Prediction Markets Chip Away at Sports Betting’s Territory

PYMNTS / pymnts - Sports-related bets on Kalshi are now generating estimated annualized revenues of roughly $1.3 billion. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Feb. 14), that figure is nearly a quarter of the total sportsbook revenue for betting giant DraftKings a…

Zack Abrams / theblock - Bier also promised forthcoming efforts to cut down on spam posts and apps on X, a stance which has sometimes drawn the ire of crypto traders.

#fintech #mobile #social #stockmarket #business #apps #payments #technology #crypto

X Preps Crypto Trading Launch With Payments System Being Tested

19 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Benchmark cuts Coinbase price target by 37% but says business is ‘more diversified and durable’ than ever

20 days / theblock / Zack Abrams

Elon Musk's X to launch crypto and stock trading in ‘couple weeks’

20 days / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

X to launch ‘Smart Cashtags’ for in-timeline crypto and stock trading within ‘a couple weeks’

20 days / theblock / Zack Abrams

The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement

Simon Willison / simonwillison - As a USA 501(c)(3) the OpenAI non-profit has to file a tax return each year with the IRS. One of the required fields on that tax return is to "Briefly describe the organization’s mission or most significant activities" - this has actual legal weight to it…

#ai #techpolicy #openai #aiethics #business #governance #us #law

Will Tech Giants Just Use AI Interactions to Create More Effective Ads?

19 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

OPINION: Silicon Valley Ships AI. The World Builds Exits.

20 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

If you use OpenAI Codex I believe this works on there too and I’d like the same information! Screenshots and the monthly subscription price. This helps me so much! Thank you in advance [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei suggests OpenAI doesn't "really understand the risks they're taking"

21 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement

21 days / ycombinator

The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement

21 days / simonwillison / Simon Willison

Siri’s Massive AI Overhaul is Still Coming This Year, Apple Insists

Jesse Hollington / idropnews - Reports of testing "problems" had fans worried that Siri's AI makeover was slipping to 2027. Apple says those fears are unfounded.Read More...

#ai #ml #voice #apple #genai #stockmarket #business #ios #technology #assistant

Apple's bad week: FTC pressure, delayed Siri AI, and a stock sell-off

21 days / techspot

Siri’s Massive AI Overhaul is Still Coming This Year, Apple Insists

21 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

The MacRumors Show: Revamped Siri Delayed Again?

21 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple (AAPL) Stock Slides 5% as Siri Delay Rattles Investors

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot

ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit

#dataprivacy #openai #aiethics #genai #business #chatgpt #ux #ads #advertising

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says India has the largest number of student users of ChatGPT worldwide.

19 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says

19 days / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

New world for users and brands as ads hit AI chatbots

19 days / techxplore

Your Friends Could Be Sharing Your Phone Number with ChatGPT

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Anthropic's Claude Got 11% User Boost from Super Bowl Ad Mocking ChatGPT's Advertising

20 days / slashdot / EditorDavid

Anthropic got an 11% user boost from its OpenAI-bashing Super Bowl ad, data shows

21 days / cnbc

Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot

21 days / ft

Advertising made the internet accessible. Will it do the same for AI?

21 days / fastcompany / Anne Coghlan

Anthropic Expands Claude Free Tier While OpenAI Adds ChatGPT Ads

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report

Naga Avan-Nomayo / theblock - French police tracked two stolen phones to a train station and arrested the trio in Lyon, per local outlet RTL.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #business #europe #law #emergencyservices #crypto

Binance France President Targeted in Latest Crypto Home Invasion

21 days / gizmodo / Kyle Torpey

The Daily: South Korean police lose seized bitcoin, Binance France head targeted in failed home invasion attempt, and more

21 days / theblock / James Hunt

Binance France CEO Targeted in Home Invasion Attempt: Report

21 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Binance France head targeted in botched home invasion as three arrested: report

21 days / theblock / Naga Avan-Nomayo

xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Elon Musk's AI company xAI is hemorrhaging talent. Former employees describe a culture of missing safety standards, growing disillusionment, and a constant race to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic.The article xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safe…

#startups #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #business #governance #jobs #xai #grokai #safety

Perplexity tests new ultra-fast Gamma mode powered by Grok

19 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

Developer targeted by AI hit piece warns society cannot handle AI agents that decouple actions from consequences

19 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee.

