Melania Trump is about to government 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 bought within the nation should embrace at least 35% locally-made parts.
Apple has clarified its privateness insurance policies relating to Siri, following a $95 million settlement over allegations of unauthorized recordings. The corporate emphasised that it has by no means bought or used Siri information for advertising functions.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. SSNLF is gearing up for CES 2025 with main bulletins and futuristic tech. Samsung’s theme for this yr’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. Anticipate 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 sequence 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 motion pictures, together with Walt Disney Co.’s DIS classics.
Walt Disney mentioned 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 energetic customers globally who have interaction with ad-supported content material.
Expertise
Microsoft Company MSFT has determined to briefly pause development on elements of its formidable information 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 newest GeForce RTX 5000 Graphic playing cards sequence, 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 method 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 much 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 rules solely mandate the elimination of unlawful content material. “We completely refute any claims of censorship,” mentioned a Fee spokesperson.
Synthetic Intelligence (AI)
Blackstone Inc. BX is making a major transfer within the AI sector with a $300 million funding in DDN, an organization identified for its experience in information storage and evaluation.
Apple dedicated to updating its AI characteristic following a criticism from the BBC. The problem got here to gentle 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 relating to the event of synthetic common intelligence (AGI), suggesting it’ll 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 high 5 most precious U.S. startups.
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