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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the $800 Galaxy S25 with a 6.2" screen and the $1K 6.7" Galaxy S25 Plus, with 12GB of RAM, Snapdragon 8 Elite, “Qi2 Ready”, and more — If the Galaxy S24 series heralded the triumphant arrival of Galaxy AI, then the S25 and S25 Plus may be a bit of a comedown …
More: GSMArena.com, 9to5Google, MacRumors, How-To Geek, AppleInsider, Financial Express, SamMobile, Android Central, Neowin, IGN, Digital Trends, Business Today, Gizchina.com, Xataka On, Android Police, WAtoday, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, Android Authority, CNBC, 9to5Google, Tom's Guide, SamMobile, Redmond Pie, and Financial Times
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Samsung unveils the $1.3K Galaxy S25 Ultra with a 6.9" QHD+ AMOLED screen, up from 6.8", 50MP sensor for the ultra-wide camera, a small S Pen downgrade, more — Samsung's latest fad is the introduction of AI agents. — Senior Writer, Reviews — Last year Samsung embraced artificial intelligence …
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Threads: @mattmoniz123 and @chriswelch
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Samsung teases the Galaxy S25 Edge; an exec says it aims to sell the ultra-thin phone in the US and other markets by the middle of 2025, priced under $1,300 — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch an ultrathin version of its Galaxy S25 phone in the first half of this year, beating Apple Inc. to a promising new category.
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
A live blog of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025, where Samsung announced the Galaxy S25 lineup, new Galaxy AI features, and more — We're expecting the first major Android flagships of the year in the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus and S25 Ultra. — The start of Samsung's Samsung Unpacked event is imminent … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
More: ZDNET, The Verge, Benzinga, Mercury News, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, MacRumors, Gizmodo, and Robb Report
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft was mentioned only as a technology partner in Stargate but the company is poised to benefit from the venture by offloading AI computing costs — - OpenAI-led venture lets Microsoft offload AI computing costs — Software giant could still decide to invest more in future
More: Microsoft, CNBC, Disrupt Africa, Motley Fool, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, and TechCrunch
| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
A look at The Stargate Project: lots of unanswered questions, PR wins, SoftBank only has ~$30B in cash, many projects are old, and Musk trolled the announcement — If John ‘Hannibal’ Smith loves it when a plan comes together, I love it when a plan comes together hastily.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Microsoft and OpenAI were arguing over Microsoft's ability to fulfill OpenAI's computing needs, in the months leading up to the Stargate announcement — The partnership that launched the AI boom has been strained by disagreements over computing resources| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Google's Gemini will be the default on-device assistant for the new Galaxy S25 series, and gets the ability to work across multiple apps in a single prompt — Google's AI assistant Gemini is now able to carry out tasks across multiple apps in a single interaction, in an update announced today alongside …
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X: @bobodtech, @richontech, @android, @googledeepmind, @samifathi_, @android, @jrobah, @demishassabis, @markgurman, and @benbajarin. Forums: r/Android
| Mishaal Rahman / Android Faithful: |
More: The Keyword, TechRadar, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Droid Life, Search Engine Journal, and TechCrunch. Bluesky: @dylanljmartin
| David DiMolfetta / Defense One: |
Sources: Trump administration dismissed the members of CSRB, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents, likely disrupting the Salt Typhoon hacks probe — The Department of Homeland Security advisory committee was investigating a Chinese hack into U.S. telecommunications.
More: TechCrunch, Nextgov/FCW, Reuters, Ars Technica, CSO, CyberScoop, The Register, Cybersecurity Dive, Gizmodo, The Hacker News, TechRadar, The Record, Metacurity, and Dark Reading
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Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/cybersecurity, and Ars OpenForum
| Reuters: |
ByteDance launches Doubao-1.5-pro, an upgraded AI model, claiming it outperforms OpenAI's o1 in AIME benchmarks, joining DeepSeek in China's AI reasoning push — TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI's …
More: Doubao Team, TechCrunch, Enterprise AI Trends, Ars Technica, and DeepSeek on GitHub
| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price plans to step down from the Sony-owned studio after 30+ years; a trio of Insomniac veterans will serve as co-heads — Taking over for Price, who will be staying with the PlayStation Studio through March, are a trio of Insomniac vets who will serve …
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X: @playstation, @jondenton, @wario64, @realradec, and @realradec
Forums: r/Games, r/PS4, r/Spyro, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and r/SpidermanPS4
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
EA expects net bookings of $7B to $7.15B for the FY ending March 31, below guidance of $7.5B to $7.8B, citing underperforming games; stock falls 5%+ after hours — Electronic Arts slashed its full-year bookings guidance on Wednesday, blaming the shortfall on underperforming games, notably its soccer franchise, EA Sports FC.
More: ir.ea.com, Bloomberg, 80 Level, Windows Central, IGN, Neowin, VentureBeat, and PC Gamer
| Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: |
Moderators for 50+ subreddits announce bans of X links in new posts and comments, with several citing Elon Musk's recent gesture that many saw as a Nazi salute — The cascade of link bans came after Musk made a hand gesture at a Monday rally that many compared to a Nazi salute, which many cited in their protests, among other things.
More: The Verge, Newsweek, SKWAWKBOX, The Independent, Awful Announcing, DNyuz, and Inc
| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI plans to release a new ChatGPT feature called Operator this week to automate complex tasks typically done via a web browser — OpenAI is preparing to release a new ChatGPT feature this week that will automate complex tasks typically done through the Web browser …
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