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| Financial Times: |
xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba says he is leaving, the sixth xAI co-founder to depart; sources and social media posts show 6+ researchers left in recent weeks — Jimmy Ba will be the sixth member of the founding team to depart — A sixth co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI is leaving …
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Bluesky: @wilkos and @seanokane
| Alex Heath / Sources: |
Q&A with Fidji Simo on ChatGPT ads, OpenAI's efforts to ship a new model soon to end Sam Altman's Code Red, Anthropic's Super Bowl ads, Sora, Jony Ive, and more — How ads in ChatGPT will work, what will end the Code Red, those Anthropic attack ads, working with Sam Altman, and much more...
More: ACCESS Podcast on YouTube and Inc
| Matt Shumer: |
GPT-5.3-Codex and Claude Opus 4.6 can handle the full app development lifecycle on their own, a sign of what's coming for most knowledge work within five years — Think back to February 2020. — If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas.
X: @benbajarin, @mattwalshblog, @dhaber, @alanlevinovitz, @mattshumer_, @lennysan, @sethhaber, @bbalfour, @mattshumer_, @thegarrettscott, @thecraighewitt, @miles_matthias, @sydneyfreedberg, @brendonburchard, @almostcmb, @bandrew, @mikemccormick_, @ericbahn, @nathanieldwhite, @gradypb, @ai, @anecdotal, @kyleellicott, and @matt_hougan. Mastodon: @assaf@mas.to
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
More: Digital Trends, Neowin, The Verge, and Futurism
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI fired VP Ryan Beiermeister in January for alleged sexual discrimination; she had earlier raised concerns about the upcoming launch of adult mode — The executive, who was accused of sexual discrimination against a male employee, had raised concerns about upcoming launch of erotic content
More: Digit, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Moneycontrol, and NextBigWhat
Forums: r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, r/stupidpol, r/ChatGPT, and r/ChatGPTcomplaints
| New York Times: |
In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network — The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare reports Q4 revenue up 34% YoY to $614.5M, above $591.3M est., and forecasts full-year and Q1 revenue above estimates; NET jumps 14%+ pre-market — Shares of the cloud content delivery network CloudFlare Inc. jumped more than 14% in extended trading on the back of a solid top … | Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance plans to produce at least 100,000 units of its in-house AI inference chip in 2026, and is in talks with Samsung to manufacture it — China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to manufacture it … | Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: |
JPMorgan exec Naveen Mallela, global co-head of blockchain division Kinexys, steps down after 11 years at the bank; Kinexys handled $5B transactions per day — The global co-head of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s blockchain division has left after more than a decade at the bank, as it steps up an expansion in digital-asset payments.
LinkedIn: Naveen Mallela
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
A US judge sentences ex-SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony to 100 months in prison for defrauding investors and orders him to forfeit ~$7.5M and two properties — Quick Take — Braden John Karony was also ordered to forfeit about $7.5 million and two residential properties …
More: US Department of Justice, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, Decrypt, BeInCrypto, and Cointelegraph
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| Hannah Erin Lang / Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.28B, below est., crypto revenue down 38% YoY to $221M, below est., and net income down 34% YoY; HOOD drops 5%+ — The brokerage finished 2025 on a strong note, though its stock is down roughly 24% this year — Robinhood Markets finished 2025 …
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| Lydia DePillis / New York Times: |
Researchers find Kalshi and Polymarket bettors can more accurately predict economic data, earnings, and political events than analysts, likely due to incentives — Economists at top banks and investment firms who command high salaries to divine the direction of the economy expect … | Daniel Tudor / Financial Times: |
A profile of South Korea's SK Hynix, a once unloved memory chipmaker that now enjoys 58% operating margins and a $438B market cap amid the global HBM shortage — Once unloved SK Hynix is enjoying 58% operating margins amid a global shortage of memory chips
More: English News and KED Global
| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
KPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised $4B — Investment in the UK financial technology world plummeted by more than 20% last year to the lowest levels since the start … | Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon, Google, and others plan to skirt Trump's $100K H-1B fee by finding workers in categories that don't include the fee, like existing H-1B holders — Some giant firms are discussing ways to avoid paying, while smaller ones have fewer options — WASHINGTON—The world's biggest …
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| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
SMIC CEO Zhao Haijun says the industry is “a bit panicked” about memory shortages, and new supply may arrive in nine months; memory prices are up 80%+ in 2026 — More supply could come to market in nine months, executive says — The chief executive of China's largest contract chip maker …
More: Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, and South China Morning Post
| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese video game giant NetEase reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to ~$4B and net profit down 29% to ~$903M, below ~$1.2B est., as it pushes self-developed games — Higher operating expenses and investment losses also weighed on the game maker's bottom line — Chinese videogame giant NetEase …
More: GamesIndustry.biz and Bloomberg
| Bloomberg: |
Ant, which elevated its health unit to the same level as Alipay and its lending businesses, is betting on AI-powered healthcare to fuel its next phase of growth — Roughly five years ago, Ant Group Co. reined in its ambitions after a derailed initial public offering.
