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Techcrunch
- New York powerhouse VC Insight Partners nabs another $12.5B after $8B in exits
- Failed fintech startup Bench racked up over $65 million in debt, documents reveal
- Apple pauses AI notification summaries for news after generating false alerts
- Threads might let you add music to your posts in the future
- Trump administration might give a boost to deep-sea mining for critical minerals
- Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages
- Nvidia releases more tools and guardrails to nudge enterprises to adopt AI agents
- Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol
- A rising EV startup star snags $100M and Tesla’s win-lose federal funding moment
- Trading platform eToro said to be eyeing $5B US IPO in 2025
Engadget
- AGDQ just ended, but there's already a schedule for Frost Fatales and it owns
- CFPB fines Block $175m over Cash App's lax fraud controls
- Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law
- Apple pauses AI notification summaries of news alerts in latest iOS beta
- TikTok, Temu and more face complaints alleging GDPR violations in EU
- MoviePass made a film trailer app for the Oculus Quest and Apple Vision Pro
- China-linked hackers accessed over 400 US Treasury computers
- Fortnite will let you play as Godzilla, if you're lucky
- Leica's SL3-S mirrorless cameras boasts 6K ProRes video and faster autofocus
- Anker's 20K power bank with charging base is down to a record-low price
ZDNet
- The best external hard drives of 2025: Expert tested
- Samsung's Galaxy Ring 2 at Unpacked? What we know and features I'm hoping for
- Can Gemini ever catch ChatGPT in the AI race? Here's where it stands now
- It's official: All your Office apps are getting AI and a price increase
- The best Apple Watches of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed
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- Samsung Unpacked 2025: How to watch and what to expect
- The Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim may steal the show at Unpacked - even if it doesn't release
- The best iPad cases for kids of 2025: Protect your kids' tablets
Wired Magazine
- The 24 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (January 2025)
- Check Out These Extraordinary New Images of Mercury
- Nubia Redmagic 10 Pro Review: Value for Gamers
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- Nintendo Officially Announces Switch 2
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- Why It’s So Confusing to Determine Air Quality in Los Angeles Right Now
- TikTok Hadn't Even Been Banned Before the Backlash Started
VentureBeat
- You can now fine-tune your own version of AI image maker Flux with just 5 images
- Google’s new neural-net LLM architecture separates memory components to control exploding costs…
- Borderless AI secures $32 million to challenge HR software giants with its AI-powered platform
- Edge computing’s rise will drive cloud consumption, not replace it
- Purpose-built AI hardware: Smart strategies for scaling infrastructure
- AI factories are factories: Overcoming industrial challenges to commoditize AI
- The path forward for gen AI-powered code development in 2025
- Not just hype — here are real-world use cases for AI agents
- Winning the war against adversarial AI needs to start with AI-native SOCs
- Build or buy? Scaling your enterprise gen AI pipeline in 2025
Gizmodo
- Brain-Controlled Bionic Hand Offers Most Advanced Artificial Touch Yet
- A Lot of Americans Are Googling ‘What Is Oligarchy?’ After Biden’s Farewell Speech
- WaPo Drops ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ Slogan as Jeff Bezos Embraces the Darkness
- Policy Proposal for Trump’s Bitcoin Stockpile Leaks
- All the Questions We Still Have After Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Season One
- I’m Afraid the Switch 2 Design Lacks Nintendo’s Special Sauce
- Apple’s Notifications Summaries Were So Bad It’s Just Turning Them Off
- Dan Da Dan‘s Director Never Wanted the Anime to Compete With the Manga
- If You Hate Your Car’s Digital Dashboard, Consider a Game Boy
- ChargePoint Says New Uncuttable EV Charging Cable Will Thwart Vandalism
Techmeme
- Nintendo teases the Switch 2, featuring a new kickstand design and backward compatibility for phy…
- An official says the Biden administration is “exploring options” to implement the law…
- Apple disables notification summaries for News & Entertainment apps in iOS 18.3 beta and make…
- A look at the legal dispute between Walgreens and Cooler Screens, which installed 10,000 smart do…
- Microsoft bundles its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptio…
- Joe Biden issues a cybersecurity EO to improve the way the government monitors its networks, buys…
- UK's Ofcom imposes robust age checks on porn sites, which could include photo ID matching, facial…
- An interview with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, who says the company's revenue grew 5x over the past si…
- Doc: FBI leaders have warned that they believe the hackers who broke into AT&T's system last …
- Source: over 700K new users joined Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, in just two days; Sensor Tower: the a…
The Verge
- Apple is pausing notification summaries for news in the latest iOS 18.3 beta
- Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
- Will RedNote get banned in the US?
- CFPB sued for trying to regulate digital payment apps more like banks
- David Lynch has died
- Tesla says the Cybertruck is ‘bestselling,’ so why is it offering discounts?
