'Encrypt it already' campaign challenges big tech to keep your data secure

EFF’s “Encrypt It Already” campaign puts pressure on Apple and big tech

5 wks / ithinkdiff / Asma Hussain

It’s not just Grok: Apple and Google app stores are infested with nudifying AI apps

5 wks / digitaltrends

'Encrypt it already' campaign challenges big tech to keep your data secure

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Called Out in New 'Encrypt It Already' Campaign

Electronic Frontier Foundation calls for stronger privacy with Encrypt It Already campaign

5 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X amid second straight year of losses

Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Tesla is reportedly discontinuing its two oldest models amid a second year of revenue losses. According to an earnings call conducted on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that it will end production of the Model S and Model X next quarter, with Mus…

#ai #robotics #automation #cars #tesla #earnings #business #elonmusk #automotive #ev

Tesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry

5 wks / nytimes / Neal E. Boudette

Tesla throws in the towel on car sales

5 wks / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Tesla Prepares to Retire Model S, Model X to Build More Humanoid Robots

5 wks / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Tesla investors like the idea of merging with SpaceX

The economics of Tesla the company are still all about cars. The economics of Tesla the stock are not.

5 wks / sherwood / Hyunsoo Rim

The End of the Model S Is the Start of a New Tesla

5 wks / wsj / Tim Higgins

Tesla invests $2B in xAI as part of $20B mega-round, eyes Optimus AI

5 wks / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Elon Musk's $20 billion spending plan signals 'Tesla of yesterday is gone'

5 wks / cnbc

Tesla plans to build more robots

5 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X amid second straight year of losses

5 wks / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Musk distracts from struggling car biz with fantastical promise to make 1 million humanoid robots a year

5 wks / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Tesla sold $430 million worth of its Megapack backup batteries to Musk's xAI in 2025

5 wks / cnbc

Apple Concedes It Entered The New Year With “Depleted Inventories” And “Less Flexibility” As Memory And Advanced Node Supply Constraints Begin To Bite

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - Apple is beginning to feel the pinch from the oncoming constraints around memory products and TSMC's choked advanced node supply lines, albeit in a managed fashion. This is the biggest takeaway from Apple's just-concluded Q1 2026 earnings call. Apple is f…

#semiconductors #apple #chips #business #supplychain #pricing #manufacturing #technology #memory #timcook

Chip Shortages Are Affecting Apple's Ability to Make Enough iPhones

5 wks / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Analysts caught flat-footed as iPhone supply, not demand, capped growth

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple chasing memory supply to meet high customer demand — CEO Tim Cook says shortage will have a greater impact on its Q2 earnings

5 wks / tomshardware

Memory Shortage Haunts Apple’s Blowout iPhone Sales

5 wks / wsj / Dan Gallagher

Tim Cook Highlights 'Staggering' iPhone 17 Demand, Supply Constraints, and China Rebound

5 wks / iclarified

Apple Responds to Fast-Rising RAM and Storage Chip Prices

5 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple can't secure enough chips as iPhone demand surges, memory prices rise

5 wks / cnbc

Apple Concedes It Entered The New Year With “Depleted Inventories” And “Less Flexibility” As Memory And Advanced Node Supply Constraints Begin To Bite

Memory cost explosion won't hurt Apple too badly in Q2, may sting in Q3

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Responds to Fast-Rising RAM and Storage Chip Prices

Report: iPhone 18 Prices Won’t Budge Despite ‘RAMageddon’

5 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

What’s Actually New in the ‘AirTag 2’?

Jesse Hollington / idropnews - Apple's 2026 "AirTag 2" is here. We dive into the teardown, new Precision Finding range, louder speaker, and why the original model might still be a better deal.Read More...

#hardware #mobiletech #apple #ios #airtag #technology #gadgets #bluetooth #digitalprivacy #findmyiphone

The MacRumors Show: Apple Launches AirTag 2 and Creator Studio

5 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

The MacRumors Show: Apple Launches AirTag 2 and Creator Studio

5 wks / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Testing the New AirTag, While Tim Cook's White House Visit Sparks Apple Boycott Calls video

5 wks / cnet / Bridget Carey

Can Apple's New AirTag Track How Many Fans Tim Cook Just Lost?

