South Korea‘s Private Data Safety Fee (PIPC) mentioned it has halted new downloads of DeepSeek.
A Russian court docket has imposed a effective on Alphabet Inc. GOOG Google for internet hosting a YouTube video that gives directions to Russian troopers on methods to give up.
Mexico reiterates its warning to take authorized motion in opposition to Google over the naming of the “Gulf of Mexico” on its Maps service.
Earnings Outcomes
Bumble BMBL reported fourth-quarter income of $261.6 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $260.47 million and is a lower from income of $273.64 million from the identical interval final 12 months. Complete Paying Customers fell 57,000 from the earlier quarter.
Smartphones
Apple Inc. AAPL is reportedly contemplating including promoting to Maps, mirroring Alphabet Inc.’s Google Maps mannequin.
Apple reportedly plans to introduce its first in-house 5G modem, manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM, within the upcoming iPhone SE 4 — however early experiences recommend it might not match the efficiency of Qualcomm Inc.’s QCOM Snapdragon X75.
Jon Prosser – a well known Apple product leak supply – shared leaked renders of the iPhone 17 Air and iPhone 17 Professional, every that includes distinctive digital camera island designs.
Apple is reportedly testing a wi-fi reverse charging function for its upcoming iPhone 17 Professional fashions, permitting the smartphone to energy different gadgets.
Apple introduced the iPhone 16E, an reasonably priced iPhone providing that replaces the third-generation iPhone SE.
In response to the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, Apple may need to lift iPhone costs by 9%, mentioned analysts on the Financial institution of America.
Expertise
Elon Musk’s X, previously Twitter, is obstructing hyperlinks to Sign.me, a URL shortener utilized by the personal messaging app Sign.
Humane Inc. has determined to discontinue its AI Pin and promote its belongings to HP Inc. HPQ for $116 million. The AI Pin will stop to connect with Humane’s servers after 3 PM ET on Feb. 28.
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN is eradicating an important Kindle function that permits customers to obtain and again up their bought ebooks.
Google has determined to take away its AI assistant, Gemini, from the fundamental app on iOS gadgets.
NVIDIA NVDA has launched Evo 2, a sophisticated synthetic intelligence (AI) system geared towardreworking the sector of organic analysis.
Synthetic Intelligence (AI)
Microsoft Company MSFT CEO Satya Nadella has cautioned in opposition to the hype surrounding synthetic intelligence (AI), evaluating the present frenzy to the dot-com bubble.
Ilya Sutskever, the co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI, is reportedly elevating over $1 billion for his AI enterprise, Secure Superintelligence (SSI), pushing its valuation past $30 billion.
Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, has launched her personal AI startup and has already recruited high researchers from ChatGPT-maker, Meta Platforms, Inc., and Mistral AI, a Paris-based startup.
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