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| Kimi: |
Moonshot says Kimi K2.5 builds on K2 with “pretraining over ~15T mixed visual and text tokens” and “can self-direct an agent swarm with up to 100 sub-agents” — Today, we are introducing Kimi K2.5, the most powerful open-source model to date.
More: Hugging Face, WinBuzzer, Simon Willison's Weblog, TestingCatalog, Implicator.ai, and Constellation Research
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Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Bloomberg: |
Chinese startup Moonshot releases Kimi K2.5, saying the model can process text, images, and videos simultaneously and beats its open-source peers in some tests — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.-backed Moonshot AI released an upgrade of its flagship model, heating up a domestic arms race ahead …
More: The Information, Spyglass, Sherwood News, Time, and TechCrunch
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Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and r/LocalLLaMA
| New York Times: |
Internal Slack message: Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff that “What's happening with ICE is going too far” and he hopes President Trump “will rise to this moment” — Business leaders continue to feel pressure to speak out about the immigration crackdown and the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens.
More: TechCrunch, Wired, The Atlantic, Business Insider, The Information, Forbes, and Quartz
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| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
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Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @daniloc.xyz, @carnage4life, and @davidwelton
Forums: r/politics, r/OpenAI, and r/technology
| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
More: New York Times, Advocate, 9to5Mac, On my Om, Fortune, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, The Verge, The Hollywood Reporter, Gizmodo, Advocate, MacStories, The Daily Beast, SW Newsmagazine, Mercury News, MacDailyNews, Entertainment Weekly, and Wccftech
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Bluesky: @passantino, @evansutton, @hunterwalk.com, and @devindra
Threads: @karaswisher, @crumbler, @brianericford, and @karaswisher
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Forums: r/politics, r/thebulwark, and r/apple
| Washington Post: |
US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to “destructively scan” up to 2M books with a hydraulic “cutting machine” led by an ex-Google exec — In early 2024, executives at artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic ramped up an ambitious project they sought to keep quiet.
X: @nitashatiku, @eilperin, and @willoremus
Bluesky: @tedunderwood.com, @mamagrizbskysocial, @emilyflitter, @tonytassell, @willoremus.com, and @mollymckew. Forums: r/technology
| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
OpenAI for Science launches Prism, a free LaTeX-based text editor that embeds GPT-5.2 to assist in scientific paper drafting and citation management — OpenAI just revealed what its new in-house team, OpenAI for Science, has been up to. The firm has released a free LLM-powered tool … | Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon plans to close all 57 Fresh and 15 Go locations in the US, as it pivots its physical retail strategy to focus exclusively on Whole Foods — Amazon's homegrown grocery stores are getting shelved. — The company said Tuesday morning that it's closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations …
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Bluesky: @dmnd.me and @davelee.me
Forums: r/SFV, r/LosAngeles, r/bayarea, and r/Seattle
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Tether launches USAT, a US-regulated stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, marking the company's direct return to the US market that it left in 2018 — Tether Holdings SA said it has launched a US-focused stablecoin, as the world's largest issuer of dollar-pegged tokens prepares to return to crypto's largest market.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
An interview with Mozilla president Mark Surman about plans to deploy its ~$1.4B in reserves to fund an AI “rebel alliance” to challenge companies like OpenAI — From his small, snow-covered farm outside Toronto, home to cats and a dog, and soon some donkeys …
More: The Information. Bluesky: @spavel, @phil2345, @caseynewton, and @hypervisible.blacksky.app. Mastodon: @robdaemon@hachyderm.io
| Nate Wolf / Barron's Online: |
Cloudflare stock surged 9.2% on Monday and 14% on Tuesday as users of Moltbot, previously Clawdbot, adopt the free Cloudflare Tunnel to secure their connections — Key Points — Cloudflare stock surged again on Tuesday, as buzz around the artificial-intelligence assistant Moltbot gives … | Henry Chandonnet / Business Insider: |
More: The Register, PCMag, The Economic Times, CryptoPotato, Cryptonews, The Crypto Times, and Protos
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Bluesky: @kevinbriody, @puddleoops.com, and @caseynewton
| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
WhatsApp launches Strict Account Settings, a high-security mode to protect high-risk users like journalists and public figures from sophisticated cyberattacks — Meta's WhatsApp messaging service is offering users an advanced security mode, joining a growing number of U.S. tech firms …
More: TechCrunch, WhatsApp Blog, Meta Newsroom, The Verge, CyberScoop, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, Neowin, WABetaInfo, and The Indian Express. Bluesky: @raphae.li
