Samsung reports record Q4 operating profit amid booming chip demand

Samsung Electronics reported historic Q4 operating profits, with projections near 20 trillion won driven by surging memory and AI chip demand. Multiple outlets note unprecedented profit gains fueled by a chip market supercycle, underscoring Samsung’s dominant position in global semiconductor production.

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Samsung forecasts record profit and signals sustained AI boom

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Memory Boom Highlights

Samsung Reaps Memory Dividends As Operating Profits Surge By ~3x

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Samsung smashes profit record on memory boom

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Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket

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Samsung’s Q4 operating profit hits all-time high of $14 bn amid memory boom - KED Global

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Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket

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Samsung Electronics estimates nearly three-fold profit surge as memory prices skyrocket - CNBC

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Samsung Elec’s Q4 profit triples to all-time high on strong memory chip business - 매일경제

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Record Profit Announcements

(4th LD) Samsung estimates record 20 tln-won operating profit in Q4 amid chip market supercycle

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KOSPI extends record rally late Thu. morning as Samsung projects record Q4 earnings

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Samsung Electronics forecasts record US$13.8bil profit in Q4 - Free Malaysia Today

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(URGENT) Samsung's quarterly operating profit reach 20 tln won for 1st time in Q4

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Bluetti's CES 2026 innovations ensure ample power at home, in your car, at the campsite

appleinsider - The Charger 2 debuted at CES 2026 as an industry-first unified vehicle energy hub, and it is joined by more Bluetti innovations, like the Bio-based Elite 100 V2 and the high-capacity Elite 300 portable power station.Bluetti can ensure your adventure conti…

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Bluetti just launched four new power solutions at CES 2026 — heres how to upgrade

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Bluetti unveils Charger 2 with dual engine-solar inputs at CES 2026

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Bluetti Green Power Solutions Debut at CES 2026

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Bluetti's CES 2026 innovations ensure ample power at home, in your car, at the campsite

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Bluetti's Charger 2 uses solar and engine power to charge your portable battery

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Bluetti now charges power stations at up to 1200W in your car

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Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars

Jonathan M. Gitlin / arstechnica - The Blue Oval is also working on new hands-free driver assists.

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Ford Is Giving Its Vehicles a Personalized AI Brain — Here Are the Details

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Ford Wants an AI Assistant on Your iPhone That Knows Your Truck

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Ford is building an AI assistant that knows your vehicle inside out

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Ford announces AI assistant and next-gen BlueCruise at CES 2026

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Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology.

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Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars

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Ford’s AI voice assistant is coming later this year, L3 driving in 2028

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Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free BlueCruise tech on the way

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Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides

BeauHD / slashdot - Google and Character.AI have agreed to settle multiple lawsuits from families alleging the chatbot encouraged self-harm and suicide among teens. "The settlements would mark the first resolutions in the wave of lawsuits against tech companies whose AI chat…

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Google and Character.AI Settle Teen Suicide Lawsuits

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Google, Character.AI Agree to Settle US Lawsuit Over Teen’s Suicide

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Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides

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Google, chatbot maker Character to settle suit alleging bot pushed teen to suicide

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Character.AI and Google settle with families in teen suicide and self-harm lawsuits

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Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Six years after its CES debut, Samsung has demoted Ballie to internal use.

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Samsung’s Ballie robot won’t be rolling into your home after all

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You won’t be able to buy Samsung’s household Ballie robot after all

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Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot

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Samsung's Rolling Ballie Robot Indefinitely Shelved After Delays

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Samsung’s Ballie robot is probably never coming out

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Apple Inks A Deal With JPMorgan To Power Its Apple Card As Goldman Sachs Surrenders The Business At A $1 Billion Discount

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - The inevitable seems to have come to pass. Apple has reportedly inked a deal with JPMorgan to take over its Apple Card business, which is now being surrendered by Goldman Sachs at a rare $1 billion discount. Apple Card will soon be powered by JPMorgan's f…

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Deal Details and Negotiation Saga

Apple swaps card to JPMorgan

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JPMorgan Chase to Become New Issuer of Apple Credit Card

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JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal To Take Over the Apple Credit Card

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Apple Inks A Deal With JPMorgan To Power Its Apple Card As Goldman Sachs Surrenders The Business At A $1 Billion Discount

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JPMorgan to take over Apple’s $20bn credit card portfolio from Goldman Sachs

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JPMorgan Chase reaches deal to take over Apple Card

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Apple Card Will Move From Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan Chase

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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value

Kate Clark / wsj - The planned deal represents nearly a doubling of the AI startup’s valuation from four months ago.

