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President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges — U.S. President Donald Trump named XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) as three assets to be included in a U.S. strategic crypto reserve on Sunday …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational “LLM Siri” won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 — Also: An inside look at Tim Cook's trade with President Donald Trump, the iPad Air sees shortages ahead of a pending refresh …
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| Om Malik / On my Om: |
Skype was an early harbinger of technology as culture, and its demise is a good lesson in how ineffective middle management can destroy good acquisitions — Microsoft is shutting down Skype. It will go offline in May 2025. … It makes me incredibly sad, but I am not surprised.
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| Natalie Alms / Nextgov/FCW: |
The US GSA eliminates 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their tech, including the IRS' free Direct File, impacting ~90 employees — The General Services Administration deleted 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their technology, early Saturday morning.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the Galaxy A56, A36, and A26 smartphones with new AI image editing features and support for up to six years of Android OS and security updates — The new line of A-series devices has slightly larger screens and a bigger emphasis on AI image editing tools.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Honor pledges $10B in AI investments over the next five years and demos a proof-of-concept AI agent powered by Gemini 2 that can book restaurant reservations — BARCELONA — Honor on Sunday pledged $10 billion in artificial intelligence investments over the next five years and announced … | Simon Hill / Wired: |
Xiaomi launches the 6.36" Xiaomi 15 and 6.73" Xiaomi 15 Ultra in the EU and UK, offering the Snapdragon 8 Elite, 120Hz displays, and more, for €999+ and €1,499+ — Not much is new with Xiaomi's latest flagship phones, but I still love the quad-lens camera on the Ultra. — Rating:
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| Financial Times: |
DeepSeek, OpenAI, and others building smaller, powerful models quickly and cheaply using “distillation” raises questions about a first-mover advantage in LLMs — DeepSeek used technique to create smaller powerful models based on the technology of competitors such as Meta| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says its V3 and R1 models' cost of inferencing relative to sales during a 24-hour-period on February 28 put “theoretical” profit margins at 545% — Chinese artificial intelligence phenomenon DeepSeek revealed some financial numbers on Saturday, saying its “theoretical” …
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LinkedIn: Sumit Gupta and Azeem Azhar
| Azeem Azhar / Bloomberg: |
How AI, which makes intelligence ubiquitous and practically free, could upend the economy, which is built on the idea that expertise is scarce and expensive — The economy is built on the idea that expertise is scarce and expensive. AI is about to make it abundant and practically free.| Aaron Mok / The Guardian: |
Some parents are teaching their children how to use AI chatbots so they are prepared to deploy the tools responsibly as personal assistants when they are older — As AI grows increasingly prevalent, some are showing their children tools from ChatGPT to Dall-E to learn and bond| Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal: |
How tech companies moving to or investing in Texas, attracted by lower taxes and fewer regulations on land use and labor, are transforming the state's economy — Apple is latest to remake state's economy, but some headwinds loom — Texas notched another technology win this week when Apple … Sponsor Posts
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