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- OpenAI rolls out its AI agent, Operator, in several countries [4h]
- Rivian will launch hands-off highway driver assist ‘in a few weeks’ [13h]
- Solar crushed 2024, but emissions were up as industry used more natural gas [14h]
- 6 new tech unicorns were minted in January 2025 so far. [15h]
- Rivian inches closer to profitability but warns ‘changes to government policies’ could hurt [15h]
- CEO of Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition startup, has resigned [15h]
- Your Android phone could have stalkerware. Here’s how to remove it [16h]
- Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover didn’t make people like him, study shows [16h]
- Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps [16h]
- Bankrupt Nikola wants to sell its whole business by April [16h]
- Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people [16h]
- Meta starts accepting sign-ups for Community Notes on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads [17h]
- Tesla to test virtual queues at Supercharging locations [17h]
- Beta Technologies’ bet on electric flight and Hyundai’s new Tesla charging port comes up short [17h]
- Electric aircraft founder Kyle Clark threw out the Silicon Valley playbook [18h]
- Trump’s FTC is looking into censorship on tech platforms [18h]
- Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative [18h]
- In India, Apple’s iPhone 16e faces stiff competition from older models [18h]
- Pre-seed firm Afore Capital has a fresh $185M fund and a new program to help founders discover ideas [19h]
- 61 US startups became unicorns in 2024: Here’s the full list [19h]
- Inside the Humane acquisition: HP offers big raises to some, others immediately laid off [19h]
- Cherryrock Capital raises new $172M fund from all-star investors to back diverse founders [19h]
- Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house [20h]
- Instagram’s new ad format lets creators get paid for testimonials in comments [20h]
- Spotify partners with ElevenLabs to expand its library of AI-narrated audiobooks [20h]
- California privacy regulator seeks to fine Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers [21h]
- Substack now lets creators monetize videos and post them directly from its app [21h]
- Arize AI hopes it has first-mover advantage in AI observability [21h]
- Twitch caps streamers’ storage at 100 hours of highlights and uploads [21h]
- OpenAI now serves 400M users every week [22h]
- UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data [23h]
- Mercor, an AI recruiting startup founded by 21-year-olds, raises $100M at $2B valuation [23h]
- SmartSuite raises $38M to be the final word on enterprise collaboration [23h]
- Amazon is shutting down its app store on Android [23h]
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