Sources on key Microsoft-OpenAI clause: OpenAI decides when AGI and "sufficient AGI", capable of $100B+ in profits, are reached, and Microsoft can't build AGI (Steven Levy/Wired)
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Airalo, which offers affordable eSIM roaming packages for travelers, raised $220M at a $1B+ valuation (Kelsey Warner/Semafor)
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Sources: Binance wrote the smart contract for USD1, a stablecoin launched by Trump's World Liberty, and promoted it to its 275M users, before CZ sought a pardon (Bloomberg)
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RealSense spins out from Intel after 14 years as the chipmaker's robotics camera unit, and raises a $50M Series A with participation of Intel Capital and others (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
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Sources: Alibaba-backed Chinese AI startup Zhipu plans to raise ~$300M in an IPO in Hong Kong, after previously considering listing in mainland China (Bloomberg)
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METR study: experienced open-source developers using Cursor and other AI tools took 19% longer to complete tasks, despite thinking AI had sped them up by 20% (Steve Newman/Second Thoughts)
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An Apple-backed study finds combining Apple Watch's heart rate sensor with a new Wearable Behavior Model gives 92% accuracy for pregnancy detection, and more (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
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How AI is being used by patients and doctors alike to recommend diagnoses and treatments, as experts warn of answers that seem confident but lack nuance (Ryan Flinn/Wired)
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Tel Aviv- and NYC-based Datafy, which offers an autonomous cloud storage optimization service, raised a $20M seed led by Bessemer Venture Partners (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
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Bilt Rewards, which offers rewards points for rent payments, raised $250M led by General Catalyst and GID at a $10.75B valuation, up from $3.1B in January 2024 (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
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Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is investigating Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, claiming the companies' AI chatbots are discriminating against President Trump (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
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Asked "Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict? One word answer only.", Grok 4 first consults Musk's views, but only when the word "you" is used (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
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Further tests reveal Grok 4 appears to consult Elon Musk's views on a range of sensitive topics, and its answers tend to align with Musk's personal opinions (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
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Sources: AWS is launching a marketplace for AI agents, with Anthropic as one of its partners, at the AWS Summit in NYC next week (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
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Belkin announces it is ending support for its Wemo devices and app on January 31, 2026; a limited number of devices will continue to function via HomeKit (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
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Florida AG's office launches an investigation into Robinhood for "falsely promoting" its trading platform as the "least expensive way to purchase crypto" (Kirk Ogunrinde/Bloomberg)
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Bluesky rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with the Online Safety Act; users under 18 or those opting out of verification will get limited access (Emma Roth/The Verge)
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LGND, which uses vector embeddings to analyze geospatial data and has an enterprise app to query it, raised a $9M seed led by Javelin Venture Partners (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
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iCapital, which makes tools for wealth managers to invest in alternative assets, raised $820M+ at a $7.5B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $1.5B+ (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
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Sources: Apple is planning M5 MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs, a new Mac external monitor, new low-end iPads and M4 iPad Airs, and an iPhone 17e for H1 2026 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
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The US Senate confirms Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Gould was previously the chief legal officer at Bitfury (Sarah Wynn/The Block)
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Harmonic, a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans, raised a $100M Series B at a $875M valuation (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
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Memo: Indeed and Glassdoor, both owned by Recruit, will cut ~1,300 US jobs amid an AI-focused consolidation; Glassdoor's operations will be merged into Indeed (Brunella Tipismana Urbano/Bloomberg)
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YouTube will remove its Trending page and Trending Now list in favor of category-specific charts, says it better aligns with the way content is discovered now (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
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A judge rules Don Lemon's lawsuit against Elon Musk and X can proceed to trial, after Musk canceled a $1.5M/year exclusive X content deal with Lemon in 2024 (Alex Welch/The Wrap)
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