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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.
More: Nintendo of America on YouTube, Nintendo UK on YouTube, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Verge, Ars Technica, Game World Observer, HotHardware, CNET, Android Authority, Thurrott, Game Developer, VentureBeat, T3 (publication), Gizmodo, VideoCardz.com, Engadget, The Verge, GamesIndustry.biz, IGN, Proactive, TheGamer, The Hollywood Reporter, Video Games Chronicle, Forbes, The Standard, Neowin, Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, PC Gamer, OC3D, UPI, Dexerto, Wired, TechRadar, GameSpot, GoNintendo, USA Today, Comic Book, Polygon, Destructoid, The Game Post, SlashGear, The Mirror, Gamereactor UK, Top Gear, Game Rant, GamingBolt, CBR, Gameranx, TechRaptor, BGR, Creative Bloq, The Shortcut, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, XboxEra, Kotaku, VideoGamer, Press Start, Eurogamer.net, Boing Boing, Variety, 80 Level, MCV/DEVELOP, Nintendo World Report Updates, Screen Rant, and Game File
X: @stephentotilo, @raywongy, @mikedrucker, @genepark, @jetscott, @richontech, @mgsiegler, @willguyatt, @nintendoamerica, and @tomwarren. Forums: r/gadgets
| 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.
More: Fortune, The Hill, The Wrap, Flipboard, IJR, Bloomberg, Reuters, indy100, GreenBot, Columbia Journalism Review, NBC Connecticut, New York Times, The Information, Neowin, U.S. Senator Ed Markey …, UNILAD, Al Jazeera, Raw Story, RTI Radio Taiwan International, Novinite.com, Boston University, USA Today, NDTV, TVNewsCheck, DAWN.COM, Anadolu Ajansı …, Australian Financial Review, Tech in Asia, Forbes, GMA News Online, HubSpot, and Investor's Business Daily
Bluesky: @shiraovide, @fraying, @carnage4life, @brandonfriedman, @petersterne.com, and @evacide
Forums: r/technology, r/Fauxmoi, 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
Forums: r/politics and r/AnythingGoesNews
| Washington Post: |
Sources: Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days — Trump, the infamous dealmaker, is exploring unconventional ways to rescue the Chinese-owned video app from a nationwide ban …
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X: @dashdobrofsky, @danprimack, @socialistmma, @varadmehta, @polymarket, @michaelsobolik, @gardnerakayla, @drewharwell, @baseballcrank, @aaronparnas, and @ajamubaraka
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, @jerryiannelli, @junlper.beer, and @juniorhoncho
Threads: @nicolatyche and @wongmjane
X: @goodvibepolitik, @zbowling, @chen_yenhan, @khamchanh, @raewolff_, and @gldivittorio. LinkedIn: Justin Halim
Forums: r/NewsWithJingjing, r/Hasan_Piker, r/worldnews, r/JordanPeterson, r/news, and Slashdot
| 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: The Record, Ofcom, BBC, The Register, The Guardian, The Independent, Politico, UKTN, International Business Times, and Advanced Television. Bluesky: @kwirl
| Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press: |
More: New York Times, Ars Technica, The Record, CNN, Rolling Stone, HuffPost, Off the Kuff, Slate, Newser, Roll Call, Gizmodo, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Reason, The Intercept, and NPR
Bluesky: @yakey00, @shenkin, @kissphoria, @kissphoria, @espiers, @kissphoria, @kissphoria, @kissphoria, and @kissphoria
X: @kissphoria and @matthewstoller
Forums: r/technology, r/scotus, r/politics, and r/politics
| 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
Bluesky: @fbermingham, @nathanattrill, and @noyb.eu
| 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 … | 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.| 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: Axios, The Block, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinJournal, and Cointelegraph
| 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.| 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
| 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| 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: @mikefulk. Forums: r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/technology, r/programming, r/ExperiencedDevs, r/webdev, r/antiwork, and Slashdot
| 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.
More: FinSMEs
| 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, @bobchipman, @katie-drummond, @zoeschiffer, @mortalwombat.info, @knibbs, and @marcelorinesi
Threads: @esthercrawford, @esthercrawford, @esthercrawford, @esthercrawford, @drewpusateri, and @drewpusateri
X: @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: |
TSMC says it will raise 2025 capital spending to $38B-$40B, an over 30% increase after three years of stagnation — World's biggest chipmaker faces less efficient operations in US and Japan but gets boost from AI demand — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has cut …
More: Focus Taiwan, TrendForce News, Nikkei Asia, and Reuters
| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
| Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: |
Jio Platforms partners with Polygon Labs to integrate Web3 and blockchain services into Jio's apps and services; Jio Platforms has over 450M users in India — Indian telecom and technology company Jio Platforms (JPL) is taking significant steps to enhance the digital experience for its more than 450 million users.| 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: Cord Cutters News and TechIssuesToday.com
Bluesky: @brockm and @karlbode.com
Forums: r/ATT, r/technology, and r/nyc
| 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: SC Media, The Markup, Jerusalem Post, K12TechPro, and GovTech
Bluesky: @tommorris.org. Mastodon: @joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org, @ultranurd@tacobelllabs.net, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social, and @carlypage@mastodon.social. Forums: Slashdot
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase adds bitcoin-backed loans in the US through Morpho, a lending platform on its Base network; borrowers will post collateral and not rely on credit score — Coinbase (COIN) is adding bitcoin-backed loans to its U.S. product lineup, leaning on Morpho, the largest lending platform on its Base network …
More: DL News, The Information, Coinpedia Fintech News, Watcher Guru, and CBS News. Bluesky: @cencalcowboy
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nothing seeks to raise at least $100M in its Series C; it crossed $1B in lifetime sales, sold 7M devices to date, and doubled revenue to $500M+ in 2024 — - Nothing CEO Pei known for co-founding popular OnePlus brand — Startup exploring expansion beyond phones, watches and earbuds| Pete Schroeder / Reuters: |
Block agrees to pay $80M to a group of 48 US state financial regulators that say it had insufficient policies for policing money laundering through Cash App — Block Inc (SQ.N) has agreed to pay a fine of $80 million to a group of 48 state financial regulators after the agencies determined …
More: FinTech Futures, CSBS, The Paypers, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg Law, pa.gov, Capital Brief, and Wall Street Journal. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
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