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 (Max Goldbart/Deadline) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

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" (Tim Copeland/The Block) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer reports scams luring crypto investors into malicious Telegram groups jumped 2,000% between November 2024 and January 2025 (Danny Park/The Block) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

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" (Wes Davis/The Verge) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Trump says he will "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve after he takes office on Monday "because it's appropriate" (NBC News) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

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 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

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 (Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

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 (Kate Knibbs/Wired) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

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 (Carly Page/TechCrunch) Reviewed by studypoint on 01:09 Rating: 5

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 (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Sources: Chainalysis acquires AI-agent security startup Alterya for ~$150M; Alterya is still in stealth mode but has clients including Coinbase, Square, Binance (Leena Rao/Business Insider) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Clearwater Analytics agreed to acquire Enfusion, a SaaS provider for hedge funds and investment managers, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.5B (Ryan Lawler/Axios) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Jimmy Wales, Mark Ruffalo, others debut Free Our Feeds to raise $30M by 2028 to "billionaire-proof" AT Protocol, by making it easier for users to leave Bluesky (Richard Nieva/Forbes) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Crypto payments platform MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processor Helio, a source says for $175M (Eleanor Terrett/Fox Business) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

An interview with Arkady Volozh, CEO of Nebius, formerly Yandex NV, on selling Yandex's Russian business in 2024, competing with US AI startups, and more (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 02:09 Rating: 5

Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades (Aitor Hernández-Morales/Politico) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed "legal and policy landscape" around DEI in the US (Axios) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin says Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump the day before announcing that Meta would replace fact-checking with Community Notes (Colby Hall/Mediaite) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5

Source: OpenAI may launch agents this month and has been cautious, as rivals like Anthropic moved ahead, partly due to concerns of prompt injection attacks (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information) Reviewed by studypoint on 00:09 Rating: 5