypto.news, Coinpedia Fintech News, 10x Market Updates, The Coin Republic, CryptoNinjas, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, Wccftech, CoinDesk, Decrypt, NewsBTC, Cryptopolitan, Australian Financial Review, and Watcher Guru
Bluesky: @alistaircoleman. X: @arkham, @zachxbt, @zachxbt, @zerohedge, @ercwl, @zachxbt, and @thedefisaint. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
xAI's Grok had “Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation” in its instruction set for generating search results — The system prompt for Musk's chatbot was changed by an employee to block the results. … Grok, Elon Musk's ChatGPT competitor … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Nvidia confirms a “rare” manufacturing issue affecting under 0.5% of RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs, which are missing render units, the latest hitch since launch — Where did the ROPs go? … In the grand scheme of things, that doesn't sound like a lot of affected GPUs …
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Bluesky: @seanhollister and @tomwarren.co.uk
X: @harukaze5719 and @9550pro
Forums: Hacker News, r/linux_gaming, r/technews, r/hardware, r/nvidia, and r/pcmasterrace
| Financial Times: |
Researchers estimate that air pollution related to data centers from Google, Microsoft, and Meta resulted in $5.4B in US public health costs from 2019 to 2023 — Research suggests the price of treating illnesses related to building of computing infrastructure in the US is on the rise
More: The Markup, arXiv, and The Economic Times
| Evan Ratliff / Wired: |
A deep look at “the Zizians”, a cult-like group of young tech people exiled from Silicon Valley's rationalist community and allegedly linked to a killing spree — A handful of gifted young tech people set out to save the world. For years, WIRED has been tracking each twist …
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X: @zachwritesstuff, @wired, @olifranklin, @wired, @ev_rat, @calebhannan, @wired, and @ev_rat. Forums: r/Longreads
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI “wellbeing companion,” to provide mental health support to students when there aren't enough counselors — Is a human-AI texting service the future of mental-health care for students? — Teens around the country are confiding …
More: TechCrunch. Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz, @radiobeartime.com, @kiwired, @lamhfada, and @wsj.com. LinkedIn: Ana Brandusescu
| Enock Nyariki / Poynter: |
A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X published globally in 2024 shows that professional fact-checkers are among the three most cited sources — Notes that cite fact-checkers earn more trust from X users and combat misinformation faster — When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50 per second of generated video; in December 2024, OpenAI offered Sora to its ChatGPT Plus and Pro subs — Google has quietly revealed the pricing of Veo 2, the video-generating AI model that it unveiled in December.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Shein's 2024 sales rose 19% YoY to $38B, below the forecast made in 2023; some investors push Shein to cut its valuation from $66B to ~$30B for an IPO — Competition from Temu adds to pressure on fast-fashion group's valuation as it seeks approval for UK listing| Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: |
The iPhone 16e gives Apple a chance to get more competitive in China, where rivals like Huawei are becoming more sophisticated with the government's help — The less-expensive 16e model arrives in the world's biggest smartphone market, where local tech companies benefit from Beijing's help
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