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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
T-Mobile's satellite texting feature, currently in beta and powered by SpaceX's Starlink, will cost customers $15/month starting in July for users on most plans  —  - Anticipated upgrade goes into a free beta period until July … The service is in beta mode now and users can sign up online to participate …
Sam Altman:
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New York Times:
Chainalysis: just under 700K wallets recorded gains on $TRUMP, 810K+ have lost money, and $6.6B has been secured in cashed-out profits, mostly by early buyers  —  Some traders made tens of millions off a new cryptocurrency launched by President Trump and his sons.  Many others lost out.
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal:
A study found that phishing tests and other training programs designed to educate employees about online dangers reduced phishing success rates by just 2%  —  Researchers say the ruses, aimed at teaching gullible employees about the dangers lurking online, don't even work
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
How DeepSeek's R1 led to more chatbots' “chains of thought” being shown to users; an expert says seeing a chatbot's supposed inner monologue can trigger empathy  —  How Chinese start-up DeepSeek triggered a rush to launch chatbots that “reason.”
Wall Street Journal:
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
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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
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
Bloomberg:
Sources: Shein asked some top apparel suppliers in China to set up new production lines in Vietnam, with incentives like higher procurement prices of up to 30%  —  - It's offering higher procurement prices and guaranteed orders  — Fast fashion giant racing to mitigate impact of Trump tariffs
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 …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Edison: despite Spotify's video push, only two of the top 10 US podcasts post videos on Spotify; 37 of the top 50 US podcasts regularly post videos on YouTube  —  Popular programs like New Heights and Club Shay Shay have yet to put their videos on the streaming service  —  Hello, and welcome back to Soundbite.

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From Mediagazer

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The New York Times wins four Pulitzers, the most of any news organization in 2025; The Washington Post wins two, and ProPublica wins the public service prize

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The White House says “no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made” and it is exploring options for “Making Hollywood Great Again”

Lata Jha / Livemint:
Deloitte and MPA: the film, television, and online curated content industry in India generated a combined revenue of $13.1B in FY 2024, up 18% since FY 2019

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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
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
Jay Peters / The Verge:
PlayStation Network experienced a 24-hour outage on Feb. 7, affecting account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, Store, and Direct services
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