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Bloomberg : Sources: bankers trying to offload ~$3B in X debt claim X had $1.2B in adjusted EBITDA in 2024, roughly flat from before Elon Musk's buyout, a sign of recovery   —  Investors are starting to get their most complete look yet at the financial picture of social media platform X in the chaotic three years since its buyout by Elon Musk. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/yf9GCZI

The update also includes and important security update. from CNET https://ift.tt/HoQ7din

Dario Amodei : DeepSeek makes US export controls to China even more important, and DeepSeek-V3 is not a unique breakthrough but an expected point on a cost reduction curve   —  A few weeks ago I made the case for stronger US export controls on chips to China.  Since then DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/EZhMOV4

The company will also change the name of Denali mountain in Alaska back to Mount McKinley. from CNET https://ift.tt/jhdEkrt

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch : Valencia-based Quibim, which is developing foundational AI models for medical imaging, raised a $50M Series A co-led by Asabys and Buenavista   —  Quibim, a Spanish startup that's developing foundational AI models for medical imaging spanning oncology, immunology, neurology, and metabolic disorders … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/y6WQo5x

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : DeepSeek debuts a family of multimodal, MIT-licensed open-source models including Janus-Pro-7B, which it claims beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3 in GenEval and DPG-Bench   —  DeepSeek, the viral AI company, has released a new set of multimodal AI models that it claims can outperform OpenAI's DALL-E 3. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OJDfSuo

The Red Devils look to build on midweek win in Europe as they travel to west London. from CNET https://ift.tt/vyDBwJf

Jeffrey Emanuel / YouTubeTranscriptOptimizer : A bear case for Nvidia: competition from hardware startups, inference-heavy “reasoning” models, DeepSeek's training and inference efficiency breakthroughs, more   —  As someone who spent ~10 years working as a generalist investment analyst at various long/short hedge funds … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/GmoTiOM

Hall of Impossible Dreams : A look at the growing prevalence of LLM-written posts that have been backdated and attributed to human authors on Physics Forums, which was founded in 2001   —  What Internet Will Look Like in the Future  —  cripes does anybody remember Google People  —  Does anybody remember PhysicsForums? from Techmeme https://ift.tt/mpcK3MO

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC : After pouring tens of millions into Trump's campaign, the crypto industry has been paid back handsomely during his first week back, with EOs, rule changes, more   —  Crypto executives, companies and investors are getting an early return on their investment in Donald Trump. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/76EAtyx

Samsung's newest phone has a lot of refinements and AI. Here's how it's held up to being out in the real world for the past two days. from CNET https://ift.tt/Ht6Dm0p

New York Times : Some crypto executives worry Trump's memecoin undercut the industry's credibility at the very moment crypto is seeking a prominent place in mainstream finance   —  The president's promotion of a speculative digital coin left some crypto investors feeling blindsided, while others saw it as a gimmick … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/WpdtBnw

Improve the lifespan of your iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Pro by keeping it safe with these sturdy covers. from CNET https://ift.tt/Sna8fIs

Pranav Dixit / Business Insider : Apptopia: Meta's engagement is steady despite some calls for a Meta boycott over fact-checking and DEI changes; TikTok ban may have overshadowed user concerns   —  - Meta's engagement is steady after the company cut fact-checking and diversity programs.  — A potential TikTok ban might'v … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/8DwMQms

Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal : ShopMy, which lets brands run influencer marketing efforts, raised a $77.5M Series B led by Bessemer and Bain, sources say at a $410M valuation vs. $80M in 2024   —  Tech firms that speed up and automate brands' partnerships with social-media influencers are becoming hot commodities as advertisers scramble to reach consumers online from Techmeme https://ift.tt/hLGzrKk

Financial Times : Retro Biosciences, the Sam Altman-backed startup that wants to use AI to develop therapies for extending human lifespan by a decade, is raising a $1B Series A   —  The San Francisco-based start-up plans to get its first drug into trials this year  —  Retro Biosciences is raising a $1bn round … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/4BQ3Wix

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review : OpenAI says Operator is powered by Computer-Using Agent, or CUA, which combines GPT-4o's vision capabilities with “reasoning” abilities of more advanced models   —  After weeks of buzz, OpenAI has released Operator, its first AI agent.  Operator is a web app that can carry … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/PLOgdb3

Jay Peters / The Verge : OpenAI releases a “research preview” of its Operator AI agent that can automate web-based tasks, launching in the US to subscribers of the $200/month Pro tier   —  OpenAI is releasing a “research preview” of an AI agent called Operator that can “go to the web to perform tasks for you,” according to a blog post. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9eXSmgb

