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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the $800 Galaxy S25 with a 6.2" screen and the $1K 6.7" Galaxy S25 Plus, with 12GB of RAM, Snapdragon 8 Elite, “Qi2 Ready”, and more — If the Galaxy S24 series heralded the triumphant arrival of Galaxy AI, then the S25 and S25 Plus may be a bit of a comedown …
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Samsung unveils the $1.3K Galaxy S25 Ultra with a 6.9" QHD+ AMOLED screen, up from 6.8", 50MP sensor for the ultra-wide camera, a small S Pen downgrade, more — Samsung's latest fad is the introduction of AI agents. — Senior Writer, Reviews — Last year Samsung embraced artificial intelligence …
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
A live blog of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025, where Samsung announced the Galaxy S25 lineup, new Galaxy AI features, and more — We're expecting the first major Android flagships of the year in the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus and S25 Ultra. — The start of Samsung's Samsung Unpacked event is imminent … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Samsung teases the Galaxy S25 Edge; an exec says it aims to sell the ultra-thin phone in the US and other markets by the middle of 2025, priced under $1,300 — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch an ultrathin version of its Galaxy S25 phone in the first half of this year, beating Apple Inc. to a promising new category.| Samsung on YouTube: |
A recording of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked January 2025 — #GalaxyUnpacked is now LIVE. Join us. #GalaxyAI #SamsungWatch our ASL stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/QhhG6Q- XWFMTo view the YouTube streams on a deskto...| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Google's Gemini will be the default on-device assistant for the new Galaxy S25 series, and gets the ability to work across multiple apps in a single prompt — Google's AI assistant Gemini is now able to carry out tasks across multiple apps in a single interaction, in an update announced today alongside … | Mishaal Rahman / Android Faithful: |
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| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
A look at The Stargate Project: lots of unanswered questions, PR wins, SoftBank only has ~$30B in cash, many projects are old, and Musk trolled the announcement — If John ‘Hannibal’ Smith loves it when a plan comes together, I love it when a plan comes together hastily.
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| David DiMolfetta / Defense One: |
Sources: Trump administration dismissed the members of CSRB, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents, likely disrupting the Salt Typhoon hacks probe — The Department of Homeland Security advisory committee was investigating a Chinese hack into U.S. telecommunications.
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| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price plans to step down from the Sony-owned studio after 30+ years; a trio of Insomniac veterans will serve as co-heads — Taking over for Price, who will be staying with the PlayStation Studio through March, are a trio of Insomniac vets who will serve … | Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI plans to release a new ChatGPT feature called Operator this week to automate complex tasks typically done via a web browser — OpenAI is preparing to release a new ChatGPT feature this week that will automate complex tasks typically done through the Web browser …
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
YouTube adds experimental features for Premium users, including higher audio bitrate of up to 256kbps for music videos and faster playback on mobile — YouTube said Wednesday that it is adding new experimental features for Premium users, including high-quality audio, faster playback speed option on mobile … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Google is investing $1B+ more in Anthropic, which is also nearing a further $2B round from Silicon Valley VCs led by Lightspeed at a ~$60B valuation — Artificial intelligence group closes in on $60bn valuation — Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1bn into OpenAI rival Anthropic … | The Cloudflare Blog: |
In 2024, Cloudflare's autonomous DDoS defense systems blocked ~21.3M DDoS attacks, up 53% YoY, and 420+ DDoS attacks in Q4 2024 exceeded 1Tbps, up 1,885% QoQ — Welcome to the 20th edition of the Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report, marking five years since our first report in 2020.
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Samsung launches a kid-friendly mode for the Galaxy Watch 7, letting children call and text trusted contacts, and parents track kids via GPS — Samsung dropped some wearable news ahead of its Unpacked event later today: parents can now use the cellular Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 as a smartwatch for their kids.
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| New York Times: |
Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, a crypto and libertarian cult hero serving a life sentence since 2015 on money laundering, drug charges, and more — Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
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| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Google unveils classroom and accessibility ChromeOS features, and rolls out a tool that lets users control their computer with their head and facial expressions — Google is announcing a variety of classroom and accessibility-focused ChromeOS features today, and one of the standouts …
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| Reuters: |
Filing: OpenAI told an Indian court that it can't delete old training data from local news agency ANI due to legal obligations in the US — OpenAI has told an Indian court that any order to remove training data powering its ChatGPT service would be inconsistent with its legal obligations … | Washington Post: |
Sources: a deep philosophical rift over how DOGE should operate spurred Vivek Ramaswamy's exit, with Donald Trump's January 20 EO embodying Elon Musk's vision — A deep philosophical rift between the two billionaire leaders of the “Department of Government Efficiency” left Musk to run the group.
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