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TikTok advises its US Android users to sideload the app through APKs on its website; its app still isn't back in Apple's App Store and Google Play in the US — The social media app is still not available on Apple App Store and Google Play. — If you need to download and install TikTok in the US …
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Source: TikTok CEO Shou Chew proposed to senior White House officials a US-based joint venture between US investors and TikTok that would oversee data security — Vance tapped to help oversee negotiations, with companies including Oracle and Amazon signaling interest while TikTok officials hope to avoid a sale| Shelly Banjo / Bloomberg: |
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| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector unemployment rate rose from 3.9% in December to 5.7% in January, with the number of unemployed rising from 98K to 152K — Artificial intelligence continues to impact the technology labor market — The unemployment rate in the information technology sector rose …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Christie's plans to hold its first AI art auction beginning February 20; critics say the sale elevates AI tools trained on artists' works without their consent — Fine art auction house, Christie's, has sold AI-generated art before. But soon, it plans to hold its first show dedicated solely …
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How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term — After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country's A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House.
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| The Economic Times: |
Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association: the semiconductor market in India is projected to grow to $103.4B at a CAGR of 13% through 2030 — India's semiconductor consumption market, valued at $52 billion in 2024-25, is expected to grow at a 13% CAGR through 2030.| Viola Zhou / Rest of World: |
DeepSeek recruiting recent graduates from China's top universities reflects a growing trend among the country's top AI talent to pursue opportunities at home — Young Chinese engineers focus on homegrown innovation, drawn by fewer visa hurdles and the chance to build a future on their own terms.| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
Meta shares work on a system that uses a magnetic scanner and a deep neural network to analyze brain signals and identify which keys people pressed while typing — Back in 2017, Facebook unveiled plans for a brain-reading hat that you could use to text just by thinking.
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| Bloomberg: |
Crypto.com and Kalshi launched sports wagers around the Super Bowl in 50 US states, shocking the sports betting industry and infuriating state regulators — Crypto.com and Kalshi have made an end-run around state regulators to allow wagers on the NFL championship, the biggest betting day in American sports.
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| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
Data from crypto security company Coinkite shows 78 listed companies globally are following MicroStrategy's example in buying bitcoin to hold in place of cash — Firms buy ‘kryptonite for short sellers’ as they try to emulate US software group's success — Software business-turned-bitcoin …
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| Scott Cacciola / New York Times: |
Some users are wearing the Apple Watch on their ankles to get around problems, like skin conditions; some believe health metrics are more accurate on the ankle — In pursuit of tracking fitness goals in a comfortable manner, a growing number of people are relocating their watches (and causing some confusion along the way).| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
DeepSeek R1 is more susceptible to jailbreaking than ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude; it can instruct on a bioweapon attack, write a pro-Hitler manifesto, and more — Testing shows the Chinese app is more likely to dispense details on how to make a Molotov cocktail or encourage self-harm by teenagers
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