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Apple plans to ‘significantly’ grow AI investments, Cook says

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-22 23:21:41

Apple on Thursday signaled that it’s getting more serious about its plans to catch up in the AI race. “We see AI as one of the most profound technologies of our lifetime. We are embedding it across our devices and platforms and across the company. We are also significantly growing our investments,” CEO Tim Cook said on the Q3 2025 earnings call with investors. “Apple has always been about taking the most advanced technologies and making them easy to use and accessible for everyone, and that’s a

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Apple has now sold 3 billion iPhones

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-12-22 23:35:04

Apple has sold 3 billion iPhones since the product was launched in 2007, Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. It took Apple nine years to sell the billionth iPhone, a milestone the company reached in 2016. This implies that Apple sold 2 billion between 2016 and now — also a nine-year period — marking the product’s growing popularity. While Apple celebrates 3 billion iPhones sold, the company has struggled a bit in the stock market this year, as the

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Roblox stock soars 10% after revenue beat, strong user growth

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-12-23 04:01:33

Roblox stock soared 10% on Thursday after the company reported second-quarter revenue that beat expectations amid strong user growth. The gaming platform saw $1.44 billion in net bookings, up 51% over the year prior. Analysts polled by LSEG expected $1.24 billion in net bookings for the quarter. User and engagement numbers were also strong for the company, with daily active users at 111.8 million, up 41% year over year, and hours engaged at 27.4 billion, up 58%. StreetAccount expected 106 mil

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Reddit shares jump 20% on second-quarter sales and guidance beat

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-12-23 04:45:51

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2024. Reddit shares jumped as much as 20% after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat on sales and guidance. Here's how the company did compared with LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected 45 cents vs. 19 cents expected Revenue: $500 million vs. $426 million expected Reddit's sales grew 78% year-over-year in the second quar

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Tim Cook: Apple is ‘significantly growing’ AI spend, M&A could accelerate roadmap

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-23 04:56:03

Today Apple reported its quarterly earnings, far exceeding Wall Street expectations with a huge 10% YoY revenue increase. Apple CEO Tim Cook also signaled strong AI ambitions for the company in quotes made to CNBC. Apple’s AI investments are growing, but much more could be ahead Kif Leswing writes at CNBC: “We are significantly growing our investments,” Cook said about AI. “We’re embedding it across our devices, across our platforms and across the company.” Cook said that Apple had acquired “

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Formula E cars keep getting faster and faster: What’s next for the sport?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-23 03:51:16

In addition to being bigger and heavier, teams are also going to have high- and low-downforce configurations. Racing drivers will always want more grip, but the addition of aerodynamics to push cars down onto the track surface can fundamentally change the racing, and not always in a way that makes for an entertaining spectacle for the audience. That said, Formula E isn’t adding downforce to Gen 4 just because. Change is never easy "This was a hot topic. No mitigation: car performance, car perf

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Formula E wraps up season 11—where does the all-EV series go next?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-23 09:51:16

In addition to being bigger and heavier, teams are also going to have high- and low-downforce configurations. Racing drivers will always want more grip, but the addition of aerodynamics to push cars down onto the track surface can fundamentally change the racing, and not always in a way that makes for an entertaining spectacle for the audience. That said, Formula E isn’t adding downforce to Gen 4 just because. Change is never easy "This was a hot topic. No mitigation: car performance, car perf

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Figma more than triples in NYSE debut after selling shares at $33

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-23 14:10:52

Figma 's stock more than tripled in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, a day after the design software company sold shares at $33 in its IPO. The big opening pop is the latest indication that the tech IPO market has reopened following a multi-year lull that began in early 2022, when inflation was soaring and interest rates were on the rise. So far this year, online bank Chime , stablecoin issuer Circle and artificial intelligence infrastructure provider CoreWeave have hit the market

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How to Scan Force Pushed Commits for Secrets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 12:10:21

Key Insights The new Force Push Scanner tool scans for secrets in dangling commits on GitHub that remain exposed after certain force push operations. Run the following command to scan your GitHub repositories: python force_push_scanner . py -- db - file pushes . sqlite3 -- scan < github_org / user Zero-Commit Force Push operations: where developers attempt to erase mistakes by resetting their git history without pushing new commits. There are tens of millions of dangling commits publicly acc

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States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

wired.com Emily Mullin 2025-12-23 14:53:46

With US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access to lifesaving shots in anticipation of further changes. The federal government has historically had a major influence on vaccine policy through the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), formed in 1964 to develop science-based recommendations on how vaccines should be used. The recommendations are almost always adopted by the

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Ferrari Status

news.ycombinator.com Ted Lamade 2025-12-19 23:23:14

Is Ferrari a car company? The obvious answer is yes, but not according to its CEO, Benedetto Vigna, who recently described the company’s business model saying, “We are not – we are not – a car company. We are a luxury company that is also doing cars.” That’s their differentiator. Their brand. Their “schtick.” And, it works, but not because it’s a marketing ploy. It works because Ferrari backs it up with its actions. How so? By adhering to its founder Enzo Ferrari’s “scarcity dictum” that de

