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David Pierce / The Verge:
Apple updates the $599+ 11-inch and $799+ 13-inch iPad Air with M3, in four colors, and debuts a $269+ Magic Keyboard with function keys and a larger trackpad  —  Only a year after the last Air, Apple is updating the middle of its tablet lineup once again. … The iPad Air is a tricky tablet.
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple unveils the 11th-generation iPad, adding an A16 Bionic chip and starting at 128GB of storage for the same $349, and offers a 256GB and a new 512GB option  —  Apple today announced the 11th-generation iPad, now featuring the A16 Bionic chip and more storage.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google unveils AI-based Scam Detection in Google Messages in English, Android features like live location sharing in the Find My app, and new Pixel features  —  There are new features for Android and Pixel phones, including live location sharing in the Find My app.
Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Internal email: Amazon has formed a new group focused on agentic AI, led by AWS executive Swami Sivasubramanian, who will report directly to AWS CEO Matt Garman  —  Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has formed a new group focused on agentic artificial intelligence, according to an internal email viewed by Reuters on Tuesday.
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Financial Times:
Sources: Apple filed a complaint to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over the UK's demand for a backdoor to access users' encrypted data, even of non-UK users  —  iPhone maker has filed a complaint to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over demand to access encrypted data
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI unveils NextGenAI, a consortium of research institutions including Harvard, MIT, and Oxford, and commits $50M in compute, API access, and research grants  —  OpenAI on Monday announced a consortium, NextGenAI, focused on supporting AI-assisted research at top universities.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: great at 1440p but barely faster than the 4070 Super, not “4090 performance at $549”, and disproportionately high power usage  —  It's not all bad news, but in a lot of ways this is barely an upgrade.  —  “4090 performance at $549.”
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
Sources: President Trump is cutting ~40% of staff in the US government office responsible for the $52B CHIPS Act, including ~40 who are considered probationary  —  The US government office responsible for a marquee $52 billion chip subsidy program will lose about two-fifths of its staff …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Uber launches Waymo rides in Austin, where Waymo operates within 37 square miles including Hyde Park and Downtown; in August 2024, Waymo had ~700 vehicles total  —  Residents of the Texas capital can now hail a driverless Waymo vehicle — as long as they're within the 37-square-mile service area.
Axios:
At a press conference with Trump, TSMC CEO CC Wei says the company plans to invest $100B+ in US chips over four years, on top of its $65B commitment in Arizona

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Wall Street Journal:
CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King signed a new deal, providing some stability at CBS News; source: King's current contract is worth ~$15M and runs through May

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Trump added between $600K and $1.25M in Netflix bonds to his portfolio in January; he also bought between $600K and $1.25M of SiriusXM bonds

Max Tani / Semafor:
AP Senior Product Manager for AI Aimee Rinehart told staff that many editors preferred an AI-written article to a human one, and resistance to AI is “futile”

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Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says 77%+ of the funds stolen remain traceable, including ~417,348 ETH, and 20% have “gone dark”; the hackers converted 83% of the ETH to BTC

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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
CoreWeave's S-1 shows ~77% of its $1.9B revenue in 2024 came from its top two customers, one of them being Microsoft, which accounted for 62% of total sales
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
A creator sues monetization platform Passes and CEO Lucy Guo for allegedly distributing CSAM; the lawsuit claims Guo intervened to override safety measures
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google updates its iOS Gemini app, adding six circular lockscreen widgets and access in Control Center, including a shortcut to conversational mode Gemini Live
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google updates Google Play on Android to highlight apps with widgets, adding a widget search filter, widget badges on app pages, and a curated editorial page
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
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a voice-activated AI assistant for doctors combining Dragon dictation tool Medical One and ambient listening tool DAX Copilot
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