After pouring tens of millions into Trump's campaign, the crypto industry has been paid back handsomely during his first week back, with EOs, rule changes, more (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) - Techmeme
Copilot' Price Hike for Microsoft 365 Called 'Total Disaster' with Overwhelmingly Negative Response - Slashdot
Could New Linux Code Cut Data Center Energy Use By 30% - Slashdot
DeepSeek, which started as a deep-learning research branch of Chinese quant hedge fund High-Flyer, is now giving US AI giants a run for their money (Zeyi Yang/Wired) - Techmeme
Galaxy S25 Ultra | First Impressions - TechMoran
Heat Pumps Are Now Outselling Gas Furnaces In America - Slashdot
Logitech MX Creative Console review: pick your own buttons - Pocket Lint
Oracle and US Investors (Including Microsoft) Discuss Taking Control of TikTok in the US - Slashdot
People are Hawking TikTok-Loading Phones for Thousands on eBay, Facebook - Slashdot
Pixelfed Creator Crowdfunds More Capacity, Plus Open Source Alternatives to TikTok and WhatsApp - Slashdot
Real estate firms pivot to energy development amid booming data center demand - Techcrunch
Report of Newly-Discovered Asteroid Turns Out to Be... a Tesla Roadster - Slashdot
Siri with Apple Intelligence is a massive regression from the old Siri, which recognized its limitations and provided a list of search links to answer a query (John Gruber/Daring Fireball) - Techmeme
Sources: the Trump admin is in talks for Oracle and a group of US investors to take over TikTok's global operations, with ByteDance retaining a minority stake (Bobby Allyn/NPR) - Techmeme
The phone that no one bought: the Pixel 8a deserved better - Pocket Lint
Trump administration reportedly negotiating an Oracle takeover of TikTok - Techcrunch
What is the Tubi explore tab - Pocket Lint
What laptop size should you buy - Pocket Lint
What retro-heads need to know about component and composite video - Pocket Lint
What to read this weekend: An immersive new work of Africanfuturism - Engadget
WhatsApp could soon let iOS users have multiple accounts on one device - Engadget
Why I won't be making the jump from Chromecast to Google TV Streamer - Pocket Lint
A mockery': Trump's new meme-coin sparks anger in crypto world - BBC
A new Prime-exclusive streaming bundle just dropped - Pocket Lint
Affordability in Digital Health: Importance to Africa - Innovation Village
AI companies upped their federal lobbying spend in 2024 amid regulatory uncertainty - Techcrunch
AI news feature now testing on some Google TV devices - Pocket Lint
America Lags on Renewable Energy. Blame Regulations and Grid Connection Issues - Slashdot
An interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on why he doesn't believe we will have AGI in 2025, putting Google's assistants in smart glasses, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) - Techmeme
An investigation reveals how the Israeli military's reliance on Microsoft's cloud and AI systems surged during the most intensive phase of the Israel-Hamas war (The Guardian) - Techmeme
Android 16 Beta 1 has arrived: these are the changes that matter - Pocket Lint
Apple Enlists Veteran Software Executive To Help Fix AI and Siri - Slashdot
Apple says 68 percent of all iPhones are running iOS 18 - Engadget
Are EA's Falling Revenues Because of a Terrible EAFC - Innovation Village
Ask Slashdot: What Matters When Buying a New Smartphone - Slashdot
Bambu Labs' 3D Printer 'Authorization' Update Beta Sparks Concerns - Slashdot
Blue Label Telecoms set to take control of Cell C following Icasa's approval of license transfer - Innovation Village
Bolt enters grocery delivery while others run for the door - Techcabal
Bolt Kenya launches Bolt Market to capture grocery delivery market in Nairobi amidst competitive challenges - Innovation Village
British Museum Forced To Partly Close After Alleged IT Attack By Former Employee - Slashdot
Chinese self-driving company WeRide aims to make more inroads overseas in 2025; WeRide operates in nine countries and secured new deals in Switzerland and Japan (Jiahui Huang/Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
Clampdown on fake Google reviews announced - BBC
