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Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web — A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta's Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk's X on mobile devices.| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Sources: Sequoia is planning a big investment in Anthropic, joining a round led by GIC and Coatue, which are investing $1.5B each; Anthropic aims to raise $25B+ — Silicon Valley investor to write first cheque for AI start-up after recent leadership overhaul
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, The Straits Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and CNBC
Bluesky: @bwnash, @tyleraking.com, @johnholland, and @edzitron.com
| Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
Similarweb: Claude's web audience more than doubled in December 2025 compared with December 2024, as many coders spent their holiday breaks on a “Claude bender” — Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic's Claude Code to the launch of generative AI
More: Anthropic, WebProNews, and Rohan's Bytes
| Dr. Ian Cutress / More Than Moore: |
Q&A with SiFive co-founder Krste Asanović, who was part of the original team that developed RISC-V, on creating a company that builds IP around RISC-V, and more — Update: SiFive just announced today that it has partnered with NVIDIA for NVLink Fusion on RISC-V. It's a big step, and we'll be covering that separately.| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched since 2021 are now inactive, with 7.7M tokens failing in Q4 2025, after Oct. 10 “liquidation cascade” — Over 13.4 million tokens have been erased between mid-2021 and 2025, according to a new analysis by CoinGecko. — What to know:
Forums: Slashdot
| New York Times: |
Inside the 2026 National Retail Federation conference in New York City, where integrating AI into retail businesses was the overarching theme on the expo floor — Stores of all kinds are using artificial intelligence to sell everything from luxury handbags to hay for horses.
More: The Economic Times. LinkedIn: Thomas Ross, Mathias Cohen, and Kim Bhasin. Bluesky: @janerosenzweig
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
RunPod, an AI app hosting service launched four years ago that raised a $20M seed in May 2024, says it has reached a $120M annual revenue run rate — Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep Singh tell TechCrunch.| Financial Times: |
OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: OpenAI expects to make “low billions” from ads in 2026 — $500bn start-up seeks ways to fund expansion and fend off competition from rivals Google and Anthropic
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X: @openai, @luizajarovsky, @autismcapital, @sama, @frantzfries, @tomwarren, @basedtorba, @antoniogm, @fidjissimo, @atabarrok, @anothercohen, @neilcybart, @pmddomingos, @buccocapital, @pitdesi, @meghanbobrowsky, @benjamindekr, @teksedge, @dant3_btc, @alexeheath, @tbpn, @macrocephalopod, @netcapgirl, @sarafischer, @nickfloats, @bindureddy, @brianmcc, @scobleizer, @scaling01, @simonw, @brij, @openai, @rishabhmjain, @tahatesser, @openai, @teksedge, @inafried, and @eric_seufert
LinkedIn: Davender Gupta, Akshay Khandekar, and Varun Nahar
Bluesky: @aleyda, @timfduffy.com, and @mbogen. Threads: @benedictevans. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: r/technews, r/artificial, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Elissa Welle / The Verge: |
More: OpenAI, WebProNews, Digital Trends, Android Central, WinBuzzer, BleepingComputer, Neowin, Cult of Mac, Benzinga, TechCity, TestingCatalog, ZDNET, Gizmodo, CNET, The Mac Observer, Constellation Research, iClarified, Android Authority, The Information, and NBC News
Forums: r/technology, r/singularity, and r/OpenAI
| Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: |
OpenAI's former Head of Policy Research Miles Brundage announces AVERI, a nonprofit aimed at advocating the idea of external audits for frontier AI models — Former OpenAI policy chief Miles Brundage, who has just founded a new nonprofit institute called AVERI that is advocating …
More: AVERI, Miles's Substack, and AVERI
X: @typewriters, @averiorg, @miles_brundage, @benjaminmmurphy, @sjgadler, @s_oheigeartaigh, @w01fe, and @mikemccormick_
LinkedIn: AVERI and Jeremy Kahn
| Caroline Haskins / Wired: |
The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up — The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Elon Musk seeks $79B-$134B damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging OpenAI defrauded him by abandoning nonprofit roots and partnering with Microsoft — Elon Musk wants OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft to pay him damages in the range of $79 billion to $134 billion over his claims …
More: CNBC, Engadget, Benzinga, Daily Sabah, Motley Fool, PCMag, Tech in Asia, Digit, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Newsweek, Reuters, Business Insider, Forbes Middle East, ZeroHedge News, WebProNews, The American Bazaar, The Decoder, The Hans India, Nairametrics, Moneycontrol, and Livemint
X: @elonmusk, @sama, @sama, @sawyermerritt, @elonmusk, @sama, @elonmusk, @wholemars, @gdb, @andrewcurran_, and @zephyr_z9
Bluesky: @andax.tech, @ukbastard, and @lorak
| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary about Google DeepMind and its CEO Demis Hassabis, garnering 285M+ views on YouTube since November 2025 — A documentary about Google DeepMind has become wildly popular. Before he turned his attention to AI, the film's director learned everything from the NFL.| Axios: |
David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China — But the accusations are flying fast. — “The AI Overwatch Act (H.R. 6875) may sound like a good idea, but when you examine it closely …
More: Model Republic. X: @lauraloomer, @davidsacks, @parscale, @wallstreetmav, @chrisrmcguire, @gentrywgevers, @repbrianmast, @joeymannarino, @repbrianmast, @eyakoby, @fightwithmemes, @repbrianmast, @kaay_lo, @profstonge, @themidasproj, @defiantls, @miles_brundage, @alifarhat79, @repbrianmast, @repbrianmast, @michaelsobolik, @senatorbanks, @michaelsobolik, @eyakoby, @ryanafournier, and @chinaselect
| Marc Jones / Reuters: |
Atlantic Council: China-led cross-border digital currency platform mBridge, still a prototype, has processed 4,000+ cross-border transactions totaling $55.5B — Transactions on a new China-led digital currency platform have surged to over $55 billion, a new report shows …
Source: Atlantic Council. More: Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, The Block, China Money Network, and PYMNTS.com. Forums: r/news
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