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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg : How JioHotstar became India's most popular streamer, with 100M subscribers paying less than $1/month on average, via a freemium model, micro dramas, and more   —  More than 100 million people now subscribe to India's largest paid video service.  —  Good evening from Mumbai … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/stcvlVF via IFTTT

Counterpoint Research : Global foldable smartphone shipments increased by just 2.9% YoY in 2024, and shipments are expected to decline by about 4% YoY in 2025   —  - 2024 saw the global foldable market growing at a comparatively flat annual rate of 2.9%.  — Samsung and OPPO's unusually weak Q4 negatively impacted broader market dynamics. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/dtBxfnJ via IFTTT

Bethan Staton / Financial Times : Many LinkedIn users put part-time job-level effort to maintain their pages; LinkedIn: 85% of FTSE 100 CEOs have a presence on the platform, up from 12% in 2023   —  More users are chasing high follower counts as the professional network expands its reach  —  Soon after lawyer Paul Verrico posted … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/napEvKz via IFTTT

Ernie Smith / Tedium : Apple's current enterprise offerings are built for single machines and have complex virtualization rules, saddling high-end users with inefficient remote setups   —  Whether it was trying to or not, Apple exposed a huge flaw with its pitch to professional video editors with a new Severance promotional video. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/eqVaXFx via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Ethereum is struggling to keep the interest of investors and developers, having fallen out of step in an industry transformed by the embrace of Donald Trump   —  Vitalik Buterin was long viewed as the wunderkind of the cryptocurrency world.  —  The gawky, playful founder of Ethereum … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/hC2mQ7b via IFTTT

Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal : Uber and DoorDash are pressing GOP lawmakers to include independent contractors who drive rideshare vehicles and deliver food in Trump's no-tax-on-tips proposal   —  GOP proposal offers tax breaks to employees—but not independent contractors such as ride-share drivers from Techmeme https://ift.tt/WzaG60Z via IFTTT

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : A look at drone delivery startup Zipline, which has raised $500M+, made 1.4M+ deliveries in seven countries, and delivers packages for Walmart in two US cities   —  Soon your burrito bowl could arrive via the sky.  Zipline's drones make deliveries by lowering small coolers on 300-foot cables. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/kfv5J8j via IFTTT

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg : Kalshi sues Nevada's gaming regulators to keep offering event contracts to bet on sports and politics, citing federal regulation by the US CFTC   —  Kalshi sued Nevada's gaming regulators to keep offering so-called event contracts to bet on sports and politics, setting up a clash between state and federal regulators. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9v1sznL via IFTTT

Jake Kanter / Deadline : A look at AI-generated fake movie trailers on YouTube; WBD, Paramount, and Sony have earned ad revenue from some videos instead of defending their copyright   —  Cut to Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor watching on and Milly Alcock's Supergirl levitating into view.  “They are not from here,” Luthor intones in an ominous voiceover. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/zHmGtyb via IFTTT

Luisa Beltran / Fortune : A jury finds Frank founder Charlie Javice guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase by falsifying Frank user numbers; the charges carry a maximum sentence of 30 years   —  A Manhattan jury on Friday issued a guilty verdict against Charlie Javice, the 33-year-old CEO who duped JPMorgan Chase into buying … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/FNVmwel via IFTTT

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters : Google will pay $100M in cash to settle a 2011 lawsuit accusing the company of charging for clicks on ads outside the geographic areas the advertisers targeted   —  Google has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to settle a long-running lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers by failing … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/mWFBwQZ via IFTTT

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Amazon partners with Electronic Arts to bring EA games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to cloud gaming service Amazon Luna, which is now available in 14 countries   —  Amazon Luna unveiled a multi-year agreement with big game publisher Electronic Arts to bring many of its top games to the Luna cloud gaming service. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/UMqXlan via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Ubisoft carves out a unit, which includes Assassin's Creed, into a ~€4B subsidiary; Tencent will invest €1.16B to acquire a 25% stake in the new entity   —  The deal represents a vote of confidence from Tencent, which already holds a 10% stake in Ubisoft, in the wake … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/1Ir7PXf via IFTTT

