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Source: Venture Beat The LLM, MiniMax-Text-o1, is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context window — equivalent to a small library. Read Full Article
Source: Coin Tegraph The CFTC is considering probes on sports betting event contracts offered by Crypto.com weeks out from the popular Super Bowl match, Bloomberg reports. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25821044/STKB307_STKB308_HONEY_PAYPAL_CVIRGINIA_C.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Honey: all the news about PayPal’s alleged scam coupon app")
Source: The Verge The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online. But in a video published this weekend, YouTuber MegaLag claims the extension is a “scam” and that Honey has been “stealing money from influencers, including the very ones they paid to…
Source: Live Mint (Bloomberg) — Long-term US Treasury yields have climbed so quickly that a prominent bear has said it’s time to take some chips off the table. Mark Dowding, chief investment officer at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, said he closed a bearish bet on long-maturity bond prices last week after a stronger-than-expected jobs report…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25831586/STKB310_REDNOTE_XIAOHONGSHU_B.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "RedNote: what it’s like using the Chinese app TikTokers are flocking to")
Source: The Verge Instead of wallowing in misery about potentially losing access to their favorite short-form video app, many TikTokers are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media platform also called Xiaohongshu. I’ve decided to spend some time on the platform myself, and it looks like so-called “TikTok refugees” are excited about interacting with a…
Source: Coin Tegraph Despite experiencing sharp fluctuations in December, Bitcoin volatility remains fairly tame by historical standards. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21694346/acastro_200803_1777_tikTok_0001.0.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "TikTok says it’s planning for “various scenarios” ahead of possible US ban")
Source: The Verge On behalf of our HR teams, | want to acknowledge the resilience and dedication you have continued to demonstrate, especially over the past few months as we have pursued our legal challenge of the TikTok ban in the US. As we await the decision by the US Supreme Court ahead of January…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23951350/STK043_VRG_Illo_N_Barclay_6_Meta.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Inside Meta’s race to beat OpenAI: “We need to learn how to build frontier and win this race”")
Source: The Verge A major copyright lawsuit against Meta has revealed a trove of internal communications about the company’s plans to develop its open-source AI models, Llama, which include discussions about avoiding “media coverage suggesting we have used a dataset we know to be pirated.” The messages, which were part of a series of exhibits…
Source: Coin Tegraph According to Ripple’s chief legal officer, the SEC will continue with its appeal of a judgment in the civil case despite Chair Gary Gensler stepping down in six days. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint Cellnex Telecom SA said it will repurchase as much as €800 million in shares by the end of the year, ahead of the Spanish tower company’s plan to roll out a dividend in 2026. The maximum number of shares bought will depend on the average acquisition price, Cellnex said in a regulatory…
