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Meta Platforms on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue of $59.8 billion, up 24% from a year earlier, exceeding its own forecasts of $56 billion to $59 billion. The company also outlined ambitious spending plans for 2026, forecasting capital expenditures of $115 billion to $135 billion, up ...
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Tesla will discontinue the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk said in an earnings call with investors today. Musk said the reasons for cancelling the vehicle programs was to make room at Tesla's Fremont factory for production of its Optimus humanoid robot. The Model S is Tesla's luxury […] Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is refusing to tone down his rhetoric after an attack on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. What happened? Omar, a Somali American who […] Read more ›
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse dreams seem to have been replaced by a new vision: an AI-generated social feed. In an earnings call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg reiterated his belief that AI will become the next big media format, making feeds "more immersive and interactive:" We started with text, and then moved to photos when we […] Read more ›
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As the smart glasses market heats up, Snap Inc. (the company behind Snapchat) is doing some corporate restructuring in preparation for the launch of its Spectacles smart glasses later this year. The company is spinning off Specs Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary. It says that this move will provide “greater operational focus and alignment” with the new market segment. Snap plans to remain the majority shareholder but says there is... Read more ›
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Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens. Read more ›
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the EV maker will discontinue the Model S and X, Tesla's premium sedan and SUV offerings, in the next quarter. Read more ›
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NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts. Read more ›
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Grok, which once dubbed itself Mecha Hitler, is crowned the most anti-Semitic chatbot. Read more ›
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Tesla just reported its second consecutive year of declining revenue and profits, further complicating Elon Musk's $1 trillion effort to transform his company into a leader in AI and robotics. Meanwhile, the global EV market continues to grow, seemingly in spite of the pioneering company's setbacks. Tesla said it earned $840 million in net income […] Read more ›
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If you’ve been holding off on getting a new iPhone, now’s the perfect time to size up your options. Apple’s 2025 iPhone lineup is now widely available, which includes the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a brand-new model, the ultra-thin iPhone Air. These new phones offer a number of new features over […] Read more ›
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The latest episode of 'Starfleet Academy' will give its young cadets a lesson in diction from the good Doctor himself. Read more ›
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Mark Zuckerberg says there's an end in sight to Reality Labs' years of multibillion-dollar losses following the company's layoffs to the metaverse division earlier this year. The CEO said he expects to "gradually reduce" how much money the company is losing as it doubles down on AI glasses and shifts away from virtual reality.Speaking during Meta's fourth-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg was clear that the changes won't happen soon, but sounded... Read more ›
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The USS John F. Kennedy set sail for its shipbuilder sea trials Wednesday, allowing HII to test the vessel out at sea for the first time. Read more ›
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ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tipline since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document. Read more ›
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Google is rolling out an "auto browse" AI agent in Chrome that can navigate websites, fill out forms, compare prices, and handle tedious online tasks on a user's behalf. Bloomberg reports: The feature, called auto browse, will allow users to ask an assistant powered by Gemini to complete tasks such as shopping for them without leaving Chrome, said Charmaine D'Silva, a director of product. Chrome users will be able to... Read more ›
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Most headphone upgrades are incremental. You get a little more bass, a little more clarity, and you move on. Open-back planar magnetic headphones can be a different kind of jump. They’re the sort of gear that makes familiar songs feel bigger, more detailed, and more “in the room.” The HIFIMAN Ananda is on sale for ... Read more ›
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It's nearly impossible for outsiders to understand how a platform works, whether that's TikTok, Google, or anything else. Skepticism makes sense. Read more ›
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An accuser of the Alexander brothers has testified that she was raped by one the siblings in 2012 after attending a party at Zac Efron's penthouse. Read more ›
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OpenAI recently updated its policy for handling whistleblower complaints, following concerns about AI startups ignoring what are standard rules applying to all companies. It follows similar steps from Anthropic and could pressure other AI companies to follow suit. Federal government rules mandate that companies cannot retaliate against employees who report wrongdoing. Legislation governing AI, including the E.U. AI Act and California’s SB 53, has specifically mandated the protections for AI... Read more ›
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As more tech executives weigh in on the weekend’s fatal shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told staff this week that he believes “ICE is going too far,” according to a copy of the internal memo published by the New York Times’ DealBook. “There is a big ... Read more ›
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Private equity firms are struggling to sell the software companies they acquired in a buying frenzy in 2021 and 2022, even though they enjoyed a rebound in sales for such companies last year. The lack of deals could force more PE firms to sell their holdings at a lower price, or even at a discount to the original deal price. Sales did pick up last year but not enough to... Read more ›
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China is letting AI and semiconductor startups go public at a furious pace. Since December, two developers of large language models and four designers of graphics processing units have listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai, raising a total of over $4 billion. At least two more are in the pipeline. Kunlunxin, the chip arm of Baidu, is seeking to raise up to $2 billion in Hong Kong,... Read more ›
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In November, Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, and his wife, Anna, enjoyed a glitzy night out in Washington: a White House state dinner for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Brockmans were among a broad contingent of tech elite in attendance at the fete, hosted by President Donald Trump. Soon after the event, the Brockmans posted pictures of themselves posing with Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and his... Read more ›
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Last fall, Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, delivered a warm message to a meeting of the company’s combined software and AI groups. Federighi said he was excited about deeper collaboration between his software team and Apple’s AI group. But then came Federighi’s criticism. He added that he liked moving fast and feeling the “wind at his back,” but in recent years he had felt Apple hadn’t been moving as quickly... Read more ›
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Brex’s $5.15 billion agreement to sell to Capital One isn’t the kind of exit employees or investors would have dreamed of four years ago, when it was valued privately at $12.3 billion. But it appears to be a good enough ending to the corporate credit card startup’s run as a private company. For one, the half-cash, half-stock deal gives Brex shareholders the kind of instant payday another private round or... Read more ›
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Clear your schedule on Wednesday afternoon. Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Tesla are each reporting their December-quarter earnings after the market closes that day. Tesla is its own thing—we have a sense of what’s coming because it already released vehicle delivery numbers, signaling that revenue will drop. But Microsoft and Meta will be important to track, as their results should give us an update on AI development spending and—at least in... Read more ›
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PayPal said Thursday it would acquire the e-commerce startup Cymbio, which makes software that helps brands make their product catalogs available to AI search apps and agents. The deal is aimed at helping PayPal quickly build up more features to help merchants make sales through AI chatbots like ... Read more ›
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A federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a previously undisclosed $800 million sales deal between Epic Games and Google was contributing to the parties opting for an antitrust settlement, The Verge reported. As part of the transaction, Epic would help Google market device operating system ... Read more ›
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