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Memo: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses in 2026, saying the political tumult in the US would distract critics from the feature's release — In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
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Forums: r/privacy, r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
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Q&A with Dario Amodei on getting close to “a country of geniuses in a data center”, how AI will diffuse through the economy, frontier lab profits, China, more — “That's why I'm sending this message of urgency” — Dario Amodei thinks we are just a few years away from “a country of geniuses in a data center”.| Fortune: |
Sources: Binance has fired its employees in late 2025 who uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B+ through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025 — In 2023, the crypto exchange Binance pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering and know-your-customer laws as well as sanctions violations.| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Amazon's Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety, which would have let law enforcement agencies request footage from Ring doorbell users, after backlash — After weeks of mounting pressure and a questionable Super Bowl ad, the Amazon-owned company has walked back its plan to integrate …
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| Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Companies like Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are letting workers cash out before their IPOs, a move once seen as taboo and lacking long-term commitment — Companies from Stripe to OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks and SpaceX are increasingly giving employees the ability to sell some of their shares| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US FTC accelerated a probe into whether Microsoft illegally monopolized the enterprise computing market with its cloud software and AI offerings — The US Federal Trade Commission is accelerating scrutiny of Microsoft Corp. as part of an ongoing probe into whether … | Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
Google warns that the EU risks undermining its own competitiveness drive with the “tech sovereignty package” the bloc is set to present in the spring — Europe risks undermining its own competitiveness drive through curbs on US groups, tech company says
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| Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
The MPA urges ByteDance to curb its AI video model Seedance 2.0, after an AI-generated video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop went viral — The Motion Picture Association on Thursday denounced the newest AI video generator, Seedance 2., saying it had unleashed a flood …
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| Alaina Demopoulos / The Guardian: |
As OpenAI retires GPT-4o, some users say they are angry and grieving to lose the flirty, quirky companion — Its human partners said the flirty, quirky GPT-4o was the perfect companion - on the eve of Valentine's Day, it's being turned off for good. How will users cope?
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
February investor memo: Cohere hit ~$240M in ARR in 2025, above its $200M target, with QoQ growth of 50%+ and gross margins averaging around 70% throughout 2025 — Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has told investors that it's seeing momentum with enterprise customers, even as rivals like Google …
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Sources: ByteDance is in advanced talks to sell game studio Moonton, the developer of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, to Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games for $6B to $7B — ByteDance is in advanced talks to sell Shanghai Moonton Technology, the studio behind the popular mobile game Mobile Legends …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
PitchBook estimates that 25%+ of VC-backed unicorns have become “undercorns,” startups once valued at $1B or more by VCs but now valued below that threshold — New valuation data from PitchBook suggests that more than one-quarter of VC-backed “unicorns” have lost their horns … | Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic adds Chris Liddell, a former Microsoft and GM exec who helped GM IPO and worked in Trump's first administration, to its board ahead of a potential IPO — The former Microsoft and GM executive Chris Liddell has previously worked for the Trump administration
More: Washington Examiner, CNBC, Anthropic, Sherwood News, and Anthropic
| Danny Park / The Block: |
A US court sentences Praetorian Group CEO Ramil Ventura Palafox to 20 years in prison for operating a $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded 90K+ investors — Quick Take — Praetorian Group International CEO, Ramil Ventura Palafox, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for operating a $200 million bitcoin Ponzi scheme.| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Apple's stock fell 5% on February 12, its worst day since April 2025, following FTC scrutiny of Apple News and reports of delays to Siri's anticipated AI update — Apple just wrapped up its worst day on the stock market since April after reports surfaced about delays with Siri and as the company's news app faced regulatory scrutiny.
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| Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times: |
The US DoD published and then deleted a document adding Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to a list of companies with alleged connections to the Chinese military — The companies are among a number the Pentagon believes could pose a threat to American national security| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Baidu plans to let its search app's 700M MAUs opt-in to message OpenClaw and integrate OpenClaw's capabilities into its e-commerce business and other services — BEIJING — Baidu plans to give users of its main smartphone app direct access to the wildly popular artificial intelligence tool OpenClaw …
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