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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Nintendo teases the Switch 2, featuring a new kickstand design and backward compatibility for physical and digital games, with more details on April 2, 2025 — The console looks a lot like the original, but it's bigger. In the video, the Joy-Con controllers are black with colored accents, and they attach to the console magnetically.
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Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com, @jasonschreier, @mims, @wario64, @grumble.social, and @ramiismail.com
Mastodon: @j4ck@mstdn.social, @gedeonm@mastodon.social, @EatingHawaiianP1zza …, @kitoconnell@kolektiva.social, @Aday@mas.to, @troberts@theblower.au, @troberts@theblower.au, @eARCwelder@mastodon.social, @LaurenZannah@tech.lgbt, @weebdeluxe@urusai.social, @jhpot@mastodon.social, and @sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place. Threads: @mkbhd
X: @zhugeex, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @stephentotilo, @raywongy, @willguyatt, @mikedrucker, @mgsiegler, @jetscott, @tomwarren, @genepark, @nintendoamerica, and @richontech. LinkedIn: Blair Herter
Forums: r/gaming, r/gadgets, and r/NintendoSwitch
| NBC News: |
An official says the Biden administration is “exploring options” to implement the law without causing TikTok to go dark for US users on January 19 — Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban in the U.S. on the popular app is set to begin on Sunday.
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Bluesky: @ryanhatesthis, @shiraovide, @carnage4life, @fraying, @petersterne.com, @evacide, and @brandonfriedman
Forums: r/Fauxmoi, r/technology, r/politics, r/marketing, and r/SecretsOfMormonWives
| New York Times: |
Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew plans to attend Trump's inauguration after being invited to sit on the dais, joining Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at the event — Shou Chew will join tech moguls like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump's inauguration as the fate of the app hangs in the balance.
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Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com and @paleofuture
X: @richardhanania, @maggienyt, and @maggienyt
Forums: r/politics and r/AnythingGoesNews
| Washington Post: |
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X: @dashdobrofsky, @varadmehta, @michaelsobolik, @drewharwell, @socialistmma, @polymarket, @gardnerakayla, @baseballcrank, @aaronparnas, @ajamubaraka, and @danprimack
Forums: r/politics, r/neoliberal, r/stupidpol, and r/inthenews
| Reuters: |
Source: over 700K new users joined Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, in just two days; Sensor Tower: the app's US downloads were up more than 200% YoY this week — New users have piled in to Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed U.S. ban on the popular social media app TikTok …
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Bluesky: @jeanchimera, @vpalepu, @rebeccawilliams.info, @juniorhoncho, @jerryiannelli, and @junlper.beer
Threads: @nicolatyche and @wongmjane
X: @goodvibepolitik, @raewolff_, @chen_yenhan, @khamchanh, @gldivittorio, and @zbowling. LinkedIn: Justin Halim
Forums: r/NewsWithJingjing, r/Hasan_Piker, r/worldnews, r/JordanPeterson, and Slashdot
| The Information: |
More: Reuters, PCMag, Wired, Time, User Mag, The Hill, Biometric Update, and Tyla
Bluesky: @danilovechkin.com and @techviews. Mastodon: @bazkie@beige.party. X: @jingyanghk. LinkedIn: Jing Yang
| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
UK's Ofcom imposes robust age checks on porn sites, which could include photo ID matching, facial age estimation technology, and credit card checks — Ofcom sets out new rules that could include photo ID matching and credit card verification — The UK media regulator will make it harder …
More: Ofcom, The Record, BBC, The Guardian, The i Paper, Engadget, The Register, Neowin, Gamereactor UK, Politico, UKTN, The Independent, and Advanced Television
| Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press: |
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X: @kissphoria and @matthewstoller
Forums: r/technology, r/scotus, r/politics, and r/politics
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
US school districts hit by PowerSchool's December breach say hackers accessed “all” historical student and teacher data; PowerSchool has 50M+ US student records — U.S. school districts affected by the recent cyberattack on edtech giant PowerSchool have told TechCrunch that hackers accessed …
More: TechRadar, The Markup, SC Media, and Jerusalem Post
Bluesky: @tommorris.org. Mastodon: @joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org, @ultranurd@tacobelllabs.net, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social, and @carlypage@mastodon.social. Forums: Slashdot
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Letter: Google told EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite new EU requirements — - The code would require Google to incorporate fact-check results alongside Google's search results and YouTube videos.
