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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings — European Union regulators said the app's infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
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Bluesky: @joniaskola, @kilianvalkhof.com, @seldo.com, @alexvonwitzleben, @justinhendrix, @stevepeers, @davidcarretta, and @hennavirkkunen
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay within the coming months; it won't let users replace CarPlay's Siri button — Apple Inc. is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence apps from other companies in CarPlay …
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| Molly Taft / Wired: |
New York lawmakers propose a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on data center development, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce such legislation — Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.
More: Democrat And Chronicle, Spectrum News 1 Central NY, NYSenate.gov, WCDC-TV, MLive.com, Politico, and Bisnow
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Forums: r/newyorkcity and r/nyc
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Waymo says it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios — Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo said it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 AI model to create realistic, digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios.
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| Nitin T Bhat / Heroku: |
Heroku says it is transitioning to a “sustaining engineering model”, as it focuses on “helping organizations build and deploy enterprise-grade AI” — Today, Heroku is transitioning to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support.
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, SiliconANGLE, and Salesforce Ben
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Palmer Luckey's Erebor becomes the first newly created bank to receive a national charter under the second Trump administration, launching with $635M in capital — Erebor founder Palmer Luckey was one of the tech industry's early Trump supporters and is known for his penchant for Hawaiian shirts
More: The Information and Reuters
| Doug O'Laughlin / SemiAnalysis: |
Analysis: Claude Code currently authors 4% of all public GitHub commits and is on track to cross 20% of all daily commits by the end of 2026 — What It Is, How We Use It, Industry Repercussions, Microsoft's Dilemma, Why Anthropic Is Winning — Doug O'Laughlin, Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Jordan Nanos, and 2 others
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| Emily Herbert / Financial Times: |
US tech stocks and bitcoin rally after three days of selling; Nasdaq Composite closed up 2.18%, Broadcom 7.22%, Strategy 26.11%, and bitcoin rebounded to ~$70K — Nasdaq climbs after sell-off fuelled by worries over vast AI spending — US technology stocks and bitcoin rallied strongly … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Crypto.com co-founder Kris Marszalek buys the domain AI.com for $70M, the highest disclosed price for a domain name, as he plans a site offering an AI agent — Kris Marszalek plans to launch new site with a Super Bowl ad this weekend — The founder of cryptocurrency trading site Crypto.com …
More: ai.com, Engadget, Gizmodo, TestingCatalog, PYMNTS.com, and Crypto Briefing
| Wall Street Journal: |
A civil subpoena shows the US DOJ is investigating Netflix for potential anticompetitive tactics as DOJ probes the company's proposed acquisition of WBD — As it probes bids for Warner, the department is asking if the streamer has engaged in conduct that could make it a monopoly
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Forums: r/boxoffice and r/MediaMergers
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Trump Mobile execs showcase the T1 Phone's new design and specs, and say the phones go through “final assembly” in Miami and full assembly in the US is a “goal” — I spoke to two Trump Mobile executives for an exclusive first look at what they say is the T1 Phone.| Jon Keegan / Sherwood News: |
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft reported a collective $1.1T backlog of cloud computing revenue in their latest quarterly earnings, including Microsoft's $625B — APPLE OF ANOTHER'S AI — 2H| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Goldman Sachs says it has been working with Anthropic on AI agents to automate more roles at the bank, like trades, transactions, client vetting, and onboarding — Goldman Sachs has been working with the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic to create AI agents to automate a growing number …
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Forums: r/technology, r/FinancialCareers, r/StockMarket, and r/singularity
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Spotify rolls out About the Song, swipeable stories in English, summarized from third-party sources to highlight song details, in beta for Premium users — Spotify is rolling out a new “About the Song” feature that lets users explore the stories behind the music they're listening to, the company announced on Friday.
More: Spotify, CNET, MakeUseOf, 9to5Mac, Neowin, The Mac Observer, Android Central, Hypebot, Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget, and Android Authority. LinkedIn: Yves Raimond
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia stock closes up 7.92% after Jensen Huang said the tech industry's surging capex for AI infrastructure is justified, appropriate, and sustainable — The tech industry's surging capital expenditures for AI infrastructure are justified, appropriate and sustainable, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday on CNBC's “Halftime Report.”
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/StockMarket, r/NvidiaStock, and r/NVDA_Stock
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE that accommodates local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions — The Scoop — Step Back — Reed's View — Know More — Notable — THE SCOOP — OpenAI is working with Abu Dhabi-based G42 … | Reuters: |
Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is raising a $350M+ Series E led by Vista Equity Partners; Intel plans to invest $100M to $150M — Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is leading a new funding round of over $350 million in artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems …
More: SiliconANGLE and The Asia Business Daily
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