Bloomberg : At Davos, Trump blasts EU for targeting Apple, Google, and Meta, describing regulatory cases as “a form of taxation”, and references Apple's €13B Irish tax bill   —  - Comments mark start of clash between Trump, EU over tech  — Apple lost case last year over $14.4 billion Irish tax bill from Techmeme https://ift.tt/1BuVqf3

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Perplexity launches Perplexity Assistant in its Android app, which can take “multi-app actions” like hailing a ride, initially free for users in 15 languages   —  AI-powered search engine Perplexity has launched an “agent,” of sorts, called Perplexity Assistant … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/anMgrYO

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Sam Altman denies Musk's Stargate claim that “they don't” have the money, adding “what is great for the country isn't always what's optimal for your companies”   —  Billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the enormous infrastructure project … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FC34MIE

This upstate New York town offers several top broadband provider options. Here are CNET's picks for home internet in New Paltz. from CNET https://ift.tt/V3rLUfg

Max Goldbart / Deadline : Parrot Analytics estimates Severance season 1 earned $200M+, with ~50% coming in the year following the finale; Ted Lasso generated $609.4M from Q3'20 to Q3'24   —  Parrot came to these figures via its Content Valuation methodology, which uses a formula to correlate audience demand with subscribers and therefore revenue. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2NBDyLv

Heat up your outdoor space on these winter nights with one of the best firepits for 2025. from CNET https://ift.tt/qpoKQUa

Enzo Maresca's Blues look to get back to winning ways as they host the struggling Old Gold at Stamford Bridge. from CNET https://ift.tt/rPgGUNX

Tim Copeland / The Block : A memecoin named Official Barron Trump hit a $460M market cap before falling 95%; a Pump.fun user behind it has debuted other unofficial coins called “official”   —  - A memecoin called Official Barron Trump rose to a $460 million market cap on speculation that it might have been launched by Barron Trump himself. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/XQFfGaC

The Rams and Eagles battle for a spot in the NFC Championship game, and you don't need cable to watch on NBC or stream on Peacock. from CNET https://ift.tt/puUKT9a

Danny Park / The Block : Blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer reports scams luring crypto investors into malicious Telegram groups jumped 2,000% between November 2024 and January 2025   —  - Blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer reported that malware crypto scams on Telegram increased by 2,000% between November and January. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/SmhvjnW

Wes Davis / The Verge : TikTok says it's restoring its service in the US after reaching an “agreement with our service providers” and thanks Trump “for providing the necessary clarity”   —  TikTok has announced it's returning to US users.  The company posted on X that it is … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/pfcZoNm

The top choice in the Roscommon area is Spectrum, but there are a few other options if there's something you don't like about the provider. from CNET https://ift.tt/d5wAGt2

NBC News : Trump says he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve after he takes office on Monday “because it's appropriate”   —  Trump spoke to NBC News' Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2Kcebjq

Developers and public beta testers can download and use the update now. from CNET https://ift.tt/FCzO6SV

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Google has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript to use Google Search, says to “better protect” Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam   —  Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely-used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/R2Poy4A

Looking for a new set of cans from Beats? Here are our current top picks. from CNET https://ift.tt/bcxKwmu

Bloomberg : Zhou Chaonan, the chairwoman of data center operator Range Intelligent, has become China's third richest woman after her company's stock rose 105% in 2024   —  - Range Intelligent's chairwoman Zhou joins world's 500 richest  — TikTok owner ByteDance is one of Range's major customers from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QdC6iPS

It may seem like the internet prices in Chapel Hill are high, but so are the speeds. The price is well worth it for faster internet. from CNET https://ift.tt/EWUBF8s

Kate Knibbs / Wired : DoubleVerify says there is a jump in AI click farms, including a network of 200+ websites called Synthetic Echo, designed to siphon ad revenue from real outlets   —  A new report, shared exclusively with WIRED, shows how an AI content mill with hundreds of sites managed to pull big-name advertisers into their schemes. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/yELK7ik

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Carly Page / TechCrunch : The US says the FBI hacked ~4.2K devices in the US to delete PlugX, malware used by China-backed hackers since 2014, after obtaining warrants in August 2024   —  U.S. authorities have confirmed that they disrupted the operations of a Chinese state-backing hacking group, which infiltrated millions … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/QNmb0Iu

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Parallels rolls out an “early technology preview” of Parallels Desktop for Macs with Apple Silicon that has “really slow” support for x86 OSes, like Windows 11   —  Virtualization software like Parallels and VMware Fusion give Mac owners the ability to run Windows … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/t0mi6TI