Waymo will start offering rides to San Francisco airport

cnbc - Alphabet's Waymo division said it will begin taking some passengers to San Francisco's airport and will expand in the coming months.

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Waymo gears up to launch robotaxis in London this year

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Waymo begins service at San Francisco International Airport

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Waymo is finally starting passenger trips at SFO — but not to the terminals

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Apple buys Israeli startup Q.AI as the AI race heats up

Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Apple announced its acquisition of Q.AI for a reported nearly $2 billion, making it the company's second-largest acquisition to date.

#ai #wearables #voice #apple #business #deeptech #asia #acquisitions #technology #assistant

Apple's $2B Deal Highlights (15)
Industry and AI Strategy Insights (2)
Innovative Silent Speech and AI Tech (9)
Other Developments in Q.AI Coverage (1)
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Apple's $2B Deal Highlights

Apple Reportedly Spent $2 Billion On An AI Company You've Never Heard Of

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Apple Makes Second-Largest Acquisition Ever with $2B Q.ai Deal

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple acquires Q.ai for $2 billion, the second largest acquisition in its history

5 wks / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Apple acquires Q.ai for nearly $2B

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Apple Boosts AI Ambitions With $2B Q.ai Acquisition

5 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Apple acquires AI startup Q.ai for reported $2B

5 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Apple just spent 2 billion on an AI company you've probably never heard of

5 wks / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

Apple Amplifies AI Ambitions with $2 Billion Acquisition of Stealth Startup Q.ai

5 wks / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai

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Apple Acquires Israeli Audio AI Startup Q.ai Before Q4 Earnings

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Apple acquires Q.ai for a reported $2 billion

5 wks / engadget / Anna Washenko

Apple buys Israeli startup Q.AI as the AI race heats up

5 wks / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Apple Acquires AI startup Q.AI for $2 Billion

5 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple acquires Israeli startup Q.ai

5 wks / cnbc

Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats

5 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Industry and AI Strategy Insights

Guys, I don’t think Tim Cook knows how to monetize AI

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Apple Makes One Of Its Largest Ever Acquisitions, Buys The Israeli Machine Learning Firm, Q.ai

5 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Innovative Silent Speech and AI Tech

Apple’s $2B Q.ai deal grabs Face ID vet’s whisper-speech tech

5 wks / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Apple Pays $2 Billion to Read Your Face

5 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Apple Drops $2 Billion on Israeli AI Facial Tracking Company

5 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’

5 wks / theverge / Richard Lawler

Apple buys audio AI firm Q.ai as it scrambles to upgade Siri

5 wks / appleinsider

Apple Acquires Israeli AI Startup Q.AI for Nearly $2 Billion to Power Future Wearables

5 wks / iclarified

Apple's Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever Is a Startup That Interprets Silent Speech

5 wks / slashdot / msmash

Apple Buys Israeli’s Q.ai for $2 Billion

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple buys Israeli start-up Q.AI for close to $2bn in race to build AI devices

5 wks / ft

Other Developments in Q.AI Coverage

Apple posts record revenue as iPhone beats sales expectations

5 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

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One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you.

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Apple Drops $2 Billion on Israeli AI Facial Tracking Company https://gizmodo.com/apple-drops-2-billion-on-israeli-ai-facial-tracking-company-2000715708

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“Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech” #AI #panopticon #tech #surveillance techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/a...

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Apple has confirmed its purchase of Israeli startup Q.ai, a company working on technology to help devices like iPhones better understand the spoken word in challenging conditions.

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Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats

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iPhone 16 Named World's Best-Selling Smartphone of 2025, Apple Takes 7 of Top 10 Spots [Report]

iclarified - The iPhone 16 finished 2025 as the world's best-selling smartphone. Apple didn't just take the top spot. It placed seven models in the global Top 10, according to new data from Counterpoint Research. Apple and Samsung were once again the only two brands r…

#apple #business #iphone #globalism #technology #gadgets #smartphone

iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top Models

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Apple iPhone captured seven of the top 10 best-selling phones in 2025

5 wks / techspot

iPhone 16 Wins Best-Selling Phone of 2025

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

iPhone 16 Named World's Best-Selling Smartphone of 2025, Apple Takes 7 of Top 10 Spots [Report]

5 wks / iclarified

Apple’s iPhones Absolutely Dominate The Ranking For The Most Popular Smartphones Of 2025

