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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Sources: in a secret order last month, UK security officials demanded Apple create a backdoor to access all cloud content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded — Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content …
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Bluesky: @fredis, @dyatesswfl, @hern, @metacurity.com, and @coleraineyid
X: @paulg, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @matthew_d_green, @gilbeezyskit93, @tomwarren, @alex, @benlovejoy, @matthew_d_green, and @jhurfurt
Forums: Hacker News, r/ukpolitics, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Amazon.com, Inc.: |
Amazon reports Q4 revenue up 10% YoY to $187.8B, vs. $187.3B est., net income up 89% YoY to $20B, and operating income up 61% YoY to $21.2B — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024. Fourth Quarter 2024
More: GeekWire, Entrepreneur, and Constellation Research
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon expects to boost its capex to $100B in 2025, largely driven by AI and up from 2024's ~$83B, in what Andy Jassy calls a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity — Amazon said Thursday it plans to boost its capital expenditures to $100 billion in 2025, as it continues its investments in artificial intelligence.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to unveil its long-awaited overhaul of the iPhone SE as early as next week, opting to reveal it on its website instead of at a launch event — - Revamped SE model is set to be unveiled in the coming days — Apple plans flurry of 2025 products, including smart home hub
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Forums: r/gadgets, r/iphone, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft warns that attackers are injecting malware into ViewState, which manages state in ASP.NET web forms, using static machine keys found online — Microsoft warns that attackers are deploying malware in ViewState code injection attacks using static ASP. NET machine keys found online.
More: Microsoft Security Blog, Help Net Security, Security Affairs, The Hacker News, CyberInsider, and Cyber Security News
Bluesky: @tmjintel and @youranonriots
Mastodon: @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange and @screaminggoat@infosec …
| Wired: |
Sources: DOGE is pushing rapidly to develop GSAi, a custom generative AI chatbot for the US GSA to boost productivity, analyze procurement data, and more — The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
WBD lost $300M on gaming in 2024; current and former staffers blame a lack of a strong, cohesive vision during former games chief David Haddad's tenure — Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery took $300 million in losses on gaming. The near future is rife with additional challenges.
More: Forbes, Video Games Chronicle, TheGamer, IGN, Push Square, and GamingBolt
Bluesky: @bryantfrancis.me and @hazzadorgamin
| Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: |
Kadrey v. Meta: unsealed emails show Meta allegedly torrented 81.7TB+ of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna's Archive for AI training — Newly unsealed emails allegedly provide the “most damning evidence” yet against Meta in a copyright case raised by book authors alleging …
More: Fortune, District Court, N.D. California, BetaNews, Good e-Reader, Tech in Asia, i shall wear …, and TorrentFreak
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Mastodon: @nixCraft@mastodon.social and @MidniteMikeWrites@zirk.us
X: @bauerkahan, @jason_kint, and @porridgeawful
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI updates o3-mini's chain of thought to make it easier for users “to understand how the model thinks”, available to both free and paid ChatGPT users — In response to pressure from rivals including Chinese AI company DeepSeek, OpenAI is changing the way its newest AI model …
More: WinBuzzer, en.ain.ua, Blockchain.News, and iClarified
X: @openai, @btibor91, @vikhyatk, @slow_developer, @mckaywrigley, @liz_love_lace, @spencerkschiff, @polynoamial, @polynoamial, and @sama
Forums: r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/OpenAI
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Meta and UNESCO launch Language Technology Partner Program to collect speech recordings and transcriptions to aid the development of future openly available AI — Meta is launching a new program in partnership with UNESCO to collect speech recordings and transcriptions the company said will help … | Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