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
Google adds Gemini 3 to AI Overviews as the default model globally and now lets users ask follow-up questions “seamlessly” via AI Mode — Gemini 3 is coming to AI Overviews and you can ask follow-ups for a ‘seamless Search experience.’ — Google is making Search less about links and more about AI.| Tyler Katzenberger / Politico: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will launch a review into whether TikTok is violating state laws by censoring content critical of President Trump — In a separate X post Monday, the governor's press account said Newsom was launching the review after his office “received reports … | Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic is set to raise about $20B led by Singapore's GIC and Coatue, double the amount it had targeted, at a $350B valuation — Company in talks to raise new funds from Coatue, GIC, Iconiq and Sequoia at $350bn valuation — Anthropic is set to raise about $20bn from venture capitalists … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google expands Android's anti-theft suite, including a dedicated toggle for its Failed Authentication Lock feature on devices running Android 16 or later — Google on Tuesday announced an expanded set of Android theft protection features, designed to make its mobile devices less of a target for criminals.| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Sonos announces the Amp Multi, a large digital amplifier and its first new device in over a year, ending a pause in hardware releases as it focused on software — Sonos Inc. introduced its first new device in over a year, marking the end of an intentional lull in product launches … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google expands its AI Plus subscription to 35 new countries and territories, including the US at $7.99/month, with “enhanced access” to Gemini 3 Pro and more — After introducing the plan internationally in September, Google is bringing its AI Plus subscription to 35 new countries, including the US.
More: The Keyword, Forbes, Thurrott, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, MacRumors, Android Authority, Android Central, and Droid Life
X: @shimritby, @geminiapp, and @rustybrick
| Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Crypto payments network Mesh raised a $75M Series C led by Dragonfly at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $200M — Partner offers — Quick Take — Mesh raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Dragonfly Capital, valuing the crypto payments startup at $1 billion.
More: Mesh, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, FinSMEs, and Cryptonews
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Ai2 launches Open Coding Agents, starting with SERA, an open-source family that includes 32B and 8B parameter models designed to adapt to private codebases — Artificial intelligence is moving swiftly, changing how developers craft, as code flows ever faster into repositories such as GitHub …
More: Ai2, GeekWire, The New Stack, and The Decoder
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 12.5.8 for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6, extending software support for these devices to 13 and 12 years after their respective launches — Alongside iOS 26.2.1, Apple today released an updated version of iOS 12 for devices that are still running that operating system update …
More: PCMag, Tom's Guide, Apple Support, Redmond Pie, GSMArena.com, and MacRumors
Forums: Hacker News, r/LinusTechTips, and MacRumors Forums
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
Amazon agrees to pay a $309M settlement and return $600M to users in a US class action lawsuit over allegedly incorrectly denied refunds since September 2017 — Amazon (AMZN.O) has agreed to pay $309 million and provide other benefits in a class action settlement with customers who claimed …
More: PCMag, How-To Geek, and The Verge
| Pascale Davies / Euronews: |
France plans to replace Microsoft Teams and Zoom with French-made and Outscale-hosted Visio by 2027, as part of a push to drop US software vendors in government — France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
More: Engadget, Computerworld, TechCrunch, Politico, Windows Central, and The Register
LinkedIn: Joã. Bluesky: @vernster. Mastodon: @jim@social.openrightsgroup … and @brucelawson@social …
Forums: r/BuyFromEU, r/europe, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants — The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective … | Kerry Flynn / Axios: |
Yahoo launches Scout, an AI answer engine powered by Claude, in beta for US users on desktop and mobile, and joins Microsoft's Publisher Content Marketplace — Yahoo is joining the next era of search with Yahoo Scout, a new AI answer engine that has a standalone site and app, and will be available across its properties.
More: Yahoo Inc. Press, Engadget, Near Media, Search Engine Land, The Verge, and Fast Company
LinkedIn: Rob Wilk and Ann-Marie Taylor
| Jeff Horwitz / Reuters: |
Court filings: Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions — Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable …
Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz
| Sam Tabahriti / Reuters: |
The UK government says it recruited a team of AI specialists to build AI tools to improve transport, public safety and defense, backed by Meta's funding — The British government said on Tuesday it had recruited a team of artificial intelligence specialists to build AI tools to improve transport … Sponsor Posts
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