5 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

iPhone 16 gives Apple seven of the 10 best-selling phones in 2025

5 wks / appleinsider

Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming

digitaltrends - Nothing won't launch a new flagship in 2026, but Carl Pei confirms the Phone 4a series is coming, and it's aiming closer to flagship territory than ever.The post Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming appeared fir…

#startups #mobiletech #innovation #android #business #technology #gadgets #telecommunications #smartphone

Nothing Will Not Release a New Flagship Phone in 2026

5 wks / cnet / Mike Sorrentino

Nothing says no to flagship phones in 2026, but confirms the 4a series is coming

5 wks / digitaltrends

Nothing CEO Says Company Won't Launch New Flagship Smartphone Every Year 'For the Sake of It'

5 wks / slashdot / msmash

There won’t be a Nothing Phone 4 this year

5 wks / theverge / Dominic Preston

If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab controls are for you

digitaltrends - Vivaldi 7.8 skips AI flash and focuses on faster tab tiling, letting you drag tabs into split views and open links straight into a tile, so your main page stays anchored while you compare.The post If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab cont…

#ai #software #browsers #aiethics #genai #apps #ux #technology #productivity #updates

If you hate AI clutter in browsers, Vivaldi’s new tab controls are for you

5 wks / digitaltrends

Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment

5 wks / theregister / Richard Speed

Vivaldi 7.8 “Extends the Middle Finger” to AI

5 wks / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

If you hate AI clutter, Vivaldi’s new tab tiling is for you

5 wks / digitaltrends

Google rolls out Gemini sidebar and Nano Banana in Chrome

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Google has begun rolling out Gemini-powered tools to the Chrome browser starting today, including a sidebar for multitasking chats, an image generator, and previews of task automation, following its recent AI updates to Gmail. The initial feature introduc…

#ai #automation #google #browsers #genai #alphabet #ux #technology #assistant #gemini

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OpenAI is about to raise $60 billion

Berry Zwets / techzine - Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft are in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI. Nvidia is negotiating for up to $30 billion, Microsoft for less than $10 billion, and newcomer Amazon for possibly more than $20 billion. This is according to The Informatio…

#ai #vc #nvidia #amazon #microsoft #openai #genai #business #technology #softbank

Infrastructure Expansion (1)
Massive Funding Rounds (21)
Other Perspectives (3)
Political Oversight (1)
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Infrastructure Expansion

Nvidia wins approval for Taiwan headquarters to secure AI chip supply

5 wks / scmp

Massive Funding Rounds

OpenAI’s too-big-to-fail fundraising

5 wks / ft

Tech Giants Circle OpenAI in Funding Round That Could Top $100 Billion

5 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI

5 wks / reddit / /u/i-drake

Amazon Eyes $50 Billion OpenAI Stake

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Amazon (AMZN) Stock: Eyes Massive $50B Bet on ChatGPT Maker OpenAI

5 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI

5 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Amazon could invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI in coming weeks, source says

5 wks / cnbc

WSJ: Amazon considering $50 billion investment in OpenAI

5 wks / sherwood / Rani Molla

OpenAI in Talks to Raise as Much as $100 Billion

5 wks / nytimes / Cade Metz and Karen Weise

Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI

5 wks / wsj / Jessica Toonkel

Tech Titans Circle OpenAI in Potential $100 Billion Funding Mega-Deal

5 wks / techstrong / Jon Swartz

OpenAI Eyes $60 Billion Investment from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

OpenAI Courts Tech Giants for $100 Billion Funding Round

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

SoftBank Eyes New $30B OpenAI Investment After Last $41B Commitment

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon reportedly in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI

5 wks / sherwood / Claire Yubin Oh

Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft could invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI

5 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Microsoft reports $7.6 billion net income gain from OpenAI investment

5 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

OpenAI is about to raise $60 billion

5 wks / techzine / Berry Zwets

OpenAI’s $100B raise: SoftBank in talks for $30B follow-on

5 wks / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $60 Billion in OpenAI

5 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

OpenAI in talks to raise $40bn in investments from Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft

5 wks / ft

Other Perspectives

The Anyone-But-Google AI Alliance

5 wks / spyglass / M.G. Siegler

AI’s innocence lost: How capital will force us to get real about value

5 wks / sifted

ChatGPT Leads Consumer AI Use as OpenAI Pushes New Paid Tiers

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Political Oversight

Sen. Warren pushes Altman for guarantee OpenAI isn’t seeking government bailout

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OpenAI Wants Your Money. All of It.