20 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Impressive how obvious this typo is and yet

20 days / bsky / @themckenziest.gay / themckenziest.gay

Elon Musk's xAI loses second cofounder in 48 hours

20 days / reddit / /u/gdelacalle

Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

20 days / reddit / /u/Gloomy_Nebula_5138

Is safety is ‘dead’ at xAI?

20 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI? | Former employees say the restructuring followed tensions over safety and being “stuck in the catch-up phase.”

20 days / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

The Best Time to Leave xAI Is Before Joining. The Next Best Time is Right Now

20 days / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center

21 days / cnbc

xAI Loses Half Its Co-Founders as Musk Announces Reorganization After SpaceX Merger

21 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI

21 days / techcrunch / Theresa Loconsolo

xAI's founder exodus reportedly tied to safety concerns and frustration over Grok's failure to catch up

21 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Grok Is Gaining on ChatGPT and Gemini. How It Got There Isn’t Pretty.

21 days / bigtechnology / Alex Kantrowitz

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI?

21 days / theverge / Hayden Field

Antitrust Policy Hangs in the Balance as Respected Top Prosecutor Departs

21 days / newcomer / Jonathan Weber

Tomasz Stanczak to step down as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director, Bastian Aue to take interim role

James Hunt / theblock - Tomasz Stanczak will step down at the end of February, with Bastian Aue taking over alongside Hsiao-Wei Wang.

#blockchain #crypto #techpolicy #decentralisation #business #governance #jobs #community #crypto

Ethereum Foundation gets new leadership as co-Executive Director Tomasz Stańczak steps down

21 days / sherwood / Sage D. Young

Tomasz Stanczak to step down as Ethereum Foundation co-executive director, Bastian Aue to take interim role

21 days / theblock / James Hunt

Ethereum Foundation leadership shake-up: Tomasz Stańczak out as co-executive director

21 days / coindesk / Margaux Nijkerk

Roku stock surges on earnings beat, record quarter for premium subscriptions

cnbc - Roku executives said in a shareholder letter that it marked "our biggest quarter ever" for net adds to premium subscriptions.

#streaming #entertainment #stockmarket #earnings #business #media #tv #advertising

If you haven't tried these useful Roku audio features, you're missing out

21 days / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Roku delivered an impressive Q4, posting net income of $80.5 million. The company also outlined plans for streaming bundles.

21 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Roku to launch streaming bundles as part of its efforts to continue growing its profitability

21 days / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Roku stock surges on earnings beat, record quarter for premium subscriptions

21 days / cnbc

Roku Stock Rallies 13% After Crushing Earnings Expectations

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Roku FY revenue up 15%

22 days / advanced-television / Editor

Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach

Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #infosec #business #cybercrime #gdpr #scam #europe #telecommunications #regulation

The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.

21 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Major hack of Dutch telco Odido was a classic case of social engineering

21 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach

21 days / techcrunch / Zack Whittaker

Top Dutch telco Odido admits 6.2M customers caught in contact system caper

22 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI

Ekemini / ventureburn - Didero is pioneering agentic AI tools, automating enterprise procurement, and has recently secured $30 million dollars in Series A funding to improve and accelerate the building of tools aimed atThe post Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI …

#ai #startups #vc #automation #saas #enterprise #genai #business #supplychain #productivity

Didero Raises $30M to Reinvent Procurement With AI

21 days / ventureburn / Ekemini

Didero snaps up $30M to reinvent procurement with AI agents

21 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Didero Raises $30M in Series A Funding

22 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

Pinterest (PINS) Stock Plunges 18% on Disappointing Revenue Forecast

Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR Pinterest shares dropped 18% after-hours following Q1 revenue guidance of $951M-$971M, below analyst expectations of $980.1M Tariff-hit retailers are cutting advertising budgets across the platform to protect profit margins from trade pressures Q4 re…

#ecommerce #digitalmarketing #tariffs #stockmarket #earnings #business #economy #ads #advertising

Pinterest stock is falling off a cliff for a surprising reason: Here’s what’s driving the PINS collapse today

21 days / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Pinterest (PINS) Stock Plunges 18% on Disappointing Revenue Forecast

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Pinterest is down 22% premarket as tariffs hit earnings. Here's what's happening

21 days / cnbc

Pinterest plummets on disappointing Q1 sales forecast, as retailers pull back on ad spending

