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Brandon Sanderson's Literary Fantasy Universe 'Cosmere' Picked Up by Apple TV (entertainment.slashdot.org)
5 days ago Apple

A look at Amazon's and Walmart's differing approaches to agentic AI shopping; Similarweb: Walmart doubled its share of AI referrals in the US to 32.5% in 2025 (www.ft.com)
5 days ago Amazon AI Walmart

Security researchers warn Moltbot, previously Clawdbot, requires a specialist skillset to use safely, as data exposure risks persist even when set up correctly (www.theregister.com)
5 days ago

A federal judge in Virginia ruled that Norfolk's use of ~200 Flock automated license plate scanners is constitutional and doesn't violate the Fourth Amendment (arstechnica.com)
5 days ago Virginia

Advantest shares hit a record high after the chip equipment maker beat Q3 earnings estimates and raised its FY operating profit forecast from $2.45B to $2.97B (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago

Letter: Rep. John Moolenaar, chair of the US House Select Committee on China, says Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by the Chinese military (www.reuters.com)
5 days ago China AI Nvidia

New York-based Sword Health, which develops AI-powered tech for managing pain and offers remote physical therapy, agrees to acquire rival Kaia Health for $285M (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago AI New York

SK Hynix surpassed Samsung in annual operating profit for the first time in 2025; SK Hynix posted a record profit of ~$33B in 2025 while Samsung posted ~$30.5B (www.cnbc.com)
5 days ago Samsung

Job listings show that DeepSeek hopes to broaden its AI offerings with a search engine capable of supporting multiple languages and more emphasis on agents (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago AI

US-based AI startup Arcee releases Trinity Large, a 400B-parameter open-weight model that it says compares to Meta's Llama 4 Maverick 400B on some benchmarks (techcrunch.com)
5 days ago Startup AI

Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $30B from Nvidia, less than $10B from Microsoft, and $10B-$20B from Amazon as part of a $100B funding round (www.theinformation.com)
5 days ago Amazon Microsoft Nvidia

Extremophile Molds Are Invading Art Museums (science.slashdot.org)
5 days ago

Google agrees to pay $135M to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the tech giant programmed Android to illegally collect users' cellular data (www.reuters.com)
5 days ago Android Google

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them “irresponsible” for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (www.theguardian.com)
5 days ago Coinbase

LinkedIn's Q2 revenue rose 11% YoY, topping $5B for the first time, giving LinkedIn an annual run rate of $20B+; Satya Nadella said paid video ads grew 30% YoY (www.geekwire.com)
5 days ago LinkedIn

Samsung reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$65.6B, vs. ~$65.28B est., and operating profit up 200%+ to ~$14.06B, driven by memory chip price surge and HBM demand (www.cnbc.com)
5 days ago Samsung 4Q

Fully Electric Vehicle Sales In EU Overtake Petrol For First Time In December (tech.slashdot.org)
5 days ago

Google says it took legal action to take down dozens of domains and disrupt the residential proxy network of Chinese company Ipidea, widely used by bad actors (www.wsj.com)
5 days ago China Google

Kernel Community Drafts a Plan For Replacing Linus Torvalds (linux.slashdot.org)
5 days ago

SK Hynix announces a new US-based “AI Company” from a restructuring of its California-based subsidiary Solidigm, and commits at least $10B to the new entity (www.cnbc.com)
5 days ago AI California

In Meta's Q4 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg says it plans to start shipping new models and products throughout 2026 and hints at “agentic shopping tools” (techcrunch.com)
5 days ago 4Q Zuckerberg

Satya Nadella says Windows 11 reached 1B users during Q2, growing over 45% YoY and at a faster rate than Windows 10 did (www.theverge.com)
5 days ago

French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Social Media Use By Under-15s (mobile.slashdot.org)
5 days ago France Ban Social Media

Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of the iPhone camera app Halide who previously freelanced for Apple, says he has joined Apple's Human Interface Design team (9to5mac.com)
5 days ago iPhone Apple

Software Company Bonds Drop As Investors' AI Worries Mount (tech.slashdot.org)
5 days ago AI

Sources: OpenAI is considering using biometric verification like World's eyeball scanning Orb for its planned social network to ensure its users are real people (www.forbes.com)
5 days ago

Apple Tells Patreon To Move Creators To In-App Purchase For Subscriptions (apple.slashdot.org)
5 days ago Apple

Initial access hackers switch to Tsundere Bot for ransomware attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
5 days ago

Sources: the White House will meet with banks and crypto firms on Monday to discuss a path forward for crypto legislation stalled by a clash between the sectors (www.reuters.com)
5 days ago

Google Says AI Agent Can Now Browse on Users' Behalf (tech.slashdot.org)
6 days ago Google AI

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