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Chinese media: China executed 11 members of the Ming mafia family that ran online scam centres in Myanmar; five Bai family members are also sentenced to death (www.bbc.com)
17 days ago China

Samsung and SK Hynix executives say they expect global memory supply shortages will persist until 2027 due to AI demand, after the companies reported earnings (asia.nikkei.com)
17 days ago Samsung AI

Alibaba's Cainiao logistics unit merges with Chinese robovan company Zelos, creating a business sources say valued at ~$2B with a fleet set to hit 20K+ vehicles (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago China Alibaba Logistics

The US SEC clarifies its tokenized stock rules, saying they are subject to securities and derivatives rules and issuer approval is required for true ownership (www.coindesk.com)
17 days ago

Jones Lang LaSalle projects Malaysia's operational data center capacity to increase from ~1,025 MW at the end of 2025 to ~2,100 MW by the end of 2026 (asia.nikkei.com)
17 days ago Malaysia

Airtable unveils Superagent, a service that can deploy AI agents in parallel for tasks like market analysis, its first standalone product in its 13-year history (techcrunch.com)
17 days ago AI

Tesla plans to scrap its premium S and X models and convert its California factory into an Optimus manufacturing hub, as Elon Musk refocuses on robotics and AI (www.ft.com)
17 days ago AI Tesla Robot Manufacturing Elon Musk California

Amazon's $35M marketing campaign for Melania is ~10x the budget for similar documentaries like CNN's RBG; some suggest Amazon is currying favor with Trump (www.nytimes.com)
17 days ago Trump Amazon Budget

STMicro reports Q4 net revenue up 0.2% YoY to $3.33B, operating income down 66% YoY to $125M, and forecasts Q1 2026 net revenue of $3.04B, above $2.92B est. (www.bloomberg.com)
17 days ago 4Q

SAP reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to €9.68B, adjusted operating profit up 27% YoY to €2.83B, and forecasts 2026 cloud revenue to grow at least 23% YoY to €25.8B (www.bloomberg.com)
17 days ago 4Q

The US construction industry is adopting AI tools to improve project management and support site managers and foremen; IDC says 60% of firms use some form of AI (www.wsj.com)
17 days ago AI

Brandon Sanderson's Literary Fantasy Universe 'Cosmere' Picked Up by Apple TV (entertainment.slashdot.org)
17 days ago Apple

A look at Amazon's and Walmart's differing approaches to agentic AI shopping; Similarweb: Walmart doubled its share of AI referrals in the US to 32.5% in 2025 (www.ft.com)
17 days ago Amazon AI Walmart

Security researchers warn Moltbot, previously Clawdbot, requires a specialist skillset to use safely, as data exposure risks persist even when set up correctly (www.theregister.com)
17 days ago

A federal judge in Virginia ruled that Norfolk's use of ~200 Flock automated license plate scanners is constitutional and doesn't violate the Fourth Amendment (arstechnica.com)
18 days ago Virginia

Advantest shares hit a record high after the chip equipment maker beat Q3 earnings estimates and raised its FY operating profit forecast from $2.45B to $2.97B (www.bloomberg.com)
18 days ago

Letter: Rep. John Moolenaar, chair of the US House Select Committee on China, says Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by the Chinese military (www.reuters.com)
18 days ago China AI Nvidia

New York-based Sword Health, which develops AI-powered tech for managing pain and offers remote physical therapy, agrees to acquire rival Kaia Health for $285M (www.bloomberg.com)
18 days ago AI New York

SK Hynix surpassed Samsung in annual operating profit for the first time in 2025; SK Hynix posted a record profit of ~$33B in 2025 while Samsung posted ~$30.5B (www.cnbc.com)
18 days ago Samsung

Job listings show that DeepSeek hopes to broaden its AI offerings with a search engine capable of supporting multiple languages and more emphasis on agents (www.bloomberg.com)
18 days ago AI

US-based AI startup Arcee releases Trinity Large, a 400B-parameter open-weight model that it says compares to Meta's Llama 4 Maverick 400B on some benchmarks (techcrunch.com)
18 days ago Startup AI

Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $30B from Nvidia, less than $10B from Microsoft, and $10B-$20B from Amazon as part of a $100B funding round (www.theinformation.com)
18 days ago Amazon Microsoft Nvidia

Extremophile Molds Are Invading Art Museums (science.slashdot.org)
18 days ago

Google agrees to pay $135M to settle a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that the tech giant programmed Android to illegally collect users' cellular data (www.reuters.com)
18 days ago Android Google

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them “irresponsible” for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (www.theguardian.com)
18 days ago Coinbase

LinkedIn's Q2 revenue rose 11% YoY, topping $5B for the first time, giving LinkedIn an annual run rate of $20B+; Satya Nadella said paid video ads grew 30% YoY (www.geekwire.com)
18 days ago LinkedIn

Samsung reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$65.6B, vs. ~$65.28B est., and operating profit up 200%+ to ~$14.06B, driven by memory chip price surge and HBM demand (www.cnbc.com)
18 days ago Samsung 4Q

Fully Electric Vehicle Sales In EU Overtake Petrol For First Time In December (tech.slashdot.org)
18 days ago

Google says it took legal action to take down dozens of domains and disrupt the residential proxy network of Chinese company Ipidea, widely used by bad actors (www.wsj.com)
18 days ago China Google

Kernel Community Drafts a Plan For Replacing Linus Torvalds (linux.slashdot.org)
18 days ago

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