5 wks / cnet / Bridget Carey

The Shortcut Live Ep. 12: Tesla robots incoming, AirTags 2 hands-on, and Google's spying settlement

5 wks / theshortcut / Matt Swider

What’s Actually New in the ‘AirTag 2’?

5 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Apple's New AirTag Brings 4 Important Improvements That Make It Worth Every Penny

5 wks / bgr

AirTag 1 vs. AirTag 2 Buyer's Guide: All 15+ Differences Compared

5 wks / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

I compared AirTag 2 to the original: All the new and improved features

5 wks / mashable

Bitcoin drops below $84,000 as tech-led stock selloff pulls metals off record highs

Kyle Baird / theblock - Crypto liquidations topped $1 billion as leveraged long positions were flushed during the slide and the market cap dropped below $3 trillion.

#blockchain #crypto #doge #stockmarket #bitcoin #economy #technology #crypto

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Microsoft stock plunges 10% as its worst day in years sees a $357 billion market cap wipeout

Quartz Staff / qz - Along with a brutal day for software stocks, Microsoft's wipeout helped drag down the tech-heavy Nasdaq about 0.7% for the day

#cloud #software #saas #microsoft #stockmarket #earnings #business #azure

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Cloud challenges: slow growth and capacity

Microsoft (MSFT) Stock: Why Shares Dropped 10% After Earnings Beat

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

MSFT Shares Fall as Cloud Growth Falls Short of Investor Expectations

5 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Comparative AI investments: Microsoft vs Meta

The new math defining AI winners and losers

5 wks / axios / Madison Mills

Why investors are suddenly nervous about Microsoft and newly confident in Meta

5 wks / fastcompany / Taylor Hatmaker

Sharp selloffs and market cap wipeouts

Microsoft tumbled 10% in a day and isn’t recovering premarket. Here’s why

5 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Microsoft tumbled 10% in a day and isn't recovering premarket. Here's why

5 wks / cnbc

Microsoft’s $357 Billion Rout Is Worst Since Deepseek Hit Nvidia

5 wks / reddit / /u/MoralLogs

Tech stocks fall on AI spending jitters

5 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Microsoft Earnings Prompt Tech Stock Selloff

5 wks / wsj / Xavier Martinez

Microsoft shares have biggest single-day drop since March 2020

5 wks / sherwood / Jon Keegan

Microsoft stock plunges 10% as its worst day in years sees a $357 billion market cap wipeout

5 wks / qz / Quartz Staff

Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020

5 wks / cnbc

Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020

5 wks / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

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Uh, is this bad? Because it seems kinda bad.

5 wks / bsky / @langdongrant.bsky.social / langdongrant.bsky.social

Announcing that I’m throwing my hat into the ring as the next CEO of Microsoft. I’ll only take a 6 figure salary, no more layoffs, no more funding OpenAI, remove Copilot from PCs, option to buy software again, trim down windows, and focus on creating sof

5 wks / bsky / @imatt42.bsky.social / imatt42.bsky.social

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iPhone Demand Was 'Simply Staggering' Towards End of 2025

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today reported earnings results for the fourth quarter of the 2025 calendar year, including record-breaking $143.8 billion revenue that was up 16% year-over-year. These results were driven in part by exceptionally strong iPhone sales.iPhone revenue …

#apple #stockmarket #earnings #business #iphone #economy #technology #smartphone #timcook

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AI, Devices & Services Updates

Amid record revenue, Apple's Q1 2026 R&D spend reveals its AI ambitions

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple’s record quarter shows that AI doesn’t sell iPhones

Apple Signals AI Will Power Payments Security and Growth

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Apple reaches 2.5 billion active devices after record-breaking quarter

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Sets New Quarterly Services Revenue Record at $30 Billion; iPhone Posts Best-Ever Quarter

5 wks / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Apple Reaches 2.5 Billion Active Devices

Apple's iPhone business just set an all-time record with $85 billion in sales

Record iPhone Sales Surge

5 wks / techspot

Apple (AAPL) Stock: TSMC Can’t Keep Up with Red-Hot iPhone Demand

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

Apple just had its best-ever quarter for iPhone sales after 'simply staggering' demand