More: Global Voices. Bluesky: @texasrunaway. Mastodon: @bazkie@beige.party. X: @brianstelter and @sarafischer
| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Earnest Analytics: ~60% of paid Gemini users kept their subscriptions six months after signing up, better than Perplexity but lagging behind ChatGPT and Claude — Tired of trailing OpenAI, CEO Sundar Pichai wants his Gemini chatbot to be used by 500 million people
More: PYMNTS.com
| Reuters: |
NOYB files complaints against AliExpress, Shein, TikTok, Xiaomi, Temu, and WeChat over claims they are unlawfully sending EU user data to China — TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi (1810.HK) and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb …
More: noyb, Silicon Republic, Agence France-Presse, CCN.com, CyberInsider, and Invezz
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
An interview with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, who says the company's revenue grew 5x over the past six months after releasing a new AI coding tool called Agent — THE SCENE — Replit has had a turbulent year, but CEO Amjad Masad's sonorous voice was almost zen-like as he spoke to me on Monday …
Bluesky: @coloradotravis and @mikefulk
Forums: r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/technology, r/programming, r/ExperiencedDevs, r/webdev, r/antiwork, and Slashdot
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Mistral announces a content deal with the Agence France-Presse to improve answer accuracy in Le Chat, marking the French AI startup's first such partnership — Just a day after Google inked a deal with The Associated Press, Mistral is also announcing a content deal with the Agence France-Presse … | Austin Carr / Bloomberg: |
A look at the legal dispute between Walgreens and Cooler Screens, which installed 10,000 smart doors that track shoppers and show ads at Walgreens' US stores — A startup promised the pharmacy chain its high-tech coolers would track shoppers and spark an in-store ad revolution.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
AI researcher François Chollet and Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop launch Ndea, an AI research and science lab focused on “developing and operationalizing AGI” — François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs.
More: Ndea, The Rundown AI, Analytics India Magazine, Maginative, SiliconANGLE, and VentureBeat
X: @fchollet and @mikeknoop
| Eli Blumenthal / CNET: |
AT&T stops 5G Internet Air service in New York, as a new law mandates monthly broadband rates of $15 for 25Mbps or $20 for 200Mbps for low-income residents — A new affordable broadband law in the Empire State has led to AT&T dropping its 5G home internet product entirely.
More: TelecomTV, TechIssuesToday.com, and Cord Cutters News
Bluesky: @brockm and @karlbode.com
Forums: r/ATT, r/technology, and r/nyc
| New York Times: |
Anduril plans to build a $1B factory in Columbus, Ohio called Arsenal-1 to eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year — The company said its Columbus plant could eventually produce tens of thousands of autonomous systems and weapons each year.
More: Anduril Industries, The Register, Washington Examiner, Sherwood News, Plain Dealer, Axios, Fox Business, and Breaking Defense. Forums: r/Ohio
| Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: |
Sources: retail trading platform eToro has confidentially filed for a US IPO, seeking a $5B valuation; it was valued at $3.5B in 2023 — Chief executive believes New York will give company access to a broader range of investors than a UK flotation — Retail trading platform eToro …
More: PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, The Block, Axios, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, and CoinJournal
| William Langley / Financial Times: |
Canalys: China smartphone shipments rose 4% YoY to 285M units in 2024, with Vivo up 11% to a 17% market share, Huawei up 37% to 16%, and Apple down 17% to 15% — US tech giant faces competition on mainland as it struggles to introduce AI features on its flagship product| TechCrunch: |
In a deposition for the Kadrey v. Meta copyright case, Mark Zuckerberg seemingly cited YouTube to justify Meta's use of copyrighted data for AI training — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube and its battle to take down pirated content to defend his own company's use … | Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
BitMEX is fined an additional $100M for US Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020; it pleaded guilty in July 2024 and previously agreed to pay $110M — - BitMEX has been slapped with an additional $100 million fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations between 2015 and 2020.| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Four current Meta employees, citing internal discussions, say the actual number of full-time staff who will have to relocate from California to Texas is limited — Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias.
More: Forbes. Bluesky: @saltcreekbrews, @katie-drummond, @zoeschiffer, @bobchipman, @mortalwombat.info, @knibbs, and @marcelorinesi
Threads: @esthercrawford, @esthercrawford, @esthercrawford, @esthercrawford, @drewpusateri, and @drewpusateri
X: @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Eve, which makes AI tools for law firms, raised a $47M Series A led by a16z, and says its revenue has grown by 5x over the past eight months — For about a year, I've been hearing that lawyers are using AI in droves. But it wasn't until I talked to Jennifer Gore last week that I started to understand what that meant in practice.| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Sources: crypto executives have offered input to David Sacks on a possible Trump EO that covers several areas of crypto policy, including a Bitcoin stockpile — The cryptocurrency industry has pushed President-elect Donald J. Trump to establish one, creating real political momentum behind the plan.| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Netradyne, which provides AI-enabled dashcams to fleet owners like Amazon, raised a $90M Series D led by Point72 at a pre-money valuation of $1.25B — Distracted driving is a leading cause of car crashes — and rising auto insurance premiums, which are expected to increase in 2025.
More: Axios
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google agreed to buy 100K tons of CO2 removal credits from Indian startup Varaha for an undisclosed sum, marking its first deal with a carbon project in India — Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian startup Varaha, its first such deal …
More: DatacenterDynamics, Axios, Bloomberg, Madhur Jain on LinkedIn, and Trellis. LinkedIn: Madhur Jain
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