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Kaizen (YC X25) is hiring engineers to build browser agents that work

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-23 18:00:56

Why you should join Kaizen Kaizen uses browser agents to help developers instantly integrate into websites without APIs. We’re tackling the $300B business process outsourcing market by automating all repetitive work done on the computer. The problem: Most business-critical data lives in web portals without APIs. In logistics, healthcare, and financial services companies rely on hundreds of these systems. Custom integrations across them typically involve weeks of engineering work, a never-endin

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Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps —and AI is partially to blame

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-12-23 18:36:05

At one point, an app called Twitterrific was one of the most popular iPhone apps for browsing Twitter. These days, the company behind that app, and the many apps that followed, is struggling. And AI may partially be to blame. On Wednesday, the company known as the Iconfactory admitted it was at a crossroads and was putting up several of its apps for sale due to a lack of resources. While the announcement positioned the matter as a situation where the Iconfactory’s app catalog had simply grown t

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Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-23 20:05:39

Google is testing a machine learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Goog

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Microsoft ends tradition of naming competitors in regulatory filings

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-12-24 04:40:32

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella leaves after attending a meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Microsoft has abandoned a decades-long tradition of calling out the names of its rivals in regulatory documents. When the 50-year-old technology company released its annual report Wednesday, the 101-page document contained zero references to longtime foes Apple and IBM . Nor did it mention privately held challengers such as Anth

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Arm stock tumbles on chip designer's muted profit forecast

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-24 04:42:57

Shares of Arm Holdings plunged 12% on Thursday after the chip designer offered muted guidance for earnings. Second-quarter adjusted earnings will be between 29 cents and 37 cents per share, Arm said late Wednesday. Wall Street had projected 35 cents per share. The company forecast second-quarter revenue of $1.01 billion to $1.11 billion, which was in line with consensus estimates of $1.05 billion. The concerning outlook was amplified by commentary from Arm CEO Rene Haas, who indicated the com

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Lyft completes its $197 million acquisition of Europe's Freenow

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-24 04:24:20

Lyft has received the required regulatory clearance to finalize its acquisition of the European app-based taxi company Freenow. First announced back in April, Lyft’s approximately $197 million agreement with BMW and Mercedes-Benz allows the company to expand outside of North America for the first time. Freenow’s service will continue to operate as normal, but Bloomberg reports that users will be prompted to download the Lyft app when travelling in the US or Canada, and vice versa for Lyft rider

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Microsoft becomes the second $4 trillion company

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-12-24 04:56:07

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s stock price has risen so much today that it has passed a $4 trillion market valuation for the first time in its 50-year history. The software maker is the second company to be valued at $4 trillion, after Nvidia reached a market cap of over $4 trillion earlier this month. Microsoft has reached this milestone thanks to better-than-expected earnings, and the company

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Skechers unveils kids' sneakers with hidden Apple AirTag compartment

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-24 09:51:00

In brief: Parents who worry about where their kids are might be interested in a new line of children's sneakers from Skechers. Each pair of these shoes has a hidden compartment on the inside designed to fit an Apple AirTag, allowing the wearer to be tracked. The sneakers in the new Find My Skechers line have a cutout inside the heel of the shoe. Lift up the insert to reveal a small compartment containing the AirTag holder, where the tracker can be securely placed. The compartment has a screw-i

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Roblox stock soars 16% after revenue beat, strong user growth

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-12-24 09:01:59

Roblox stock soared 16% Thursday after the company reported second-quarter revenue that beat expectations amid strong user growth. The gaming platform saw $1.44 billion in net bookings, up 51% over the year prior. Analysts polled by LSEG expected $1.24 billion in net bookings for the quarter. User and engagement numbers were also strong for the company, with daily active users at 111.8 million, up 41% year-over-year, and hours engaged at 27.4 billion, up 58% year-over-year. StreetAccount expe

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Figma CEO says AI superintelligence is not a looming threat to the company

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-24 09:30:57

Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field said Thursday that artificial intelligence doesn't pose a serious threat to the future of the design software company, which is on the verge of debuting on the public markets. "We're in this moment where you might, if you're singularity-pilled, go, 'Hey, superintelligence is coming and it'll be able to do things that no human can do," Field told CNBC's "Squawk Box." "I have a harder time believing that we're going to approach that really quickly right now, b

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Spotify Made a Huge Mistake With AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-24 09:20:38

While Spotify users worm their way through a maze of AI-generated slop, the streaming giant's executives are dealing with an exodus of musicians after CEO Daniel Ek was working on a massive investment into an AI military weapons firm. Through his tech investment company, Prima Materia, Ek lead a $690 million funding round into Helsing, a German drone and AI weapons tech company, as reported by the Financial Times. Four years earlier, Ek — who also holds a position as Chairman of Helsing — led t

