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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Some early Manus users say the agentic AI is no panacea, with long waits, errors, unsatisfying answers, and endless loops often plaguing the experience — Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert.
More: Axios, Benzinga, Analytics India Magazine, The Register, Maginative, The Decoder, and Tech in Asia
| Craig S. Smith / Forbes: |
A look at Manus, which its Chinese creators claim is the world's first fully autonomous AI agent, as some say it might be China's second DeepSeek moment — One recent evening in Shenzhen, a group of software engineers gathered in a dimly lit co-working space, furiously typing as they monitored the performance of a new AI system.
More: Manus, The Decoder, ecns, The Economic Times, Luiza's Newsletter, Business Today, The Crypto Times, Digit, SiliconANGLE, Interesting Engineering, WinBuzzer, Trak.in, South China Morning Post, Marginal Revolution, Marginal Revolution, Bloomberg, DigiTimes, The Kansas City Defender, and The Indian Express
Bluesky: @sungkim, @luok.ai, @timkellogg.me, and @prietschka
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple planned to announce a smart home hub in March 2025 but postponed the launch since the device relies on the delayed Siri capabilities — Also: The company continues to explore different glasses ideas, and the latest iOS beta software adds a Vision Pro app and new AI capabilities.
More: MacRumors, Tech Advisor, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, O'Grady's PowerPage, PhoneArena, Simon Willison's Weblog, Business Standard, Neowin, HEY, BitcoinWorld, 9to5Mac, UploadVR, Laptop Mag, Thurrott, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, Digit, Benzinga, Nikkei Asia, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, Engadget, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, and CNET
Bluesky: @simonwillison.net, @heridesbikes.com, @johnrevay, and @markgurman. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Tarlogic researchers find an undocumented “backdoor” in Chinese manufacturer Espressif's ESP32 microchip used in 1B+ devices for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity — The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains …
More: BleepingComputer, Dark Mentor LLC, Tarlogic Security, CHERIoT Platform, BetaNews, CNX Software, eeNews Europe, Security Affairs, and TechSpot
Bluesky: @xenokovah, @matthewdgreen, @newsnut, @msmagicdishes, @elucidating, @dragostech, @bitterseeds, @pamacious, @shuntingyard, @ud3x, @rmarshall, and @kevincollier
Mastodon: @lauren@mastodon …, @jpmens@mastodon.social, @haitchfive@oldbytes.space, @hacks4pancakes@infosec …, and @trevorflowers@machines.social. X: @herrmann1001. LinkedIn: Pascal Ackerman
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf says current AI development paradigms won't yield outside-the-box problem solving that leads to true scientific breakthroughs — AI company founders have a reputation for making bold claims about the technology's potential to reshape fields, particularly the sciences.
Bluesky: @martinsfp and @prietschka
X: @thom_wolf, @thom_wolf, @littmath, and @thom_wolf
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Sun Yu / Financial Times: |
Asset managers and investors say wealthy Chinese investors are using SPVs to quietly funnel tens of millions of dollars into Musk's xAI, Neuralink, and SpaceX — Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul's ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX
More: Seeking Alpha. Bluesky: @kolchak, @jsphctrl.ft.com, @joniaskola, and @shashj
Forums: r/politics, r/technology, r/Economics, and r/RealTesla
| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching a book alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CCP in a bid to enter China in the 2010s — Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions …
More: Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Twitchy, Engadget, Seeking Alpha, Benzinga, Newsmax, Semafor, and Newsmax
Bluesky: @paleofuture, @herbscribner, @willoremus.com, @steviegrrrl, @gateklons, @derickson, @noahbarkin, @kostyack, and @drewharwell.com
Threads: @tessakathleen, @sarahfeinberg, @sarahfeinberg, @debfrost, and @documentingmeta
X: @francisbrennan, @francisbrennan, @andymstone, @jonfavs, @francisbrennan, @mrddmia, and @andymstone. LinkedIn: Michael Posner
Forums: r/politics and r/ADVChina
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: workflow automation company ServiceNow nears an agreement to buy enterprise AI assistant company Moveworks in a deal that could value Moveworks at ~$3B — - Transaction could value Moveworks at close to $3 billion — ServiceNow has been pushing into generative AI products
More: Benzinga, Seeking Alpha, The Information, and Analytics India Magazine
Bluesky: @chirag and @katieroof
| Reuters: |
President Trump says “we're dealing with four different groups” for the sale of TikTok; Trump signed an EO on January 20 to delay the TikTok ban by 75 days — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale … | Financial Times: |
Stripe, Revolut, and other banks and fintechs rush to launch stablecoins; there are ~$210B in stablecoins issued globally, including Tether printing $142B — Bank of America and Stripe target market for payments in cryptocurrencies — Some of the world's largest banks and fintechs …
More: PYMNTS.com, CoinGape, and CryptoSlate
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn says it built FoxBrain, an in-house reasoning LLM, trained in four weeks with support from Nvidia via its Taiwan-based supercomputer and consulting — Nvidia provided support through its Taiwan-based supercomputer and technical consulting — The world's largest contract electronics maker …
More: Barron's Online, eeNews Europe, The Economic Times, Reuters, PhoneArena, TipRanks Financial, Tech in Asia, Analytics India Magazine, Focus Taiwan, and DigiTimes. Bluesky: @aussiepetec
| Nate Rattner / Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis of US job listings: 36% of IT jobs in January 2025 were AI-related, and nearly 25% of tech jobs sought AI skills, a huge jump since ChatGPT's release — In industries from finance to retail, companies are seeking artificial-intelligence skills when looking for technology staffSponsor Posts
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