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President Trump accuses Iran of using AI as a “disinformation weapon” to make fake images of wartime successes against the US, saying “AI can be very dangerous” — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” …
More: New York Post, Implicator.ai, Raw Story, BBC, NewsMax.com, Forbes, and Mediaite
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Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the US' Iran war push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication — A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran.
More: Digit, Cyabra, and Cyabra
Bluesky: @brianstelter, @natematias, @graphicsforchange, @gregpinelo, @zipdog, @simonwdc, and @justinhendrix
Forums: r/ArtificialInteligence and r/Israel
| Horace Dediu / Asymco: |
As AI models commodify, Apple's plans to spend just $14B on 2026 capex, far below hyperscalers' combined $650B, or 90%+ of their cash flow, may be a genius move — The 3rd? most valuable company on Earth watched as its rivals lit $650 billion on fire and did nothing.
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| Jordyn Holman / New York Times: |
Q&A with Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana on accidents, why autonomous vehicles won't lead to job losses, plans to license Waymo tech to other companies, and more — Waymo's co-chief executive, Tekedra Mawakana, knows she needs to earn the public's trust. It won't be easy.
Forums: r/waymo
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google and Accel's joint AI startup accelerator Atoms picks five Indian startups from 4,000+ applications, saying ~70% of rejected applicants were AI “wrappers” — Many artificial intelligence startup ideas are still little more than superficial “wrappers” built on top of existing models.| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Adobe, and Match sign a voluntary pledge to share threat intelligence on scammers abusing their services — Eight major technology companies — including Google, Amazon and OpenAI — have signed a new pledge promising to share threat intelligence … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft cut plans to add some Copilot AI features to Windows 11 and shipped some tools without the Copilot branding, to reduce AI bloat in the OS — Originally announced in 2024, Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across various areas of the Windows 11 shell has been shelved … | Reuters: |
JD.com launches online marketplace Joybuy in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as it expands globally to challenge Amazon — Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com (9618.HK) on Monday launched its Joybuy online marketplace in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands …
More: Bloomberg, Benzinga, The Times, Blockonomi, Mirror, The Independent, Dow Jones Newswires, JoyBuy, CNBC, The Standard, The Grocer, and Tech in Asia
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify announces Taste Profile editing in beta, the first time it lets users fine-tune the recommendation algorithm, starting with Premium users in New Zealand — At the SXSW conference on Friday, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced a new feature, launching in beta …
More: Spotify, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, The Verge, Engadget, Observer, The Next Web, and Moneycontrol
Forums: r/truespotify and r/technology
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Privacy Display works well, meaningful camera upgrades, and sleeker than S25 Ultra, but still huge, expensive, and lacks Qi2 — “Someone might be watching everything I'm doing on my screen,” I tell myself in public. Even when I'm doing nothing of consequence … | Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba may unveil a Qwen-based AI agent for enterprises as soon as this week, and plans to gradually integrate the agent into its services like Alipay — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to release an agentic AI service for companies, banking on national enthusiasm around artificial …
More: Silicon Republic and SiliconANGLE
| Financial Times: |
How competition between Brazilian delivery app iFood and Meituan's Keeta in Brazil has descended into accusations of corporate espionage and shady tactics — Local courier group iFood and China-backed Keeta trade claims of corporate espionage and underhand tactics — Michael Pooler and Beatriz Langella in São Paulo| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
Reliz, which operates crypto lender BlockFills, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reporting $50M to $100M in estimated assets and $100M to $500M in liabilities — Quick Take — Chicago-based BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.| Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$81B, net profit down 2% YoY to ~$1.4B, below ~$1.9B est., due to a higher tax expense, and a 5.9% gross profit margin — The company generates a significant share of its revenue making AI servers for the likes of Nvidia and Amazon
More: Nikkei Asia, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg, Barron's Online, Proactive, RTÉ, and Blockonomi
| Helen Vogelsong-Donahue / Wired: |
The gaming industry is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage — From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties.
More: Panda Security Mediacenter, TheGamer, Semafor, nextpit, and Polygon.com
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