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ByteDance strikes a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new TikTok US entity and avoid a federal ban, concluding a six-year legal saga — TikTok said on Thursday that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new U.S. TikTok …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Adam Presser, previously TikTok's head of operations and trust and safety, will be the CEO of TikTok USDS Joint Venture; TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be a director — TikTok said Thursday that it formed a joint venture that will keep the video-sharing app operating in the U.S. under the leadership of an American executive.
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| Financial Times: |
TikTok's new majority US-owned JV includes investors Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX, each holding 15%, and Dell Family Office; ByteDance retains 19.9% — Video app launches US joint venture with American investors to enact deal criticised by China hawks| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q4 revenue down 4% YoY to $13.7B, vs. $13.4B est., Data Center and AI revenue up 9% to $4.7B, Q1 guidance below est.; INTC drops 12%+ after hours — Intel reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations but offered soft guidance for the current quarter.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple expanded the job of hardware chief John Ternus to manage design teams at the end of 2025, solidifying his status as a leading CEO candidate — Apple Inc. has expanded the job of hardware chief John Ternus to include design work, solidifying his status as a leading contender …
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| The Information: |
A look at Craig Federighi's approach to AI at Apple; sources say he led a push to use other companies' models to help launch a revamped Siri later in 2026 — Last fall, Apple's software chief, Craig Federighi, delivered a warm message to a meeting of the company's combined software and AI groups.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Capital One agrees to acquire Brex, which specializes in tech to administer corporate credit cards, expenses, and rewards, for $5.15B in cash and stock — Deal would give credit-card issuer access to technology used by thousands of companies for corporate credit cards
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| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its goal of trimming 30,000 corporate workers, after cutting 14,000 jobs in October — Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its broader goal of trimming some 30,000 corporate workers …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk says Tesla launched robotaxi rides in Austin with no human safety driver; Tesla's AI lead says Tesla is “starting with a few unsupervised vehicles” — Tesla is offering passengers robotaxi rides in Austin without a human safety driver in the front seat.
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Waymo launches its robotaxi service in Miami, its sixth market, initially covering a 60-square-mile area, and partners with Moove for fleet management — Alphabet's Waymo said Thursday that its robotaxi service is now open to paying riders in Miami, kicking off a 2026 market expansion.
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Forums: r/Miami, r/SelfDrivingCars, r/waymo, and Slashdot
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The curl project plans to end its HackerOne bug bounty program at the end of January, citing a surge in low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports — The developer of the popular curl command-line utility and library announced that the project will end its HackerOne security bug bounty program …
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| The Verge: |
Epic v. Google: Epic and Google have a secret deal involving Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and Android, with Epic spending $800M over six years on Google services — “Sorry, I'm blowing this confidentiality.” … In a hearing in San Francisco today, the court revealed that Epic and Google … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google rolls out Personal Intelligence in AI Mode, an opt-in feature that uses Gmail and Photos data for more tailored responses, for US AI Pro and Ultra users — AI Mode, Google's conversational Search feature for complex questions, is getting more personalized.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple accuses the European Commission of “political delay tactics”, as the EC seems to be preparing to blame Apple for the shutdown of the Setapp app store — Apple Inc. accused the European Commission of using “political delay tactics” to postpone new app policies as a pretense to investigate and fine the iPhone maker.
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| New York Times: |
Inside the turmoil at Thinking Machines; sources say Meta discussed buying TML, and CTO Barret Zoph had been in talks since October 2025 about an OpenAI return — Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google launches free SAT practice exams in the Gemini app, providing students with performance analysis and detailed explanations for incorrect answers — Prepping for the SAT is nobody's idea of fun, but Google aims to make it less stressful with AI. The company announced that it's …
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Substack launches its Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV in beta for free and paid subscribers, with access matched to their current subscription levels — Today we're launching the Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV. Substack is the home for the best longform …
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| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Railway, a cloud platform for software deployment, raised a $100M Series B led by TQ Ventures, bringing its total funding to $130M+, says it has ARR of $10M+ — Railway, a cloud platform for software deployment, raised a $100 million Series B led by TQ Ventures, founder and CEO Jake Cooper tells Axios Pro.
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| Kyle Baird / The Block: |
BitGo closed up ~2.7% at $18.49 per share in its NYSE debut on Thursday which saw shares jump as much as 36% intraday, after raising $212.8M in its IPO — Partner offers — Quick Take — Investors briefly bid shares well above the IPO price before the market snapped back near the $18 offering level.| Bloomberg: |
Analysis: the top US tech companies spent $109M on DC lobbying in 2025, topping $100M for the first time; Meta spent $26.29M, Amazon $17.78M, and Google $13.1M — Silicon Valley has learned how to succeed in Donald Trump's Washington: Spend record amounts. Visit the White House.| New York Times: |
NYT and CCDH analysis: Grok created and shared 1.8M+ sexualized images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X — Over nine days, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
LiveKit, which offers tools for building voice, video, and physical AI models, including for ChatGPT's voice mode, raised a $100M Series C at a $1B valuation — Funding round led by Index Ventures values company at $1 billion — LiveKit, a startup that provides software underpinning voice …
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| Agnee Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Inferact, founded by the creators of vLLM to support and commercialize the open-source inference engine, raised a $150M seed led by a16z at an $800M valuation — Inferact, an AI startup formed by the creators of open-source software vLLM, has raised $150 million in a seed funding round that values the company at $800 million.
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LinkedIn: Alexander Wu and Joseph Spisak
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Cate Blanchett, Cyndi Lauper, and 800+ creatives launch “Stealing Isn't Innovation” to protest unauthorized AI training, backed by RIAA, SAG-AFTRA, and others — Cate Blanchett, Cyndi Lauper, George Saunders, and other creatives say that AI companies are … | Laura Mandaro / The Information: |
Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges a monthly fee for AI-powered agents that can respond to customer inquiries and make appointments, for $300M — Recommendation app Yelp on Wednesday said it agreed to acquire AI agent startup Hatch for $300 million, or roughly 12 times the startup's annual recurring revenue.
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LinkedIn: Madeline Evans, Colby Morgan, and Amber Albrecht
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Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch calls claims that Chinese AI startups lag behind the US a “fairy tale”, and China's open-source tech is “probably stressing” US CEOs — Claims that Chinese technology for artificial intelligence lags the US are a “fairy tale,” Arthur Mensch …
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| Robb M. Stewart / Wall Street Journal: |
Autodesk plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or ~7% of its workforce, as part of a global restructuring plan seeking to strengthen sales and marketing — The move is the final phase of efforts by the maker of AutoCAD to streamline customer engagement and bolster its sales channels.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Binance files for a European MiCA license in Greece, where it has also set up a holding company — Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has formally applied for a pan-European license known as MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) that digital asset firms operating in the continent must obtain before July 1.Sponsor Posts
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