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Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted — 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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Bluesky: @justinhendrix, @noupside, @hagenblix, @damonberes.com, @caseynewton, @vicmsong, @mrhands31, @drewharwell.com, @parismarx.com, @sonjadrimmer, @johndavisson, @samplereality, @davemay1, @ericjgeller.com, @kashhill, @seanokane, @masnick.com, @manton.org, @molly.wiki, @stevekovach, @benforward3, @lauridonahue, and @kittywashere. Mastodon: @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone
Forums: r/privacy, r/technology, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says 74% of iPhones launched in the last four years and 66% of all iPhones are running iOS 26; 68% of iPhones were running iOS 18 as of Jan. 21, 2025 — Apple has shared updated iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 adoption figures, revealing how many iPhones and iPads are running those software versions.
More: Apple, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, Pixel Envy, The Mac Observer, iClarified, MacTech.com, and MacDailyNews
| Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: |
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”.
More: Implicator.ai and New York Times
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming it infringed on Disney's works to train its Seedance 2.0 video generation model without pay — The Walt Disney Company on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging the Chinese tech giant has been infringing … | Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Blockchain-based lending company Figure confirms a data breach; ShinyHunters hacking group published 2.5GB of data, saying Figure refused to pay a ransom — Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending company, confirmed it experienced a data breach. — On Friday, Figure spokesperson …
Bluesky: @lorenzofb
| The Information: |
Sources: Grafana Labs, which makes cloud and AI monitoring tools, is in talks to raise at a $9B valuation, up from $6.6B in 2024; its ARR hit $400M in Sept. — Grafana Labs, a software startup that helps companies monitor cloud and AI activity and spending, is finalizing a new funding round … | Fortune: |
Sources: Binance in late 2025 fired employees 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.
More: The Block, Benzinga, BeInCrypto, and The Crypto Times
Bluesky: @davidgrover, @robertscotthorton, @lontorel, and @wilkos
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more — Former employees say the restructuring followed tensions over safety and being “stuck in the catch-up phase.”| 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
More: Politico, SupplyChainBrain, CIO.com, Reuters, Binding Hook, France 24, and Modern Diplomacy
X: @googlepubpolicy. LinkedIn: Kent Walker. Mastodon: @jim@social.openrightsgroup …. Forums: r/EU_Economics and Slashdot
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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 … | Reuters: |
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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| 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 …
More: BetaKit, Globe and Mail, and TechCrunch
| 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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X: @ike_saul and @jsrailton
Bluesky: @stevefm20, @davidho, @serife, @paulusschoutsen.nl, @ob1rebel, @jsrailton, @ernie.tedium.co, @chrisnielsen, @ellenenders, @deflock-redmond, @reckless, and @noorlovelace. Mastodon: @SteveThompson@mastodon.social
| 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 sharesSponsor Posts
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