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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, 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, and Time
X: @teortaxestex, @theo, @basedtorba, @haoningtimothy, @scaling01, @bindureddy, @scaling01, @teortaxestex, @kimmonismus, @eliebakouch, @kimi_moonshot, @chujiezheng, @teortaxestex, and @eliebakouch
Forums: r/LocalLLaMA and r/LocalLLaMA
| 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 … | 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 …
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
OpenAI launches Prism, a free cloud-based LaTeX 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 for scientists called Prism …
More: OpenAI, ZDNET, TechCrunch, WinBuzzer, and Neowin
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
| Henry Chandonnet / Business Insider: |
Clawdbot creator Peter Steinberger says he is changing the name of the viral AI agent to Moltbot after he “was forced to rename the account by Anthropic” — - Clawdbot, the viral AI agent that's leading techies to buy up Mac Minis, is now named Moltbot.
More: Business Insider, The Register, Resell Calendar, Android Headlines, PCMag, 9to5Mac, Cryptonews, The Crypto Times, and The Economic Times
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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: WhatsApp Blog, Meta Newsroom, TechCrunch, CyberScoop, The Hans India, Security Affairs, The Verge, Engadget, Social Media Today, 9to5Mac, WABetaInfo, Neowin, and The Indian Express
Bluesky: @lorenzofb and @raphae.li
| 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: @natejhake, @neilturkewitz, @nitashatiku, @eilperin, @willoremus, and @willoremus
Bluesky: @tedunderwood.com, @mamagrizbskysocial, @davidrlurie.com, @emilyflitter, @tonytassell, @willoremus.com, and @mollymckew
Forums: r/technology and r/technews
| 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
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| 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: PYMNTS.com and The Information
Bluesky: @spavel, @phil2345, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, and @caseynewton. Mastodon: @robdaemon@hachyderm.io. Forums: Slashdot
| 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 …
X: @andymstone. Bluesky: @marypcbuk, @froggleston.carpentries.org, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, and @daniloc.xyz. Mastodon: @ricmac@mastodon.social
| 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.
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| 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.
More: Fortune, DL News, Tether, The Block, Bitcoin Insider, Blockonomi, The Crypto Times, Yahoo Finance, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, Coinspeaker, and Cryptonews
| 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: 9to5Mac, PCMag, OS X Daily, Tom's Guide, Apple Support, Android Authority, Digital Trends, HotHardware, GSMArena.com, Moneycontrol, Macworld, Redmond Pie, YugaTech, Sammy Fans, and MacRumors
Forums: Hacker News, r/LinusTechTips, and MacRumors Forums
| 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.
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, Android Police, Thurrott, CNET, Business Insider, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Search Engine Land, Engadget, Android Central, Mashable, Search Engine Journal, and The Deep View. LinkedIn: Rohan Shah
| David Gilbert / Wired: |
Meta blocks users from sharing links to ICE List, which compiles names of DHS staffers; Meta cites a policy against “asking for personally identifiable” info — Users of Meta's social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
More: The Daily Beast. X: @hshaban. Bluesky: @katie-drummond, @makenakelly, and @timmarchman
Threads: @daviscanu, @crustnews, and @crustnews
Forums: r/facebook, r/technology, r/AnythingGoesNews, r/politics, and r/ICE_Raids
| 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: Gizmodo, Politico, Computerworld, Engadget, TechCrunch, Windows Central, and The Register
LinkedIn: Joã. Bluesky: @vernster. Mastodon: @jim@social.openrightsgroup … and @brucelawson@social …
Forums: r/BuyFromEU, r/technology, r/europe, and Slashdot
| 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 … | Steven Melendez / Fast Company: |
Privacy-focused MVNO Cape, which has raised $61M from a16z and others, launches across the US following a March 2025 beta, offering a $99 monthly plan — A privacy-centric cellphone carrier called Cape is now officially available across the United States, offering a unique set of features …
More: Cape
| 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.| 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, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, and Cryptonews
| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
Sources: the interim director of CISA, Madhu Gottumukkala, triggered automated security warnings last summer by uploading sensitive documents to ChatGPT — Cybersecurity sensors at CISA flagged the uploads this past August, said the four officials. One official specified there were multiple … | 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 …
More: CNBC, Engadget, Associated Press, The Hill, The Independent, CNN, Fast Company, The Economic Times, New York Post, Tyla, Joe.My.God., PinkNews, and Business Insider
| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
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X: @krassenstein, @furbeti, @taylorlorenz, @rokhanna, and @popbase
Forums: r/politicsinthewild, r/nottheonion, r/democrats, r/behindthebastards, r/politics, r/NPR, and r/technology
| 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, and The Decoder
X: @soldni, @allen_ai, @ethnlshn, @ethnlshn, @tim_dettmers, @nvidiaaidev, and @allen_ai
| 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, @rustybrick, and @geminiapp
| 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, Search Engine Land, Near Media, Fast Company, and The Verge
LinkedIn: Rob Wilk and Ann-Marie Taylor
| 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: TechCrunch, PCMag, How-To Geek, and The Verge
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