- As Americans flock to RedNote, privacy advocates warn about surveillance
- All our unanswered questions about the Nintendo Switch 2
- Microsoft bundles Office AI features into Microsoft 365 and raises prices
- FDA bans use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods
TNW
- Quantum Brilliance secures $20M for portable diamond-based accelerators
- TNW Conference 2025 is reborn — with a new startup mission
- Synthesia becomes UK’s biggest GenAI company with $2.1B valuation
- Dutch startup Shift plans to build $250M ‘world wonder’ to inspire climate action
- Fintech startup LemFi raises $53M to help immigrants send money back home
- AI tools to elevate your job search in 2025
- Dutch startup lands €4.75M for unique appoach to photonic chip-making
- Space-based wildlife tracker ICARUS gets new wings after split with Russia
- UK forges new radiation-resistant steel in step forward for fusion energy startups
- TNW boosts startup mission with new role for ecosystems leader Yeni Joseph
Slashdot
- AI Slashes Google's Code Migration Time By Half
- Microsoft Patches Windows To Eliminate Secure Boot Bypass Threat
- Nvidia Reveals AI Supercomputer Used Non-Stop For Six Years To Perfect Gaming Graphics
- A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
- Nintendo Admits Emulators Are Legal Despite Crackdown
- Drinking Water Sources in England Polluted With Forever Chemicals
- Replit CEO on AI Breakthroughs: 'We Don't Care About Professional Coders Anymore'
- Nintendo To Unveil Next-Generation Switch 2 in April
- Governments Call For Spyware Regulations In UN Security Council Meeting
- Pastor Who Saw Crypto Project In His 'Dream' Indicted For Fraud
ArsTechnica
- Google is about to make Gemini a core part of Workspaces—with price changes
- GM patents a dual-port charging system for EVs with vehicle-to-load
- Home Microsoft 365 plans use Copilot AI features as pretext for a price hike
- Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year
- Heroes, villains, and childhood trauma in the MCEU and DCU
- RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users
- AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans
- Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot
- With Bitcoin near $100,000, even pension funds are buying cryptocurrency
- Intel Arc B570 review: At $219, the cheapest good graphics card
The Register
- In farewell speech, Biden rails against the tech industrial complex and disinfo dismantling democracy
- Feds sue Southwest for chronic delays, unrealistic schedules
- Russia's Star Blizzard phishing crew caught targeting WhatsApp accounts
- TSMC plans to have 1.6nm chips in 'volume production' by 2026
- Enzo Biochem settles lawsuit over 2023 ransomware attack for $7.5M
- Anduril picks Ohio for 5 million square foot autonomous weapon factory
- Raspberry Pi hands out prizes to all in the RP2350 Hacking Challenge
- Google reports halving code migration time with AI help
- AI datacenters putting zero emissions promises out of reach
- Brits must prove their age on adult sites by July, says watchdog
Vox - Technology
- The first electric minivan will change the way you think about EVs
- It’s getting harder to measure just how good AI is getting
- Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?
- TikTok: The most exciting, and controversial, social media app on the planet
- What to know about TikTok’s fate in the US
- The Supreme Court doesn’t seem likely to save TikTok
- Are gadgets getting good again?
- Siri’s listening to you — but is it spying?
- Why we shouldn’t ban kids from social media
- The danger of Meta’s big fact-checking changes
Quartz
- Donald Trump’s 2007 Ferrari will go up for auction next month
- Walmart is selling Chanel, Fendi, and Prada. Here's why that matters
- American Express to pay $230 million over 'deceitful marketing campaign'
- Big bank CEOs can't wait for Trump. Here's what they're saying
- Cash App parent fined up to $175 million for 'woefully incomplete' response to fraud
- Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and other Big Tech leaders flocking to Trump's inauguration
- Donald Trump's fixation with Greenland, explained
- Walmart investors are slamming its DEI retreat as 'disheartening'
- TSMC stock rises 5% as AI chip demand drives record net profit
- Check out the $100 million campus of the new Dubai private school
MIT Technology Review
- The Download: what’s next for Neuralink, and Meta’s language translation AI
- Interest in nuclear power is surging. Is it enough to build new reactors?
