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TikTok users in the US were presented with a new privacy policy; the changes were part of the app's ownership transition and now allow precise location tracking — According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location …
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| Dan Whateley / Business Insider: |
Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as “great news”, and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses — - TikTok has finalized a deal to keep its business operating in the US. — The deal, a US joint venture …
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| Melos Ambaye / Bloomberg: |
Elliptic: ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 surpassed $100B in transactions in under a year, but demand cooled and daily volume fell from a peak of $1.5B+ to ~$500M — The ruble-backed stablecoin created to circumvent sanctions on Russia has surpassed $100 billion in transactions in less …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Photos' latest generative AI-powered feature, “Me Meme”, lets users create memes from their own images, launching first in the US — Google Photos will now let you make memes with your own images. On Thursday, Google introduced a new generative AI-powered feature called … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Counterpoint: India smartphone shipments were flat YoY at ~153M; Apple shipped 14M iPhones, raising its share of shipments to a record 9%, up from 7% in 2024 — Apple's iPhone is gaining ground fast in India, shipping about 14 million units in 2025, based on market data shared exclusively with TechCrunch.| Wall Street Journal: |
Intel's stock, riding high for months after the US government took a 10% stake, crashed 17% on Jan. 23, after the company flagged continued operational issues — After months of riding positive vibes, the troubled chip maker reminded investors why it needed a rescue in the first place
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| Benjamin Wallace / New York Times: |
A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's rise; reports say Polymarket had 491K monthly active traders in December 2025, and <0.04% of addresses took 70% of profits — Two months after quitting his job as a corporate C.P.A. to trade full time in prediction markets, Joel Holsinger, 26, was well along the road to making his first $100,000.
More: Wall Street Journal, Axios, Event Horizon, Globe and Mail, and CoinGape. Forums: r/slatestarcodex
| Miranda Nazzaro / FedScoop: |
OpenAI and longtime US government contractor Leidos announce a partnership to roll out generative and agentic AI tools for specific missions at federal agencies — While AI is increasingly used in agencies already, company leaders say the collaboration will help tailor the technology to specific missions.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the Trump administration dismissed two Commerce Department officials, who focused on Chinese tech threats, raising concerns about a softening stance — Departing staffers worked for a Commerce Department office charged with protecting the U.S. from Chinese technological advances| The Information: |
Google acquires Common Sense Machines, whose AI models create 3D assets from 2D images, and was last valued at $15M after raising $10M from a16z and others — Google has acquired Common Sense Machines, a Cambridge, Mass.,-based startup developing generative artificial intelligence models …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Grab's planned acquisition of GoTo has hit a snag over Indonesian carrier Telkomsel's unwillingness to sell its ~2% stake in GoTo at current valuations — Grab Holdings Ltd.'s planned multibillion-dollar acquisition of GoTo Group has hit a stumbling block.
More: Tech in Asia
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta says it is temporarily pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a new version of AI characters — Meta today said that it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps. The company mentioned that it is not abandoning …
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Court filing: SEC drops a case against Gemini Trust, founded by the Winklevoss twins, major Trump donors; the case stemmed from Gemini Earn's implosion — The agency says that victims of an investment offering involving Gemini Trust got their money back, though after a regulatory action brought by the New York attorney general.
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Source: Greenoaks, one of Brex's top investors, will return twice its investment after Capital One's Brex acquisition for $5.15B in a half-cash, half-stock deal — Brex's $5.15 billion agreement to sell to Capital One isn't the kind of exit employees or investors would have dreamed of four years ago … | Wall Street Journal: |
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Source: Databricks obtained $1.8B in fresh debt and now has over $7B in debt ahead of a potential IPO; it raised $4B+ in December at a $134B valuation — Data analytics software company Databricks has landed $1.8 billion in fresh debt, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC.
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