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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's chip chief Johny Srouji told Tim Cook that he is seriously considering leaving soon; some execs floated elevating him to the CTO role — Apple Inc., long the model of stability in Silicon Valley, is suddenly undergoing its biggest personnel shake-up in decades …
More: CTech, The Information, Appleosophy, Implicator.ai, The American Bazaar, Forbes, 9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, iClarified, WinBuzzer, Gizmodo, Engadget, BGR, and COINOTAG
X: @parkerortolani, @bengeskin, @sawyermerritt, @markgurman, @cartidise, @markgurman, @markgurman, @mweinbach, @wholemars, and @markgurman. Bluesky: @carnage4life
Forums: r/hardware and r/apple
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
ChatGPT head says screenshots of ChatGPT ads are “either not real or not ads”; OpenAI's research chief says “anything that feels like an ad” is now turned off — Paid ChatGPT users recently reported seeing a prompt labeled “Shop for home and groceries.
More: Business Insider and The Information
X: @nickaturley, @hobo_web, @omooretweets, @benjamindekr, and @trishlaostwal. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| John Pavlus / Fast Company: |
A profile of Byron Cook, a VP at Amazon who is leading the company's effort to reduce AI hallucinations with a feature called Automated Reasoning Checks — Byron Cook, a VP and distinguished scientist at Amazon, is helping the company use an obscure type of AI to minimize artificial intelligence's worst side effect.| SemiAnalysis: |
A technical deep dive into Amazon's Trainium3 accelerator, including its server SKUs' specifications, silicon design, power budget, and bill of materials — Step-Function Software & System Improvements, “Amazon Basics” GB200 NVL36x2, NL72x2/NL32x2 Scale Up Rack Architecture, Optimized Perf per TCO, Trainium4| Kat Tenbarge / Wired: |
Some Reddit moderators say a surge of AI slop on the site is eroding its authenticity and could lead to a feedback loop of AI models training on AI content — Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
More: Business Insider. Bluesky: @glenngabe, @drsmith, @informor, @jtlg, and @rodneyabrooks
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @gedankenstuecke@scholar …, @mike@sauropods.win, and @codinghorror@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/Foodforthought, r/technology, and r/thescoop
| Monique Mulima / Bloomberg: |
Digital asset treasuries, one of the hottest trends in public markets in H1 2025, saw a dramatic reversal in H2; SharpLink stock has fallen 86% from its peak — What began the year as one of the best trades in the stock market has, in a matter of months, turned into one of the worst.
More: Benzinga and Inside Bitcoins
| Sam Kriss / New York Times: |
A look at various quirks in AI-generated prose, mainly influenced by “overfitting” in AI models, as humans increasingly mimic AI language in writing and speech — If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice.
More: Read Max and The Algorithmic Bridge
X: @joemckendrick, @matthewkassel, @natesilver538, @esotericcd, @mattzeitlin, @willystaley, and @johnpmerrick
Bluesky: @asherelbein, @paulwaldman, @nsousanis, @rnrkd, @metacurity.com, and @eliasisquith.blog. Forums: r/Longreads
| Tyler Kingkade / NBC News: |
Parents are pressuring LA Unified, the second-largest US school district, to reduce mandatory student screen time on school-issued iPads and Chromebooks — A growing contingent of public school parents say school-mandated iPads, particularly in elementary and middle schools, are leading to behavior problems.
More: masslive.com and HotAir
Bluesky: @professler, @aaronguhreen, @capecodcritter, @rwidome, @tktk, and @bengoggin
Forums: r/k12sysadmin, r/apple, r/LosAngeles, and Slashdot
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A look at Phreeli, a privacy-focused phone carrier that lets users sign up with only a ZIP code and uses an encryption system based on “zero-knowledge proofs” — Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order.
