Ford confirms it is sticking with Apple CarPlay
Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Ford’s chief financial officer, Sherry House, has confirmed that Apple CarPlay will remain available in its vehicles. According to iPhone in Canada, House said that many Ford drivers enjoy CarPlay, and that Ford reportedly wants to preserve the experience…
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Long Live AM4: ASUS Rumored To Increased DDR4 Motherboard Production
techpowerup - Perhaps in response to the overwhelming demand for DDR5 and the resulting price increase for PC hardware, ASUS is apparently planning to increase production of its B550 AM4 motherboards, which still rely on aging DDR4 RAM. This is according to a leak post…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra leaks in new photos, revealing bigger camera bump
Max Buondonno / theshortcut - The rest of the phone seems to be identical to the S25 Ultra
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SoftBank Makes Good on $40 Billion OpenAI Investment
PYMNTS / pymnts - SoftBank completed its promised $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI, CNBC reported Tuesday (Dec. 30), citing unnamed sources. The Japanese investment firm last week gave the artificial intelligence startup a final payment of $22 billion to $22.5 b…
Editor: So the big question here is what did Softbank have to do to make this happen? We already know ~6B of it came from liquidating Nvidia stock, but what else? Selling off more bets? Taking on more debt? It feels like a lot of exposure.
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LG unveils Gallery TV, a canvas-style rival to Samsung's The Frame
techspot - The LG Gallery TV will use the company's Gallery+ content service launched earlier this year. The library offers more than 4,500 pieces of artwork. Owners can also create pieces using generative AI or add their own images from a personal gallery – it even…
Editor: Having seen the Samsung equivalent in the wild, I can appreciate why these qualify as a "craze" - they look fantastic and really add to a space.
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TCL’s New Paper-Like Tablet Has a Bunch of AI in It
James Pero / gizmodo - The Note A1 Nxtpaper throws a lot of AI features at the wall.
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Britain’s Octopus Energy To Spin Off AI Arm Kraken At $8.65 Billion Valuation
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - British renewable-energy startup Octopus Energy is spinning off its utility management platform, Kraken Technologies, with a valuation of $8.65 billion. The move follows Kraken’s first standalone $1 billion equity raise, led by D1 Capital Partners and joi…
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