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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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| Reuters: |
The UK ICO says it is probing how TikTok uses 13 to 17-year-olds' personal data for content suggestions, and how Reddit and Imgur verify the ages of child users — 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 Nvidia-equipped servers, including Blackwell, via third parties in countries like Vietnam and Taiwan; 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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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils the $499 Galaxy A56, $399 A36, and $299 A26 smartphones with AI image editing features and 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 …
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| Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: |
The US' plan to cut federal contracts imperils Booz Allen Hamilton, which gets most of its revenue from providing IT and AI services across the government — Memo calls for review of $65 billion in contracts that go to Booz Allen Hamilton and other big firms that do government work
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| Simon Hill / Wired: |
Xiaomi launches the 6.36" Xiaomi 15 and 6.73" Xiaomi 15 Ultra in the EU and the UK, offering 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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| 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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| 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| 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: |
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Forums: r/artificial and r/technology
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
MWC 2025: Lenovo unveils new laptops, including the $1,799+ Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition, with GenAI features, updates its ThinkPad lineup, and demos new concepts — They will soon be available in North America. — Lenovo has announced new laptops with generative AI features …
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| Abram Brown / The Information: |
How Anthropic monitoring its AI models playing Pokémon games is helping the startup's researchers hone their thinking around the development of its agentic tech — Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter: — • The Big Read: Why Runway thinks it can outrun OpenAI and Google
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| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
CrowdStrike: in 2024, 79% of cyber intrusions were malware-free, up from 40% in 2019, voice phishing overtook phishing as the main first access method, and more — A new report out today from CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. highlights how cyberthreats evolved significantly in 2024 …
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