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The UK ICO says it is investigating how TikTok uses 13 to 17-year-olds' personal data for content suggestions, and how Reddit and Imgur verify child users' ages — The watchdog said it is probing how ByteDance's short-form video-sharing platform TikTok uses 13-17-year-olds' personal information to suggest content in their feed.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

Google demos new Gemini features, such as video search and Screenshare, which lets users ask questions based on their phone's screen, coming later in March 2025 — Google is adding new features to its AI assistant, Gemini, that let users ask it questions using video and content on the screen in real time.

More: The Keyword, Gizmodo, Android Police, Engadget, Android Central, 9to5Google, Android Headlines, WinBuzzer, and Search Engine Roundtable

Reuters:

Sources: Nvidia and Broadcom are running 18A manufacturing tests with Intel, and AMD is also evaluating whether Intel's 18A process is suitable for its needs — Chip designers Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) are running manufacturing tests with Intel (INTC.O), two sources familiar …

More: Tom's Hardware, CTech, Capital Brief, Yahoo Finance, Quartz, PC Gamer, ZeroHedge News, Proactive, Wall Street Pit, Barron's Online, TipRanks Financial, Benzinga, and Sharecast

X: @jukanlosreve and @firstadopter

Forums: r/nvidia, r/wallstreetbets, r/hardware, r/intel, r/intelstock, and Slashdot

Wall Street Journal:

Chinese traders are selling servers with Nvidia chips, like Blackwell and H200, via third parties in Vietnam, Taiwan, and others; some promise six-week delivery — Traders offer servers containing the company's Blackwell chips by routing them through third parties in nearby regions

More: TechCrunch, The Information, TipRanks Financial, Nikkei Asia, Barron's Online, The Straits Times, Benzinga, and Dow Jones Newswires

Owen Walker / Financial Times:

Singapore charges three men in a case suspected to involve Nvidia chip sales that breach US export controls, after a tip-off the chips were exported to Malaysia

More: Bloomberg, ZeroHedge News, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Seeking Alpha, Malay Mail, and Android Headlines

Mariella Moon / Engadget:

MWC 2025: Lenovo unveils new laptops, including the $1,799+ Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition, with generative AI features, next-gen ThinkPads, and proof of concepts — They will soon be available in North America. — Lenovo has announced new laptops with generative AI features …

More: Lenovo StoryHub, PCWorld, The Verge, HotHardware, Liliputing, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, The Shortcut, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, and Laptop Mag

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:

Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a new voice-activated AI assistant for doctors, combining Dragon Medical One and ambient listening service DAX Copilot — Microsoft is giving its health-care artificial intelligence tools a makeover. — The company on Monday unveiled a new voice-activated AI assistant …

More: Microsoft, Healthcare IT News, and Healthcare Dive

Alexandra Heal / Financial Times:

Builder.ai CEO Sachin Dev Duggal steps down, replaced by Jungle Ventures' Manpreet Ratia; Builder.ai has raised $450M to use AI to develop apps and websites — FT previously reported that Sachin Dev Duggal had been named in criminal probe and faced complaints about company culture

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Tim Cook posts that “this week” there's “something in the AIR”, likely referring to an M4 MacBook Air launch; a new iPad Air is also expected this Spring — In a new post on social media today, Tim Cook says Apple has a new product launch coming this week.

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, Ars Technica, The Verge, Digital Trends, BGR, Pocket-lint, Redmond Pie, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Moneycontrol, Digit, Financial Express, iClarified, Notebookcheck, Wccftech, The Mac Observer, and Cult of Mac

Bluesky: @stevekovach. X: @markgurman. Forums: r/apple

Reuters:

India's IT ministry says AWS plans to invest $8.2B in India's western state of Maharashtra over the next few years, and will deploy its own GPUs in India — Amazon's (AMZN.O) cloud services provider, Amazon Web Services, will invest about $8.2 billion in India's western state of Maharashtra …

More: The Economic Times

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Stability AI partners with Arm to bring Stability's Stable Audio Open, an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects, to Arm-based mobile devices — AI startup Stability AI has teamed up with chipmaker Arm to bring Stability's Stable Audio Open, an AI model …

More: Arm Newsroom and Stability AI. Forums: r/artificial

Antoine Gara / Financial Times:

Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter and ex-Legendary Entertainment owner Thomas Tull launch TWG Global to invest in AI, sources say with nearly $40B in assets — Mark Walter and Thomas Tull want to use artificial intelligence to spur innovation in their finance, sport and media holdings

George Hammond / Financial Times:

New York-based corporate payments startup Ramp hit a $13B valuation in a $150M share sale to GIC, Stripes, Thrive, and others, up from $7.65B in April 2024 — US payments start-up completes share sale as business rebounds after period of low customer spending

More: CNBC. X: @eglyman

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