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| Financial Times: |
The Biden admin unveils a new chip export rule that gives 18 key allies full AI chips access while requiring licenses from most other countries, including China — US semiconductor industry warns move will aid competitors — The US is imposing expansive export controls on chips used …
More: The White House, Engadget, TechCrunch, DatacenterDynamics, Semiconductor Industry …, Fierce Electronics, Investor's Business Daily, Silicon Republic, PCMag, Focus Taiwan, Proactive, Cautious Optimism, The Decoder, Yahoo Finance, CNN, TelecomTV, Axios, New York Times, Agence France-Presse, Semafor, Nikkei Asia, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and TrendForce News. Forums: r/singularity
| Will Knight / Wired: |
The US' new chip export rule enters a 120-day consultation period, requiring the Trump admin to listen to input, perhaps modify the rule, and then enforce it — The US government has announced a radical plan to control exports of cutting-edge AI technology to most nations.
More: NVIDIA, Washington Post, and South China Morning Post
Forums: r/politics, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
More: PYMNTS.com, Moneycontrol, The Verge, Livemint, Business Insider, Fast Company, eeNews Europe, PC Gamer, Nextgov/FCW, UPI, Digital Trends, News18, Quartz, Finbold, USA Today, nextbigwhat, Jerusalem Post, Yahoo Finance, Barron's Online, Analytics India Magazine, The, and NewsBytes
Forums: r/stupidpol, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, r/hardware, r/pcgaming, r/neoliberal, r/NVDA_Stock, and r/nvidia
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving following a botched app revamp that upset customers and stymied growth; Sonos names board member Tom Conrad as interim CEO — - 'We've let far too many people down,' company tells staffers — Former Snap and Pandora executive Tom Conrad named interim CEO
More: The Verge, The Verge, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, PCMag, Engadget, PCWorld, Thurrott, Gizmodo, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Independent, iClarified, PhoneArena, Cult of Mac, Headphonesty, TechRadar, and BGR
Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz, @carnage4life, @hunterwalk.com, and @dylanparks. Mastodon: @veedems@mastodon.social
Threads: @benedictevans, @jherskowitz, @jacaranda7, and @young.mete
X: @hackingdave, @bdomenech, @mignano, @psythor, @adrianweckler, @markgurman, and @chriswelch. LinkedIn: Vala Shahabi
Forums: r/technology and MacRumors Forums
| Keir Starmer / Financial Times: |
The UK's PM debuts plans to increase its public sector compute over 20x to spark a “national renewal”, saying the UK doesn't need to walk a US or EU path on AI — Going our own way will unleash national renewal — Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation.
More: GOV.UK, The Register, BBC, Engadget, Politico, DatacenterDynamics, The Guardian, Reuters, CNBC, The Guardian, EU-Startups, Total Telecom, Analytics India Magazine, Tech Funding News, AI News, Associated Press, Tech.eu, Decrypt, UKTN, Agence France-Presse, Sky News, Cointelegraph, ComputerWeekly.com, Maginative, The Independent, UKAI, Proactive, and Al Jazeera
Bluesky: @danielsohege, @davidrvetter, @dorotheabaur, @benpatrickwill, @freedompress, @lilianedwards, and @zsk. Threads: @warrenoates1
X: @hkanji, @haydnbelfield, @donaldclark, @shakeelhashim, and @s8mb
LinkedIn: Zoe Amar, Susie Alegre, Owen Eszeki, and David Curtis
Forums: r/LabourUK, r/thethickofit, r/ukpolitics, r/ukpolitics, and r/technology
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
SCOTUS declines to hear Meta's bid to avoid a class action by advertisers that accused the company of overcharging them by inflating their potential ad reach — The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms (META.O) to avoid a multi-billion dollar class action … | Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko plans to transfer Mastodon's ownership to a new non-profit, saying “Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual” — Mastodon says the decentralized network ‘should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.’
More: Mastodon Blog, TechCrunch, BetaNews, and Werd I/O
Bluesky: @nevillehobson.xyz. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @tilvids@mstdn.social. Threads: @zeldman. LinkedIn: Magdalena Hai
Forums: r/technology and r/Mastodon
| Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartphone shipments grew 4% YoY in 2024 after a decade-low in 2023; top two brands, Samsung and Apple, were mostly flat, while Xiaomi grew 12% YoY — - Global smartphone sell-through grew 4% YoY in 2024, following the weakest year in a decade in 2023.
More: Benzinga, Cult of Mac, ZeroHedge News, iClarified, Tech Advisor, Android Authority, MacRumors, Neowin, PhoneArena, Huawei Central, XiaomiTime, GB News, Sammy Fans, Android Police, and Mobile World Live
X: @ankit167ankit, @mikebutcher, and @keir_starmer
Forums: r/Android and MacRumors Forums
| New York Times: |
OpenAI publishes a “economic blueprint” for “AI in America”, calling on the new Trump admin to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations — The maker of ChatGPT hopes to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.
More: Gizmodo, Investor's Business Daily, The Hill, Washington Post, Axios, The Decoder, Fox News, Semafor, and Bloomberg
X: @marionawfal and @andrewcurran_
| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU sent questionnaires to app developers in December focusing on concerns Apple's Core Technology Fee of €0.50 per app install could drive up costs — - Firm's new fees for developers lead to fresh EU questions — EU is examining Apple's plans under a Digital Markets Act case
More: Reuters, 9to5Mac, Neowin, and MacDailyNews
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Troodi, a mental health chatbot built by AI startup Elomia Health for Troomi's child-focused phones, with thousands of teen users across the US — Part counselor, part friend, Troodi talks with children about their worries and fears; 'Sometimes I forget she's not a real person'| New York Times: |
Sources detail DOGE, which is likely to work as more of a brand linked by Signal group chats coordinating US policy or personnel recommendations and recruitment — Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.
More: Business Insider, crypto.news, Forbes, Punchbowl News, and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bluesky: @mbkplus, @jfallows, @jjjcameron, @ejfagan.com, and @paleofuture
X: @jacklgoldsmith, @j_jhelin, and @tomaxwell
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Memo: Microsoft reorgs its cloud and AI teams to form a new “Core AI” unit led by Jay Parikh, the ex-Lacework CEO and Meta engineering exec that joined in 2024 — Microsoft is reorganizing its cloud and AI teams to form a new “Core AI” unit, which will be tasked with building …
More: Moneycontrol
| The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft, Meta, AWS, and Google recently cut some orders of Nvidia's Blackwell GB200 racks, as overheating and connection glitches lead to new delays — Some of Nvidia's biggest customers are facing new delays in getting its most advanced artificial intelligence chips up and running in data centers.
More: Reuters
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia announces partnerships with Illumina, the Mayo Clinic, and other companies as part of its push to encourage the health care industry to adopt AI — - Company envisions multiple ways AI will invigorate health care — Chipmaker points to drug discovery as a prime application
More: NVIDIA, SiliconANGLE, Techstrong.ai, Pharmaceutical Technology, Newswise, NVIDIA, and IQVIA
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