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| Craig S. Smith / Forbes: |
A look at Manus, which its Chinese creators claim is the world's first fully autonomous AI agent, as some say it might be China's second DeepSeek moment — One recent evening in Shenzhen, a group of software engineers gathered in a dimly lit co-working space, furiously typing as they monitored the performance of a new AI system.
More: Manus, The Economic Times, The Crypto Times, ecns, Luiza's Newsletter, Business Today, Digit, SiliconANGLE, Interesting Engineering, WinBuzzer, Trak.in, South China Morning Post, Marginal Revolution, Marginal Revolution, Bloomberg, DigiTimes, The Kansas City Defender, and The Indian Express
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LinkedIn: James V Baber, Kris Constable, Tzachi Zornstain, Subas Chandra Khanal Cissp, Abdullah Hassan, Mark Channon, Mohamed Diab, and Donald Farmer
Forums: r/China_irl and r/singularity
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Some early Manus users say the agentic AI is no panacea, with long waits, errors, unsatisfying answers, and endless loops often plaguing the experience — Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert.
More: Axios, The Register, Maginative, The Decoder, and Tech in Asia
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Tarlogic researchers find an undocumented “backdoor” in Chinese manufacturer Espressif's ESP32 microchip used in 1B+ devices for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity — The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains …
More: BleepingComputer, Dark Mentor LLC, Tarlogic Security, CHERIoT Platform, BetaNews, eeNews Europe, CNX Software, Security Affairs, and TechSpot
Bluesky: @xenokovah, @matthewdgreen, @newsnut, @msmagicdishes, @elucidating, @dragostech, @bitterseeds, @pamacious, @shuntingyard, @ud3x, @rmarshall, and @kevincollier
Mastodon: @lauren@mastodon …, @jpmens@mastodon.social, @haitchfive@oldbytes.space, @hacks4pancakes@infosec …, and @trevorflowers@machines.social. X: @herrmann1001. LinkedIn: Pascal Ackerman
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple planned to announce a smart home hub in March 2025 but postponed the launch since the device relies on the delayed Siri capabilities — Also: The company continues to explore different glasses ideas, and the latest iOS beta software adds a Vision Pro app and new AI capabilities.
More: The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Business Standard, PhoneArena, Simon Willison's Weblog, Neowin, BitcoinWorld, HEY, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, UploadVR, Laptop Mag, Thurrott, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, Digit, Benzinga, Nikkei Asia, Engadget, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, and CNET
Bluesky: @johnrevay, @simonwillison.net, @heridesbikes.com, and @markgurman. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf says current AI development paradigms won't yield outside-the-box problem solving that leads to true scientific breakthroughs — AI company founders have a reputation for making bold claims about the technology's potential to reshape fields, particularly the sciences.
Bluesky: @martinsfp and @prietschka
X: @thom_wolf, @thom_wolf, @littmath, and @thom_wolf
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Sun Yu / Financial Times: |
Asset managers and investors say wealthy Chinese investors are using SPVs to quietly funnel tens of millions of dollars into Musk's xAI, Neuralink, and SpaceX — Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul's ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX
Bluesky: @kolchak, @jsphctrl.ft.com, @joniaskola, and @shashj
Forums: r/RealTesla, r/technology, r/Economics, and r/politics
| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching a book alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CCP in a bid to enter China in the 2010s — Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions …
More: Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Twitchy, Engadget, Seeking Alpha, Newsmax, Newsmax, Benzinga, and Semafor
Bluesky: @steviegrrrl, @paleofuture, @willoremus.com, @herbscribner, @gateklons, @derickson, @noahbarkin, @kostyack, and @drewharwell.com
Threads: @tessakathleen, @sarahfeinberg, @sarahfeinberg, @debfrost, and @documentingmeta
X: @francisbrennan, @francisbrennan, @andymstone, @jonfavs, @francisbrennan, @mrddmia, and @andymstone. LinkedIn: Michael Posner
Forums: r/politics and r/ADVChina
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: workflow automation company ServiceNow nears an agreement to buy enterprise AI assistant company Moveworks in a deal that could value Moveworks at ~$3B — - Transaction could value Moveworks at close to $3 billion — ServiceNow has been pushing into generative AI products| Reuters: |
President Trump says “we're dealing with four different groups” for the sale of TikTok; Trump signed an EO on January 20 to delay the TikTok ban by 75 days — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale … | Bloomberg: |
A look at China's heavy-handed and sometimes intrusive approach to crack down on telecom and online scams, including intercepting calls and messages — Police are intercepting calls and showing up at people's homes, rattling some citizens and raising questions about privacy.| Richard MacManus / Cybercultural: |
A look back at GeoCities, launched in 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet, which allowed people who had no technical knowledge of HTML to build web pages — GeoCities, known throughout most of 1995 as Beverly Hills Internet, was one of the first commercial internet services to make it easy …
More: Cautious Optimism. Bluesky: @kellblog and @bobva
Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social, @stefan@stefanbohacek.online, and @jake4480@c.im. Forums: Hacker News
| ProPublica: |
How neo-Nazi influencers on Telegram formed the Terrorgram Collective and a network of chats and channels, targeted a teen in Slovakia, and groomed him to kill — The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter.
More: prima donna …. Bluesky: @simple-truth. Mastodon: @vruz@mstdn.social and @ProPublica@newsie.social
Forums: r/indepthstories and r/longform
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