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A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones — Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 “Air” will foreshadow a move to slimmer models without charging ports.
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Engadget, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Moneycontrol, Tom's Guide, Forbes, Digital Trends, Laptop Mag, Gizchina.com, The Apple Post, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechEBlog, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, and Cult of Mac
X: @maxwinebach, @newsynick, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similarly to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5, both free — The Ernie X1 model by China's internet search leader works similarly to DeepSeek R1 — which shocked Silicon Valley …
More: TechCrunch, Baidu, Inc., Reuters, Gizchina.com, Analytics India Magazine, South China Morning Post, The Decoder, Daily Sabah, Agence France-Presse, and BusinessLIVE
Bluesky: @lemmk. X: @baidu_inc, @baidu_inc, @zephyr_z9, @ananayarora, @minchoi, @xh_lee23, @zjasper666, @stevehou0, @gavriel_cohen, @doodlestein, @bgurley, @kimmonismus, @scobleizer, @baidu_inc, @baidu_inc, @business, @scobleizer, and @baidu_inc
| Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg: |
The hype around AI agent Manus doesn't represent a second DeepSeek moment, but reveals that Chinese startups can compete with US companies building AI products — The viral AI agent from a Chinese startup isn't about research breakthroughs, it's about creating competitive consumer products.
More: Hyperdimensional, The Economist, The Economist, Unite.AI, Rest of World, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @hern. Threads: @carnage4life. X: @deryatr_, @burkov, @dorialexander, @deryatr_, and @business. LinkedIn: Wendy Cutler
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the growing battle over how to define a podcast, as YouTube pushes deeper into podcasting and Spotify pursues video — As YouTube pushes deeper into podcasting and Spotify pursues video, once-distinct business lines are getting increasingly blurry — Hello, hello. Welcome back to Soundbite.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky proposes letting users indicate if their data can be used for AI training, web archiving, and more; critics see it as a reversal of its prior statements — Social network Bluesky recently published a proposal on GitHub outlining new options it could give users to indicate whether …
More: bluesky-social on GitHub and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @jay.bsky.team, @sketchette, @ricopinazo, @molly.wiki, @jay.bsky.team, @zeu.dev, @tiiaaurora, @andytseng, @keyboardturner, @staticmade.com, @draikin, @ajdecon.org, @mmasnick, @championoftheworld, @thatbeardoadam, @foxyoreos, @foxyoreos, @foxyoreos, and @brunogrillo.dev. Mastodon: @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io. Threads: @tb_99999
| Financial Times: |
Current and former Meta employees describe GOP lobbyist Joel Kaplan's rise since joining Meta in 2011 to become Mark Zuckerberg's most trusted political fixer — Meta's newly promoted head of global affairs has masterminded social media giant's pivot towards Donald Trump| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google and other companies are considering bringing back in-person job interviews, as some startups sell AI tools that let engineers cheat in virtual interviews — After landing internship offers from Amazon, Meta and TikTok, computer science student Chungin “Roy” Lee has decided to move to San Francisco.
More: Gizmodo and Ubergizmo
Bluesky: @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com. X: @im_roy_lee, @gergelyorosz, @sal19, @headinthebox, @frank_drebin, and @im_roy_lee
LinkedIn: Kevin Newell, Glen Cathey, and Avi Trachtman
| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Ofcom will enforce rules under the UK's Online Safety Act, designed to protect internet users from illegal content and harmful activity online, from March 17 — Regulator Ofcom will begin assessing tech groups' compliance with new obligations under Online Safety Act
More: Courthouse News Service and The Guardian
X: @hp4saferscreens and @openrightsgroup
Forums: r/ukpolitics and r/unitedkingdom
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Garry Tan says ~80% of YC's W25 batch is AI focused, and the cohort is growing significantly faster than past ones, with actual revenue, thanks to “vibe coding” — Silicon Valley's earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence.
More: TechCrunch. Bluesky: @calbucci. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @tmrohan, @esotericcofe, @lizwessel, @nick_davidov, @johncoogan, @ashrust, and @garrytan. LinkedIn: Priyankka Mani. Forums: r/artificial
| Financial Times: |
Spotify slashed nearly €500M in marketing, R&D spending, and general administrative expenses in 2024, which helped the company swing to a net income of €1.1B — The Swedish music streaming service's size now gives it a durable advantage over rivals — Spotify has found its groove.| Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: |
Companies like Etsy and eBay are emulating tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest, like algorithm-based personalization, to claw back relevancy — Companies are starting to emulate some of the tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest to help boost sales
Bluesky: @theopriestley.com and @dannygroner
| Molly White / Citation Needed: |
The real threat of AI models training on open-access material is that they may bleed free repositories dry by draining resources and not providing attribution — Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.
More: Pixel Envy. Bluesky: @macwright.com. Mastodon: @koen_hufkens@mastodon.social, @bkeegan@hci.social, @sboots@mastodon.sboots.ca, @mjt@mastodon.online, @lowficarrots@tenforward …, @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, and @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io. Threads: @parkert. Forums: Hacker News
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