Etsy and eBay are starting to embrace tactics popularized by social media platforms, such as algorithm-based personalization, as a way to stay relevant (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:
Etsy and eBay are starting to embrace tactics popularized by social media platforms, such as algorithm-based personalization, as a way to stay relevant  —  Companies are starting to emulate some of the tactics popularized by Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest to help boost sales

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform the state's corporate law to keep it attractive to both investors and CEOs, following Musk's exit (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform the state's corporate law to keep it attractive to both investors and CEOs, following Musk's exit  —  Tesla CEO Elon Musk turned Delaware's corporate law into a hot-button topic last year after a judge there ruled …

A lack of consensus on what defines an AI "agent" is leading to customer frustration, as Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and others market it differently (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch:
A lack of consensus on what defines an AI “agent” is leading to customer frustration, as Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and others market it differently  —  Silicon Valley is bullish on AI agents.  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said agents will “join the workforce” this year.

A look at the adoption of DeepSeek across China, as Chinese automakers, smartphone sellers, and others rush to build services on top of the homegrown AI model (Kinling Lo/Rest of World)

Kinling Lo / Rest of World:
A look at the adoption of DeepSeek across China, as Chinese automakers, smartphone sellers, and others rush to build services on top of the homegrown AI model  —  Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown AI model that has taken the world by storm since January.

China's National People's Congress saw an uncharacteristic surge in tech optimism, driven by DeepSeek, which has fired up investors, politicians, and regulators (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
China's National People's Congress saw an uncharacteristic surge in tech optimism, driven by DeepSeek, which has fired up investors, politicians, and regulators  —  - Push for high-tech development follows DeepSeek's breakthrough  — Chinese shares poised to post best NPC performance since 2018

Foxconn reports Q4 profit down 13% YoY to ~$1.41B, missing the ~$1.65B estimate, its first quarterly drop since Q2 2023, but forecasts strong Q1 2025 growth (Reuters)

Reuters:
Foxconn reports Q4 profit down 13% YoY to ~$1.41B, missing the ~$1.65B estimate, its first quarterly drop since Q2 2023, but forecasts strong Q1 2025 growth  —  Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW),the world's largest contract electronics maker, said on Friday that solid demand from its tech clients …