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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: an exec overseeing Siri told staff the delays were ugly, made worse by Apple publicly promoting the new features, and it's unclear when they will ship  —  Apple Inc.'s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing …
Bloomberg:
Klarna files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under KLAR, seeking to raise at least $1B and reportedly targeting a valuation of more than $15B  —  Klarna Group Plc filed publicly for a US initial public offering in what could be one of the year's biggest financial company listings.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The GSMA announces the latest RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in future OS updates  —  'We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates.'
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google says Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android phones in 2025, except on phones with Android 9 or earlier and that don't have at least 2GB of RAM  —  Just over a year after its launch and various feature parity updates, Gemini is set to replace Google Assistant on Android phones later in 2025.
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
The UK held a hearing for Apple's legal battle with the government over providing a backdoor in its Advanced Data Protection service, without the media present  —  Media organisations including the Guardian and the BBC fail to gain entry to proceedings  —  A hearing in Apple's legal battle …
Financial Times:
Two activist groups launch a legal challenge against the UK's bid to force Apple to create a data “backdoor”, arguing it would breach consumers' privacy rights
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
Email: Amazon says Echo users won't be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally, as new generative AI features need processing in the cloud  —  In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally …
Politico:
European authorities raided 21 addresses, arrested several people, and sealed two offices in the EU Parliament, as part of a spiraling bribery probe into Huawei  —  Chinese tech giant's offices raided and Parliament offices sealed in case that echoes the 2022 Qatargate investigation.
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
White House memo: David Sacks sold $200M+ in digital asset-related investments personally and via his firm, Craft Ventures, before starting his government job  —  David Sacks, the Trump administration's AI and crypto czar, sold over $200 million worth of digital asset-related investments personally …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
The US DOJ says Russian and Israeli national Rostislav Panev, accused of being a key LockBit ransomware gang developer, was extradited from Israel to the US  —  Rostislav Panev, a 51-year-old dual Russian-Israeli national, who is accused of being a key developer for the notorious LockBit ransomware gang …
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Morgan Marquis-Boire, the once-celebrated hacker accused of sexual assaults in 2017, is the undisclosed co-founder of crypto intelligence firm Unciphered  —  Employees said they weren't told that the co-founder of Unciphered was a once-celebrated spyware foe who dropped out of the public eye after being accused of sexual assault.

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
The EU says it will give $6.2M in emergency funding to RFE/RL, after Trump withheld its funding; Sweden pledged $2M, but those funds have yet to arrive

Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal:
Publicis acquires Captiv8, a marketing platform that connects influencers and brands; a source says the acquisition is valued at $150M

Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Many CBS News staffers say they view Wendy McMahon's abrupt resignation as an indicator that CBS will settle the $20B lawsuit filed by President Trump

More News

Bloomberg:
Sources: Ubisoft explores selling a stake in a new entity holding IP like Assassin's Creed to investors including Tencent, at a higher valuation than Ubisoft
Laya Neelakandan / CNBC:
DocuSign reports Q4 revenue up 9% YoY to $776M, subscription revenue up 9% YoY to $758M, and net income up 206% YoY to $83.5M; DOCU closes up 14.81%

Earlier Picks

Reuters:
Sources: Russia is using bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins such as Tether in its oil trade with China and India to skirt Western sanctions
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google says Gemini can now personalize answers based on users' search history, an experimental feature for Gemini and Gemini Advanced subscribers on the web
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces Copilot for Gaming, available through the Xbox mobile app initially for Xbox Insiders and designed to work as a companion or gaming coach
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