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Direct reports on Anthropic’s $10B, $350B funding move

Anthropic Eyes $10B Funding Round at $350B Valuation

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Anthropic to raise $10 billion at $350 billion valuation

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Claude maker Anthropic to raise $10bn round at $350bn valuation – reports

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Anthropic aims to raise $10B with a valuation of $350B

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Anthropic Said to Be in Talks to Raise Funding at a $350 Billion Valuation

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Anthropic Said to Be in Talks to Raise Funding at a $350 Billion Valuation

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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value

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Claude creator Anthropic reportedly hits $350 billion valuation as it raises another $10 billion

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Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation

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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value, WSJ Says

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Investor details shaping Anthropic’s mega funding round

Claude-maker Anthropic targets $10B raise at $350B valuation with GIC in mix

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Anthropic reportedly seeking to raise $10B at $350B valuation

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Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation

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Wider AI investment climate influences Anthropic’s valuation surge

AI investors brush off bubble fears by fundraising more

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Anthropic Aims to Nearly Double Valuation in New Funding Round

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Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.

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WhatsApp Enhances Group Chats With Three New Features

Tim Hardwick / macrumors - WhatsApp announced three new group chat features today, expanding how users can interact and add context to their role within conversations involving many participants.The Meta-owned messaging app is rolling out Member Tags, Text Stickers, and Event Remin…

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WhatsApp adds member tags and text stickers to group chats

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WhatsApp’s Latest Update Makes Group Chats Less Chaotic

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You can choose a tag that gives others in the group chat more context about who you are.

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WhatsApp Improves its Groups Feature With Member Tags and Event Reminders

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WhatsApp Updates Group Chats With Member Tags, Text Stickers, and Event Reminders

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WhatsApp Enhances Group Chats With Three New Features

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WhatsApp upgrades group chats with member tags and text stickers

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WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features, including member tags

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Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Swap, a NYC-based provider of a commerce operating system, raised $100m in Series C funding. The round was co-led by DST Global and ICONIQ. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach, as well as to invest …

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London E-Commerce Startup Swap Secures $100M Funding

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VC firms DST Global and Iconiq are piling into e-commerce startup Swap Commerce, which is going up against Shopify.

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Shopify competitor Swap raises $100M six months after raising $40M

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Swap Raises $100M in Series C Funding

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Swap raises $100M Series C round to expand global commerce operating system

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Swap raises $100M from DST, ICONIQ to unify fragmented global e-commerce ops

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E-commerce operating startup Swap raises $100M

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Apple Evaluating Multispectral Imaging And A 200MP Camera Sensor For Future iPhones

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - It is not just the form factor of Apple's iPhone that is slated for a major revamp come 2027. As such, the Cupertino giant is aiming for a massive overhaul of nearly every element of its iPhones as the decade progresses, including equipping its iPhones wi…

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Apple’s iPhone Goals Are About More Than Just 200 Megapixels

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Apple Explores Multispectral Imaging for Future iPhones

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iPhone 18 Pro Unlikely to Feature 200MP Camera, Apple Exploring Multispectral Imaging [Rumor]

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Apple is planning a massive iPhone camera upgrade, but it’s years away

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Apple Evaluating Multispectral Imaging And A 200MP Camera Sensor For Future iPhones

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Future iPhones may utilize multi-spectral cameras for Apple Intelligence

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Testing for rumored 200MP iPhone camera may not have started yet

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Apple Reportedly Exploring Multispectral Imaging for Future iPhones

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Philips Hue 'SpatialAware' feature harmonizes all the lights in a room

Steve Dent / engadget - Philips Hue has introduced a new software feature called SpatialAware at CES 2026 designed to ensure that all the lights in a space are in harmony with each other. Available exclusively for the Hue Bridge Pro, it takes into account each light point in a r…

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Philips Hue 'SpatialAware' feature harmonizes all the lights in a room

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Philips Hue Will Soon Let Your Lights Work Together for Scenes

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CES 2026: Philips Hue Line Get New SpatialAware Scenes, Hue Cameras Gain HomeKit Support

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