5 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

OpenAI Preps Fourth-Quarter IPO and Builds Out Finance Team

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Amazon in talks to invest $50 billion in OpenAI, expand ties

5 wks / techxplore

Amazon in talks to invest $50 billion in OpenAI’s new funding round

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.

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Pasqal backer daphni closes €260M Blue fund to transform lab breakthroughs into startups

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Europe is packed with scientific talent, with 2.2 million researchers. France alone pours €60B a year into labs.…

#startups #vc #innovation #science #privateequity #business #finance #deeptech #europe #technology

RobCo Raises $100M in Series C Funding

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Exclusive: TetraxAI scoops €1.5M to supercharge AI risk checks for renewables M&A

5 wks / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Checkbox Raises $23M Series A Funding

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From lab coats to unicorns: French VC Daphni Blue closes €260 million fund to turn science into startups

5 wks / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Daphni Blue Closes €260M To Back European Science Startups

5 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Northwood Space Raises $100M in Series B Funding

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Genspark Closes $300M Series B Funding

5 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

Pasqal backer daphni closes €260M Blue fund to transform lab breakthroughs into startups

5 wks / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

daphni Blue completes €260M final close for science-driven European investments

5 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Daphni closes €260m early-stage fund for science-first deeptech startups

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China approves first batch of Nvidia H200 chip imports

J.D. Capelouto / semafor - China began allowing purchases of Nvidia’s powerful H200 chips for the first time, pointing to a nascent US-China rapprochement ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump in April.

#ai #innovation #vr #meta #social #genai #business #zuckerberg #technology #algorithm

AI-Powered Wearables Advancements (2)
Geopolitics & Regulatory Side Notes (2)
Meta's Deep AI Investment Drive (3)
Zuckerberg's Bold AI Social Shift (6)

AI-Powered Wearables Advancements

Meta stock price surges as Mark Zuckerberg predicts most glasses will be AI-powered in ‘several years’

5 wks / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Zuckerberg: Meta’s AI glasses are reaching a “smartphone moment”

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Geopolitics & Regulatory Side Notes

Italy becomes test case for Meta’s third-party AI chatbot pricing model

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

China approves first batch of Nvidia H200 chip imports

5 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Meta's Deep AI Investment Drive

Meta Stock: Social Media Giant Posts Earnings Beat, Plans Massive AI Buildout

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

Meta to pour the GDP of Kenya into AI infrastructure push in 2026

5 wks / theregister / Dan Robinson

Meta to Nearly Double AI Spending

5 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Zuckerberg's Bold AI Social Shift

Meta's CTO on VR layoffs, glasses, and the next AI model

5 wks / sources / Alex Heath

Zuckerberg Thinks Meta Has an AI Advantage Because It Knows So Much About You

5 wks / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

Zuckerberg promises 2026 AI blitz after Meta “rebuilt the foundations”

5 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Meta to 'dramatically change' with AI, Zuckerberg says

5 wks / bbc

Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026

5 wks / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

(LEAD) Samsung Electronics posts record operating profit in Q4 amid AI boom

Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it has poste...

#ai #semiconductors #chips #samsung #earnings #business #asia #technology

Samsung Leans on AI Memory Boom to Drive Revenue

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Samsung Becomes The Largest Maker Of Memory Solutions With $26 Billion In Revenue In Q4 2025, Fab Profits Surge 5x

5 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Samsung profits surge 200% as AI server demand triggers memory chip shortage

5 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Top chipmakers to boost capital spending amid AI-driven supply squeeze

5 wks / ft

SK Hynix overtakes Samsung in annual profit for the first time as AI reshapes rivalry

5 wks / cnbc

(4th LD) Samsung Electronics posts record operating profit in Q4 amid AI boom

5 wks / co / Kang Yoon-seung

(PR) Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2025 Results

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(3rd LD) Samsung Electronics posts record operating profit in Q4 amid AI boom

5 wks / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Samsung’s fourth-quarter profit triples, beating estimates as AI chip demand fuels memory shortage

