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Ian King / Bloomberg:
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue up 73% YoY to $68.13B, above $66.21B est., Data Center revenue up 75% YoY to $62.3B, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates  —  Nvidia Corp., the dominant maker of artificial intelligence processors, failed to impress investors with its latest sales forecast …
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Google launches task automation for Gemini on Pixel 10 and Samsung Galaxy S26, enabling Gemini to autonomously perform tasks using apps like Uber and DoorDash  —  Gemini's in the driver's seat. … Google's Gemini AI is getting one step closer to being more like an actual assistant.
Prakhar Khanna / ZDNET:
Samsung unveils the $1,299+ Galaxy S26 Ultra with a Privacy Display that limits side-angle screen legibility, a new agentic AI, improved night mode, and more  —  ZDNET's key takeaways  — Samsung's Galaxy S26 series sports a much-needed design upgrade.  — Top features include Privacy Display and truly useful AI.
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Hands-on with Galaxy S26 Ultra's Privacy Display: the two sets of pixels that lets users toggle the viewing angle to prevent screen peeking is very impressive
Patrick Holland / CNET:
Samsung announces the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus, featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset, starting at $899 and $1099, respectively, a $100 hike
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
New York's AG sues Valve over its use of loot boxes, accusing the game developer of violating state gambling laws and threatening to addict children to gambling  —  New York's attorney general sued Valve, a video game developer whose franchises include Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Dota …
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Cisco warns of a critical SD-WAN bug that was actively exploited in zero-day attacks since 2023; CISA and its international partners issue emergency directives  —  Cisco is warning that a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, tracked as CVE-2026-20127 …
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Kalshi says it has suspended an editor for MrBeast and a former GOP California gubernatorial candidate for insider trading, its first public enforcement action  —  An editor who works for YouTube's biggest creator, MrBeast, has been suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi …
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Salesforce reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $11.2B, above $11.18B est., forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates, and announces a $50B share repurchase program  —  Salesforce (CRM.N) forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, betting on strong demand …
Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
The US FTC says it won't enforce COPPA against companies using age verification tools as long as they use the collected data only to verify a user's age  —  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday issued a policy statement advising industry that it will not bring enforcement actions …
Jason Hiner / The Deep View:
Perplexity launches Perplexity Computer, “a general-purpose digital worker” that can route work across 19 AI models, available initially for Max subscribers  —  Claude Code and OpenClaw have taken 2026 by storm by offering the first glimpses of personal AI agents.
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to “advance Claude's computer use capabilities”  —  Anthropic is acquiring Vercept, a Seattle startup founded by alumni of the Allen Institute for AI, in a move that illustrates …
Claude / @claudeai:
Anthropic unveils scheduled tasks in Cowork, enabling Claude to complete recurring tasks at specific times automatically  —  New in Cowork: scheduled tasks. Claude can now complete recurring tasks at specific times automatically: a morning brief, weekly spreadsheet updates, Friday team presentations. [video]
Axios:
Sources: the DOD asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin to assess their reliance on Claude, a first step toward blacklisting Anthropic; Lockheed confirms DOD contact  —  The Pentagon asked two major defense contractors on Wednesday to provide an assessment of their reliance on Anthropic's AI model …
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Snowflake reports Q4 product revenue up 30% YoY to $1.23B, above $1.18B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 product revenue above estimates  —  Snowflake (SNOW.N) forecast fiscal 2027 product revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, a sign that new clients are turning …
Tom Matsuda / Sifted:
London-based digital bank Allica, which caters to over 30K SMBs across the UK, raised a $155M Series D from Ventura Capital and others at a $1.2B valuation  —  The funding comes from Ventura Capital, GLG, Sona AM and existing investors TCV and Blue Owl  —  Allica Bank has become Europe's newest unicorn …
Alex Heath / Sources:
Q&A with Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak on building a general-purpose brain for robots, standing out among big tech's robotics efforts, the path to AGI, and more  —  Deepak Pathak has spent 15 years trying to solve one of the hardest problems in AI: getting machines to move through and manipulate the physical world.
Reece Rogers / Wired:
Open-source tool Scrapling gains traction with OpenClaw users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission and has 200K+ downloads since its release  —  An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission.

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