Melania Trump is about to govt produce a brand new documentary on Amazon.com, Inc.‘s AMZN Prime Video, providing a uncommon glimpse into her life and affect in Donald Trump’s political sphere.
Smartphones
Apple Inc. AAPL stays unable to promote its iPhone 16 in Indonesia. the corporate has not met Indonesia’s home content material necessities, which stipulate that smartphones offered within the nation should embrace at least 35% locally-made elements.
Apple has clarified its privateness insurance policies concerning Siri, following a $95 million settlement over allegations of unauthorized recordings. The corporate emphasised that it has by no means offered or used Siri knowledge for advertising and marketing functions.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. SSNLF is gearing up for CES 2025 with main bulletins and futuristic tech. Samsung’s theme for this 12 months’s CES presentation is “AI for All: On a regular basis, In all places.“
Early bulletins from Samsung’s newsroom spotlight AI-enhanced fridges, home equipment with built-in screens, and extra. Count on options like superior personalization and smarter dwelling integration.
Samsung has confirmed the discharge of its much-anticipated Ballie dwelling robotic.
Samsung introduced its Unpacked occasion, set for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in San Jose. The occasion will showcase the brand new Galaxy S25 collection and developments in Galaxy AI.
Samsung is about to introduce a subscription mannequin for its Galaxy smartphones.
Media & Gaming
Alphabet Inc.‘s GOOG Google TV customers are reportedly encountering points with buying sure films, together with Walt Disney Co.’s DIS classics.
Walt Disney stated that its streaming platforms have reached one other milestone. The corporate’s streaming platforms, Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, have amassed roughly 157 million month-to-month lively customers globally who interact with ad-supported content material.
Know-how
Microsoft Company MSFT has determined to briefly pause building on elements of its bold knowledge heart undertaking in Mount Nice.
Nvidia Company NVDA CEO Jensen Huang delivered the keynote at CES 2025. The keynote’s spotlight was the introduction of the most recent GeForce RTX 5000 Graphic playing cards collection, which embrace the $1,999 RTX 5090, $999 RTX 5080, $749 RTX 5070 Ti, and $549 RTX 5070.
The lead product for Google’s AI Studio has voiced issues over the U.S. authorities’s strategy to synthetic intelligence.
Additionally, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang launched the corporate’s $3,000 “private AI supercomputer,” a compact, high-performance machine designed to run superior AI fashions proper out of your desk at CES 2025.
Amazon.com has expanded its dwelling safety portfolio with the launch of sensible smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
Dell Applied sciences Inc. DELL introduced a significant rebranding of its private computer systems, aiming to spice up gross sales by adopting a simplified naming technique just like Apple.
Meta Platforms, Inc. META CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s accusation of censorship has been firmly denied by the European Fee.
The Fee acknowledged that their laws solely mandate the removing of unlawful content material. “We completely refute any claims of censorship,” stated a Fee spokesperson.
Synthetic Intelligence (AI)
Blackstone Inc. BX is making a big transfer within the AI sector with a $300 million funding in DDN, an organization recognized for its experience in knowledge storage and evaluation.
Apple dedicated to updating its AI function following a grievance from the BBC. The difficulty got here to mild final month after the BBC reported that an AI-generated abstract falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made a daring prediction concerning the event of synthetic basic intelligence (AGI), suggesting it is going to happen throughout Donald Trump’s presidency.
Anthropic, the AI startup behind “Claude” backed by Jeff Bezos, is reportedly in superior discussions to safe $2 billion in funding. This deal might elevate its valuation to $60 billion, positioning it among the many prime 5 most useful U.S. startups.
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