22 days / sherwood / Millie Giles

Pinterest search volume hits 80 billion, topping ChatGPT’s 75 billion

22 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

Laura Varley / siliconrepublic - The company has announced that the expansion of roles will be across the board, impacting a wide range of departments. Read more: IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

#ai #automation #digitaltransformation #elearning #genai #business #jobs #us #technology

IBM to Triple Entry-Level Hiring as AI Rewrites Junior Roles

21 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

IBM to triple entry-level hiring despite AI fears

21 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, as roles ‘reimagined’ for AI era

22 days / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

IBM to triple entry level hiring in the US by 2026

22 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic has closed a $30 billion Series G funding round, bringing the AI company's post-money valuation to $380 billion.The article Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion appeared first on The Decoder.

#ai #startups #enterprise #anthropic #genai #stockmarket #business #technology

Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers (2)
Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth (7)
Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation (10)

Buildout: Anthropic recruiting ex-Google staff for massive data centers

Show HN: Skill that lets Claude Code/Codex spin up VMs and GPUs

21 days / ycombinator

Anthropic recruits ex-Google data center veterans to build its own AI infrastructure empire

21 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Claude adoption: marketing, features, and developer ecosystem accelerating growth

Claude is leveling up against Gemini and ChatGPT with powerful free tools

21 days / digitaltrends

Spotify Says Its Best Developers Haven't Written a Line of Code Since December, Thanks To AI

21 days / slashdot / msmash

Claude Code is the New Excel

21 days / substack / John Hwang

Anthropic Fast-Tracks Next Generation of Coders Into Claude Ecosystem

21 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude’s app into the top 10

21 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Meet Anthropic’s AI Morality Teacher

21 days / wsj / Conor Grant

Como travar sessões do Claude com uma frase

21 days / pivot-to-ai / David Gerard

Funding frenzy: $30B round pushes Anthropic to $380B valuation

Anthropic Hit $10 Billion in Revenue, Amodei Says AI Nears 'End of the Exponential'

21 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Elon Musk Slams Anthropic AI as ‘Evil’ After $380B Valuation

21 days / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Anthropic Raises $30B at $380B Valuation in Record Series G

21 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic and Databricks raise billions more. Next stop: IPOs?

21 days / siliconangle / Robert Hof

The eye-popping numbers in Anthropic's latest funding round

21 days / qz / Niamh Rowe

Anthropic Adds New Board Member as It Eyes IPO

21 days / wsj / Kate Clark

Investors shove another $30B into the Anthropic money furnace

21 days / theregister / Richard Speed

Anthropic raises $30 billion, pushing valuation to $380 billion

21 days / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

The $380B Claude play: Why investors bet big on Anthropic’s enterprise AI

21 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Anthropic raises $30B at a $380B valuation amid bubble fears

21 days / semafor / Tom Chivers

simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - simmetry.ai, asynthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors,has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of theGerman state of Lower Saxony. Th...

#ai #cloud #ml #dataprivacy #genai #business #agriculture #food #europe #manufacturing

simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding

22 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

German Synthetic Data Startup Simmetry.ai Secures €330k Funding

22 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

German synthetic data startup simmetry.ai secures €330k to tackle this key bottleneck holding back AI adoption

22 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

US spot bitcoin ETFs bleed $410 million as BTC slips below $66,000

Brian Danga / theblock - US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $410 million in outflows as bitcoin fell below $66,000 after stronger-than-expected jobs data.

#blockchain #crypto #banking #stockmarket #business #bitcoin #economy #crypto

Bank analysts cut targets, warning of further downside ahead. (4)
Offbeat: promos, corporate losses, and speculative token hype. (4)
On the trading floor: ETFs bleed, institutions pare back positions. (2)
Traders fret over shallow demand, funding, derivatives, and price signals. (3)

Bank analysts cut targets, warning of further downside ahead.

Bitcoin Bounces to $69K, But Charts Are Still Bearish: Analysis

21 days / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Crypto rout set to deepen as Standard Chartered warns of further downside risks

22 days / scmp

Bitcoin’s long-term rally is ‘broken’ until it reclaims $85,000, Deribit executive says

22 days / coindesk / Omkar Godbole

Bitcoin Signals Turning Point—But No Clear Bottom Yet, Experts Say

22 days / decrypt / Akash Girimath

MiniMax Unveils M2.5: $1/HR “Full‑Stack AI Employee” Rivals Claude Opus 4.6

pandaily - MiniMax open‑sourced M2.5, a 10B‑activated‑parameter coding model scoring 80.2% on SWE‑Bench Verified, with 100 TPS inference at $1/hr — driving 10K+ Agents built in 24 hours .

