Monday, February 3, 2025

An analysis of FEC filings shows Elon Musk spent $288M+ to elect Trump and other Republicans, the 2024 election's biggest donor; Musk's America PAC raised $263M (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
An analysis of FEC filings shows Elon Musk spent $288M+ to elect Trump and other Republicans, the 2024 election's biggest donor; Musk's America PAC raised $263M  —  Billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $288 million to help elect President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates …



The Seoul High Court upholds a decision clearing Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee of fraud and stock-rigging, a major victory for Samsung (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
The Seoul High Court upholds a decision clearing Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee of fraud and stock-rigging, a major victory for Samsung  —  - Seoul court upholds Jay Y. Lee's earlier victory on appeal  — The Samsung scion can now focus on turning around the firm



Stablecoins are becoming a core part of financial infrastructure in emerging markets, expanding beyond cross-border payments into consumer finance and more (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch:
Stablecoins are becoming a core part of financial infrastructure in emerging markets, expanding beyond cross-border payments into consumer finance and more  —  Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to more than 100 countries.



Sunday, February 2, 2025

Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU's top court sided with Intel in October 2024 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU's top court sided with Intel in October 2024  —  U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related …



Reliance Retail launches the Shein app in India, with control over operations and data and Shein acting as a technology partner, years after the app's ban (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Reliance Retail launches the Shein app in India, with control over operations and data and Shein acting as a technology partner, years after the app's ban  —  Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein has relaunched in India through a partnership with local conglomerate Reliance's retail chain …



A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self and is currently being used by 60,000 people from 190 nations (Heidi Mitchell/Wall Street Journal)

Heidi Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self and is currently being used by 60,000 people from 190 nations  —  A new artificial-intelligence tool allowed me to talk to my 80-year-old self.  It's going to be quite a life.



A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against a professor, including by creating chatbots on Crushon.ai and JanitorAI using her personal info (Katie McQue/The Guardian)

Katie McQue / The Guardian:
A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against a professor, including by creating chatbots on Crushon.ai and JanitorAI using her personal info  —  James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim's information to guide chatbots in impersonation



Sources: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as 2026, and considers letting the glasses identify people with public Meta accounts (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as 2026, and considers letting the glasses id...