Apple CEO Tim Cook Responds After ICE Shootings in Minneapolis

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to events in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after two people were shot and killed by U.S. federal immigration agents this month.In an internal memo to Apple employees, obtained by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Cook said he is "heartbr…

I thought Tim Cook was a total creep for going to Trump’s movie party after Alex Pretti was murdered by his death squads but Cook has now released a statement to let me know that no no, he is very nice and Trump is very nice and we all need to be nice.

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How does that boot taste, bitch?

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After increased criticism of his silence, an internal memo from Apple CEO Tim Cook sent to employees says he spoke with the President about the shooting of Alex Pretti and hopes for "deescalation."

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Tim Cook Wants ‘Deescalation’ in Minneapolis

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Responds After ICE Shootings in Minneapolis

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Apple CEO Tim Cook 'heartbroken' after repeated ICE killings in Minneapolis

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Tim Cook Says He Is ‘Heartbroken by the Events in Minnesota,’ Calls for De-Escalation

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Apple Plans to Keep iPhone 18 Prices Steady Despite Rising Component Costs [Kuo]

iclarified - Apple is facing a significant increase in component costs, particularly for memory, but the company reportedly plans to absorb those expenses rather than pass them on to consumers with the iPhone 18. TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says A…

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Apple Sampling Variable Aperture Camera for iPhone 18, Evaluates Teleconverter Tech [Report]

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iPhone 18 rumor says price could stay the same as last year

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Apple aims to keep iPhone 18 price flat in face of RAM shortage, Kuo says

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iPhone 18 might avoid the ugly price hike trend coming for smartphones in 2026

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Apple Plans to Keep iPhone 18 Prices Steady Despite Rising Component Costs [Kuo]

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Apple’s iPhone 18 Launch Plan Should Be To Absorb DRAM Costs And Use The ‘Market Chaos’ To Its Advantage, Analyst Believes Services Revenue Will Provide Ample Cushion

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Apple to Keep iPhone 18 Starting Price Steady Despite Rising Memory Costs

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Apple, Qualcomm rethink heavy reliance on TSMC as costs rise

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Anthropic Close to Finalizing Fundraising Deal at $350 Billion Valuation

PYMNTS / pymnts - Anthropic is close to finalizing a fundraising deal in which it will raise $20 billion and be valued at $350 billion, the Financial Times reported Tuesday (Jan. 27), citing unnamed sources. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup doubled the amount it wa…

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Anthropic’s record multi-billion funding surge details

Anthropic Poised for $20B Funding Round

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Investors upped their AI bets, despite fears of bubble

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Anthropic doubles funding target to $20B at $350B valuation

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Anthropic hikes fundraising to $20B at $350B valuation, bigger than most unicorns

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Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B

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Anthropic closes latest funding round above $10 billion and could go higher, sources say

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Anthropic Close to Finalizing Fundraising Deal at $350 Billion Valuation

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Anthropic reportedly doubles current fundraising round to $20 billion

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Anthropic doubles VC fundraising to $20bn on surging investor demand

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Crypto Payments Startup Mesh Hits $1 Billion Unicorn Valuation

Andrew Hayward / decrypt - Mesh, which lets businesses take crypto payments across networks, added $75 million to its war chest, achieving “unicorn” status in the process.

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Crypto payments startup Mesh raises $75M at $1B valuation

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Mesh Raises $75 Million To Advance Global Crypto Payments Infrastructure

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Crypto Payments Startup Mesh Hits $1 Billion Unicorn Valuation

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Mesh becomes unicorn, raises $75 million for crypto payments infrastructure

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Mesh Looks to Court FinTechs After $1 Billion Valuation

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TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

Chris Hauk / idropnews - TikTok’s transition to US ownership hits a crisis as server outages, censorship claims over a Minneapolis shooting, and a Gavin Newsom probe drive users to UpScrolled.Read More...

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Censorship claims and content suppression

Users blast TikTok for ‘censoring’ Minneapolis shooting videos

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TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say | TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app.

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TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say

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TikTok faces slew of censorship claims and glitches days after ownership change

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TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

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TikTok users say they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues

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California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of the current American president

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Technical outages and infrastructure hiccups

TikTok in the USA so far: Outages and outrage

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TikTok says it’s still working to recover its U.S. infrastructure

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U.S. ownership and political influence

What you should know about the owners of US TikTok

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TikTok Already Getting Shittier Under The Ownership Of President's Billionaire Buddies

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TikTok users panic over the app’s 'immigration data' collection policy, but the wording isn't new

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User exodus to alternative platforms

Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives

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UpScrolled and Skylight rising: Users race to TikTok alternatives after U.S. takeover

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Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives https://gizmodo.com/looks-like-american-tiktoks-problems-are-sending-users-flocking-to-alternatives-2000714286

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ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, recently established a separate American entity to run the app’s U.S. operations. This restructuring aims to

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Google’s Low-Cost AI Plus Plan Launches in 35 New Countries Including the US

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Google's AI Plus is coming to the US and 34 other new countries today, and it's available at just $3.99/month for the first two months for new subscribers.The post Google’s Low-Cost AI Plus Plan Launches in 35 New Countries Including the US appeared first…

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Google launches another, cheaper AI subscription in Canada

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Gemini 3 Pro and other AI tools are now available globally through the Google AI Plus plan, which is $7.99 per month in the United States.

