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| Aisha Down / The Guardian: |
Tests show GPT-5.2 on ChatGPT citing Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers — Guardian found OpenAI's platform cited Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers — The latest model of ChatGPT has begun …
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery keys for encrypted data if it receives a valid legal order and the user has stored the keys on its servers — The tech giant said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders.
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| Dan Whateley / Business Insider: |
Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as “great news”, and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses — - TikTok has finalized a deal to keep its business operating in the US. — The deal, a US joint venture …
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| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
TikTok users in the US were presented with a new privacy policy; the changes were part of the app's ownership transition and now allow precise location tracking — According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location …
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Source: OpenAI mulls new tools to help business users understand the financial benefits of using its products and has made changes to its sales force strategy — Some of OpenAI's most attention-grabbing efforts over the past year have involved products for consumers, from a social app … | Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
A look at Clawdbot, an open-source personal AI agent that runs locally on the user's computer and integrates with multiple LLMs and messaging services — For the past week or so, I've been working with a digital assistant that knows my name, my preferences for my morning routine … | Matt Phillips / Sherwood News: |
SanDisk's stock has surged ~1,000% since August, driven by AI demand for its data storage products; SanDisk has a cost advantage due to its JV with Kioxia — Soaring chip prices have fueled a nearly 1,000% run for Sandisk in a matter of months. Industry insiders, prolific hedge fund managers …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the EU's executive arm is drafting new legislation aimed at promoting tech sovereignty and openly discussing the security risks posed by US tech — Trump's Greenland threats inject urgency into region's efforts to reduce its reliance on American technology
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| Reuters: |
EquipmentShare, which runs a jobsite tech and equipment rental platform for the construction industry, raised $747.3M in its IPO, valuing the company at $7.16B — EquipmentShare.com shares rose 16.3% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, valuing the construction rental firm at $7.16 billion …
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| Ross Andersen / The Atlantic: |
Analysis: scientists who appeared to use LLMs posted 33% more papers on arXiv than those who didn't, as concerns grow over AI slop in scientific publishing — Peer review has met its match. — On a frigid Norwegian afternoon earlier this month, Dan Quintana, a psychology professor …
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| CoinDesk: |
Nifty Gateway, the NFT trading platform which had facilitated $300M in sales by mid-2021, enters withdrawal-only mode and plans to shut down on Feb. 23, 2026 — What to know: … Nifty Gateway, the non-fungible token (NFT) trading platform that was once central to the 2021 digital art boom, will shut down on Feb. 23, 2026.| Melos Ambaye / Bloomberg: |
Elliptic: ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 surpassed $100B in transactions in under a year, but demand cooled and daily volume fell from a peak of $1.5B+ to ~$500M — The ruble-backed stablecoin created to circumvent sanctions on Russia has surpassed $100 billion in transactions in less … | Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Counterpoint: India smartphone shipments were flat YoY at ~153M; Apple shipped 14M iPhones, raising its share of shipments to a record 9%, up from 7% in 2024 — Apple's iPhone is gaining ground fast in India, shipping about 14 million units in 2025, based on market data shared exclusively with TechCrunch.| Benjamin Wallace / New York Times: |
A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's rise; reports say Polymarket had 491K monthly active traders in December 2025, and <0.04% of addresses took 70% of profits — Two months after quitting his job as a corporate C.P.A. to trade full time in prediction markets, Joel Holsinger, 26, was well along the road to making his first $100,000.
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