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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Mistral raised a €1.7B Series C at an €11.7B valuation; ASML led the round with €1.3B to become its biggest shareholder, joined by a16z, DST, Nvidia, and others — Dutch chip equipment maker backs French artificial intelligence champion as US-China tensions rock tech industry
More: TechCrunch, Mistral AI, Tom's Hardware, The Times, PitchBook, RCR Wireless News, Associated Press, Reuters, ASML, Politico, Business Insider, MarketWatch, Semafor, CNBC, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Reuters, Daily Sabah, Yahoo Finance, Sifted, Wall Street Journal, Tech.eu, EU-Startups, Hürriyet Daily News, Tech Xplore, Le Monde, New York Times, Proactive, Tech in Asia, Capital Brief, Analytics India Magazine, Bloomberg Law, The American Bazaar, DutchNews.nl, The Chosun Daily, and The Information
X: @mistralai, @thijsvanderspil, @asmlcompany, @paulbz, @paulbz, and @kayjebelli. LinkedIn: Charline Mauro
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/technology, and r/MistralAI
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and LG partner to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, including Kia's EV3, EV4, EV5, and Sportage in Europe — You'll soon be able to stream Xbox cloud games to cars that use LG's Automotive Content Platform, like Kia's EV3.
More: Xbox Wire, Engadget, Android Police, Gizmodo, PCWorld, LG NEWSROOM, Thurrott, Polygon, Pocket-lint, TheDesk.net, TechRaptor, Windows Report, Tech4Gamers, GamingBolt, iPhone in Canada, Advanced Television, Windows Central, Phandroid, GameSpot, Dexerto, XboxEra, IGN, Gamereactor UK, Video Games Chronicle, and Pure Xbox
Forums: r/XboxGamePass and r/xbox
| Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law: |
A US federal judge postpones Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes to force on authors — The federal judge overseeing Anthropic PBC's proposed $1.5 billion copyright settlement is concerned class lawyers are striking …
More: Engadget, PCMag, Publishers Weekly, Entrepreneur, Plagiarism Today, Spyglass, Chat GPT Is Eating the World, Implicator.ai, KnowTechie, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, Associated Press, Thurrott, and Tech Xplore
Bluesky: @technollama, @mariabustillos.com, @profciara, @eidyngray.scot, @chup.blakereid.org, @jasonsanford, @jasonsanford, @jasonsanford, @darthbluesky, and @mmasnick. Mastodon: @mwl@io.mwl.io. Forums: r/technology
| Associated Press: |
Investigation: IBM, Dell, HP, Cisco, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, and other US tech companies helped design and build China's digital surveillance state — BEIJING (AP) — The body camera hung from the top of the IV drip, recording the slightest twitch made by Yang Guoliang as he lay bloody …
More: Telegraph, Implicator.ai, and WinBuzzer
X: @jchengwsj and @isaacstonefish
Bluesky: @hypervisible.blacksky.app, @byrontau, @fabiochiusi, @hatr, and @offline.mountainherder.xyz. Mastodon: @jrefior@hachyderm.io
| Ariba Shahid / Reuters: |
Amnesty: Pakistan is spying on millions via phone tapping and a Chinese-built internet firewall, in one of the broadest surveillance programs outside China — Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media …
More: Wired, Amnesty International, and Bloomberg
Forums: r/China, r/pakistan, r/chutyapa, r/cybersecurity, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
Sources: US Cyber Command and the NSA will retain a single leader after the Trump administration found that breaking up the arrangement would be very complex — The Trump administration has abandoned any intention of breaking up the joint leadership of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency …
Bluesky: @martinmatishak
| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic's Claude can now create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets, available now for Max, Team, and Enterprise users, and coming to Pro users in the coming weeks — ZDNET's key takeaways — Anthropic's Claude can now create PDFs, slides, and spreadsheets. — File creation is available to Max, Team, and Enterprise users.| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Evan Spiegel says Snap is restructuring around “startup squads” of 10 to 15 staff to better compete; Snapchat+ now brings in $700M+ in ARR from 15M+ subscribers — Snap is breaking itself apart and rebuilding from within. In a new company letter, CEO Evan Spiegel just announced …
More: Snap Newsroom, Business Insider, The Information, and Benzinga
X: @joshm, @johnwilson, and @yoda
LinkedIn: Mary Ann Belliveau and Evan Spiegel
Bluesky: @carnage4life and @wilkos
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia unveils Rubin CPX, a new chip system designed for AI tasks like video generation and software creation, set to launch at the end of 2026 — Nvidia Corp., whose chips and systems are at the heart of the artificial intelligence computing boom, said it plans to offer a new product designed … | New York Times: |