5 wks / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Apple sells record number of iPhones on simply staggering demand

5 wks / mashable

Apple reports record iPhone sales

5 wks / semafor / Tom Chivers

Apple reports record $85B in iPhone revenue for fiscal Q1 2026

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Apple's iPhone sales surge to new quarterly high despite early missteps in artificial intelligence

5 wks / techxplore

The iPhone just had its best quarter ever

5 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Apple posts record-breaking quarterly revenue driven by ‘staggering’ iPhone 17 demand

5 wks / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Apple just reported its best-ever quarter for iPhone sales

5 wks / engadget / Anna Washenko

Apple's 'remarkable' record quarter shows the iPhone still beats AI fears

5 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

Apple reports best-ever iPhone sales as Mac dips

5 wks / bbc

Apple Reports Record iPhone Sales Amid Holiday Bump

5 wks / nytimes / Kalley Huang

Apple just had a record-breaking iPhone quarter

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iPhone Demand Was 'Simply Staggering' Towards End of 2025

Apple hails ‘remarkable’ $144bn quarter with best-ever iPhone sales

5 wks / ft

Record Q1 Earnings & Revenue

Apple Reports Record-Breaking Revenue and Profit for Q1 FY26

5 wks / apple / John Gruber

Apple (AAPL) Stock: Revenue Crushes Estimates Despite Supply Crunch

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

JP Morgan hikes Apple stock target to $325 after record-breaking earnings

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Shatters Expectations with Record-Setting $143.8B Q1 2026

5 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

CNBC Daily Open: iPhone drove Apple's robust earnings — but investors weren't too enthused

5 wks / cnbc

What's next for Apple stock after big iPhone sales everywhere, even China

5 wks / cnbc

(PR) Apple Announces Financial Results for Its Fiscal 2026 First Quarter

5 wks / techpowerup

Apple Reports Record-Setting 1Q 2026 Results: $42.1B Profit on $143.8B Revenue

5 wks / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Apple Reports Record Revenues of $143.8 Billion

5 wks / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Apple Shatters All-Time Records with $143.8 Billion Holiday Blowout

5 wks / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Apple Q1 2026 Earnings: “Best Ever Quarter” Lives Up To Expectations

Apple blows away Wall Street expectations with record $143.8 billion quarter

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Reports Record-Setting 1Q 2026 Results: $42.1B Profit on $143.8B Revenue

5 wks / macrumors / Jordan Golson

Apple posts record quarterly revenue and iPhone sales

Apple Reports Q1 FY26 Earnings: $143.8 Billion in Revenue, $42.1 Billion in Net Income [Chart]

5 wks / iclarified

Rising International & Regional Demand

China gives Apple ‘best iPhone quarter in history’ with 38% revenue growth

5 wks / scmp

Apple Posts Double-Digit Growth In India In Q1

5 wks / inc42 / Palak Sharma

Apple (AAPL) Stock: Surge on 16% Revenue Jump and China Sales Rebound

5 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Apple Posts Blowout iPhone Sales on Surging China Demand

5 wks / wsj / Rolfe Winkler

Apple is resurgent in China with unexpected iPhone 17 sales domination

5 wks / appleinsider

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The active install base of Apple users has increased by 150 million users since 2025 and has reached over 2.5 billion active users as of January 2026.

5 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple Reaches Massive New Number of Active Devices

5 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Ahead of Apple announcing its latest earnings, CEO Tim Cook has revealed that Apple did not quite expect the iPhone 17 range to do as well as it has in China.

5 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple has reported its financials for the first quarter of 2025, and as promised it was record-breaking, with growth in nearly every market segment, and every hardware category.

5 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple Reports Record-Setting 1Q 2026 Results: $42.1B Profit on $143.8B Revenue

5 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Waymo will start offering rides to San Francisco airport

cnbc - Alphabet's Waymo division said it will begin taking some passengers to San Francisco's airport and will expand in the coming months.

#robotics #automation #selfdriving #robotaxis #alphabet #travel #technology #automotive #california

Waymo robotaxis will now take you to the SFO rental car drop off area -- by @jennelias.bsky.social at @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/w...