Coding Bootcamps Vs Traditional Education in Africa - Innovation Village
Complexity Physics Finds Crucial Tipping Points In Chess Games - Slashdot
Crypto Czar David Sacks Says NFTs and Memecoins Are Collectibles, Not Securities - Slashdot
Ditching Meta' Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp fundraise on Kickstarter - Techcrunch
ElevenLabs has raised a new round at $3B+ valuation led by ICONIQ Growth, sources say - Techcrunch
Elon Musk's first moves suggest DOGE will be closer to an IT project than the sweeping operation to slash $2T+ from the federal budget that he once predicted (New York Times) - Techmeme
Empire Innovations Wins Jacobs Ladder Africas Greenlabs Program Showcase - TechMoran
Endless Legend 2 is real and there's a mysterious trailer to prove it - Engadget
EV Maker Canoo 'Goes Belly-Up After Moving to Texas - Slashdot
Filing: Character AI says 1A protects it from liability in a lawsuit that claims a teen committed suicide after becoming emotionally attached to a chatbot (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Flip, which lets shoppers share video reviews and earn cash based on engagement, launches a creator fund that grants up to $100M of equity over 5+ years (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper - Wired
GITEX Global to host Ai Everything event in February 2025 - Innovation Village
Hands-on with the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses live translation feature: adept at translating a basic conversation, but struggles with slang and faster speech (Victoria Song/The Verge) - Techmeme
Heading for Change announces investment in two key climate initiatives targeting emerging markets in Africa - Innovation Village
How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI - Wired
How FAAN's rescue team deboarded 256 United Airlines passengers - Tribune
Hubble's Largest Panorama Ever Showcases 200 Million Stars - Slashdot
ICYMI: 256 escape death in aborted Lagos-Washington flight - Tribune
If you switched to Fubo because it was cheaper than YouTube TV, I've got bad news - Pocket Lint
In email to X staff, Musk says "user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we're barely breaking even"; sources: banks plan to sell their debt in X (Wall Street Journal) - Techmeme
In motion to dismiss, chatbot platform Character AI claims it is protected by the First Amendment - Techcrunch
Industry insiders say DeepSeek's focus on research makes it a dangerous competitor as it's willing to share breakthroughs rather than protect them for profits (Financial Times) - Techmeme
Is hybrid AI the smartphone wave of the future' Samsung and Apple think so - Pocket Lint
KCB Bank and Mastercard launch Kenya's first multi-currency prepaid card to enhance financial transactions - Innovation Village
KCB Bank and Mastercard Unveil Platinum Multi-Currency Card to Simplify International Transactions - TechMoran
Kenyan fintech startup Sevi secures funding for growth expansion - Innovation Village
Marvel Snap users are getting a 'welcome back' rewards package to make up for the TikTok ban outage - Engadget
Meta is testing a feature on Threads no one wants - Pocket Lint
Microplastics Block Blood Flow in the Brain, Mouse Study Reveals - Slashdot
Microsoft is reportedly ready to take on the 11-inch iPad Pro - Pocket Lint
Naspers CEO seeks acquisition opportunities with $20 billion to invest - Innovation Village
Netflix raised prices and canceled your show, but at least you'll be able to play more games - Pocket Lint
Netflix's Cloud Plans Include Co-Op and Party Games - Slashdot
Nigerian fintech startup Accrue secures $1.58 million in seed funding - Innovation Village
Nikon Z6 III Review: A Hybrid Camera for the Masses - Wired
Nvidia Starts Phasing Out Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs - Slashdot
On some days, I make '70,000;'TikTok Live is the new storefront for Nigerian business owners - Techcabal
OpenAI updates ChatGPT's Canvas feature with o1 model support and HTML and React code rendering, making it a direct competitor to Claude's Artifacts (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog) - Techmeme