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Google AI Plus Officially Launches in Canada with New 50% Off Promo

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Google’s Low-Cost AI Plus Plan Launches in 35 New Countries Including the US

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Google’s more affordable AI Plus plan rolls out to all markets, including the U.S.

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Google AI Plus is now available in the US for $8 a month

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Google Brings Cheaper $7.99 'AI Plus' Plan to 35 Countries, Including U.S.

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Pinterest layoffs today: 15% of jobs cut as social media giant is latest to cite shift to AI

Michael Grothaus / fastcompany - Nike isn’t the only household corporate name to announce significant layoffs this week. Just a day after the sporting goods giant announced layoffs, citing a further embrace of automation, social media giant Pinterest has announced it will cut jobs. The d…

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Pinterest lays off hundreds, citing need for 'AI-proficient talent'

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Pinterest will lay off 15% of its workforce as the platform pivots resources to AI

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Pinterest to lay off staff and shift resources to AI, company says

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Pinterest to Cut Roughly 15% of Staff in Shift to AI Focus

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Pinterest layoffs today: 15% of jobs cut as social media giant is latest to cite shift to AI

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Pinterest is conducting a massive round of layoffs to prioritize 'AI-powered products and capabilities'

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Pinterest (PINS) Stock: Layoffs Hit 15% of Staff in AI Restructuring

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Pinterest Cuts Up To 15% Jobs To Redirect Resources To AI

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Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams

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Amazon To Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores

msmash / slashdot - Amazon is closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores in a shift to focus on its online same-day delivery service and new big-box retail stores. From a report: The e-commerce giant said Tuesday that some of its shuttered Amazon-branded b…

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Basic closure announcements of Amazon's physical retail stores

Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery and Go convenience stores

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Amazon shutters all of its physical Go and Fresh stores

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Amazon is closing its physical Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores

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Amazon to Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores

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Amazon Closing Fresh and Go Stores

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Physical store experiment deemed unsuccessful

Amazon’s Physical Store Experiment Has Failed

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Whole Foods conversion signals digital-first strategy shift

Amazon is closing its grocery stores. Here’s what it’s building instead

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Amazon Shutters Go and Fresh Stores as Whole Foods Expands

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Amazon Go and Fresh stores are closing as Amazon focuses on grocery delivery and Whole Foods

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Amazon To Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores

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Amazon Announces Closure of Majority of Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Physical Stores — Amazon said Tuesday it will close the majority of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh brick-and-mortar locations and convert remaining sites to other formats. The move signals

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These retail closures will not impact customers who use Amazon for grocery delivery.

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Amazon announces it is closing its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/a...

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Brickanta closes $8M round to expand AI use in construction planning

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Stockholm-based Brickanta, an agentic AIplatform for the construction industry, has closed an $8 million seed fundinground led by Northzone. The round includes participation from global sportsfigures,...

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Stockholm-Based Brickanta Raises $8M Seed Funding For Construction AI Platform

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Brickanta closes $8M round to expand AI use in construction planning

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Brickanta Raises $8M in Seed Funding

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Northzone and Lovable CEO backs Swedish AI startup Brickanta with $8m

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With Clue and Lovehoney as partners, Evaro secures €21 million to expand NHS-licensed embedded health services

David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - Evaro, an NHS-licensed digital healthcare platform serving over 2 million patients, today announced it has closed a €21 million ($25 million) Series A funding round to expand across treatment areas (women’s health, men’s health, and longevity medicine), c…

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Evaro secures $25M to support consumer brands in offering digital healthcare services

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Evaro Raises €21M To Expand NHS-Licensed Embedded Health Services With Clue And Lovehoney

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With Clue and Lovehoney as partners, Evaro secures €21 million to expand NHS-licensed embedded health services

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Norfolk digital health platform closes £18m round

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Evaro raises $25M to bring NHS healthcare straight into your favourite consumer apps

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GoCanopy Raises €2.1M To Launch AI Platform For Institutional Real Estate Investors

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Paris-based GoCanopy, an AI-powered operating system for institutional real estate investors, has raised €2.1 million in Seed funding to enhance its platform and support international expansion. The round was led by ISAI, with participation from BNP Parib…

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New AI tool from Fundrise brings high-level CRE analysis to the public

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GoCanopy Raises €2.1M in Seed Funding

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GoCanopy Raises €2.1M To Launch AI Platform For Institutional Real Estate Investors

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GoCanopy ends bootstrapping streak, raises €2.1 million to build AI operating system for institutional real estate investors

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Can GoCanopy solve real estate’s data fragmentation with €2.1M seed?

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Micron builds $24 bn Singapore chip fab as AI demand soars

techxplore - US chip firm Micron said Tuesday it was building a $24 billion plant in Singapore to help meet soaring AI-driven demand that has caused a global shortage of memory components.