New Intel Lunar Lake Surface laptops, plus a look at how tariffs could impact tech in the US.

Starring Jason Howell and Shannon Morse

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Police seizes Cracked and Nulled hacking forum servers, arrests suspects

Microsoft’s AI business is booming — Xbox, not so much

Microsoft Earnings Release FY25 Q2

Meta Platforms Sales Soar to Record, Bolstering Zuckerberg’s AI Spending Spree

Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results

Zuck shrugs off DeepSeek, vows to spend hundreds of billions on AI

The return of ‘OG Facebook’ is a big Meta priority this year – 9to5Mac

IBM Shares Jump on Strong Sales Outlook and AI Bookings

Tesla’s profits slide over 70 percent in the fourth quarter

Microsoft announces Intel-powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7

DeepSeek R1 is now available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

Microsoft makes DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub

Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History

DeepSeek exposed internal database containing chat histories and sensitive data

Vodafone makes world’s first space video call from an area of no coverage using a standard mobile phone and commercial satellites

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Waymo to test in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego

Exclusive: Authors Guild to offer “Human Authored” label on books to compete with AI

LG might save us from the misery of hotel TVs

Microsoft announced new Intel-powered Surface PCs for Business, Waymo Expanded to 10 new cities, and Microsoft integrated DeepSeek’s R1 model into Azure and GitHub.

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OpenAI tells the Financial Times that it found evidence that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used OpenAI’s proprietary models to train its system. An anti-AI scrapping activist creates a tarpit to trap AI crawlers in an endless maze of links to nowhere. Plus Xbox’s Phil Spencer made an interesting comment about hard exclusives on the platform. And how do teens really feel about the tech industry and the dangers of the AI industry?

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

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A chip vulnerability in Apple Silicon isn’t great, plus why OpenAI’s concern about DeepSeek is hilarious but justified.

Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter.

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• SLAP and FLOP security flaws affect all current Apple devices
• New Apple CPU side-channel attacks steal data from browsers
• Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more – Ars Technica
• Windows 11 is Getting an Improved Phone Link Integration in the Start Menu
• OpenAI suddenly thinks intellectual property theft is not cool, actually, amid DeepSeek’s rise
• Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data – Bloomberg
• AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission – Ars Technica
• Atari’s limited edition Asteroids watch tells time with orbiting spaceships | The Verge
• Comcast unveils ultra-low lag Internet connection
• Apple enables support for T-Mobile and Starlink satellite network on the iPhone
• Copyright Office Offers Assurance on AI Filmmaking Tools
• Google Play adds a ‘Verified’ badge for trusted VPN apps | TechCrunch
• NordVPN’s new feature gets around networks that block VPNs | The Verge
• CVS tries to juice app signups with cabinet unlocking feature
• Logitech’s peel-and-stick radar sensors could let companies invisibly monitor their offices | The Verge
• Google Pixel 4a’s old firmware is gone, trapping users on the buggy battery update | Android Central

iOS 18.3 lets some T-Mobile users access Starlink, Comcast rolls out new Xfinity low-latency feature, US Copyright Office says AI-generated content alone isn’t eligible for protection.

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As generative AI develops much of the focus has been on the human-like quality of their output. But what does the data show regarding how AI-human interaction creating a feedback loop that impacts our biases. X has partnered with Visa to offer peer-to-peer fund transfer. Is it enough to pull people back to the platform and will existing users even use it? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has reported on a study that shows almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Plus, Andrew Mayne goes deep on the DeepSeek hype.

Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.

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• Pebble Smartwatch Founder Launching Open-Source Reboot – Ars Technica
• Re-Pebble Official Website
• Why We’re Bringing Pebble Back – Eric Migicovsky
• DeepSeek Releases New AI Image Model Family – TechCrunch
• OpenAI Launches ChatGPT-Gov for Government Agencies – CNBC
• Bluesky Adds Video Tab to User Profiles – Engadget
• Spotify Paid Out $10 Billion to Music Industry in 2024 – Variety
• UAE Testing Rain-Increasing Cloud Seeding Tech – Bloomberg
• UAE Could Increase Rain by 25% with New Tech – Khaleej Times
• Google Maps to Show ‘Gulf of America’ After Updates – CNBC
• Amazon and Microsoft Cloud Dominance Under Scrutiny – Bloomberg
• Apple iPhone SE 4 Surfaces in Leak – PCMag
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov, Visa and X partner to facilitate payments for X users, and Apple patched an actively exploited zero-day affecting multiple devices.

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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shakes up the tech market with its R1 Reasoning model that it claims has better performance than OpenAI’s o1 model at just 3% to 5 % of the cost. Canadian developer Daniel Supernault has launched a Kickstarter to increase development of federated social media apps. And multiple YouTube viewers say they are getting served hour-long ads on YouTube without an option to skip them.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Is Perplexity still gunning to buy Tiktok? Kiwi Browser for Android is shutting down, WhatsApp’s latest beta shows support for multiple accounts in the iOS app.
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