More: TechRadar. X: @privacy_guides, @j84woodard, and @privacy_guides
Bluesky: @angrydonkeynews, @evacide, and @agreenberg
| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026 — Deal will transform US tech company into the dominant player in Hollywood — Netflix has agreed an $83bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery …
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X: @jasonkilar, @superwuster, @jailedamanda, @sagaftra, @jason, @superwuster, @therochasays, @jailedamanda, @mbrandolph, @mbrandolph, @edmundlee, @edmundlee, @daveleedwnundr, @stocksavvyshay, @gerberkawasaki, @pronkdaniel, @joecarlsonshow, @buccocapital, @rogermarshallmd, @matthewberman, @magicjohnson, @senmikelee, @douglaslfarrar, @brianstelter, @rokhanna, @synthpotato, @criminalplaza, @lauraloomer, @jacobfeldman4, @matthewstoller, @scottgustin, @sherman4949, @lucas_shaw, @sonnybunch, @joecarlsonshow, @mattgaetz, @grahamformaine, @senwarren, @danprimack, @mikeisaac, @danprimack, @laurenshirsch, @bedoyausa, @laurenshirsch, @modestproposal1, @joemillerjr, @gentledoofus, @ashleevance, @lucas_shaw, @ziggys_duck, @mikeisaac, @lizrhoffman, @pkafka, @mikeisaac, @sherman4949, @austincarr, @tomwarren, and @brianstelter
LinkedIn: John Gallaugher, Tim O'Hair, Jonah Zalken, Harshita Varghese, David Callahan, Emil Protalinski, Xavier Collins, and Chris Heatherly
Bluesky: @theonion.com, @davechen, @carnage4life, @robertscotthorton, @richterscale, @jonathancohn, @droog811, @leafwarbler, @ernie.tedium.co, @jeffjarvis, and @moleyg
Threads: @tomgara, @davechensky, and @chriswelch
Forums: r/legal, r/Roadkillshow, r/SmilingFriends, r/HHN, r/netflix, r/pcgaming, r/cravetv, r/heatedrivalry, r/MauLer, r/paulthomasanderson, r/universalstudios, r/fionnaandcake, r/MediaMergers, r/IATSE, r/babylon5, r/TurnerClassicMovies, r/iTunesDeals, r/iTunesMovieDeals, r/midcarder, r/television, r/DCU_, r/gaming, r/technology, r/Bluray, r/boxoffice, r/movies, r/HBOMAX, r/TheBigPicture, r/hbo, r/StockMarket, r/HarryPotteronHBO, r/cordcutters, r/wbdstock, r/battlebots, r/DCcomics, r/youngjustice, r/pilottvpodcast, r/canadacordcutters, r/TubiTV, and r/HBOMAX
| Liv McMahon / BBC: |
Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine — The EU has fined Elon Musk's social media platform X €120m (£105m) over its blue tick badges - prompting an angry reaction from the US.
More: The Economic Times, Australian Financial Review, New York Times, twitchy.com, Agence France-Presse, New York Sun, Breitbart, Phandroid, IJR, The Daily Caller, GB News, The Post Millennial, Fox Business, The Record, NewsMax.com, Ars Technica, Benzinga, Deseret News, Associated Press, RedState, The National Pulse, Politico, Dexerto, Channel NewsAsia, Channel NewsAsia, TRT World, Mother Jones, Android Headlines, NPR, WinBuzzer, CBS News, DNYUZ, Washington Examiner, The Information, Courthouse News Service, The Gateway Pundit, Cord Cutters News, Euractiv, Daily Sabah, The Independent, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Euro Weekly News, TheJournal.ie, Business Insider, Bloomberg, and Financial Times
X: @jdvance, @secrubio, @brendancarrfcc, @repluna, @senrickscott, @elonmusk, @undersecpd, @tedcruz, @afergusonftc, @howardlutnick, @barryandrewsmep, and @esjesjesj. Bluesky: @paddyopatrick
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @EugeneMcParland@mastodon.ie
Forums: r/inthenews, r/goodnews, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: |
Leaked memos: Meta is delaying the release of its MR glasses codenamed “Phoenix” from H2 2026 to H1 2027 for “more breathing room to get the details right” — - Meta delays the release of its “Phoenix” mixed reality glasses to 2027, aiming to “get the details right.”
More: The Information, TechCrunch, Engadget, Tech in Asia, UploadVR, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Short seller Grizzly shorts London-listed Trustpilot, alleging the review site pressures businesses to pay for subscriptions; Trustpilot refutes the claims — Shares in Trustpilot Group Plc had their steepest ever one-day drop after Grizzly Research said it holds a short position and published …
More: Grizzly Research, The Guardian, The Times, City A.M., Reuters, Reuters, Telegraph, and The Times
| Abram Brown / The Information: |
Source: Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell — Microsoft is in talks to design future custom chips with Broadcom, which would involve Microsoft switching its business from Marvell …
| OpenRouter: |
An analysis of 100T+ tokens from the past year shows reasoning models now represent over half of all usage, open-weight model use has grown steadily, and more — An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter — Malika Aubakirova*Alex Atallah†Chris Clark†Justin Summerville†Anjney Midha*
More: Implicator.ai. X: @swyx, @tokenbender, @emollick, @openrouterai, @openrouterai, @openrouterai, @xanderatallah, @emresarbak, @openrouterai, @xlr8harder, @openrouterai, @scaling01, @a16z, and @natolambert. Bluesky: @timfduffy.com
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how its robotaxis operate around school buses following an NHTSA investigation opened in October — Waymo plans to voluntarily issue a software recall with federal safety regulators related to how its robotaxis operate around school buses …
More: NPR, ABC7, Engadget, Bloomberg, Axios, Tech in Asia, Axios, Reuters, Mashable, Quartz, The Verge, and Automotive World
Bluesky: @insanityreport, @markriedl, and @seanokane
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