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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
An Interpol-led law enforcement action in 26 countries disrupted infostealer operations, leading to takedowns of 20K+ malicious IPs and domains and 32 arrests  —  An international law enforcement action codenamed “Operation Secure” targeted infostealer malware infrastructure …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Jack Rae, a principal researcher at Google DeepMind, is expected to join Meta's “superintelligence” team, as well as an ML lead from Sesame AI
Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
Android 16 review: live updates and Advanced Protection are nice, but features like desktop mode and Material 3 Expressive design won't come until later in 2025  —  After months of speculation and beta testing, Google is rolling out Android 16 starting today.
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
SAG-AFTRA ends the 300+ day video game actors strike after reaching a tentative deal for a new Interactive Media Agreement with the major video game companies  —  The union had taken a stand on artificial intelligence, among other concerns, as it looked to advocate for voice and performance capture workers.
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
An interview with Craig Federighi on the new multitasking UI in iPadOS 26, problems with Stage Manager, and why the iPad's Mac-style multitasking took so long  —  Federighi talks to Ars about why the iPad's Mac-style multitasking took so long.  —  CUPERTINO, Calif.—When Apple Senior Vice President …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources and documents: Amazon Prime Video's ad load has increased to 4-6 minutes per hour, up from 2-3.5 minutes when ads were first introduced in January 2024  —  More ads could mean lower CPMs, but performance could slip.  —  When Amazon introduced ads on Prime Video in January 2024 …
Sharon Goldman / Fortune:
Researchers find the first known “zero-click” attack on an AI agent; the now-fixed flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot would let a hacker attack a user via an email  —  Microsoft 365 Copilot, the AI tool built into Microsoft Office workplace applications including Word, Excel, Outlook …
MIT Technology Review:
A look at Amsterdam's failed experiment to create a fair welfare AI system that would evaluate every welfare applicant in the city for potential fraud  —  This story is a partnership between MIT Technology Review, Lighthouse Reports, and Trouw, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center.  —  Two futures
Emily Mason / Bloomberg:
Stripe agrees to acquire Privy, which helps companies build crypto wallets into their user experiences; Privy was last valued at $230M in March 2025  —  Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed.  —  Privy helps companies build crypto wallets into their user experiences.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
The Wikimedia Foundation pauses an experiment that showed Wikipedia users AI-generated summaries at the top of some articles, following an editor backlash  —  The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Meta adds AI video editing tools to the Edits app and Meta AI, letting users edit up to 10 seconds of a video with 50+ preset prompts, free for a “limited time”  —  You can transform your videos with more than 50 preset prompts in the Meta AI and Edits app.
Dana Hull / Bloomberg:
Tesla sues ex-Optimus engineer Zhongjie Li, who worked at Tesla from 2022 to 2024, accusing him of stealing humanoid robot info and setting up a rival startup  —  Zhongjie “Jay” Li worked at Tesla between August 2022 and September 2024, according to a complaint filed in a San Francisco Federal Court late on Wednesday.
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Meter, which sells and maintains packages of custom data center networking equipment, raised $170M led by General Catalyst at a $1B+ valuation  —  The company has collected $170 million in new capital as it seeks to help connect data centers and other businesses in the age of artificial intelligence.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Databricks says it expects to generate $3.7B in annualized revenue by July, up 50% YoY, with nearly 50 of its 15,000+ customers spending over $10M annually  —  Databricks, a data analytics software vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects to generate $3.7 billion in annualized revenue by July, with year-over-year growth of 50%.
Reuters:
Nvidia plans to build its first industrial AI cloud platform in Germany for European manufacturers, combining AI with robotics to assist carmakers like BMW  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) will build its first artificial intelligence cloud platform for industrial applications in Germany …
Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Sources: OpenAI talked with Saudi Arabia's PIF, India's Reliance, and the UAE's MGX about investing in the next installment of its $40B round led by SoftBank  —  OpenAI has talked to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries and existing shareholder United …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Filing: Disney and NBCUniversal sue Midjourney in California, accusing it of direct and secondary copyright infringement; they say talks with Midjourney failed  —  Disney and NBCUniversal have teamed up to sue Midjourney, a generative AI company, accusing it of copyright infringement …

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CNBC:
President Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House over their coverage of him, with “other Fake News Media Outlets to follow”

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is in advanced settlement talks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the company's deal to acquire WBD

Oliver Darcy / Status:
Dylan Byers of Puck has gone to unusual lengths to defend Bari Weiss' work while Puck is in funding talks with RedBird Capital, a top Paramount investor

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
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Catherine McGrath / Fortune:
London-based OneBalance, which lets developers integrate crypto features into their apps, raised a $20M Series A led by Cyber Fund and Blockchain Capital
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Oracle reports Q4 revenue up 11% YoY to $15.9B, vs. $15.59B est., cloud revenue up 27% YoY, signals strong cloud infrastructure revenue growth; ORCL jumps 6%+
Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal is named CEO of the Polygon Foundation after the departure of Mihailo Bjelic, and unveils changes to streamline the nonprofit
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Nintendo says it sold 3.5M+ Switch 2s globally in the console's first four days, a record for any of its hardware; Nintendo aims to sell 15M units by March 2026
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