Nvidia is attacking GOP-led proposals to limit AI chip sales to China, an unconventional lobbying blitz over what it calls left-wing paranoia from “AI doomers” — Rankling national security experts, the chipmaker has stepped up attacks on lawmakers who are pushing restrictions.| Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times: |
Sources: the US informs European countries that it is stepping back from joint efforts to combat disinformation from Russia, China, Iran, and other countries — Washington terminates agreements with European countries to fight disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
More: The Decoder. Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz, @juliusgoat, and @robertscotthorton
Forums: r/BuyFromEU and r/neoliberal
| Financial Times: |
Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb, and others are preparing for AI agents, which could disrupt the travel agent business model and upend the $1.6T travel market — Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb face threat of a technology that could bypass them as people make travel arrangements
More: The New Stack and PYMNTS.com
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Memo: Microsoft mandates staff to return to the office three days per week, starting in late February 2026 for those who live within 50 miles of its Redmond HQ — Three days in the office will soon be the new norm for Microsoft employees. … It's official, Microsoft is asking employees to return to the office three days per week.
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| Fred Vogelstein / Crazy Stupid Tech: |
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom — Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire …
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| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Sources: Nasdaq agrees to buy $50M in shares of the Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange in a private placement at the time of Gemini's IPO this week — Gemini Space Station, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has secured Nasdaq as a strategic investor … | Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI's executives fear mounting political scrutiny in California could stymie for-profit plans and have discussed leaving the state as a last resort — Startup's leaders have discussed last-ditch prospect of leaving California if regulators complicate transition to for-profit company
More: TechCrunch, Proactive, Mashable, The Decoder, New York Times, Benzinga, and NewsMax.com
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and r/California
| Gopal Sharma / Reuters: |
The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after 19 people were killed and 100+ were injured in anti-corruption protests that were triggered by the ban — Nepal has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday.
More: CNN, TechCrunch, BBC, Engadget, The Guardian, Daily Star, Mashable, ABC, Moneycontrol, MediaNama, The Kathmandu Post, Time, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Guam Daily Post, Al Jazeera, Nikkei Asia, New York Times, KDFX-TV, The Economic Times, Financial Express, Le Monde, Business Today, CNN, Sky News, KSTP-TV, CBC News, The Tribune, Al Jazeera, Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Paper, Breitbart, Context, and Financial Times
Forums: r/anime_titties, r/nottheonion, and r/worldnews
| Wired: |
Hands-on with AI startup Friend's $129 always-listening pendant: feels like a beefy AirTag, runs Gemini 2.5, gives unhelpful commentary, and makes others uneasy — The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that's snarky and unhelpful.
More: Implicator.ai. X: @avischiffmann, @rachelmetz, @kyliebytes, @avischiffmann, @film_girl, @kyliebytes, and @withtenacity
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Mastodon: @dramypsyd@ohai.social and @metacurity@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/technology, r/technews, and r/BetterOffline
| Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: |
Helsinki-based DataCrunch, which aims to become Europe's first AI cloud hyperscaler, raised a €55M Series A, bringing its total funding to €76.5M — DataCrunch expands to provide next-gen, high-performance, cost-efficient European AI infrastructure, unveiling plans for an EU-backed gigafactory.
More: ArcticStartup, DatacenterDynamics, and SiliconANGLE
| Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic: |
US jobseekers describe a hellish job market, with young people using ChatGPT to write their applications, HR using AI to read them, and few people getting hired — Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.
More: Implicator.ai and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @garys79 and @patrickhowelloneill.com
Forums: Hacker News, r/Economics, r/politics, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/jobs, r/antiwork, r/technology, and Beehaw
| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Blockchain-based lender Figure upsizes its Nasdaq IPO and now plans to sell 31.5M shares priced between $20 and $22, aiming to raise up to ~$693M, up from $526M — Stablecoin issuer Figure Technologies on Tuesday increased the size and raised the price range of its initial public offering … Sponsor Posts
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