The Day the Cell Towers Died
Joanna Stern / wsj - Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.
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Xreal Files Patent Suit Against Rival Smart Glasses Maker Viture
Chris Welch / bloomberg - Xreal Inc., a Chinese pioneer in smart glasses, is suing Viture Inc. for patent infringement in the US, arguing its rival has unfairly capitalized on Xreal’s extensive research and investment in the segment.
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Apple is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage
msmash / slashdot - Apple, which spent years as TSMC's undisputed top customer and helped the Taiwanese foundry become the semiconductor industry's most important manufacturer, is now fighting for production capacity as Nvidia's AI chip orders consume an ever-larger share of…
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How Apple is Using Google AI to Catch Up
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Apple is partnering with Google to bring Gemini AI to the iPhone, a $5 billion deal that could overhaul Siri and change the future of Apple Intelligence.The post How Apple is Using Google AI to Catch Up first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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The RTX 5070 Ti is effectively dead, and the GPU market is worse for it
techspot - The headline story is that Nvidia has essentially killed off the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti from the market. Asus, the largest Nvidia AIB partner, explicitly told us this model is currently facing a supply shortage and, as a result, has been placed into end of l…
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OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain computer interface startup Merge Labs
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - OpenAI is participating in a $250 million seed round into Merge Labs, Sam Altman's brain computer interface startup. The startup is valued at $850 million.
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Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday
techxplore - Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary.
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Parloa raises $350M to make enterprise customer experience fully conversational
Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Parloa GmBH, a Berlin-based artificial intelligence customer experience automation platform startup, announced today it has raised $350 million in late-stage funding at a $3 billion valuation led by General Catalyst. The company’s existing investors showe…
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Spotify is hiking prices again
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - The price of Spotify Premium is about to jump again in the US, marking its third price hike since 2023. Spotify announced that subscribers in the US, Estonia, and Latvia will be contacted about the updated pricing over the coming month. Individual Premium…
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Dublin deeptech Luna raises €1.5M to pair AI vision with hardware for cycling safety
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Luna Systems has secured €1.5 million in a late seed round to bring its first AI-powered safety camera…
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London’s Cyb3r Operations raises €4.6 million led by Octopus Ventures to tackle third-party cyber risk
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - London-based cybersecurity startup Cyb3r Operations has today announced that it has raised €4.6 million ($5.4 million) to help organisations tackle third-party cyber risk. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, with follow-on investment from Pi Labs. With…
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Alibaba’s Qwen AI app hits 100 million users as upgrade broadens role in daily life
scmp - Alibaba Group Holding has rolled out a major update to its flagship Qwen artificial intelligence app, integrating it more deeply into the company’s expansive ecosystem, from online shopping to travel booking, as it pushes to make the service an AI-powered…
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TSMC fourth-quarter profit beats estimates, soaring 35%, as AI chip demand stays strong
cnbc - TSMCy delivered another estimate-beating quarter, with profit up 35% from a year ago as advanced chip orders tied to AI continued to dominate its business.
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Thinking Machines Ousts CTO Barret Zoph. Hours Later, OpenAI Welcomed Him Home.
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Mira Murati ousted CTO Barret Zoph for "unethical conduct." Hours later, OpenAI welcomed him back along with two other researchers. The competing narratives can't both be true.
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Digg Launches Its New Reddit Rival To the Public
BeauHD / slashdot - Digg is officially back under the ownership of its original founder, Kevin Rose, along with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. "Similar to Reddit, the new Digg offers a website and mobile app where you can browse feeds featuring posts from across a selecti…
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Bitcoin hits 8-week high above $97,000 as shorts unwind and $100K odds rise
Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - Bitcoin has climbed to an eight-week high near $97,000 as this week's rally continues and speculators eye $100,000 in January.
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OpenAI Forges $10 Billion Deal With Cerebras for AI Computing
Ian KingShirin Ghaffary / bloomberg - OpenAI signed a multiyear deal to use hardware from Cerebras Systems Inc. for 750 megawatts’ worth of computing power, an alliance that will support the company’s rapid build-out of AI infrastructure.
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depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security
Clinton / ventureburn - depthfirst Expands Its AI Security Platform With New Capital depthfirst has secured $40 million in a Series A round. The raise was led by Accel. Other investors include Alt Capital,The post depthfirst raises $40m To Advance AI-Native Software Security app…
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Tesla to stop selling FSD as a standalone package and switch to subscription only
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - As its sales continue to slip and its robotaxi strategy seems to falter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said today that the company would stop selling its Full Self-Driving feature as a standalone package. Instead, starting on February 14th, the Level 2 driver-assis…
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Saks Seeks Bankruptcy Protection and Names New CEO
PYMNTS / pymnts - Luxury retail company Saks Global has declared bankruptcy amid mounting debts. The company, which owns Saks Fifth Avenue stores as well as department stores Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus, entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, it said in a Wednesday…
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