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Blockchain-based lending company Figure confirms a data breach; ShinyHunters hacking group published 2.5GB of data, saying Figure refused to pay a ransom (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
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Apple says 74% of iPhones launched in the last four years and 66% of all iPhones are running iOS 26; 68% of iPhones were running iOS 18 as of Jan. 21, 2025 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
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Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more (Hayden Field/The Verge)
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Q&A with Dario Amodei on getting close to "a country of geniuses in a data center", how AI will diffuse through the economy, frontier lab profits, China, more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)
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PitchBook estimates that 25%+ of VC-backed unicorns have become "undercorns," startups once valued at $1B or more by VCs but now valued below that threshold (Dan Primack/Axios)
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The US DoD published and then deleted a document adding Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to a list of companies with alleged connections to the Chinese military (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
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Sources: the US FTC accelerated a probe into whether Microsoft illegally monopolized the enterprise computing market with its cloud software and AI offerings (Bloomberg)
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Sources: Binance has fired its employees in late 2025 who uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B+ through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025 (Fortune)
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As OpenAI retires GPT-4o, some users say they are angry and grieving to lose the flirty, quirky companion (Alaina Demopoulos/The Guardian)
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Anthropic adds Chris Liddell, a former Microsoft and GM exec who helped GM IPO and worked in Trump's first administration, to its board ahead of a potential IPO (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
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February investor memo: Cohere hit ~$240M in ARR in 2025, above its $200M target, with QoQ growth of 50%+ and gross margins averaging around 70% throughout 2025 (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
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Sources: ByteDance is in advanced talks to sell game studio Moonton, the developer of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, to Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games for $6B to $7B (Reuters)
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Google warns that the EU risks undermining its own competitiveness drive with the "tech sovereignty package" the bloc is set to present in the spring (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
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A US court sentences Praetorian Group CEO Ramil Ventura Palafox to 20 years in prison for operating a $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded 90K+ investors (Danny Park/The Block)
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Baidu plans to let its search app's 700M MAUs opt-in to message OpenClaw and integrate OpenClaw's capabilities into its e-commerce business and other services (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
TechCrunch
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Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach
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Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI
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Sex toys maker Tenga says hacker stole customer information
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OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model
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The SEC closed its investigation into Fisker
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India partners with Alibaba.com for export push despite past China tech bans
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Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads mocking AI with ads helped push Claude’s app into the top 10
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Roku to launch streaming bundles as part of its efforts to continue growing its profitability
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A Stanford grad student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; now, Date Drop is the basis of his new startup
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Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, not pull
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Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach
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Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
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Cohere’s $240M year sets stage for IPO
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Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims
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Score, the dating app for people with good credit, is back
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Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline
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Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars
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For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer
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Amid disappointing earnings, Pinterest claims it sees more searches than ChatGPT
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IBMÂ will hire your entry-level talent in the age of AI