More: Tech in Asia
| RT Watson / The Block: |
LayerZero Labs unveils a new Layer 1 blockchain called Zero, in collaboration with Citadel Securities, DTCC, Google Cloud, and Intercontinental Exchange — Quick Take — LayerZero is launching its own Layer 1 blockchain called Zero. — Citadel Securities and Ark Invest have bought LayerZero's native ZRO token.| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
A study of 596 Indian high-tech startups suggests that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run than returning diaspora with overseas experience — India's fiercely competitive startup field has provided evidence to suggest that homegrown entrepreneurs fare better over the long run …
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| Max Buondonno / The Shortcut: |
Samsung announces a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25 at 10am PT in San Francisco, where it is expected to introduce the Galaxy S26 series — - 📆 February 25 is when Samsung will announce its Galaxy S26 phones — 🎪 Media circus: the next Galaxy Unpacked event will occur in San Francisco
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X: @samsungmobile, @thegalox_, @cartidise, and @anxiousholly
| Gideon Lewis-Kraus / New Yorker: |
A profile of Anthropic and its key executives like Chris Olah, and a look at Project Vend, an internal “Claudius” experiment to run the office vending machine — Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system's mind—examining its neurons …
More: Financial Times. X: @bigmeaninternet, @krishnanrohit, @ilex_ulmus, @shakeelhashim, @edzitron, @albrgr, @newyorker, @rachaelrad, @tightspreadz, and @newyorker
LinkedIn: John Renaldi, Danielle Ghiglieri, and Alessandro Niccolò Tirapani. Bluesky: @frankpasquale
Forums: r/Longreads and r/TrueReddit
| Reuters: |
South Korea's Science Ministry blames Coupang's massive 2025 data leak on management failures and accuses it of defying a government order to preserve data logs — South Korean officials blamed a massive data leak last year at Coupang on management failure, rather than a sophisticated cyberattack …
More: Bloomberg, Telecompaper, and Korea Joongang Daily
| Bloomberg: |
Alphabet raised almost $32B in debt in less than 24 hours, selling sterling- and Swiss franc-denominated offerings, following February 9's $20B dollar debt sale — Alphabet Inc. raised almost $32 billion in debt in less than 24 hours, showing the enormous funding needs of tech giants competing … | Financial Times: |
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch says the startup's annualized revenue run rate was “north of $400M”, up from $20M a year ago, and it is set to hit $1B ARR by 2026-end — French start-up is riding a growing wave of demand from European businesses for alternatives to US tech| The Verge: |
Discord says that the “vast majority of people can continue using Discord exactly as they do today” without needing to use a face scan or ID to verify their age — Either because they aren't accessing age-restricted experiences, or if its AI predicts they're old enough.
More: Discord, Windows Central, 9to5Mac, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Kotaku, The Indian Express, Techdirt, Decrypt, Google Help Center, AppleInsider, ZDNET, The Shortcut, Phandroid, and Help Net Security
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| Tarun Pathak / Counterpoint Research: |
The active smartphone installed base grew 2% YoY globally in 2025; eight OEMs had 200M+ active devices each, and nearly 25% of active smartphones was an iPhone — Tarun is a Research Director with Counterpoint Research, based out of Gurgaon (near New Delhi).
More: SamMobile, XiaomiTime, SammyGuru, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, GSMArena.com, 9to5Mac, and PhoneArena
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
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