- What to expect from Neuralink in 2025
- Meta’s new AI model can translate speech from more than 100 languages
- Fueling the future of digital transformation
- The Download: China’s marine ranches, and fast-learning robots
- Training robots in the AI-powered industrial metaverse
- The Download: the future of nuclear power, and fact checking Mark Zuckerberg
- What’s next for nuclear power
- Here’s our forecast for AI this year
BleepingComputer
- W3 Total Cache plugin flaw exposes 1 million WordPress sites to attacks
- Microsoft expands testing of Windows 11 admin protection feature
- US cracks down on North Korean IT worker army with more sanctions
- Biden signs executive order to bolster national cybersecurity
- Wolf Haldenstein law firm says 3.5 million impacted by data breach
- FTC sues GoDaddy for years of poor hosting security practices
- New UEFI Secure Boot flaw exposes systems to bootkits, patch now
- MFA Failures - The Worst is Yet to Come
- Hackers leak configs and VPN credentials for 15,000 FortiGate devices
- SAP fixes critical vulnerabilities in NetWeaver application servers
BGR
- With TikTok ban looming, there’s been a 216% spike in Americans using Duolingo to learn Mandarin
- Interactive map lets you explore the history of anywhere on Earth
- A highly-rated series you’ve never heard of is now streaming on Netflix
- iPhone 17 Air and Galaxy S25 Slim battery life comes into focus in new leak
- Apple seeds visionOS 2.3 beta 3 a few days after third testing versions of watchOS 11.3 and tvOS …
- iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS 15.3 beta 3 now available to developers
- Chemist finds a way to transform plastic waste into soap
- Married woman confessed to having months-long affair with ChatGPT AI
- Touch ID fans should definitely grab an iPad 9th-Gen while it’s back in stock
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Flipboard: Tech
- Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket, the company’s first SpaceX contender
- 5 reasons why Gemini Advanced blows ChatGPT Plus out of the water
- Joe Biden's Farewell Address Warns of Growing Oligarchy and Tech Threats
- Know how to read cursive? The National Archives wants you
- Biden issues an 11th hour executive order aimed at strengthening U.S. cybersecurity
- This "Leaked Photo of Heaven" Went Viral for All the Wrong Reasons
- AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans
- Lawyer drops Meta as client, citing Mark Zuckerberg's "toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness"
- Solana, Ripple's XRP Jump as Donald Trump Reportedly Mulls 'America-First' Crypto Strategic Reser…
- Donald Trump Has Mark Zuckerberg By the Balls
Mainstream media
NYTimes: Tech
- General Motors Is Banned From Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years
- Trump Is Said to Consider Executive Order to Circumvent TikTok Ban
- Jeff Bezos’ Successful Blue Origin Launch Silences Skeptics
- TikTok Refugees Get Wry Welcome on RedNote, Another Chinese App
- A First-Day Trump Order: A Federal Stockpile of Bitcoin?
- On TikTok, Users Mock Looming U.S. Ban
- TikTok C.E.O. Plans to Attend Trump Inauguration
- A.I. Military Start-Up Anduril Plans $1 Billion Factory in Ohio
- What to Know About the E.V. Tax Credit That Trump Might Repeal
- How to Download Your Videos From TikTok
WSJ: Tech
- Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
- EU Competition Chief Denies Reassessment of Big Tech Probes
- Google Thinks It Has the Best AI Tech. Now It Needs More Users.
- Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
- Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
- Zuckerberg Debuts 'Real Mark' in Push to Woo Trump
- Meta to Cut 5% of Staff as Zuckerberg Says He Will 'Raise the Bar'
- Amazon Web Services Launches Infrastructure Region in Mexico
- TikTok Users Flee to a Chinese App: 'RedNote'
- Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
Washington Post: Technology
- TikTok CEO to rally with Trump before inauguration as ban looms
- As a TikTok ban looms, Vine stars offer advice for surviving the fallout
- Biden issues order to strengthen federal cyber defenses
- TikTok races toward a ban as Supreme Court — and Trump — weigh its fate
- Can you use TikTok if it’s banned? Your guide to a possible shutdown.
- Trump considers executive order hoping to ‘save TikTok’ from ban or sale in U.S. law
- Need a better night’s sleep? A new wave of smart earbuds claims to help.
Guardian: Tech UK
- Americans flock to Chinese TikTok alternative RedNote: ‘We have the same struggles’
- Donald Trump reportedly weighing up TikTok ban delay
- Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is an early contender for 2025’s silliest game
- BT axes EV charger scheme after installing just one out of 60,000
- Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2
- Stronger age checks to come into force for online pornography sites in UK
- Billion-dollar video game: is this the most expensive piece of entertainment ever made?
- Biden strengthens US cyber defenses against Russia and China threats
- Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket blasts off in challenge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX
- Jeff Bezos's reusable rocket New Glenn is launched into space – video
BBC: Tech UK
- BT scraps EV charging point scheme having only installed one
- What happens if TikTok is banned?
- All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July
- US markets watchdog sues Musk over Twitter stake disclosure
- Tech Life: Trust and verify
- Google faces UK investigation over search dominance
- TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms
- TikTok says report of possible sale to Musk 'pure fiction'
- GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload
- PM plans to 'unleash AI' across UK to boost growth
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