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Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January (techcrunch.com)
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Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned IPO this year; under the proposed deal, shares of xAI would be exchanged for shares in SpaceX (www.reuters.com)
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OpenAI has hired 7+ employees from AI coding startup Cline, including Nik Pash, who left Cline after posting “imagine the smell” on X regarding an xAI hackathon (www.theinformation.com)
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Apple's Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever Is a Startup That Interprets Silent Speech (apple.slashdot.org)
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Apple acquires Q.ai, whose tech can analyze facial expressions and could enable non-verbal discussions with AI assistants; sources: the deal values Q.ai at ~$2B (www.ft.com)
5 days ago AI Apple

Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations (yro.slashdot.org)
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A coalition of music publishers, including UMG, filed a second lawsuit against Anthropic, seeking $3B over allegations of copyright infringement of 20k+ songs (www.musicbusinessworldwide.com)
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Google launches Project Genie, which lets users create interactive worlds using Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini, for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US (www.theverge.com)
5 days ago Google AI

Deezer makes its AI music detection tool available for businesses to buy and says daily deliveries of AI tracks averaged 60K in January, ~39% of total uploads (www.theverge.com)
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Xbox Hardware Revenue Craters 32% (games.slashdot.org)
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Windows 11 Has Reached 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10 (tech.slashdot.org)
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Ten Bizarre Visions of 2026 from Fiction (listverse.com)
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Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, raised a $45M extension from Robinhood and others to its $105M Series B, at a $1.5B valuation (www.coindesk.com)
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Russia says a crypto regulatory framework will come into force July 1, 2027; it will ban privacy coins like monero and cap retail investor purchases at ~$4K (www.coindesk.com)
5 days ago Russia Retail Ban Monero

Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near an Elementary School in Santa Monica (tech.slashdot.org)
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Google expands Gemini's hands-free conversational capabilities to walking and cycling modes in Google Maps, available on iOS and rolling out on Android (techcrunch.com)
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Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Not a Kids Game: From Roblox Mod to Compromising Your Company (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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New Microsoft Teams feature will let you report suspicious calls (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Seven of the World's Ten Best-Selling Smartphones in 2025 Were iPhones (mobile.slashdot.org)
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Nvidia launches a native GeForce NOW app for Linux, starting with Debian-based Ubuntu, after releasing a Steam Deck app in 2025; in a hands-on, it works well (www.windowscentral.com)
5 days ago Linux Ubuntu Nvidia

Waymo says a robotaxi struck a child at 6MPH near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23, resulting in minor injuries; the NHTSA opens a probe (techcrunch.com)
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France fines unemployment agency €5 million over data breach (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
5 days ago France Unemployment

Nothing CEO Says Company Won't Launch New Flagship Smartphone Every Year 'For the Sake of It' (mobile.slashdot.org)
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Dow plans to cut 4,500 staff to save costs and will rely on AI to boost productivity, resulting in $1.1B to $1.5B in charges; it currently employs ~34,000 staff (www.wsj.com)
5 days ago AI

Waymo says it hopes to launch its London robotaxi service as soon as September, after an April pilot; the UK government plans to change regulations in H2 2026 (www.bbc.com)
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'Hundreds' of Gatik Robot Delivery Trucks Headed For US Roads (tech.slashdot.org)
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Crypto exchange Bybit plans to offer banking services via “MyBank” accounts that can hold USD and other currencies, set to launch in February pending approvals (www.bloomberg.com)
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Apple's iPhone 16 was the world's best-selling smartphone in 2025, followed by the 16 Pro Max and 16 Pro; Apple took 7 of the top 10 spots and Samsung took 3 (counterpointresearch.com)
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Sources: ByteDance and Alibaba both plan to release flagship AI models around China's mid-February Lunar New Year holiday, including ByteDance's Doubao 2.0 (www.theinformation.com)
5 days ago China Alibaba AI

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