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The doge.gov website tracking Elon Musk's cuts to the federal government pulls from a database that anyone can edit, say two sources who found the vulnerability — The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk's cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta plans major investment in AI-powered humanoid robots, with an initial focus on household chores, and has formed a new team within Reality Labs — - Company is aiming to be the engine powering humanoid market — Ex-Cruise CEO Marc Whitten to run new group in Reality Labs
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple and Google restore TikTok to their US app stores after its January 18 removal, following Trump admin assurances that a ban won't immediately be enforced — - Companies had removed the app to abide by US legislation — Trump signed executive order to delay a potential ban
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch its AI features in China as early as May 2025, using its own on-device models and Alibaba software to censor or filter the output — - Company to use own models, with help from Alibaba and Baidu — Work includes system to censor or block content for government
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg cozying up to President Trump has made employees uncertain and is part of an effort to shift antitrust scrutiny off Meta and onto Apple — Mark Zuckerberg kicked off 2025 with an Instagram video that outlined his vision for what he called restoring “free expression” … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google's Gemini can now recall and “reference past chats for more tailored help”, rolling out in English for Advanced subscribers on the web and in the app — Google today is rolling out a new Gemini app feature for Advanced subscribers that can recall and “reference past chats for more tailored help.”| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
The UK renames its AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute, in a pivot to cybersecurity, and is exploring ways to use Anthropic's Claude in public services — The U.K. government wants to make a hard pivot into boosting its economy and industry with AI, and as part of that …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: banks sold ~$4.7B of X's debt on February 13, more than the $3B that they originally intended to sell, leaving ~$1B of X debt on their balance sheets — The social media company is attracting investor interest because of Elon Musk's close ties to President Trump and a recent jump in revenue.
More: Financial Times, Business Insider, and Bloomberg
| Reuters: |
Sources: the White House plans to renegotiate some Chips Act awards after changing current requirements, and has signaled delays to some upcoming disbursements — The White House is seeking to renegotiate U.S. CHIPS and Science Act awards and has signaled delays to some upcoming semiconductor disbursements … | Sophie McEvoy / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Ubisoft reports revenue for the nine months ending December 31, 2024, down 31.4% YoY to €990M, net booking down 34.8% to €944M, but remains optimistic about Q4 — Firm also experienced a 51.8% drop in net bookings during its third quarter — Ubisoft has released its financial results …
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Forums: r/pcgaming and r/Games
| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Meta hires the former CEO of luxury goods marketplace The RealReal as its VP of Retail, as it seeks to boost Quest, Ray-Ban Meta, and AI wearables sales — - Company hires John Koryl as retail VP reporting to its CTO — Meta wants to improve retail experience for new AI wearables
X: @markgurman
| Financial Times: |
The European Commission's digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, says the EU is reducing regulation to boost AI investments, not due to US Big Tech or Trump pressure — Henna Virkkunen says efforts to cut red tape are not prompted by US pressure — The EU is cutting back tech regulation …
More: TechCrunch, European Commission, Politico, and European Commission
| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q4 revenue up 138% YoY to $2.27B, vs. $1.88B est., transaction revenue up 194% to $1.56B, vs. $1.29B est., and trading volume up 185% to $439B — Coinbase Thursday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and its biggest quarterly revenue in three years … | Reuters: |
Sources: President Xi will chair a symposium on February 17 to boost private sector sentiment, with Tencent CEO Pony Ma and other tech executives set to attend — Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to chair a symposium to boost private sector sentiment next week that will be attended …
More: Agence France-Presse and Yahoo Finance
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