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Samsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini AI features to ~400M mobile devices so far and aims to hit 800M in 2026; Samsung's stock jumps 5%+ — Samsung Electronics plans to double this year the number of its mobile devices with “Galaxy AI” features largely powered by Google's Gemini … | Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Samsung updates its TVs to add new AI features, including a Sound Controller feature that independently adjusts the volume of dialogue, music, or sound effects — Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its 2026 home theater lineup, aiming to cement its position as the leading TV maker amid intensifying competition …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Samsung adds AI features to its Family Hub refrigerators, such as Bixby voice control to open and close the door and Gemini-powered AI Vision to track inventory — Voice control opening and closing comes to Samsung's Family Hub smart fridges. … Samsung's latest update …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon unveils a Fire TV UI redesign with rounded corners, 20 app slots, and Alexa+ built in, and launches a $899+ Ember Artline TV series with colorful frames — Amazon is rolling out a Fire TV redesign that puts more focus on the content, while also simplifying the navigation and layout.
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| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Amazon launches Alexa+ in early access for all users via a new Alexa.com web interface, after launching on Echo, and lets users upload docs, emails, and images — Anyone can sign up and chat with Amazon's new AI assistant in their browser. … Alexa Plus was already popping up online …
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| Jake Roach / Tom's Hardware: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus chips for PCs, available in 10-core and 6-core variants, manufactured on TSMC's N3P node using Qualcomm's Oryon architecture — A 10-core replacement and a new 6-core variant, both bringing big single-threaded improvements.
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| Katie Collins / CNET: |
Qualcomm unveils the Dragonwing IQ10 Series, a full-stack robotics architecture integrating hardware, software, and AI for industrial and consumer humanoids — A new wave of humanoids are coming. Qualcomm is ready to power them. — It might be a little early to declare 2026 the year … | Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Google plans to add Nano Banana and Veo support into Gemini on Google TV, letting users generate AI videos, modify family photos, and more, first on TCL TVs — You'll also be able to ask for custom ‘deep dives’ on subjects, complete with narration and interactive elements.| Dave Sebastian / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Shanghai-based AI startup MiniMax plans to price its Hong Kong IPO at ~$21, the top of its range, and stop taking orders a day earlier than expected — MiniMax plans to price its Hong Kong initial public offering at the top of the marketed range, people familiar with the matter said …
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| New York Times: |
A Chinese hospital says Alibaba's PANDA AI tool has analyzed 180K+ CT scans to help doctors detect ~24 pancreatic cancer cases since its November 2024 rollout — A tool for spotting pancreatic cancer in routine CT scans has had promising results, one example of how China is racing to apply A.I. to medicine's tough problems.
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| Shakeel Hashim / Transformer: |
Why Claude Code is much more than a coding agent: it is a general-purpose AI agent that can do almost anything on a computer with impressive capabilities — It's a general-purpose AI agent. And it's already a pretty good knowledge worker — Over the holiday break, the news spread like wildfire.
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| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
OpenAI says that 40M+ Americans use ChatGPT daily for health info, per an analysis of anonymized interactions and a survey, seeing it as a health care “ally” — More than 40 million Americans turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, according to a report OpenAI has shared exclusively with Axios| Satya Nadella / sn scratchpad: |
Satya Nadella says the tech industry needs to move past “slop vs sophistication” arguments and view AI as a “cognitive amplifier”, not a human substitute — As I reflect on the past year and look toward the one ahead, there's no question 2026 will be a pivotal year for AI.
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| Reuters: |
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$82.7B, vs. ~$77B est., and record December revenue, up 32% YoY to ~$27.5B, driven by AI, cloud, and networking demand — Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported record fourth-quarter revenue on Monday …
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