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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.
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X: @newsynick, @markgurman, @markgurman, @maxwinebach, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple, r/technology, r/wallstreetbets, and MacRumors Forums
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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 …
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| Rachyl Jones / Semafor: |
CoreWeave's upcoming IPO in a soft IPO market serves as a bellwether for both the tech industry and how the public market perceives AI in the years ahead — The Scene — One cloud computing company is trying to cut through the economic noise to become a herald of the artificial intelligence … | 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: The Economist, Hyperdimensional, The Economist, Unite.AI, Bloomberg, and Rest of World
Bluesky: @hern. Threads: @carnage4life. X: @deryatr_, @dorialexander, @deryatr_, @burkov, and @business. LinkedIn: Wendy Cutler
| 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: The Guardian and Courthouse News Service
X: @hp4saferscreens and @openrightsgroup
Forums: r/ukpolitics and r/unitedkingdom
| 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
| 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, Mashable, and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @jay.bsky.team, @sketchette, @jay.bsky.team, @ricopinazo, @molly.wiki, @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
| 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.| 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.| 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: @headinthebox, @im_roy_lee, @gergelyorosz, @frank_drebin, @sal19, and @im_roy_lee
LinkedIn: Avi Trachtman, Glen Cathey, and Kevin Newell
| 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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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 TrumpSponsor Posts
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