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• Hindenburg Research, a short seller that targeted tech and EV companies, is closing up shop [408d]
• Reusable rocket startup Stoke raised another massive round: $260M [409d]
• Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting [409d]
• As TikTok faces a US shutdown, here are some alternative apps to check out [409d]
• More teens report using ChatGPT for schoolwork, despite the tech’s faults [409d]
• Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S25 on January 22 — here’s what we expect [409d]
• Duolingo sees 216% spike in U.S. users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote [409d]
• Meta adds 200 megawatts of solar to its 12 gigawatt renewable portfolio [409d]
• These tech companies are donating to LA wildfire relief efforts [409d]
• Loft Orbital lands a fresh $170M after logging over $500M of bookings [409d]
• TikTok owner ByteDance powered an e-reader’s unhinged AI assistant [409d]
• OpenAI is bankrolling Axios’ expansion into four new markets [409d]
• Tesla to split $100M award for electric truck charging corridor in Illinois [409d]
• Biden administration adds 14 additional Chinese firms to trade blacklist [409d]
• How to stream Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day 2025 [409d]
• AI researcher François Chollet founds a new AI lab focused on AGI [409d]
• Trump’s DOT pick wants EV owners to pay to use roads [409d]
• This Week in AI: Will Biden’s AI actions survive the Trump era? [409d]