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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Apple signs a multiyear Google deal to use Gemini models to power a more personalized Siri in 2026, saying Google's tech “provides the most capable foundation” — Apple is joining forces with Google to power its artificial intelligence features for products such as Siri later this year.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Google says Gemini will help power not only a more personalized version of Siri, but also future Apple Intelligence features — Google today announced that its AI platform Gemini will help power not only a more personalized version of Siri, but a range of future Apple Intelligence features.
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Forums: r/Applelntelligence, r/google, and MacRumors Forums
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal “seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google given that [they] also have Android and Chrome” — Elon Musk today expressed concern about Apple and Google partnering on a more personalized version of Siri powered by Google's generative AI platform Gemini.
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| Financial Times: |
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| Webb Wright / ZDNET: |
Anthropic launches Cowork for Claude, built on Claude Code to automate complex tasks with minimal prompting, as a research preview for Claude Max subscribers — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic is launching Cowork for Claude as a research preview. — It's built upon Claude Code and can automate complex tasks.
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| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Hands-on with Claude Cowork: looks well positioned to bring the powerful capabilities of Claude Code to a wider audience, but risks of prompt injections remain — New from Anthropic today is Claude Cowork, a “research preview” that they describe as “Claude Code for the rest of your work”.
More: SiliconANGLE, Gist, Build.ms, and Implicator.ai
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg — Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, is joining Meta full-time as president and vice chairman …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is establishing a new “top-level” initiative called Meta Compute to build “tens of gigawatts” of AI infrastructure during this decade — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday said his company is establishing a new “top-level” …
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| Financial Times: |
Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens X with a ban or a fine — Promise by technology secretary comes after media regulator threatens X AI chatbot with ban or multimillion-pound fine
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| Laura Cress / BBC: |
The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, as Ofcom investigates X — The UK will bring into force a law which will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, following widespread concerns over Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-person Reality Labs division, disproportionately affecting those working on VR headsets and Horizon Worlds — The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta's work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.
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| Laura Mandaro / The Information: |
OpenAI acquires Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app that aggregates and analyzes medical records; source: OpenAI is paying about $100M in equity — OpenAI has agreed to buy Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app, for about $100 million in equity, according to a person with direct knowledge of the acquisition.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Eddy Cue says 2025 was a “record-breaking year” for Apple services: December was a monthly TV engagement record, the App Store has 850M+ weekly users, and more — The Apple services executive released a note saying that Apple TV set new monthly engagement records, while Apple Music has hit subscriber records.
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| Emily Mason / Bloomberg: |
Personal finance app Betterment says an individual accessed certain systems to send fake crypto scam notification and believes the person accessed user info — Personal finance platform Betterment fell victim to an online attack that allowed an unauthorized individual to send some customers a …
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, and Betterment
X: @betterment, @betterment, @evansparks, @doranmaul, @rauchg, and @betterment
| Mike Solana / Pirate Wires: |
A late-2025 amendment to California's wealth tax proposal treats founder control as ownership, a move that could end founder-controlled startups in the state — it's not a tax on “wealth,” the union's ballot prop is designed to target the very concept of founder-controlled companies …
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| New York Times: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia and Eli Lilly say they will invest $1B over five years in a new Silicon Valley-based AI drug lab, aiming to speed up the pharmaceutical industry's AI use — Nvidia Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use … | Reuters: |
SK Hynix will invest ~$12.9B to build an advanced chip packaging plant in South Korea to meet rising memory chip demand, targeting completion by the end of 2027 — South Korea's SK Hynix (000660.KS) said on Tuesday it has decided to invest 19 trillion won ($12.90 billion) …
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| Business Insider: |
Trump says Microsoft will “ensure” Americans don't face higher bills due to data centers' power use and Big Tech must “pay their own way” for their data centers — - President Donald Trump asks tech companies to “pay their own way” for their data centers.| New York Times: |
Sources: the US nears a trade deal with Taiwan that would reduce tariffs on the island's exports and include a commitment from TSMC to build 5+ fabs in Arizona — The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island's chip giant …
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Forums: r/taiwan and r/intelstock
| Reuters: |
Nvidia denies that it asked Chinese customers to pay upfront for H200 chips, saying it “would never require customers to pay for products they do not receive” — Nvidia does not require upfront payment for H200 chips, a spokesperson for the U.S. chipmaker said in a statement to Reuters on Tuesday.| Bloomberg: |
Chinese chipmaker GigaDevice rose 54% in its Hong Kong debut after raising ~$600M in its IPO, and reported H1 2025 profit of ~$84M, up 14% from H2 2024 — GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. shares rose in its Hong Kong debut, underscoring growing investor interest in Chinese stocks related to artificial intelligence.
More: Nikkei Asia, Dow Jones Newswires, Reuters, and South China Morning Post
| Nasteho Said / Bloomberg: |
Meta says it shut down nearly 550K accounts in Australia to comply with its under-16 social media ban, including 330,639 Instagram and 173,497 Facebook accounts — Meta Platforms Inc. said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country's landmark social media ban for children.
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