5 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

Waymo will start offering rides to San Francisco airport

5 wks / cnbc

Waymo gears up to launch robotaxis in London this year

5 wks / techxplore

Waymo begins service at San Francisco International Airport

5 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

Waymo is finally starting passenger trips at SFO — but not to the terminals

5 wks / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company

Jay Peters / theverge - SpaceX and xAI, which are both led by Elon Musk, are "in discussions to merge" ahead of SpaceX's IPO that's planned for later this year, Reuters reports. The merger would help with SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space, according to the publica…

#ai #space #business #aerospace #internet #acquisitions #telecommunications #xai #elonmusk #satellite

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Direct SpaceX/xAI merger

SpaceX eyes merger with xAI that would unite Grok, Starlink, and X under one roof

5 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

[AINews] SpaceXai Grok Imagine API - the #1 Video Model, Best Pricing and Latency

5 wks / latent / Latent.Space

SpaceX and xAI could be merging. Why Elon Musk is doing it—and what might happen next

5 wks / fastcompany / Chris Stokel-Walker

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI in talks to merge, report says

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly in talks to merge with xAI

SpaceX in Merger Talks with xAI

5 wks / ycombinator

IPO and financial push

Elon Musk Considers Merging SpaceX With xAI, as He Races to Beat Sam Altman to IPO

5 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

SpaceX-xAI Merger Talks Target $1.5T IPO Valuation

SpaceX Wants to Swallow xAI Before Going Public. The Math Gets Weird.

5 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are reportedly holding merger talks

5 wks / engadget / Will Shanklin

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI Set for Merger as IPO Approaches

5 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company

5 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

Other related angles

Rocket Report: How a 5-ton satellite fell off a booster; will SpaceX and xAI merge?

5 wks / arstechnica / Eric Berger

Potential mega-merger including Tesla

Elon Musk explores “mega-merger” between SpaceX, Tesla and xAI

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

One-Minute Daily AI News 1/29/2026

5 wks / reddit / /u/Excellent-Target-847

Elon Musk reportedly considering merger between SpaceX and xAI, or maybe even Tesla

5 wks / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

SpaceX is actually considering a merger with Tesla or xAI: Report

Elon Musk Considers Merging SpaceX With xAI, as He Races to Beat Sam Altman to IPO https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-considers-merging-spacex-with-xai-as-he-races-to-beat-sam-altman-to-ipo-2000715942

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This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Might seem small, but this is almost definitely going to happen considering SpaceX exec Bret Johnsen filed paperwork for the merger cos in Nevada. Musk and his people almost never file incorporation paperwork on a whim -- it basically always precedes act

5 wks / bsky / @seanokane.bsky.social / seanokane.bsky.social

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.AI as the AI race heats up

Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Apple announced its acquisition of Q.AI for a reported nearly $2 billion, making it the company's second-largest acquisition to date.

#ai #wearables #voice #apple #business #deeptech #asia #acquisitions #technology #assistant

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Apple's $2B Deal Highlights

Apple Reportedly Spent $2 Billion On An AI Company You've Never Heard Of

5 wks / bgr

Apple Makes Second-Largest Acquisition Ever with $2B Q.ai Deal

Apple acquires Q.ai for $2 billion, the second largest acquisition in its history

5 wks / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Apple acquires Q.ai for nearly $2B

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Apple Boosts AI Ambitions With $2B Q.ai Acquisition

5 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Apple acquires AI startup Q.ai for reported $2B

5 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Apple just spent 2 billion on an AI company you've probably never heard of

5 wks / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

Apple Amplifies AI Ambitions with $2 Billion Acquisition of Stealth Startup Q.ai

5 wks / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai

5 wks / ycombinator

Apple Acquires Israeli Audio AI Startup Q.ai Before Q4 Earnings

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Apple acquires Q.ai for a reported $2 billion

5 wks / engadget / Anna Washenko

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.AI as the AI race heats up

5 wks / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Apple Acquires AI startup Q.AI for $2 Billion

5 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple acquires Israeli startup Q.ai

5 wks / cnbc

Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats

Guys, I don’t think Tim Cook knows how to monetize AI

Industry and AI Strategy Insights

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Apple Makes One Of Its Largest Ever Acquisitions, Buys The Israeli Machine Learning Firm, Q.ai

