January 22, 2025news Filing: OpenAI told an Indian court that it can’t delete old training data from local news agency ANI due to legal obligations in the US (Reuters) Read More »
January 22, 2025news Samsung teases the Galaxy S25 Edge; an exec says it aims to sell the ultra Samsung teases the Galaxy S25 Edge; an exec says it aims to sell the ultra-thin phone in the US and other markets […]
January 22, 2025news Samsung banks on a hybrid AI strategy, using Google features backed by Gemini and internally developed AI features for One UI 7, to spur smartphone demand (Bloomberg) Samsung banks on a hybrid AI strategy, using Google features backed by Gemini and internally developed AI features for One UI 7, […]
January 22, 2025news Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price plans to step down from the Sony-owned studio after 30+ years; a trio of Insomniac veterans will serve as co-heads (Jennifer Maas/Variety) Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price is stepping down from his role atop the Sony Interactive Entertainment-owned studio after more than […]
January 22, 2025news Samsung launches a kid Galaxy Watch for Kids is a Wear OS take on Apple’s Family Setup. Read More »
January 22, 2025news Source: OpenAI plans to release a new ChatGPT feature called Operator this week to automate complex tasks typically done via a web browser (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information) By Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information. View the full context on Techmeme. Read More »
January 22, 2025news Data analytics startup Databricks closed its $10B Series J, announced in December 2024 and including investment from Meta, and raised $5.25B in debt (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch) Databricks has confirmed that it has closed a previously announced $10 billion in Series J equity financing at a $62 billion valuation. […]
January 22, 2025news London-based Vertice, which offers an AI-powered SaaS spend platform, raised a $50M Series C led by Lakestar, taking its total funding to ~$100M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) Vertice has made a name for itself over the years in the crowded world of expenditure management by focusing on applying AI […]
January 21, 2025news The SEC launches a “Crypto 2.0” task force led by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, to create a “comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto assets” (Jeff Cox/CNBC) The Trump administration took its first steps Tuesday toward an expected lowering of regulatory barriers for cryptocurrency. Read More »
January 21, 2025news DeepSeek’s new MIT In another open-source win, DeepSeek aims to redefine ‘open AI’ with R1, its latest model. Read More »