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The early days of the Trump administration, as viewed from China
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The Economist's science and technology internship
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4 reasons my loyalty lies with the Kindle Paperwhite over the Kobo Clara - Pocket Lint
4 reasons Proton could be the answer to ditching Google Drive - Pocket Lint
5 useful things to do with your dusty MacBook Pro - Pocket Lint
A bear case for Nvidia: competition from hardware startups, inference-heavy "reasoning" models, DeepSeek's training and inference efficiency breakthroughs, more (Jeffrey Emanuel/YouTubeTranscript ...) - Techmeme
A Complete Guide to Fixing an Android Phone That Frequently Hangs - Innovation Village
A look at China's booming crypto market, with Chinese traders using VPNs, overseas shell companies, and peer-to-peer networks to circumvent China's crackdown (Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
A New Bid for TikTok from Perplexity AI Would Give the US Government a 50% Stake - Slashdot
A profile of French health insurer Alan's CEO Jean Charles Samuelian-Werve, a Mistral board member who claims credit for securing most of Mistral's backers (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Anime Cons in Africa: A Growing Celebration of Geek Culture - Innovation Village
Another Undersea Cable Damaged in Baltic Sea. Criminal Sabotage Investigation Launched - Slashdot
Bad Week for Unoccupied Waymo Cars: One Hit in Fatal Collision, One Vandalized by Mob - Slashdot
Bento Africa under investigation by LIRS and EFCC; CEO Okubanjo denies allegations - Techcabal
Betting data from Illinois, New Jersey, and Colorado shows how parlays are driving revenue growth for FanDuel, DraftKings, and other US sports betting companies (Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Biometrics, Windmills, and VHS tapes: The Winners of 'Rest of World' International Tech Photo Contest - Slashdot
Brazil's data protection authority ruled that Tools for Humanity, cofounded by Sam Altman, must stop offering compensation for iris scans in the country (Reuters) - Techmeme
Cory Doctorow Asks: Can Interoperability End 'Enshittification' and Fix Social Media - Slashdot
Court filing: Indian digital news firms, including NDTV, Network18, and Hindustan Times, join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, first filed by ANI in 2024 (Reuters) - Techmeme
DeepSeek gets Silicon Valley talking - Techcrunch
DeepSeek's iOS app is now #1 on the "Top Free Apps" chart in Apple's App Store in the US, just ahead of ChatGPT (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
DeepSeek's iOS app is now #1 on the App Store's Top Free Apps chart in the US, ahead of ChatGPT, stirring doubts in Silicon Valley about the US' AI lead (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
DeepSeek's use of commodity, disconnected hardware and open-source design is enough of a shot at AI hyper scaling that it could be "the way things will go" (Steven Sinofsky/@stevesi) - Techmeme
GamaCopy Mimics Gamaredon Tactics in Cyber Espionage Targeting Russian Entities - Hackers News
How Bento Africa allegedly scammed customers as LIRS reportedly investigates - Techpoint
How to choose the best TV for gaming right now - Engadget
How to Set Up a Virtual Office - Innovation Village
I tested 20+ free AI apps on Android (I absolutely loved these 7 ) - Techpoint
I tested 5 AI note-taking apps in real meetings (five clear winners) - Techpoint
I Tested Every Way to Check a Walmart Gift Card Balance (Here's What Actually Works) - Techpoint
I think I found the most wholesome game in the Playdate Catalog - Engadget
I tried the best AI tools for crypto trading: heres my review - Techpoint
In2IT Technologies Announces New Leadership for Southern Africa - Itnewsafrica
Internet-Connected 'Smart' Products for Babies Suddenly Start Charging Subscription Fees - Slashdot
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3) supported 60 startups in two years, gets more selective in third cohort - Techpoint
MintsLoader Delivers StealC Malware and BOINC in Targeted Cyber Attacks - Hackers News
Move Over ChatGPT, Gemini ' Welcome DeepSeek - Innovation Village
NASA and ESA share a breathtaking Hubble image of the Tarantula Nebula's outer edge - Engadget
Not sweating it: 4 ways Apple Fitness+ misses the mark - Pocket Lint
Oando Plc Expands Upstream Portfolio With Angola's Block KON 13 - Innovation Village
Perplexity submits a new bid for TikTok - Techcrunch
Risevest debunks SECs allegation, says it's legally registered to operate - Technext
Should Big Tech Plug Its Data Centers Directly Into Power Plants - Slashdot
Some Japanese stocks drop amid DeepSeek anxiety; Advantest, an Nvidia supplier of testing equipment, drops 7%+; datacenter cable company Fujikura drops 9%+ (Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Source: Perplexity AI revises its TikTok US merger proposal, which now allows for the US government to own up to 50% of the new company upon a future IPO (Hayden Field/CNBC) - Techmeme
Sources: Meta set up four war rooms to analyze DeepSeek's tech, two focusing on how High-Flyer reduced training costs, one on what data High-Flyer may have used (The Information) - Techmeme
South Africa's Stitch acquires Exipay, rebranding it into "Stitch In-Person Payments" - Techpoint
South African fintech Stitch acquires ExiPay to expand into in-person payments - Techcabal
Startup shutdowns rise to 26% - Technext
Stitch acquires ExiPay to boost omnichannel payments in South Africa - Innovation Village
TalkTalk investigating data breach after hacker claims theft of customer data - Techcrunch
TechCabal Daily ' Bento boxed in - Techcabal
The 'Super Bowl for Nerds': Scenes from the Microsoft Excel World Championship - Slashdot
The 17 best portable Bluetooth speakers for 2025 - Engadget
The fallout from Bento Africa: Startups and employees grapple with payroll and tax fraud - Technext
The lowdown on Apple's Activation lock: 4 things you need to know - Pocket Lint
Zimbabwe gold-backed currency declined by 43% in 8 months - Techpoint