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TikTok gets long-overdue fact-checking enhancement, plus new parental controls

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-23 02:23:47

Video streaming platform TikTok is finally introducing community fact-checking, in the form of TikTok Footnotes – the equivalent to X’s Community Notes. This is initially available in the US only. The company has also announced new parental controls, aimed at giving oversight of both TikTok consumption and uploads by teens … Community Notes have played a valuable role on the social network formerly known as Twitter. Hoaxes and disinformation has been a growing problem on X, and the Community N

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Startup and Nobel laureate collaborate to create GPU financial exchange

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-24 14:22:00

What just happened? A new financial marketplace aims to offer crucial risk management tools to a resource at the center of the tech industry's explosive growth. If successful, the initiative could make access to high-performance compute more predictable and affordable. The world of artificial intelligence is built on computing power, and at the heart of that engine are graphics processing units. These chips are in such high demand that they have often been compared to oil during the gold rush,

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Introduction to Computer Music

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 11:37:22

About This Textbook The Introduction to Computer Music was initially designed as an online text for first-year study of computer music. This e-book aspires to present information in sufficient depth to be useful to composers, beginning audio engineers and other musicians, professional or otherwise, interested in making music with technology. The first edition of this text was begun in 2004 with an Indiana University Instructional Development Grant and has served our electronic studio resources

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China claims Nvidia built backdoor into H20 chip designed for Chinese market

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-24 14:28:28

Beijing has summoned Nvidia over alleged security issues with its chips, in a blow to the US company’s push to revive sales in the country after Washington granted approval for the export of a made-for-China chip. China’s cyber regulator on Thursday said it had held a meeting with Nvidia over what it called “serious security issues” with the company’s artificial intelligence chips. It said US AI experts had “revealed that Nvidia’s computing chips have location tracking and can remotely shut dow

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Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-12-24 14:05:39

Google is testing a machine-learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Goog

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Amazon Throws Money at ‘Netflix of AI’

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-24 17:59:49

Amazon poured more than $1 billion into its streaming series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, only for it to get a pretty tepid reception. So Amazon appears to be going for a new approach to streaming content: If you think you can do better, prove it. According to a report from Business Insider, the company is funding an AI streaming platform called Showrunner that, in theory, will let people create their own shows using generative AI tools. Showrunner is the creation of Fable Studio,

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Trump administration's digital health tracking system gives tech giants access to medical records

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-25 05:15:00

Forward-looking: The Trump administration wants the US public to upload personal health data and medical records to a series of apps and systems managed by private health companies and tech giants. The move is supposed to allow easier access to health records across the nation, bringing personal healthcare into the digital age, but there are plenty of concerns about the security of the data and the possibility that it could be exploited. During an event announcing the initiative yesterday, Pres

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Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-12-25 04:12:49

Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks 2 hours ago Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Ofcom is investigating four companies, operating a total of 34 porn sites, over whether they are complying with its new age check requirements. The regulator said on Friday more than 6,000 sites allowing pornography and other adult content would start using "highly effective" tools to verify or estimate whether users were over or under the age of 18. But Ofcom says s

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Latest Tech News

Apple plans to ‘significantly’ grow AI investments, Cook says

Apple has now sold 3 billion iPhones

Roblox stock soars 10% after revenue beat, strong user growth

Reddit shares jump 20% on second-quarter sales and guidance beat

Tim Cook: Apple is ‘significantly growing’ AI spend, M&A could accelerate roadmap

Formula E cars keep getting faster and faster: What’s next for the sport?

Formula E wraps up season 11—where does the all-EV series go next?

Figma more than triples in NYSE debut after selling shares at $33

How to Scan Force Pushed Commits for Secrets

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

Ferrari Status

Kaizen (YC X25) is hiring engineers to build browser agents that work

Design and development shop the Iconfactory is selling some apps —and AI is partially to blame

Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

Microsoft ends tradition of naming competitors in regulatory filings

Arm stock tumbles on chip designer's muted profit forecast

Lyft completes its $197 million acquisition of Europe's Freenow

Microsoft becomes the second $4 trillion company

Skechers unveils kids' sneakers with hidden Apple AirTag compartment

Roblox stock soars 16% after revenue beat, strong user growth

Figma CEO says AI superintelligence is not a looming threat to the company

Spotify Made a Huge Mistake With AI

TikTok gets long-overdue fact-checking enhancement, plus new parental controls

Startup and Nobel laureate collaborate to create GPU financial exchange

Introduction to Computer Music

China claims Nvidia built backdoor into H20 chip designed for Chinese market

Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.

Amazon Throws Money at ‘Netflix of AI’

Trump administration's digital health tracking system gives tech giants access to medical records

Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over age checks

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