5 wks / cnbc

(2nd LD) Samsung Electronics posts record operating profit in Q4 amid AI boom

5 wks / co / Kang Yoon-seung

(LEAD) Samsung Electronics posts record operating profit in Q4 amid AI boom

5 wks / co / Kang Yoon-seung

IBM stock soars after-hours on strong revenue performance

Paul Gillin / siliconangle - Nearly five years to the day after being named chief executive of IBM Corp., Arvind Krishna joined Chief Financial Officer James Kavanaugh in taking a victory lap today as the company posted strong fourth-quarter and full-year results, driven primarily by…

#ai #cloud #enterprise #genai #stockmarket #earnings #business #technology

IBM says AI is insane in the mainframe as z17 sales surge

5 wks / theregister / Joe Fay

IBM Stock Gains as AI Revenue Drives Massive Earnings Beat

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

IBM (IBM) Stock: Flat After Volatile After-Hours as Wall Street Eyes AI Growth, Fed Exposure

5 wks / parameter / Newton Kitonga

IBM stock soars after-hours on strong revenue performance

5 wks / siliconangle / Paul Gillin

(PR) IBM Releases Fourth-Quarter 2025 Results

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IBM jumps 8% on earnings beat

5 wks / cnbc

IBM beats Q4 earnings expectations, stock rises

5 wks / sherwood / Matt Phillips

Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots

Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Tesla will discontinue the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk said in an earnings call with investors today. Musk said the reasons for cancelling the vehicle programs was to make room at Tesla's Fremont factory for production of …

#robotics #automation #tesla #business #manufacturing #technology #elonmusk #automotive #ev #california

Farewell Flagship EVs (15)
Other Developments (1)
Pivot to Robotics & AI (9)
All Other Stories

Farewell Flagship EVs

Tesla to phase out Model S and Model X so it can focus on robots

5 wks / techspot

Tesla Is Killing Two Popular Car Models To Make Robots

5 wks / bgr

Tesla is saying goodbye to two of its EV models. As sales and deliveries fall, Elon Musk is focusing on this instead

5 wks / fastcompany / Sarah Fielding

End of an era: Tesla discontinues Model S and Model X

5 wks / mashable

Tesla kills Models S and X in a shocking twist to make more robots

5 wks / digitaltrends

Tesla is killing off its Model S and X cars to make robots

5 wks / reddit / /u/dapperlemon

Tesla Kills Models S and X

5 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Tesla is killing off its Model S and X cars to make robots

5 wks / engadget / Mariella Moon

Tesla’s Flagships are Dead: What Canadian Model S and X Owners Need to Know

5 wks / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots

5 wks / cnbc

Tesla to stop making Model S and Model X next quarter to pivot to Optimus production

5 wks / sherwood / Rani Molla

Tesla ending Models S and X production

5 wks / ycombinator

Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots

5 wks / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X

5 wks / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X

5 wks / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane

Other Developments

Elon Musk’s Mega “TeraFab” Project Will Combine Memory, Chips, and Packaging Production in One Facility, Claiming It’s the Only Way to Reach the Needed Scale

5 wks / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Pivot to Robotics & AI

Tesla (TSLA) Stock: $2 Billion xAI Partnership Solidifies AI Strategy Shift

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

Tesla kills Models S and X to build humanoid robots instead

5 wks / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Tesla lurches into the Musk robotics era

5 wks / ft

Elon Musk Made Tesla Fans Think Unsupervised Robotaxis Had Arrived. They Can’t Find Them

5 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Tesla’s car-lite shift and an app to die for

5 wks / ft

Tesla Kills Its Flagship Cars to Build Robots That Don't Work Yet

5 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Tesla Bets Future Growth on Optimus Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Tesla earnings top estimates as Musk pivots company from cars to robots

5 wks / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Tesla says production-ready Optimus robot is coming soon

5 wks / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

All Other Stories

The company will stop making the pioneering EVs in the second quarter of 2026, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday.

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Musk said Tesla will instead use the space dedicated to S and X at its Fremont, CA factory to make Optimus robots techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/t...

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So what are they going to make? techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/t...

