In an SEC whistleblower complaint ahead of an upcoming book, Sarah Wynn-Williams alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CPP in a bid to enter China — Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions …
A look back at GeoCities, launched in 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet, which allowed people who had no technical knowledge of HTML to build web pages — GeoCities, known throughout most of 1995 as Beverly Hills Internet, was one of the first commercial internet services to make it easy …
Wikipedia editors and administrators detail the turmoil over maintaining neutrality on pages about the Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts in the Middle East — Shadow edit campaigns and political disputes have created headaches for overwhelmed editors and administrators.
As Japan copes with a labor shortage, its market for service robots, which assist people with tasks like waiting tables, is expected to almost triple by 2030 — As Japan copes with a labor shortage, the service robot market is expected to triple in the next five years.
Sources detail how crypto flooded Trump with cash, including $50M+ in donations from at least eight execs, and how he is doing much of what the industry wants — The president had called cryptocurrency a ‘scam’ but during his campaign last year he was persuaded of its value, especially as an investment for the Trump family
A look at YouTube's origins, growth, and domination as the platform turns 20, including an interview with CEO Neal Mohan, who is nearing 10 years at the company — It's a muggy morning the day before the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is stuck in parade traffic and not happy about it.
Sources detail the nearly 10-hour-long tech meltdown of the European Central Bank's main payment system on February 27 due to a piece of malfunctioning hardware — The European Central Bank's payments crash last week meant salaries and welfare funds were delayed for thousands of people.
Source: Microsoft has completed training a family of models, codenamed MAI, and is experimenting with swapping out OpenAI's models in Copilot for the MAI models — Mustafa Suleyman wasn't getting the answers he wanted. — Last fall, during a video call with senior leaders at OpenAI and Microsoft …
Investors are turning to “AI wrappers”, startups that leverage existing LLMs by other developers to build tools for coders, clinicians, lawyers, and others — Forget LLMs. Silicon Valley investors have a new favorite AI play. — Not long ago, Silicon Valley was dismissive of startups like Harvey.
Analysis: the $TRUMP memecoin generated $314M from token sales and $36M in fees within three weeks of launch, likely raising conflict of interest concerns — Donald Trump's crypto project made at least $350mn from the launch of his memecoin, a windfall that is likely to fuel concerns over conflicts of interest arising from the token.
An in-depth look at TSMC's $165B US investment plans: three new Fab 21 phases, two new advanced packaging facilities, and an R&D center, all based in Phoenix — Timing, locations, and technologies not disclosed. — On Monday, TSMC announced plans to invest $100 billion in expanding its U.S. manufacturing capacity.
JD reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to ~$48B, its fastest growth in three years and above est., net income up 100%+ to ~$1.4B, as Chinese consumer spending rises — - JD.com's shares climb sharply in US pre-market trading — Beijing is trying to shift the economy toward consumption
Kuo: Apple aims to release its first book-style foldable iPhone in late 2026, costing $2,000+ with a ~7.8" “crease-free” inner display and a 5.5" outer display — Apple's first foldable iPhone should arrive around the end of 2026 or early 2027 with a book-style design …
Meta brings its anti-scam facial recognition test to the UK “after engaging with regulators”, letting celebrities opt-in “to receive the celeb-bait protection” — Last October, Meta dipped its toe into the world of facial recognition with an international test of two new tools …
Turing winners Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton warn over unsafe AI deployment, saying releasing models “without safeguards is not good engineering practice” — Two pioneers of reinforcement learning have won the $1mn prize from the Association for Computing Machinery
Abner Li / 9to5Google : YouTube launches a Premium paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, after testing it in recent months; users get...