#ai #startups #cloud #software #ml #genai #business #pricing #performance #developertools

Cline drops CLI 2.0 coding agent, powered by K2.5 and M2.5 for free

21 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

MiniMax Matched Opus at 5% of the Price. The AI Premium Is Dead.

22 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

MiniMax Unveils M2.5: $1/HR “Full‑Stack AI Employee” Rivals Claude Opus 4.6

22 days / pandaily

China’s MiniMax releases cheap AI model ‘designed for real-world productivity’

22 days / scmp

Apple Confirms Revamped Siri is Still Coming in 2026

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple is still planning to launch the smarter, more capable version of Siri in 2026, the company told CNBC today. Apple's statement comes just a day after Bloomberg reported Apple is having issues with the updated version of Siri, leading to potential del…

#ai #voice #apple #genai #business #technology #assistant #updates

SanDisk (SNDK) Stock Rises 5% as Memory Chip Shortage Expected Through 2027

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Apple Falls. Beijing Ships. Google Thinks.

21 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Siri Delays? New MacBook, iPhone, iPad Expected Soon video

21 days / cnet / Bridget Carey

Siri delays, Health delays, and Apple Creator Studio limits on the AppleInsider Podcast

21 days / appleinsider

Apple down 5% Wednesday - worst day since April 2025. FTC hits Apple News for alleged bias same day Bloomberg reports Siri testing failing badly enough to delay spring update #Apple #AI #Tech https://www.implicator.ai/siri-the-ftc-and-a-bad-bunny-selfie-a

22 days / bsky / @marcus-schuler.com / marcus-schuler.com

Siri, the FTC, and a Bad Bunny Selfie. Apple's Terrible Week Finally Makes Sense.

22 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

A story suggesting Apple was having internal struggles and may delay anticipated new Siri features has been mildly countered with a statement from Apple -- "on track to launch in 2026."

22 days / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Siri & Apple Intelligence upgrades still coming in 2026 in spite of rumors

22 days / appleinsider

Apple Confirms Revamped Siri is Still Coming in 2026

22 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Apple has worst day since April as company faces FTC scrutiny, Siri delay reports

22 days / cnbc

Apple's AI Siri hits more problems - now delayed until iOS 27

23 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

12th-gen iPad Apple Intelligence and iPad Air M4 rumors emerge

25 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Coinbase swings to $667 million loss as crypto slump drags Q4 revenue

Kyle Baird / theblock - Coinbase’s institutional and subscription businesses helped cushion the impact of weaker retail trading in the fourth quarter.

#fintech #crypto #stockmarket #earnings #business #finance #bitcoin #crypto

‘Too cheap to sell here’: Bernstein sees 212% upside for Coinbase stock as annual trading volume hits $5.2 trillion

21 days / theblock / Brian Danga

Coinbase (COIN) Stock Bounces After Hours Despite Missing Earnings

21 days / parameter / Trader Edge

Wall Street analysts cut Coinbase price targets following Q4 earnings miss

22 days / coindesk / Will Canny

Coinbase (COIN) Stock: Drops 8% as Crypto Trading Slows

22 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Coinbase’s $667 Million Loss Snaps Eight-Quarter Profitability Streak

22 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Coinbase misses earnings estimates as crypto downturn weighs on trading

22 days / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Coinbase swings to $667 million loss as crypto slump drags Q4 revenue

22 days / theblock / Kyle Baird

Coinbase Reports Q4 Miss With $667 Million Loss Amid Bitcoin Retreat

22 days / decrypt / André Beganski

Coinbase falls short of expectations for Q4 revenue

22 days / sherwood / Matt Phillips

Coinbase misses Q4 estimates as transaction revenue falls below $1 billion

22 days / coindesk / Helene Braun

Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger

David Curry / eweek - Six of xAI’s 12 co-founders have left as Musk reshapes the Grok maker after SpaceX’s xAI deal, raising fresh questions about stability.The post Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger appeared first on eWEEK.