Maggie Miller / Politico : DNI Tulsi Gabbard told a Congressional hearing that Signal comes “pre-installed” on government devices, hinting at a major shift following the Salt Typhoon hack   —  The app had been largely banned on government-issued devices in the past.  —  Director of National Intelligence … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Gd9oqzC via IFTTT

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : YouTube says Shorts views will now be counted each time a video starts to play or replay, rather than only after being watched for a certain number of seconds   —  YouTube is changing how it counts views on YouTube Shorts to give creators a deeper understanding of how their short-form content is performing … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ecD06uC via IFTTT

Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters : Starboard Value nominates three directors including its CEO, Jeff Smith, to Autodesk's board, rekindling its proxy battle with Autodesk over margin concerns   —  Starboard Value on Wednesday nominated three directors including its chief executive and founder, Jeff Smith, to Autodesk's (ADSK.O) … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Xois2nA via IFTTT

Cory Weinberg / The Information : Leaked financial figures: Stripe doubled its free cash flow in 2024 to about $2.2B and grew revenues by about 28% to $5.1B; Chime grew revenues by 31% to $1.7B   —  Stripe is putting up the kind of numbers that would send its stock soaring, if it had public stock. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/VwUkIHf via IFTTT

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch : The Arc Prize Foundation says its new ARC-AGI-2 test stumps most AI models; humans get 60% of the questions right but GPT-4.5 and Claude 3.7 Sonnet score ~1%   —  The Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by prominent AI researcher François Chollet, announced in a blog post … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/DG4SeAs via IFTTT

Emma Roth / The Verge : Meta rolls out a pilot program on Instagram designed to let US schools flag any potentially rule-violating post or account for prioritized review   —  The platform's new partnership program will prioritize reports made by schools. … Instagram is rolling out a new program to fast-track moderation reports made by school districts. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9ovAyeg via IFTTT

OpenAI has released a new image generator that’s designed less for typical surrealist AI art and more for highly controllable and practical creation of visuals—a sign that OpenAI thinks its tools are ready for use in fields like advertising and graphic design.  The image generator, which is now part of the company’s GPT-4o model, was promised by OpenAI last May but wasn’t released. Requests for generated images on ChatGPT were filled by an older image generator called DALL-E. OpenAI has been tweaking the new model since then and will now release it over the coming weeks to all tiers of users starting today, replacing the older one.  The new model makes progress on technical issues that have plagued AI image generators for years. While most have been great at creating fantastical images or realistic deepfakes, they’ve been terrible at something called binding, which refers to the ability to identify certain objects correctly and put them in their proper place (like a sign t...

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch : Arcade, a gen-AI marketplace for designing jewelry, raised a $25M Series A led by Canaan Partners, bringing total funding to $42M, and expands to home goods   —  Arcade, a generative AI marketplace for designing jewelry, is expanding its offerings to include home goods, starting with rugs. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/suVpqEk via IFTTT

Kylie Robison / The Verge : Sources: Haofei Wang, X's director of engineering who joined the company in July 2023, has left the company   —  The sudden departure comes after Musk shifted his attention to DOGE and xAI. … X's director of engineering, Haofei Wang, has suddenly left the company, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/u26zFKe via IFTTT

Nate Raymond / Reuters : Massachusetts' top securities regulator probes Robinhood's decision to launch a prediction markets hub, after sending the company a subpoena last week   —  Massachusetts' top securities regulator has launched an investigation into trading platform Robinhood's (HOOD.O) decision to launch … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/etnu4J2 via IFTTT

Wes Davis / The Verge : Google is rolling out new real-time AI video features, including the ability to “see” screens and camera feeds, for Gemini Advanced subscribers   —  Gemini can ‘see’ screens and camera feeds in real-time for some Google One AI Premium subscribers now. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/oYR57C2 via IFTTT

Margi Murphy / Bloomberg : Research shows a surge in the popularity of deepfake porn services, with the 10 most popular “nudifying” websites receiving 18M views in January 2025 alone   —  An introduction to the Levittown podcast.  Plus: Another billionaire's space dreams. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/NSLcTlU via IFTTT

New York Times : How one of the world's major money laundering networks, linked to Cambodia's Huione Group, services online scammers using cryptocurrency, Telegram, and more   —  Documents and insiders reveal how one of the world's major money laundering networks operates.  —  Documents and insiders reveal … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Lg4Uhp7 via IFTTT