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Memo: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses in 2026, saying the political tumult in the US would distract critics from the feature's release — In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
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| Danny Park / The Block: |
A US court sentences Praetorian Group CEO Ramil Ventura Palafox to 20 years in prison for operating a $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded 90K+ investors — Quick Take — Praetorian Group International CEO, Ramil Ventura Palafox, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for operating a $200 million bitcoin Ponzi scheme.| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Amazon's Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety, which would have let law enforcement agencies request footage from Ring doorbell users, after backlash — After weeks of mounting pressure and a questionable Super Bowl ad, the Amazon-owned company has walked back its plan to integrate …
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| Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic adds Chris Liddell, a former Microsoft and GM exec who helped GM IPO and worked in Trump's first administration, to its board ahead of a potential IPO — The former Microsoft and GM executive Chris Liddell has previously worked for the Trump administration| Anthropic: |
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Apple's stock fell 5% on February 12, its worst day since April 2025, following FTC scrutiny of Apple News and reports of delays to Siri's anticipated AI update — Apple just wrapped up its worst day on the stock market since April after reports surfaced about delays with Siri and as the company's news app faced regulatory scrutiny.
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| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
Google warns that the EU risks undermining its own competitiveness drive with the “tech sovereignty package” the bloc is set to present in the spring — Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive through curbs on US groups, tech company says
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| Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Companies like Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are letting workers cash out before their IPOs, a move once seen as taboo and lacking long-term commitment — Companies from Stripe to OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks and SpaceX are increasingly giving employees the ability to sell some of their shares| Reuters: |
Sources: ByteDance is in advanced talks to sell game studio Moonton, the developer of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, to Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games for $6B to $7B — ByteDance is in advanced talks to sell Shanghai Moonton Technology, the studio behind the popular mobile game Mobile Legends …
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| Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
The MPA urges ByteDance to curb its AI video model Seedance 2.0, saying the model “has engaged in unauthorized use of US copyrighted works on a massive scale” — The Motion Picture Association on Thursday denounced the newest AI video generator, Seedance 2.0 … | Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US jury finds Apple did not infringe Optis' 4G wireless technology patents, after two earlier trial verdicts Optis had won were overturned — Apple (AAPL.O)won a defense verdict on Thursday in a lawsuit by intellectual-property management company Optis Wireless, which had accused …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
February investor memo: Cohere hit ~$240M in ARR in 2025, above its $200M target, with QoQ growth of 50%+ and gross margins averaging around 70% throughout 2025 — Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has told investors that it's seeing momentum with enterprise customers, even as rivals like Google …
More: TechCrunch
| Reuters: |
Russia confirms it has blocked WhatsApp, citing Meta's “unwillingness to comply with Russian law”, and proposes that Russians switch to the state-owned Max app — U.S. messenger app WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms (META.O), has been completely blocked in Russia for failing …
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| Fortune: |
Sources: Binance has fired its employees in late 2025 who uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B+ through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025 — In 2023, the crypto exchange Binance pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering and know-your-customer laws as well as sanctions violations.| Alaina Demopoulos / The Guardian: |
As OpenAI retires GPT-4o, some users say they are angry and grieving to lose the flirty, quirky companion — Its human partners said the flirty, quirky GPT-4o was the perfect companion - on the eve of Valentine's Day, it's being turned off for good. How will users cope?| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Baidu plans to let its search app's 700M MAUs opt-in to message OpenClaw and integrate OpenClaw's capabilities into its e-commerce business and other services — BEIJING — Baidu plans to give users of its main smartphone app direct access to the wildly popular artificial intelligence tool OpenClaw …
More: Benzinga
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US FTC accelerated a probe into whether Microsoft illegally monopolized the enterprise computing market with its cloud software and AI offerings — The US Federal Trade Commission is accelerating scrutiny of Microsoft Corp. as part of an ongoing probe into whether …
More: Reuters and The Information
| Bloomberg: |
In a memo to US lawmakers, OpenAI accused DeepSeek of using distillation techniques to train the next generation of R1 and “free-ride” on leading US AI models — OpenAI has warned US lawmakers that its Chinese rival DeepSeek is using unfair and increasingly sophisticated methods …
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| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
A look at Higgsfield, an AI video startup that grew to $300M ARR within 11 months, as it faces a creator backlash over aggressive and shocking marketing tactics — CEO Alex Mashrabov, originally from Uzbekistan, cofounded Higgsfield in 2023 as a ChatGPT for video-style mobile app.
More: Tom's Guide and B&T
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Applied Materials reports Q1 revenue down 2% YoY to $7.01B, vs. $6.86B est., net income up 71% YoY to $2B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above est.; AMAT jumps 10%+ — Applied Materials Inc. shares surged to a record after the company delivered a surprisingly upbeat sales forecast … | Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Anna's Archive quietly starts releasing millions of tracks from its Spotify scrape, despite a preliminary injunction against distributing the copyrighted works — Anna's Archive is generally known as a meta-search engine for shadow libraries, helping users find pirated books and other related resources.| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
Coinbase reports Q4 revenue down 22% YoY to $1.78B, vs. $1.84B est., transaction revenue down 37% YoY to $983M, and a $667M loss, vs. a $1.3B profit in Q4 2024 — Coinbase reported a down quarter for the end of 2025, with its investment portfolio plunging alongside Bitcoin and other crypto assets.
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