Meta plans to invest $60 to $65 billion into AI infrastructure this year, President Trump signed an executive order to advance crypto and potentially develop a national stockpile, and the EU is conducting its first social media stress test.

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OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle announced Stargate, a $500 billion investment initiative into building data centers for AI in the US. Sony will end Blu-ray production next month. Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in a Subaru web portal that let them take over car controls and track driver location data. And OpenAI announced Thursday it’s launching a “research preview” of Operator.

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How Android XR could benefit from HTC brain drain, a risky Cloudflare CDN security flaw, Instagram teen accounts come to South Korea, and Jason takes you behind the stage of Galaxy Unpacked.

Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao.

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• Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: a new king of 4K is here

• Review: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition

• Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X

• Instagram launches teen accounts for safety in South Korea

• Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars

• Apple won’t return TikTok to the App Store until it’s sold to a U.S. buyer

• Cloudflare CDN flaw leaks user location data, even through secure chat apps

• Apple and Google’s massive mobile empires face dual UK antitrust probes

• 2025 State of Mobile: Consumers’ $150 Billion Spent on Mobile Highlights Another Record-Setting Year

Stargate Project highlights rift between OpenAI and Microsoft, the UK’s CMA investigates Apple and Google over DMCC, DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-R1.

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GDC has released its State of the Game Industry 2025 survey. What does it say about the general mood among game developers, their interest in generative AI and platforms they’re developing for. We look at the highlights from Samsung’s latest Unpacked event where they unveiled new Galaxy S series phones and generative AI services. Plus why is Netflix raising prices again?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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• Galaxy Unpacked January 2025: Official Livestream – YouTube
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Unpacked live blog — last-minute leaks and all the big news | Tom’s Guide
• TechRadar’s live coverage
• Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus hands-on: more of the same – The Verge
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra hands-on: smoothing out sharp edges – The Verge
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra stylus: back to boring basics – The Verge
• Samsung bringing ambient sensing to SmartThings – The Verge
• Samsung’s SmartThings to introduce AI features that simplify your daily routines | TechCrunch
• Samsung Set to Enter AR Glasses Market With Google Partnership – Bloomberg
• Samsung Galaxy S25 Series: Specs, Release Date, Price, Features | WIRED
• Samsung and Google are developing AR glasses together – The Verge
• ChromeOS rolling out Face Control, Chromebox OPS touchscreens | 9to5Google
• Google Announces Major Hardware and Software Updates for the Education Market | Thurrott.com
• Netflix Hits Record Quarter | Bloomberg
• Netflix Subscription Price Hike | Engadget
• Microsoft and OpenAI Partnership Update | TechCrunch
• OpenAI Teams Up with SoftBank and Oracle | TechCrunch
• Truecaller Real-Time Caller ID for iPhone | TechCrunch
• Meta’s Smart Glasses Expansion | TechCrunch
• ByteDance and DeepSeek AI Models | Reuters
• YouTube Premium Beta Features | The Verge
• Ross Ulbricht Pardoned | Ars Technica
• Trump Fires DHS Board Investigating Cyber Attacks | Dark Reading
• Zigbee Ambient Sensing Technology | The Verge

Microsoft has revised its multiyear agreement with OpenAI, OpenAI has announced a partnership with SoftBank and Oracle to launch the Stargate Project, and President Trump stated that he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison buying TikTok.

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How AI models are helping streamline the process of developing anti-venom for victims of snake bites. We share how we dealt with the “harrowing” ordeal of this past weekend’s TikTok outage. Spotify expands its offerings to include educational courses and self-help content.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.

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The Trump Administration will not enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act for 75 days, Instagram is offering creators cash bonuses of $10,000 to $50,000 per month to exclusively post to Reels before other platforms, and WhatsApp is heading to Meta’s Account Center.

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Why companies may be risking fines in the US, should your mobile OS restrict SIM card info and Reed Albergotti from Semafor tells us why the World Economic Forum in Davos is something of a tech conference.

Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao.

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• Trump signs order refusing to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days – The Verge

• Trump Executive Order Hits 75-Day Pause Button on TikTok Ban | PCMag

• Sen. Tom Cotton warns TikTok’s service providers of “ruinous liability” for hosting the app. – The Verge

• China Signals It Is Open to a Deal Keeping TikTok in U.S. – WSJ

• Marvel Snap is back in the US – The Verge

• Instagram Unveils ‘Edits’ App as CapCut Rival – MacRumors

• Samsung Galaxy S25 Unpacked live blog — last-minute leaks and all the big news | Tom’s Guide

• China Smartphone Sales Fall 3.2% YoY in Q4, Only Quarter With YoY Decline in 2024

• Meta will soon let you link your WhatsApp account with Instagram and Facebook | TechCrunch

• UK plans ‘digital wallet’ for driver’s licenses and other ID, plus a chatbot powered by OpenAI | TechCrunch

• Col Needham Steps Aside as IMDb CEO, Nikki Santoro to Replace Him | Variety

• TSMC plants in operation after earthquake prompts evacuations | Yahoo Finance