Apple’s $2B Q.ai deal grabs Face ID vet’s whisper-speech tech

Innovative Silent Speech and AI Tech

5 wks / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Apple Pays $2 Billion to Read Your Face

5 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Apple Drops $2 Billion on Israeli AI Facial Tracking Company

5 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’

5 wks / theverge / Richard Lawler

Apple buys audio AI firm Q.ai as it scrambles to upgade Siri

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Acquires Israeli AI Startup Q.AI for Nearly $2 Billion to Power Future Wearables

5 wks / iclarified

Apple's Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever Is a Startup That Interprets Silent Speech

5 wks / slashdot / msmash

Apple Buys Israeli’s Q.ai for $2 Billion

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple buys Israeli start-up Q.AI for close to $2bn in race to build AI devices

5 wks / ft

Other Developments in Q.AI Coverage

Apple posts record revenue as iPhone beats sales expectations

5 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

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One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you.

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Apple Drops $2 Billion on Israeli AI Facial Tracking Company https://gizmodo.com/apple-drops-2-billion-on-israeli-ai-facial-tracking-company-2000715708

5 wks / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

“Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech” #AI #panopticon #tech #surveillance techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/a...

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Apple has confirmed its purchase of Israeli startup Q.ai, a company working on technology to help devices like iPhones better understand the spoken word in challenging conditions.

5 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats

5 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to US Gemini subscribers for real-time AI world generation

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to its first users. The prototype creates interactive worlds from text or images in real time.The article Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to US Gemini subscribers for real-time AI world generation appeared first on …

#ai #vr #google #entertainment #genai #deeptech #creativity #spatialcomputing #videogames #gemini

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Creative Experiments & User Innovations

Google Brings Genie 3 'World Building' Experiment to AI Ultra Subscribers

5 wks / cnet / Blake Stimac

This week, a new generative AI tool from Google let us create knockoffs of 3D Nintendo worlds

5 wks / reddit / /u/theverge

Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

5 wks / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Google's Project Genie lets you generate your own interactive worlds

5 wks / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator

5 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Industry Impact & AGI Implications

Google's Project Genie could put even more game developers out of work

5 wks / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Meet Project Genie from Google, a world model it calls a stepping stone to AGI

5 wks / mashable

Rollout & Launch Announcements

Google’s Project Genie Announced, Allowing Users to Create Interactive Virtual Worlds

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Playable AI World Models: Google Rolls Out Project Genie to AI Ultra Subscribers

Google’s Genie AI will let you create a whole visual world of your imaginations

5 wks / digitaltrends

Google’s Project Genie Lets Users Explore AI-Generated Worlds

5 wks / eweek / Kezia Jungco

Google launches Project Genie: Create interactive worlds with AI

5 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google DeepMind Introduces Project Genie for Interactive AI World Building

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google introduces Project Genie virtual world generator

5 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google's Project Genie Lets You Generate Your Own Interactive Worlds

5 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to US Gemini subscribers for real-time AI world generation

5 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Project Genie: Interactive worlds generated in real-time

5 wks / ycombinator

Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds

5 wks / ycombinator

iPhone 16 Named World's Best-Selling Smartphone of 2025, Apple Takes 7 of Top 10 Spots [Report]

iclarified - The iPhone 16 finished 2025 as the world's best-selling smartphone. Apple didn't just take the top spot. It placed seven models in the global Top 10, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. Apple and Samsung were once again the only two brands r…

#apple #business #iphone #globalism #technology #gadgets #smartphone

iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top Models

5 wks / ycombinator

Apple iPhone captured seven of the top 10 best-selling phones in 2025

5 wks / techspot

iPhone 16 Wins Best-Selling Phone of 2025

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

iPhone 16 Named World's Best-Selling Smartphone of 2025, Apple Takes 7 of Top 10 Spots [Report]

5 wks / iclarified

Apple’s iPhones Absolutely Dominate The Ranking For The Most Popular Smartphones Of 2025

iPhone 16 gives Apple seven of the 10 best-selling phones in 2025

5 wks / appleinsider

Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming

digitaltrends - Nothing won't launch a new flagship in 2026, but Carl Pei confirms the Phone 4a series is coming, and it's aiming closer to flagship territory than ever.The post Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming appeared fir…

