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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says it found Opus 4.6 “brings more focus to the most challenging parts of a task without being told to” and “thinks more deeply and more carefully” — We're upgrading our smartest model. — The new Claude Opus 4.6 improves on its predecessor's coding skills.
More: Claude, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Benzinga, Simon Willison's Weblog, Wall Street Journal, MarkTechPost, Thurrott, Fast Company, WinBuzzer, The New Stack, Implicator.ai, The Decoder, The Mac Observer, XDA Developers, and Forbes
Bluesky: @steveklabnik.com and @cameron.stream
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/singularity, r/google_antigravity, and Slashdot
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6, which it says can analyze company data, regulatory filings, and market information; Anthropic now has 300K+ business users — Anthropic is releasing a new version of its most powerful AI model that's designed to carry out financial research …
More: Claude, The Information, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Moneycontrol, Semafor, 9to5Mac, Livemint, Bloomberg, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, Inc, Research & Development World, CNN, ITPro, VentureBeat, Barron's Online, Implicator.ai, Yahoo Finance, AI Insider, investingLive, OfficeChai, The Tech Buzz, iPhone in Canada, and Rolling Out
X: @claudeai, @sonofalli, @kimmonismus, @claudeai, @nathanblawrence, @claudeai, @damianplayer, @hakamite, @scaling01, @scaling01, @claudeai, @scaling01, @brandenflasch, @bloombergtv, @verge, @levie, @saffronhuang, @bindureddy, @nichochar, @scaling01, @scaling01, @kimmonismus, @llmstats, @nichochar, @teknium, @claudeai, @cortinico, @yuchenj_uw, @emollick, @deredleritt3r, @scaling01, @scaling01, @krishnanrohit, @benkomalo, @bcherny, @teknium, @ericbuess, @claudeai, @_catwu, @synthwavedd, @alexalbert__, @scaling01, @kyleturman, @scaling01, @sammcallister, and @camsoft2000
| Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic introduces “agent teams” in Claude Code as a research preview to launch multiple agents that work in parallel, and a Claude in PowerPoint plugin — On Thursday, Anthropic released the latest version of Opus — its most advanced model and a particularly important model for Claude Code.
More: Claude, The Verge, The Deep View, and The Mac Observer
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
| Anthropic: |
X: @krishnanrohit. Bluesky: @steveklabnik.com. Forums: Hacker News, r/programming, r/programare, r/singularity, r/ClaudeCode, and Lobsters
| Amazon: |
Amazon reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $213.4B, net income up 6% to $21.19B, and EPS of $1.95, vs. $1.97 est.; AMZN drops 10%+ after hours — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025. Fourth Quarter 2025
More: Financial Times, Thurrott, CNBC, Deadline, Modern Retail, and Capital Brief
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon reports Q4 AWS revenue up 24% YoY to $35.6B, vs. $34.9B est., AWS operating income up 17% YoY to $12.5B, and boosts capex in 2026 to $200B — Amazon shares plunged more than 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted mixed fourth-quarter earnings, and boosted its full-year spending forecast to $200 billion.
More: Telegraph, TechCrunch, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, Motley Fool, The Wrap, Reuters, and ZeroHedge News
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/ValueInvesting
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI says GPT-5.3-Codex goes beyond an agent that can code “to an agent that can do nearly anything developers and professionals can do on a computer” — Expanding Codex across the full spectrum of professional work on a computer. — Join the Codex app waitlist
More: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Fortune, Thurrott, The New Stack, Mashable, The Deep View, Neowin, VentureBeat, Constellation Research, The Mac Observer, and MarkTechPost
LinkedIn: Scott Cunningham. Bluesky: @timkellogg.me. Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and r/accelerate
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex, which it says runs 25% faster, enabling longer-running tasks, and “is our first model that was instrumental in creating itself” — ZDNET's key takeaways — GPT-5.3-Codex helped debug and deploy parts of itself. — Codex can be steered mid-task without losing context.
More: NBC News, Blockchain.News, and The Decoder
| New York Times: |
DOJ files reveal Epstein's deep Silicon Valley relationships and how key insiders offered access to buzzy startups like Coinbase, long after his 2008 conviction — The disgraced financier regularly courted tech industry figures not just for their prestige but also for access to promising companies.
More: NBC News, San Francisco Examiner, and Forbes
X: @cowboycrypto313, @nafeezahmed, @aaronrday, and @cryptadamist
| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
More: The Information. X: @michuk, @arnaudmercier, @michuk, @michuk, @tarowheel, and @_wmedia_
LinkedIn: Katharine Schwab and Teena Touch
Bluesky: @joeuchill, @rmac, @samblum, @alexrkonrad, and @jennycohn
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches Frontier, an AI agent management platform that provides shared context, onboarding, and permission boundaries, for “a limited set of customers” — Think HR, but for AI. … Managing humans is hard. Managing AI agents is... also hard.
More: OpenAI, The Information, SiliconANGLE, ZDNET, The Register, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Axios, Fortune, The Decoder, Yahoo Finance, Help Net Security, Barron's Online, Techstrong.ai, Neowin, Reuters, Australian Financial Review, Blockonomi, Implicator.ai, Inc, and Constellation Research
X: @openai, @openai, @firstadopter, and @openai
| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin falls to ~$66K, its lowest level since President Trump's election win in November 2024 and down 44%+ from its October 2025 peak as global markets fall — Bitcoin slumped below $70,000, a level last seen 15 months ago, as a broad risk-off sentiment engulfed global markets.