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Meta Platforms (META) Stock: Gains Momentum on Earnings Beat as Ottawa Moves to Restore News Access

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Meta stock jumps after earnings as Canada reopens talks on news access Canada restarts talks with Meta as earnings boost stock momentum Meta rallies after earnings beat amid Canada news access negotiations Strong Meta earnings fuel stock surge as Can…

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Aggressive AI spending plans (6)
Meta vs. Microsoft showdown (4)
Regulatory & news access developments (2)
Strong earnings & record sales (4)
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Aggressive AI spending plans

Meta leans on improved ad business to fuel massive AI spending

5 wks / techxplore

Zuckerberg Shrugs Off Wall Street Fears and Pledges Up to $135B for AI

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg gets green light from Wall Street to keep pouring money into AI

5 wks / cnbc

Meta crushed the quarter, then sounded a $135 billion alarm

5 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

Meta Forecasts Spending of at Least $115 Billion This Year

5 wks / nytimes / Eli Tan and Mike Isaac

Meta says spending could nearly double to $135bn in AI investment boom

5 wks / ft

Meta vs. Microsoft showdown

Meta rises 8%, Microsoft sinks 11% as megacap tech stocks diverge after earnings

5 wks / cnbc

Why Meta is ripping higher after earnings while Microsoft craters

5 wks / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Meta Overshadows Microsoft by Showing AI Payoff in Ad Business

5 wks / wsj / Dan Gallagher

Meta and Microsoft continue going big on AI Spending. Here's how bitcoin miners could benefit

5 wks / coindesk / Helene Braun

Regulatory & news access developments

Meta still making a motza, but ‘legal and regulatory headwinds’ will impact 2026

5 wks / mumbrella / Nathan Jolly

Meta Platforms (META) Stock: Gains Momentum on Earnings Beat as Ottawa Moves to Restore News Access

5 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Strong earnings & record sales

Meta’s stock surges on strong earnings, revenue and bullish guidance

5 wks / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Meta Stock Jumps 4% After Q4 Revenue of $59.89B Beats Estimates

5 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Meta Reports Record Sales, Massive Spending Hike on AI Buildout

5 wks / wsj / Meghan Bobrowsky

Meta rises after sales, earnings beat and Q1 revenue guidance exceeds expectations

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Cheers to @duncanweldon.bsky.social @peark.es & @vkmacro.bsky.social for the posting-to-publishing pipeline: sherwood.news/markets/why-... $MSFT $META

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Samsung Teases Galaxy S26 Privacy Display

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Samsung has teased a new "Privacy Display" for the Galaxy S26 series. The new shield blocks shoulder surfers and protects sensitive data at the pixel level.The post Samsung Teases Galaxy S26 Privacy Display first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

#dataprivacy #samsung #android #privacy #technology #gadgets #smartphone #digitalprivacy

Samsung Galaxy S26 will have ‘pixel level’ privacy feature, Samsung confirms

5 wks / mashable

Samsung bringing hardware/software privacy screen to S26 series

5 wks / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Samsung Teases Galaxy S26 Privacy Display

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Samsung Galaxy S26's new privacy feature shields your phone from shoulder surfers

5 wks / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Samsung teases new privacy feature to hide your Galaxy phone screen from onlookers

5 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Apple and Nvidia considering Intel for 2028 chip production, report claims — non-core products may be outsourced, driven by tariffs and geopolitical concerns

tomshardware - Apple and Nvidia are reportedly working with Intel to produce some of their products in the U.S., but it is an open question which of their products Intel can actually make.

#ai #genai #business #internet #apps #ux #media #technology #assistant

Apple and Nvidia considering Intel for 2028 chip production, report claims — non-core products may be outsourced, driven by tariffs and geopolitical concerns

5 wks / tomshardware

Yahoo launches Scout beta to bring conversational AI to its 250 million users

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

New Yahoo Scout AI Search Delivers The Classic Search Flavor People Miss via @sejournal, @martinibuster

5 wks / searchenginejournal / Roger Montti

AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D review: The world's fastest gaming processor, again

tomshardware - The Ryzen 7 9850X3D was never set up for success, but our testing reveals the ugly side of AMD’s latest X3D CPU: higher power consumption for minuscule performance gains.