#startups #mobiletech #innovation #android #business #technology #gadgets #telecommunications #smartphone

Nothing Will Not Release a New Flagship Phone in 2026

5 wks / cnet / Mike Sorrentino

Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming

5 wks / digitaltrends

Nothing CEO Says Company Won't Launch New Flagship Smartphone Every Year 'For the Sake of It'

5 wks / slashdot / msmash

There won’t be a Nothing Phone 4 this year

5 wks / theverge / Dominic Preston

A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near a school

Kris Holt / engadget - Waymo said one of its robotaxis struck a child, who sustained minor injuries. The incident took place in Santa Monica, California, on January 23. The company reported it to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which has opened an in…

#robotics #selfdriving #robotaxis #aiethics #alphabet #law #automotive #safety #california

NHTSA opens investigation into Waymo after robotaxi hits child near school

5 wks / techspot

A Waymo Robotaxi Hit a Kid by a School

5 wks / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

A Waymo Robotaxi Hit a Kid by a School

5 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Driverless Waymo struck a child near school in California

A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school. The NHTSA is investigating

5 wks / cnbc

A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near a school

5 wks / engadget / Kris Holt

Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near an Elementary School in Santa Monica

5 wks / slashdot / msmash

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

5 wks / ycombinator

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

5 wks / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near a school, causing minor injuries

5 wks / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

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If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab controls are for you

digitaltrends - Vivaldi 7.8 skips AI flash and focuses on faster tab tiling, letting you drag tabs into split views and open links straight into a tile, so your main page stays anchored while you compare.The post If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab cont…

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If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab controls are for you

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Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment

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Vivaldi 7.8 “Extends the Middle Finger” to AI

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If you hate AI clutter, Vivaldi’s new tab tiling is for you

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Google rolls out Gemini sidebar and Nano Banana in Chrome

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Google has begun rolling out Gemini-powered tools to the Chrome browser starting today, including a sidebar for multitasking chats, an image generator, and previews of task automation, following its recent AI updates to Gmail. The initial feature introduc…

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Google Chrome unveils Gemini-powered auto-browsing feature

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Google Brings Agentic Browsing to Chrome—And It's Not Playing Nice With Competitors

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Google releases Chrome auto browse for AI Pro and Ultra users

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Google introduces agentic AI browsing to Chrome with "Auto Browse"

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Gemini, Nano Banana Are Coming to Chrome as Google Reinvents the Browser

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What changes when Gemini moves inside Chrome

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Google Chrome Gets Gemini Side Panel and Agentic Browsing Features

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Chrome Updated With 3 AI Features Including Nano Banana via @sejournal, @martinibuster

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Google's new Chrome AI agent is supposed to book trips, fill out forms, and manage appointments

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Google rolls out Gemini sidebar and Nano Banana in Chrome

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Google’s Chrome Gets An AI Agent That Can Browse The Web For You: What This Means

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Google Maps Brings Gemini Navigation to Walking and Cycling

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Google Maps now lets you access Gemini while walking and cycling

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OpenAI is about to raise $60 billion

Berry Zwets / techzine - Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI. Nvidia is negotiating for up to $30 billion, Microsoft for less than $10 billion, and newcomer Amazon for possibly more than $20 billion. This is according to The Informatio…

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Nvidia wins approval for Taiwan headquarters to secure AI chip supply

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Massive Funding Rounds

OpenAI’s too-big-to-fail fundraising

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Tech Giants Circle OpenAI in Funding Round That Could Top $100 Billion

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Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI

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Amazon Eyes $50 Billion OpenAI Stake

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Amazon (AMZN) Stock: Eyes Massive $50B Bet on ChatGPT Maker OpenAI

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Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI

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Amazon could invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI in coming weeks, source says

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WSJ: Amazon considering $50 billion investment in OpenAI

OpenAI in Talks to Raise as Much as $100 Billion

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Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI

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Tech Titans Circle OpenAI in Potential $100 Billion Funding Mega-Deal

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OpenAI Eyes $60 Billion Investment from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon

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OpenAI Courts Tech Giants for $100 Billion Funding Round

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SoftBank Eyes New $30B OpenAI Investment After Last $41B Commitment