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It’s the final week of the Biden presidency, and the administration kicked it off by announcing new export control rules for AI-related technologies, causing quite a stir. The rules aim to limit how many of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips other countries or foreign companies can obtain, helping American AI developers companies stay ahead, and to force American companies to develop large AI chip clusters primarily in the U.S.In case you haven’t had a chance to read the 168-page Interim Final Rule on A
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The market share of Apple in China sees decline, dropping from 19% to 15% in 2024. Vivo and Huawei capture the top spots with 17% and 16% market share, respectively. Once the dominant force in the premium smartphone segment in China, Apple has faced unprecedented challenges in 2024 as its market position eroded significantly amid... Read more » Read more ›
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Corinne Busche, who served as game director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard since February 2022, is departing BioWare. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo's share price has dropped in the wake of the Switch 2's "safe" debut. Read more Read more ›
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A much-awaited feature is coming to the Pokémon TCG Pocket app sometime this month: Trading. In the game, which The Pokémon Company brought to mobile late last year, players can collect cards by opening digital booster packs. They can then use the Pokémon cards they get to battle each other. When the trading feature goes live, they'll also be able to improve their decks by trading with other people, though... Read more ›
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The iPhone 17 lineup will feature a vapor chamber heatsink to improve thermal performance, according to a new report. The news comes from Chinese tech news site MyDrivers, which claims that the entire iPhone 17 lineup, consisting of the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max, will adopt the improved thermal heat spreader. Vapor chamber technology is already used in many high-end Android devices.... Read more ›
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Japanese police have arrested a man accused of modifying and selling Nintendo Switch consoles. Read more Read more ›
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Riyadh Air is expected to take delivery of just four Boeing Dreamliners in 2025, delaying its launch until the second half of the year. Read more ›
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The angular, divisive electric pickup truck didn't sell as well as some Wall Street analysts expected in 2024. Read more ›
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Sony has cancelled two more of its once-envisioned live service Playstation projects. Read more Read more ›
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has been Steam Deck verified ahead of its PC release next week. Read more Read more ›
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RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, became the most downloaded iPhone app in the US on Monday. Read more ›
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Walmart has a new 350-acre corporate campus in its hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas, featuring a wide range of amenities. Read more ›
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In an interview with the Hoover Institution, Andreessen speculated over whether President Trump could mandate workers to return to the office. Read more ›
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Worried that the Windows 11 free upgrade might expire before you take the offer? Microsoft has assured us it’s here to stay. Read more ›
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After eons of waiting, Nintendo has finally debuted its next console. Yes, the Switch 2 - as we can now call it officially - was revealed yesterday, with a brief teaser video full of magnetic Joy-Cons and some really rather yummy noises. Read more Read more ›
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A fire broke out at California's Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday, with authorities urging nearby residents to evacuate. Read more ›
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On Thursday, H2SITE, a deep-tech pioneer of hydrogen separation solutions based in Loiu, Spain, announced it has secured €36M in a Series B funding round from a consortium of investors. The Spanish company has gained support from new co-lead investors, Hy24 and SC Net Zero Ventures. Hy24 is a pure-play investment manager focused on low-carbon ... Read more Read more ›
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The China-controled EV brand has been losing tens of thousands of dollars on every car sold. With a US ban on Chinese car sales looming, the company needs to quickly turn things around. Read more ›
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The two founders jousted for years. This week, they found each other on X while their rocket companies launched missions with mixed results. Read more ›
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TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes to block the ban, according to two people familiar with TikTok’s plans. Abruptly switching off the app, rather than allowing people who have already downloaded it to continue using it, will bring home the impact of the ban to all TikTok’s users. Under the... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms’ announcement last week that it had relaxed its content moderation stance immediately raised the question of whether others, such as OpenAI, would follow suit.When I asked Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, about that during an interview on Friday, he pointed me to a new broad-ranging policy proposal from the startup—released publicly on Monday morning. Lehane highlighted a section on users being able to personalize AI tools.... Read more ›
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In 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella faced a choice involving the company’s Xbox and cloud gaming business. The company could either acquire major game studios to drive more subscriptions to its nascent Game Pass subscription service. Or it could wind down its games business entirely, Nadella told two people at the time. Nadella took the first path, acquiring Elder Scrolls maker Bethesda Studios for $7 billion in 2021 and Call... Read more ›
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Some of Nvidia’s biggest customers are facing new delays in getting its most advanced artificial intelligence chips up and running in data centers. The first shipments of racks equipped with Nvidia’s newest chips, Blackwell, have been plagued by overheating as well as glitches involving the way the chips connect to one another, according to three people working at suppliers and two customers that have dealt with the issues. These kinds... Read more ›
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It’s the final week of the Biden presidency, and the administration kicked it off by announcing new export control rules for AI-related technologies, causing quite a stir. The rules aim to limit how many of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips other countries or foreign companies can obtain, helping American AI developers companies stay ahead, and to force American companies to develop large AI chip clusters primarily in the U.S.In case you... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms plans a new round of job cuts in the coming weeks, the company told employees on Tuesday, focused on employees who are considered weak performers. In a post on the company’s internal chat system, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company would make more extensive performance based cuts during this performance review cycle. Meta’s announcement signals that the social media company’s efforts to rein in costs are continuing... Read more ›
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In 2018—after I forgot to call my mom one too many times—a friend and I launched an app that nudges people to take life-enhancing steps such as connecting with family, exercising more and learning new skills. Today we have nearly 40,000 subscribers. Businesses and organizations across the country use our app to improve employees’ health and well-being. We’re proud of the business we’ve built. But we couldn’t have succeeded without... Read more ›
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Amazon is ending a service that allowed Prime members to order clothing, try it on and decide whether or not they want to keep it before being charged for the goods. The service, Prime Try Before You Buy, will end on Jan. 31, according to notices Amazon has sent U.S. users. Amazon, which ... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A casual sex website with an underage sex problem• Power and Influence: DOGE goes headhunting • The Top 5: Where to travel after Davos • Plus: When a corporate marvel may be a communist spy ring; piecing together “Severance”; and an uncomfortable masterpieceA couple years ago, Donald Trump was banned from Facebook, and just a few months ago, he was threatening to... Read more ›
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The European Union is reassessing its probes into Apple, Meta, Google and other big tech companies, the Financial Times reported, a move that comes as U.S. tech executives press President-elect Donald Trump to intervene in European regulatory efforts. All decisions and potential fines are on ... Read more ›
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