In a meeting with GOP lawmakers, Donald Trump proposed taxing carried interest as ordinary income, a policy that could sharply increase the tax bill for VCs — On Thursday, President Trump asked Republican lawmakers to end tax breaks on carried interest. — The tax break allows private equity …
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| Financial Times: |
Analysis: 736 memecoins were deposited in $TRUMP wallet over the past three weeks using a Solana function that allows dumping coins into wallets without consent — More than 700 coins deposited into US president's wallet in apparent attempts to suggest his endorsement| Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters: |
Take-Two reports Q3 net bookings up 3% YoY to $1.37B, vs. $1.39B est., and reiterates GTA VI is set to launch in the fall of 2025; TTWO jumps 6%+ after hours — Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO.O) forecast its fourth-quarter bookings below Wall Street expectations on Thursday …
More: IGN, Take-Two Interactive Software, VentureBeat, Game Developer, TechRadar, GamesIndustry.biz, Variety, and Sherwood News. X: @deeketweak
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Email: Google is testing a Search “AI Mode” powered by Gemini 2.0 that lets users ask “open-ended / exploratory questions” and get AI Overview-style responses — As previously spotted, Google Search is working on a new “AI Mode” that offers a “persistent place” …
More: Spyglass, Ghacks, Search Engine Roundtable, MakeUseOf, Business Today, Platformer, and Android Police
| Katherine Long / Wall Street Journal: |
DOGE staff member Marko Elez resigns after being linked to racist X posts; the 25-year-old was embedded in the US Treasury and previously worked at SpaceX and X — A staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved …
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Bluesky: @dell, @rmac, @philinvestigates.com, @mmasnick, @evacide, @michaelianblack, and @rimaanabtawi. Threads: @chrislhayes
X: @moorehn, @iwillleavenow, @byklong, @rachelvand, @pitdesi, @billkristol, @pitdesi, and @riegerreport
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
| Billy Perrigo / Time: |
YouGov: 87% of Britons would back a law requiring developers to show their AI tools are safe before release and 60% support banning “smarter-than-human” models — Even as Silicon Valley races to build more powerful artificial intelligence models, public opinion on the other side …
More: BGR. Forums: r/ControlProblem, r/artificial, r/OpenAI, r/ukpolitics, r/technology, r/LabourUK, and r/unitedkingdom
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Sources: SoftBank is set to invest $40B in OpenAI at a $260B pre-money valuation; OpenAI was last valued at $157B by private investors in October 2024 — - CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Select Shopping — Ad Choices| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Cerebras says it worked with Mistral to help its Le Chat app respond to user questions with 1,000 words per second, making it the world's fastest AI assistant — Cerebras Systems, an artificial intelligence chip firm backed by UAE tech conglomerate G42, said on Thursday it has partnered …
More: The Indian Express, Financial Express, Moneycontrol, Verdict, Cerebras, and Techstrong.ai
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
More: VentureBeat, Neowin, Agence France-Presse, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, and SiliconANGLE
Bluesky: @shlead. X: @qtnx_, @kimmonismus, @suhail, @ericschmidt, @turnernovak, @dhravyashah, @teroterotero, @europeanpan, @felix_nuno, @shikhar_sri, @nremond, @divyanshkul, @paulbz, @terryyuezhuo, @onetwoval, @dchaplot, @marcosgorgojo, @nkkall, @julienetaix, @hakimsidahmed1, @levi_xubbbb, @burkov, @alexmasmej, @polmaire, @mohamed3on, @pkoval, @simonbitwise, @altryne, @kylebrussell, @arthurmensch, @mistralai, and @arthurmensch. LinkedIn: Marjorie Janiewicz
Forums: r/OpenAI, r/europe, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Winklevoss' crypto exchange Gemini is considering an IPO as soon as in 2025; cryptoasset exchange operator Bullish is also considering an IPO in 2025 — Gemini, the cryptocurrency firm backed by the billionaire Winklevoss twins, is considering an initial public offering as soon as this year …
More: Finextra, Blockchain.News, Blockhead, Blockonomi, PYMNTS.com, CoinGape, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, The Information, The Block, and crypto.news
| TechCrunch: |
Kelly Stonelake, a former Meta director who was at the company from 2009 to 2024, sues Meta, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation — One of Meta's earliest employees is suing the company for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation …
More: Business Insider, Business Today, hrgrapevine.com, The Times, and OVERTURNED
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