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Reuters:
Sources: Chinese officials told customs agents this week that Nvidia H200s are barred from China and told local tech companies not to buy them unless necessary  —  Chinese customs authorities told customs agents this week that Nvidia's (NVDA.O) H200 artificial intelligence chips are not permitted …
Reuters:
The US gives a formal green light to sales of Nvidia's H200 chips to China, which cannot receive more than 50% of the total amount of chips sold to US customers
Bloomberg:
Under new US licensing requirements, the Commerce Department says it will review exports of Nvidia's H200 and AMD's MI325X to China on a case-by-case basis
Danny Lee / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk says that Tesla will stop selling FSD after February 14 and will offer it only as a monthly subscription; FSD costs $8,000 upfront or $99 per month  —  Tesla Inc. will stop selling the advanced driver-assistance system it calls Full Self-Driving, and instead switch to an entirely monthly subscription service.
Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET:
Google launches Gemini Personal Intelligence, linking to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and YouTube history to provide context-aware responses, for paid users  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Personal Intelligence scans your apps to improve Gemini answers.  — The feature is off by default and won't train on sensitive data.
BBC:
The UK government drops plans for mandatory digital IDs to work in the country, marking a reversal from when the UK first announced the policy in September 2025  —  The government has dropped plans requiring workers to sign up to its digital ID scheme in order to prove their right to work in the UK.
Reuters:
Sources: Chinese authorities told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by ~12 US and Israeli companies due to national security concerns  —  Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by roughly a dozen firms from the U.S …
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Z.ai releases GLM-Image, an open-source AI model that it says is China's first state-of-the-art multimodal model to finish training using Huawei's Ascend chips  —  Chinese AI startup Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC Ltd. released a new multimodal model that it says is the country's …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
UK police say they banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a soccer match in 2025 after Copilot hallucinated a fake West Ham-Maccabi match in an intelligence report  —  Copilot invented a nonexistent football match that was included in an intelligence report.
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple and Qualcomm are scrambling to secure glass cloth fiber, used in chip substrates and PCBs, amid a surge in demand from AI giants like Nvidia  —  TAIPEI/TOKYO — It looks something like heavy-duty plastic wrap and is buried so deep in the guts of an iPhone that most users don't even know it exists.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
As part of its Reality Labs cuts, Meta is closing three VR gaming studios and will stop developing new content and features for its VR fitness app Supernatural  —  Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down.
Financial Times:
How smuggled Starlink receivers and customized software let some Iranians evade a near-total internet blackout as the regime brutally cracked down on protesters  —  Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out
Delphine Strauss / Financial Times:
The IMF urges governments to help workers displaced by AI and says policymakers should redesign education so young people use AI “rather than compete with it”  —  Analysis finds evidence of the technology hitting wages and employment in certain areas
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The Information:
A source details how Apple's Gemini deal works: new Siri features will launch in the spring and at WWDC, Apple can finetune Gemini, no Google branding, and more  —  In another AI win for Google lately, Apple announced on Monday that it will use Google's Gemini models to power …
Maya Perez / WebProNews:
Bandcamp bans music and audio “generated wholly or in substantial part by AI”, hoping to build trust with fans that the music they find “was created by humans”  —  Bandcamp has banned music substantially generated by AI to uphold human artistry and authenticity …
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app  —  Airbnb Inc. has hired a former Meta Platforms Inc. executive as its new chief technology officer, as the short-term rental company …
Josh Noble / Financial Times:
An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more  —  As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns
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Adam Sella / New York Times:
Sources: the Trump administration is weighing a substantial shift in its cyberstrategy, including by enlisting private companies to assist with cyberattacks  —  The proposal raises a host of questions about the legality and practicality of bolstering the involvement of the private sector in offensive cyberoperations.
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Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal:
In South Korea's competition to develop an indigenous AI model, three of the five finalists used foreign open-source code, which they argue is practical  —  Korea's efforts show how hard it is to develop homegrown AI models and break a reliance on U.S. or Chinese tech giants
The Economic Times:
India lacks specific policies or zoning regulations for overseeing quick commerce dark stores, which HSBC projects will hit 5,000 to 5,500 by the end of FY2026  —  The army of on-the-clock delivery boys, imperilling themselves and pedestrians, has become a familiar sight across urban India.

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