More: CNBC, Decrypt, The Verge, Washington Examiner, Blockonomi, Yahoo Finance, Plain Dealer, The American Bazaar, DL News, Inc.com, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Mashable, NBC News, and Axios
X: @saylor, @thestalwart, @ljxie, @dcinvestor, @camiinthisthang, @brian_armstrong, @thestalwart, @birdyword, @luke_metro, @ljxie, @sumitroy2, @portfolioxpert, @intocryptoverse, @balajis, @nouriel, @mattzeitlin, @chiweethedog, @thestalwart, @thecryptodog, @lukegromen, and @bon_g. Bluesky: @karlbode.com
| Bloomberg: |
X: @an10nev, @mert, @zavcorin, @thestalwart, @cmilakgun, @covered_call, @thestalwart, @thestalwart, @crypto_mckenna, @bykatherineross, @muyaoshen, @thestalwart, @zherbert, @ljkawa, @blknoiz06, @tomlefevre, @jyarow, and @thestalwart. Bluesky: @marypcbuk
| Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
Investor fears that software companies are facing an AI-driven extinction event are exaggerated, but the persistent belief has damaged their stocks for months — Fears that software companies are facing an extinction event are exaggerated, but other dangers are real
More: Business Insider, Business Insider, Reuters, and Wall Street Journal
X: @garrytan, @taliagold, @thestalwart, @marcelolima, @jaykreps, @arampell, @sarthakgh, @qualityinvest5, @mikeeisenberg, @arpitrage, @tmt_jack_, @forgebitz, @jasonrshuman, @litcapital, and @jukan05. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook told Apple staff at an all-hands that he's “deeply distraught” with the US' current approach to immigration and he will press the issue with lawmakers — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook told employees that he's “deeply distraught” with the US's current approach …
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, The Information, and The Mac Observer
X: @bobbydownes, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Bluesky: @durumcrustulum.com, @seanokane, @daniloc.xyz, and @tgnyc
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify partners with Bookshop.org to let Premium US and UK subscribers buy hardcover and paperback books via its app starting in spring; Spotify will get a cut — Streaming service is joining with Bookshop.org to appeal to readers who read in multiple formats — Spotify Technology is getting into the physical book business.
More: Spotify, The Verge, Spotify, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, ZDNET, Dexerto, Android Central, Android Authority, Android Police, XDA Developers, Publishing Perspectives, Inc.com, Reuters, Publishers Weekly, MakeUseOf, Mashable, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Mac Observer, Digital Music News, Engadget, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Google, Neowin, Digital Trends, Hindustan Times, PCMag, The Independent, and T3. Threads: @joshpetersel
| The Information: |
Sources: Nvidia delays the release of its incremental gaming GPU upgrade, codenamed Kicker, marking the first year in three decades without a new GPU for gaming — Nvidia won't release a new graphics chip for gamers this year due to a deepening global shortage of memory chips …
More: PCMag, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Kotaku, Dexerto, XDA Developers, VideoCardz.com, ZeroHedge News, Financial Post, Tech4Gamers, and Tom's Guide
| Alex Riehl / BetaKit: |
YC adds Canada back to its accepted countries of incorporation list, saying the initial decision was due to its top Canadian companies reincorporating in the US — Y Combinator has once again revised its standard deal terms, this time to add Canada back to its list of accepted countries of incorporation.| Jason Rainbow / SpaceNews: |
The US FCC grants Starlink rival Logos clearance to deploy up to 4,178 low Earth orbit broadband satellites by 2035; Logos raised a $50M Series A in June 2025 — - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
More: Engadget, Via Satellite, and SatNews
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta confirms it is testing a standalone app for Vibes, its short-form video feed of AI videos, after “strong early traction”, without sharing specific numbers — Meta is testing a stand-alone Vibes app, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday.| Cheeky Pint: |
Q&A with Elon Musk on plans for 1TW of space GPUs, Grok and human consciousness, Optimus, xAI's business plan, China's manufacturing win, DOGE, and more — Timecodes — Transcript — Are there really three hours of questions? Are you fucking serious? — Dwarkesh Patel
More: 9to5Mac, YouTube, and Dwarkesh Podcast
| Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Gemini exits the UK, the EU, and Australia, and cuts 25% of its staff; the crypto exchange is refocusing on the US as “foreign markets have proven hard to win” — Quick Take — Gemini links its latest layoffs to a push for a leaner, more automated operating model …
More: Gemini, DL News, Reuters, New York Post, Yahoo Finance, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Decrypt, Cryptonews, and Crypto Briefing
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $726M, vs. $665M est., DAUq up 19% to 121.4M, above est., forecasts Q1 revenue above est., announces a $1B share buyback — Reddit shares rose 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat on the top …
More: Reuters, Benzinga, Bloomberg, and Sherwood News
| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$23.7B, vs. ~$23.5B est., operating profit up 22% to ~$3.3B, vs. ~$3B est., and raises FY operating profit outlook by 8% — Sony on Thursday reported a rise in operating profit that beat expectations, supported by favorable foreign exchange rates despite surging memory chip costs.
More: Gematsu, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg
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