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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $143.76B, vs. $138.48B est., net income up 16% YoY to $42.1B, and EPS of $2.84, above $2.67 est. — Apple reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday that surpassed expectations, with revenue soaring 16% on an annual basis.
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| Apple: |
Apple Q1: iPhone up 23% YoY to $85.27B, vs. $78.65B est., Mac down 7% to $8.39B, iPad up 6% to $8.6B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories down 2% to $11.49B — All-time records for total company revenue and EPS — iPhone and Services revenue reach new all-time highs
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's Q1 sales in greater China surged 38% to $25.5B; Tim Cook attributed the increase to users upgrading and switching from other platforms to iPhone 17 — Apple Inc. enjoyed a sharp rebound in China during the holiday period, when demand for the new iPhone 17 fueled its first $25 billion quarter … | Reuters: |
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| Reuters: |
Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned IPO this year; under the proposed deal, shares of xAI would be exchanged for shares in SpaceX — Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for later this year.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla, an idea some investors are pushing, while separately exploring a tie-up between SpaceX and xAI — SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla Inc., as well as an alternative combination with artificial intelligence firm xAI …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an IPO in Q4 2026, and its executives have privately expressed concerns about Anthropic beating OpenAI to an IPO — Rivals are competing to be the first major generative AI startup to tap the public markets — OpenAI is laying the groundwork …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50B in OpenAI, which is seeking up to $100B in new capital, a round that could value it at as much as $830B — CEO Andy Jassy is leading the e-commerce giant's negotiations with the startup — Amazon.com is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: the Pentagon is clashing with Anthropic over safeguards limiting the use of its tech to target weapons autonomously and conduct domestic surveillance — The Pentagon and artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic are at odds over potentially eliminating safeguards that might allow …
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| Financial Times: |
Apple acquires Q.ai, whose tech can analyze facial expressions and could enable non-verbal discussions with AI assistants; sources: the deal values Q.ai at ~$2B — iPhone-maker strikes deal for secretive group that creates technology that analyses facial expressions
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI plans to retire several models from ChatGPT on February 13, including GPT‑4o, GPT‑4.1, and o4-mini, saying only 0.1% of users still choose GPT-4o — OpenAI announced it will retire several models from its ChatGPT chatbot next month, including its GPT‑4o model that is beloved by some users.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google launches Project Genie, which lets users create interactive worlds using Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini, for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US — It's what I had the most fun using Google's Project Genie for, at least right now. … This week, a new generative AI tool …
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Forums: r/google and Ars OpenForum
| Dave Sebastian / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Chinese chip designer Montage plans to raise up to ~$902M in a Hong Kong IPO; Montage's Shanghai-listed shares rose 100%+ in 2025 to a ~$27B valuation — Chinese chip designer Montage Technology Co. is seeking to raise as much as HK$7 billion ($902 million) from its Hong Kong listing …
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| Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: |
The US government finalized forfeiture of $400M+ tied to Helix crypto mixer last week; Helix operator Larry Dean Harmon was sentenced to three years in 2024 — The mixer processed hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin that prosecutors say were tied to illicit activity on the dark web.| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: China has given DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's H200 AI chips but imposes regulatory conditions, which are still being finalized — China has given its top AI startup DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's (NVDA.O) H200 artificial intelligence chips with regulatory conditions …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft is focusing on fixing the core issues of Windows 11 over the coming months after persistent bugs, ads, and bloatware eroded user trust — Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. … Windows is in a weird spot.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup debuts its short-form Revolutionary War series, made using Google DeepMind's AI tools and human voice actors — Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky used AI to travel back in time 250 years ago to the American Revolution. But he tapped real-life human actors …
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| Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters: |
The Netherlands' consumer protection regulator launches an investigation into Roblox under the DSA over potential risks to underage users in the EU — The Netherlands' consumer protection regulator ACM has launched an investigation into U.S. gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N) …
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| Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg: |
Sources: special agents with the US Commerce Department investigated claims by ex-Meta contractors that Meta staff had “unfettered” access to WhatsApp messages — US law enforcement has been investigating allegations by former Meta Platforms Inc. contractors that Meta personnel …
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| Bloomberg: |
Perplexity signs a deal with Microsoft; sources say the $750M, three-year commitment will let Perplexity deploy AI models through Microsoft's Foundry service — AI startup Perplexity signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft Corp. to use its Azure cloud service, spreading its business beyond longtime cloud partner Amazon.com Inc.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft shares fell ~10% on Thursday following an earnings report that disappointed some investors, the stock's sharpest daily decline since March 2020 — Microsoft shares slid about 10% on Thursday following an earnings report that disappointed some investors, prompting the stock's sharpest daily decline since March 2020.
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