Coinbase says itâs launching a bitcoin-backed loan program that will allow customers to borrow up to $100,000 worth of USDC stablecoins using bitcoin in their accounts as collateral. The loans will be offered through Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol that runs on Base, the blockchain that ... Read more âș
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Brian Shroder, the former CEO of crypto exchange Binance.US, has launched a startup called 1Money, which builds a decentralized payment network dedicated to processing stablecoin transactions. The company says it has raised over $20 million in seed funding from Galaxy Ventures, Kraken Ventures, ... Read more âș
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A pending ban of TikTok in the U.S. is prompting a flood of TikTok users to try out Chinese social media app RedNote. Chinese regulators arenât happy. The Cyberspace Administration of China, the countryâs Internet watchdog, is concerned that English-language content showing up on RedNote may contain politically sensitive posts that arenât otherwise allowed on Chinese social media, according to three people with knowledge of the communications between Chinese officials... Read more âș
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the worldâs largest chipmaker, reported on Thursday that net income increased 57% to $11.6 billion in the December quarter from a year ago, thanks to strong demand for artificial intelligence chips. TSMC, which manufactures chips for Nvidia and Apple, ... Read more âș
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Apple is in talks with Barclays and Synchrony Financial to replace Goldman Sachs as the partner for its credit card, Reuters reported Wednesday. The news comes after the CEO of Goldman Sachs told analysts on an earnings call Wednesday that its credit card partnership with Apple might end before ... Read more âș
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The Biden administration is looking for ways to keep TikTok available in the U.S. on Sunday, the day a federal law will ban the app, NBC News reported. Administration officials are exploring options to stop TikTok from immediately shutting down in the U.S., even if the Jan. 19 ban ... Read more âș
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Beware companies bearing gifts: They tend to want something. Googleâs announcement on Wednesday that it would now include its artificial intelligence tools in its business products such as corporate Gmail, whether customers want the tools or not, was cast as a do-gooder move aiming to bring the power of AI to everyone. The reality is more likely that Google is desperate to get more businesses to use its Gemini-branded AI... Read more âș
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The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday issued new rules to prevent the worldâs most important chip manufacturers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., from letting certain Chinese companies access advanced chips, including for artificial intelligence. The new rules, which include ... Read more âș
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Business has been booming for Anduril. The venture-backed weapons maker doubled revenue to about $1 billion in 2024, say people close to the company, and could get another sales lift from a change in Defense Department leadership under incoming President Donald Trump. The opportunity for growth could position Anduril for an initial public offering as soon as 2026. In the near term, Anduril is offering existing investors an opportunity to... Read more âș
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Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once he is president that would suspend the enforcement of the U.S. law that could ban TikTok for 60 to 90 days, The Washington Post reported. But lawyers told the Post that a presidential executive order canât overturn a law passed by ... Read more âș
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Before we get to the rest of todayâs newsletter, we have the latest update on TikTok. On Tuesday night, my colleague Sylvia and I reported TikTokâs plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, the day a U.S. law will ban the app, unless the Supreme Court intervenes.That news is causing quite a stir among creators, their managers and users of the app, who thought theyâd still... Read more âș
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Digital news outlet Axios signed a content licensing agreement with OpenAI, the companies announced today. The partnership will allow OpenAI to train its models with free content from Axios national and local content, or stories the publication doesnât put behind a paywall, a spokesperson from ... Read more âș
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Funding for U.S. creator economy startups roared back in 2024, buoyed in part by excitement about artificial intelligence, after two years of decline. At the same time, dozens of startups agreed to be acquired or shut down, signs that the industry is maturing. Last year, funding for U.S. creator economy startups rose 51% to more than $1.58 billion compared with 2023, according to new data from The Informationâs Creator Economy... Read more âș
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In 2018âafter I forgot to call my mom one too many timesâa 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 employeesâ health and well-being. Weâre proud of the business weâve built. But we couldnât have succeeded without... Read more âș
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Microsoft and Google both rolled out changes to how they bill corporate customers for AI software on Wednesday in an effort to drum up more AI revenue. Microsoft will start letting businesses pay for certain features within its enterprise-focused AI software on a consumption basis, rather than a ... Read more âș
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When it comes to the billion-dollar question of where businesses are seeing the biggest returns from conversational AI, automating software development has emerged as an early frontrunner. We have AI software to autocomplete lines of code, AI software to write entire apps, and soon, AI software to test other software.That last one is the focus of Ranger, a year-old startup thatâs building AI software to run quality assurance tests for... Read more âș
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Marc Andreessen and other crypto proponents have complained about how regulators under President Joe Biden have choked off banking services for crypto firms. But even before Donald Trump takes office, some smaller U.S. banks have been quietly expanding services for crypto companies. In recent months, regional bank Western Alliance has been hiring staff to bring on more crypto clients, while Dart Bank, a Michigan community lender, recently jumped into crypto... Read more âș
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TikTok is preparing 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, The Information reported. Under the plan, people attempting to open the TikTok app in the U.S. will instead see a pop-up message ... Read more âș
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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 TikTokâs 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 TikTokâs users. Under the... Read more âș
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You might wonder, watching Mark Zuckerbergâs announcements of the past week, whether weâre witnessing a version of the Hollywood movie âFace/Off,â where the Meta Platforms CEO will shortly rip off a mask and reveal himself to be Elon Musk. Aside from Zuckerbergâs moves last week to abandon both diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and fact-checking in favor of a version of Xâs âcommunity notes,â and his talking up the value... Read more âș
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