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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: YouTube adds experimental features for Premium users, including higher audio bitrate of up to 256kbps for music videos and faster playback on mobile  —  YouTube said Wednesday that it is adding new experimental features for Premium users, including high-quality audio, faster playback speed option on mobile … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Source: OpenAI plans to release a new ChatGPT feature called Operator this week to automate complex tasks typically done via a web browser  —  OpenAI is preparing to release a new ChatGPT feature this week that will automate complex tasks typically done through the Web browser … Lees verder op Tech Meme

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: A look at The Stargate Project: unanswered questions, PR wins, SoftBank only has ~$30B cash, many projects are old news, and Elon Musk trolled the announcement  —  OpenAI, Microsoft, SoftBank, Oracle, Trump, MGX, ARM, and NVIDIA all get double-dip wins in the announcement Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Samsung launches a kid-friendly mode for the Galaxy Watch 7, letting children call and text trusted contacts, and parents track kids via GPS  —  Samsung dropped some wearable news ahead of its Unpacked event later today: parents can now use the cellular Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 as a smartwatch for their kids. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Louise Matsakis / Wired: Days before TikTok briefly went dark, Meta made Instagram and Facebook design tweaks, added new features, and ran ads promoting its apps as TikTok alternatives  —  In the days before TikTok went dark, Instagram and Facebook released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting its platforms as a comparable alternative. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Quant trading firm XTX Markets, which manages $250B+ in daily trades, plans to invest €1B+ in five data centers in Finland to support its growing use of ML  —  – Billionaire’s quant firm plans five data centers in Finland  — The move bucks trend of relying on third-party infrastructure Lees verder op Tech Meme

Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: Google unveils classroom and accessibility ChromeOS features, and rolls out a tool that lets users control their computer with their head and facial expressions  —  Google is announcing a variety of classroom and accessibility-focused ChromeOS features today, and one of the standouts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Danny Park / The Block: A Texas District Court rules against the sanctions on Tornado Cash, ordering a previous decision to be reversed; the US sanctioned Tornado Cash in August 2022  —  – A U.S. District Court has ordered the sanctions on Tornado Cash to be reversed.  — The price of TORN jumped over 140% following the news. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: UK CMA Chair Marcus Bokkerink plans to leave the antitrust agency, forced out by UK ministers; the CMA appoints ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr as interim chair  —  Marcus Bokkerink replaced at CMA with government saying it wants pro-business decisions to drive prosperity and growth Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Data analytics startup Databricks closed its $10B Series J, announced in December 2024, with investment from Meta, Temasek, and QIA, and raised $5.25B in debt  —  Data analytics platform Databricks has confirmed that it has closed a previously announced $10 billion in Series J equity financing at a $62 billion valuation. Lees verder op Tech Meme