#gaming #semiconductors #cpus #amd #performance #technology #gadgets

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Ryzen 9850X3D review: AMD's bragging-rights gaming CPU gets more to brag about

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[GamersNexus] AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU Review & Benchmarks | Gaming, Power, & Thermals, ft. DDR5-4800

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[TechPowerUp] AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D review

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HUB - AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Review & Benchmarks vs. 9800X3D, 7800X3D, 285K, 14900K

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D review: The world's fastest gaming processor, again

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Review: For the FPS Chasers

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU Review: Gaming’s Best Chip

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Apple's 'Creator Studio' App Bundle Now Available for $12.99 Per Month

Juli Clover / macrumors - Apple today launched the new Creator Studio that was initially unveiled two weeks ago, providing content creators with access to six Apple apps for $12.99 per month or $129 per year.Creator Studio includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on M…

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Feature Enhancements & AI – Spotting innovative tools and smart upgrades. (2)
Launch & Pricing – New release details, rates, and availability. (7)
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Feature Enhancements & AI – Spotting innovative tools and smart upgrades.

With Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro, AI is a tool to aid creation, not replace it

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Apple Updates Keynote, Numbers, and Pages Apps With New Free and Paid Features

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Launch & Pricing – New release details, rates, and availability.

Apple Creator Studio Subscription Now Available for $12.99/Month

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Apple Launches Creator Studio in Canada: Pro Apps Bundle for $17.99

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Apple Launches Creator Studio: A Big Win for Students, a Tough Sell for iPad Pros

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Seven things to know about how Apple's Creator Studio subscriptions work

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Apple’s Creator Studio bundle is finally available and it sounds like a great deal

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Apple's 'Creator Studio' App Bundle Now Available for $12.99 Per Month

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Apple Creator Studio is now available: What's included, how much it costs and what it means for creators

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Reviews & Comparisons – On-site tests and Adobe head-to-head takes.

Apple Creator Studio Hands-On: What You Get for $12.99 Per Month

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Apple Creator Studio review: Incredible value for most creative pros

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Compared: Apple Creator Studio vs Adobe Creative Cloud Pro

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Apple’s Creator Studio May Be the Best Case to Ditch Your Adobe Subscription

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Subscription Management – Practical advice for handling your subscriptions.

Remember: Cancel Final Cut Pro iPad subscriptions when you set up Apple Creator Studio

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Apple Creator Studio Hands-On: What You Get for $12.99 Per Month

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Apple Updates Keynote, Numbers, and Pages Apps With New Free and Paid Features

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Snap establishes Specs subsidiary for its AR glasses

cnbc - Snap on Wednesday said its unit working on the development of augmented reality glasses is now housed under a wholly owned subsidiary named Specs Inc.

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The Shortcut Live Ep. 11: PS6 release date, iPhone 18 price, Snap launches Specs Inc.

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Snap Is Spinning Out Its Specs AR Glasses Business

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Snap establishes Specs subsidiary for its AR glasses

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Snap is spinning off its AR glasses into a separate business

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Snap is turning its smart glasses team into its own company

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Snap gets serious about Specs, spins AR glasses into standalone company

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Google's Desktop Operating System "Aluminium OS" Has Leaked

techpowerup - Google's return to the desktop has been now cemented with the latest leak of the so-called "Aluminium OS." Accidentally shared by Google, 9to5Google managed to capture some screen recordings of this new creation that Google has been developing behind the …

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Google Aluminium OS Leak Confirms Android Chrome Merge - findarticles.com

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Google Accidentally Leaks Android Desktop

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Android's Full Desktop Mode Surfaces in Accidental Chromium Leak

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Leaked images showcase Android's new Aluminum OS desktop interface — Google's nascent Windows rival spotted in screen recording of a Chromebook bug

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Google bug report leaks Android’s AluminiumOS desktop interface: Here’s what to expect - Times of India

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Our first look at Google's Android for PC interface leaks in a bug report

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Google's Desktop Operating System "Aluminium OS" Has Leaked

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Our first look at Google's Android desktop makes its Chrome OS replacement feel real - Android Central

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Google just gave us an accidental first look at Android's PC future

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Google Reveals First Look at Android for PC in Action - filmogaz.com

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Google just leaked a first look at Android for PC in action

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Google Accidentally Reveals Aluminium OS Interface - findarticles.com

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SoftBank Group (SFTBY) Stock: Eyes Massive $30B Bet to Tighten Grip on OpenAI

Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR SoftBank plans a $30B OpenAI push to drive massive AI growth and scale. New funding talks could lift OpenAI’s valuation sharply toward $830B. AI infrastructure demand fuels one of tech’s biggest funding rounds. SoftBank aims to anchor future AI domin…