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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 …
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Delaying a revamped Siri may be embarrassing for Apple, but rushing an update with half-baked features could have created a real crisis for the company
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.
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.
Tina Nguyen / The Verge:
The GOP's Jim Jordan subpoenas Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, and 10 others over alleged Biden pressure to use AI to “censor lawful speech”  —  The ‘free speech’ investigation goes hunting at Apple, OpenAI, and 14 other companies.
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 …
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 …
Will Knight / Wired:
The NIST's new directive to AI Safety Institute partners scrubs mentions of “AI safety” and “AI fairness” and prioritizes “reducing ideological bias” in models  —  A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
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 …
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.'
Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn says revenue from cloud and networking, including AI servers, made up 26% of its Q4 revenue and will almost catch up with consumer electronics in 2025  —  The Taiwanese company now plays an increasingly important role in building AI servers for U.S. tech giants such as Amazon and Nvidia
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  —  - Tencent among firms invited to bid for stake in new entity  — Unit to hold some core Ubisoft IP, including Assassin's Creed
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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From Mediagazer

Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Source says “most” journalists at Voice of America were put on administrative leave, a day after Trump signed an EO aimed at eliminating the USAGM

Martin Fackler / New York Times:
A look at Japan's first media nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism, Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa, started eight years ago by Makoto Watanabe

Michael Schaffer / Politico:
How The Dallas Express scooped the DC press corps on a congresswoman's dementia, highlighting the importance of local outlets in DC even as their numbers fall

More News

David Heaney / UploadVR:
Meta debuts the highly requested Passthrough Camera API for Quest 3/3S as an experimental feature; developers can't ship apps with the API on Horizon Store yet
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Streamers court YouTubers for new shows or spinoffs; sources: Amazon made $100M+ in profit on Beast Games and Netflix held talks with Dude Perfect for a series

Earlier Picks

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
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%
The Information:
Sources: DeepSeek and its hedge fund parent, High-Flyer Capital, forbid some R&D staff from traveling abroad freely, asking them to hand in their passports
Reuters:
Sources: Russia is using bitcoin, ether, and stablecoins such as Tether in its oil trade with China and India to skirt Western sanctions
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
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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