Techmeme: 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 (Owen Walker/Financial Times)

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At a press conference with Trump, TSMC CEO CC Wei says the company plans to invest $100B+ in the US over four years, in addition to its current $65B investment — - It's also part of the bipartisan U.S. national security push to increase domestic chips production and accelerate the AI economy.

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 expected around this Spring — In a new post on social media today, Tim Cook says Apple has a new product launch coming this week.

More: Appleosophy, The Verge, eWeek, ZDNET, Business Today, Engadget, Gizmodo, PCMag, CNET, Macworld, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, Stuff, MobileSyrup, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Seeking Alpha, Redmond Pie, Mashable, Pocket-lint, Trusted Reviews, iDownloadBlog.com, Forbes, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Neowin, TechRadar, Digital Trends, BGR, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, The Shortcut, The Apple Post, KnowTechie, Financial Express, Digit, Moneycontrol, iClarified, Notebookcheck, Wccftech, and The Mac Observer

Bluesky: @trevor and @stevekovach. Threads: @parkert

X: @tim_cook and @markgurman

Forums: r/macbookair, r/apple, r/macbook, r/mac, and r/technology

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E at a $61.5B post-money valuation led by Lightspeed Venture Partners; it has now raised $18.2B in total funding, per Crunchbase — AI startup Anthropic today announced that it raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

More: Anthropic, CNBC, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, New York Times, Axios, The Decoder, Proactive, Analytics India Magazine, and Yahoo Finance

Bluesky: @mikefulk. Forums: r/ClaudeAI

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 …

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X: @firstadopter and @jukanlosreve

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

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, Business Insider, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Android Police, Trusted Reviews, Android Central, WinBuzzer, BitcoinWorld, Android Headlines, and Search Engine Roundtable

Reuters:

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.

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

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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: Quartz, Bloomberg, FXStreet, Motley Fool, Agence France-Presse, Seeking Alpha, ZeroHedge News, Reuters, Sherwood News, Malay Mail, and Android Headlines

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use, after recent changes with overly broad language about user data sparked user backlash — After fielding user backlash over its new Terms of Use last week, Firefox browser maker Mozilla has rewritten its policy to address issues around the overly broad language it had previously used.

More: Hackread, Computerworld, The Indian Express, and PC Gamer

Forums: r/browsers and r/technology

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce they are working on an “AI Phone” priced at under $1K, first aimed at the European market and slated to launch in 2026 — It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company.

More: Deutsche Telekom, The Verge, How-To Geek, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, and Maginative

Bluesky: @timtrautmann.com and @radiobeartime.com

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, eWeek, The Verge, Liliputing, PCWorld, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, The Verge, The Shortcut, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Verge, and Laptop Mag. Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk

Sahil Patel / The Information:

Sources: YouTube is preparing a Netflix-like redesign of its TV app, with paid content from other streamers like Max and Paramount+ on the homepage — It should have been easy. — YouTube in late 2022 began including in its app video-streaming services operated by other media companies …

More: Android Authority, The Verge, and Tom's Guide. Bluesky: @curiouscitizen

Wes Davis / The Verge:

BYD unveils “Lingyuan”, a vehicle-mounted drone launching system available for all of its vehicles that costs about $2,200, developed in collaboration with DJI — The roof-mounted drone-launching compartment, called ‘Lingyuan,’ is now available for all BYD models.

More: Xinhua, South China Morning Post, DroneDJ, TechEBlog, TechSpot, Business Insider, and CnEVPost

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