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Macron unveils $112B AI investment package, France’s answer to US’ Stargate | TechCrunch

Macron’s deepfakes raise questions over AI use

France’s answer to Stargate: Macron announces AI investment

Exclusive | France Taps Nuclear Power in Race for AI Supremacy – WSJ

European Startups Mistral, Helsing Form Pact for AI on Defense – Bloomberg

AI pioneer Fei‑Fei Li warns policymakers not to let sci‑fi sensationalism shape AI rules | TechCrunch

Macron unveils $112B AI investment package, France’s answer to US’ Stargate | TechCrunch

France’s answer to Stargate: Macron announces AI investment

Exclusive | France Taps Nuclear Power in Race for AI Supremacy – WSJ

European Startups Mistral, Helsing Form Pact for AI on Defense – Bloomberg

AI pioneer Fei‑Fei Li warns policymakers not to let sci‑fi sensationalism shape AI rules | TechCrunch

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Sony Gives PS Plus Members Extra Five Days Following PlayStation Network Outage – CNET

TikTok influencers are wearing Apple Watches on their ankles – TechCrunch

The five reasons some people wear their Apple Watch on their ankle – 9to5Mac

Exclusive: OpenAI set to finalize first custom chip design this year – Reuters

Instagram Alternative Flashes is Now Running in Beta – PetaPixel

Flashes, a Bluesky‑Based Instagram Alternative, Starts Beta Testing – PCMag

These apps are building Instagram alternatives on open protocols – TechCrunch

Discord introduces a feature to ignore rather than block users – Engadget

Valve bans all Steam games that force players to watch advertisements – Eurogamer

T‑Mobile to Charge $15 Per Month for Starlink Satellite Texting Feature – Bloomberg

US tariffs prompt Shein to shift production to Vietnam – Tech in Asia

National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities

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We discussed our cable management habits. The UK’s government has reportedly ordered Apple to create a backdoor encrypted user data in iCloud data. Google updates Gemini’s AI response in its Super Bowl ad. And it’s Friday. We test our panel with another round of quiz questions centered on the topic of distillation.

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Huawei sees its fastest growth in four years, the ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra is here, and cheese gets Google AI in hot water yet again!

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Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying | The Verge

UK government demands access to Apple users’ encrypted data

Apple Ordered by UK to Create Global iCloud Encryption Backdoor – MacRumors

How to enable Advanced Data Protection for your iCloud backups | The Verge

Amazon expects to spend $100 billion on capital expenditures in 2025

Amazon (AMZN) Shares Fall on Weaker-Than-Expected Sales Q1 Forecast – Bloomberg

Amazon joins Google, Microsoft in cloud weakness, shares slide | Reuters

“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed – Ars Technica

Apple will reportedly announce a new iPhone SE next week

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi | WIRED

DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | WIRED

Acer just announced two new gaming laptops with great specs and sleek designs

DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers – Ars Technica

Oppo mocks Samsung’s foldable crease in OnePlus Open 2 tease

OpenAI cofounder John Schulman is joining Mira Murati’s startup after brief stint at Anthropic

AI chip firm Cerebras partners with France’s Mistral, claims speed record | Reuters

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Could the threat posed by Ransomware be diminishing? A new cyber security report holds some tantalizing data. Why is Microsoft Teams getting Facebook-like functionality? Are tech companies looking a new round of belt-tightening. And Stanford and the University of Washington AI researchers trained an AI “reasoning” model for under $50.

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Huawei sees its fastest growth in four years, the ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra is here, and cheese gets Google AI in hot water yet again!

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Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘reasoning’ model for under $50

Qualcomm sales beat estimates, shares drop after licensing forecast

Qualcomm says Arm has withdrawn license breach notice

Qualcomm shares fall on downbeat forecast for licensing business

Chip tech provider Arm narrows full-year forecast, stock plunges

DeepSeek Limits Access to AI Model as Demand Strains Capacity

You can now use ChatGPT web search without logging in

Google launches Gemini 2.0 with Pro, Flash-Lite models

Google Launches Gemini 2.0 for Everyone. Here Are the Highlights

YouTube Is Buying TikTok Ads to Lure Creators Before US Ban

Huawei hits $118b revenue, fastest growth in 4 years

Boston Dynamics joins forces with its former CEO to speed the learning of its Atlas humanoid robot

The Zenfone 12 Ultra is another big phone the US won’t get

Google remakes Super Bowl ad after AI cheese gaffe

The Video Game History Foundation has made its archive available for early access, free of charge. Google updates its AI principles removing references to weapons and surveillance. Sonos is planning to launch a streaming TV device later this year in the $200-$400 price range. And we discuss DJI explanation on why it won’t stop drones from flying over the White House and what happens when it’s banned.

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And actual tech news like a bad Zyxel router vulnerability, Amazon may finally improve its voice assistant and the Verge got a sneak look at Sonos’s streaming TV device.

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Trump administration gives Musk allies access to Treasury payment system – POLITICO

Plaintiffs call for temporary restraining order in OPM email server lawsuit | FedScoop

Guidance Regarding Redesignating SES CIO Positions | CHCOC

Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management | WIRED

A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System | WIRED

Pronouns Are Being Forcibly Removed From Government Email Signatures | WIRED

Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’

Musk’s Takeover Of The Government’s Computer Systems Needs To Be Understood As A Cyberattack, Or Worse | Techdirt

How to Avoid Outrage Fatigue and Tune In without Burning Out | Scientific American

Zyxel won’t patch newly exploited flaws in end-of-life routers

After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box | The Verge

Sonos Plans to Launch Apple TV-Like Streaming Box – MacRumors

Shein hit with consumer protection action in EU as bloc unboxes strategy to tackle low-cost ecommerce risks | TechCrunch

Alphabet praises DeepSeek, but it’s massively ramping up its AI spending | TechCrunch

Alphabet stock price today: Google falls on AI capex concerns – Fast Company

YouTube Q4 2024 Results: Record $10.47 Billion in Ad Revenue

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website | TechCrunch

China Weighs Investigating Apple Over App Store Policies, Fees Including 30% Cut – Bloomberg

Uber Opens Waitlist for Waymo Rides in Austin Ahead of Launch – Bloomberg

Uber (UBER) Q4 earnings 2024

AMD stock slides despite Q4 earnings beat, strong Q1 forecast

Microsoft’s Build developer conference starts on May 19th | The Verge

Amazon announces February product event | The Verge

The Switch 2 Nintendo Direct Now Has a Time as Well as a Date – IGN

Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 18% in 2024

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Apple takes on Evite with Invites, and Kenneth Kohlmann talks about a modular landscaping robot called Yarbo

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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OpenAI’s announced Deep Research, an agentic ChatGPT tool, that lets users ask the chatbot to perform “multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks”. AI companies like Anthropic would like job applicants NOT to use AI on their submission. Fitness+ adds hours of Kendrick Lamar themed workouts to celebrate Super Bowl LIX. And where are all the new GPUs that Nvidia launched?

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