Browsing: January

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Sources: CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end "code red" after releasing a model in January 2026 with improved image generation, speed and personality (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 9, 2025

The Wall Street Journal: Sources: CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end “code red” after releasing a model in…

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Sources: Dell alerts its customers of a 15 to 20% price increase from mid-December in a context of rising DRAM costs; Lenovo says current listings will expire in January 2026 (TrendForce)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 5, 2025

Trend Strength: Sources: Dell alerts its customers of a 15 to 20% price increase from mid-December in a context of…

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CANI files ballot measure on BOD to allow oversight board to review and overturn science and technology nonprofit conversions since January 2024, indirectly targeting OpenAI (Keach Hagey/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 2, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Tim Cook’s Senior Year?, The Big Tech Horse Race, Anthropic’s Profitability Push The Big Technology…

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TikTok Shop reached more than $10 billion in U.S. sales from 600,000 creators between January and October, up from $5 billion year-over-year; global sales are comparable to eBay (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 26, 2025

Featured Podcasts [trading places]: Emily Zheng from Pitchbook 📊 | VC secondaries reach $95 billion 🔥 | $32 billion ramp…

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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to retire in January

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 14, 2025

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon will retire early next year, the company announced Friday in a statement.The longtime CEO will be…

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Trump Media Reports Third Quarter Net Sales Down 3.8% YoY to $972.9K and Net Loss of $55 Million, Compared to $19 Million in Third Quarter 2024; its stock is down 70% from its January high (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI bailout?, Elon’s $1 trillion payment deal, Amazon continues perplexity The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros in 2023 and 97 million euros in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with European officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 29, 2025

European Business Observatory: Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros…

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Sources: X advertising chief John Nitti, who joined X in January, has left; X’s chief financial officer, Mahmoud Reza Banki, left in early October after less than a year in the role (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 24, 2025

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Sources: X advertising chief John Nitti, who joined X in January, has left; X’s financial…

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Adobe has been in negotiations to acquire Synthesia, which makes AI tools that generate video avatars of people, for about $3 billion; the startup was valued at $2.1 billion in January (Katie Roof/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 23, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Al Engineering 101 with Chip Huyen (Nvidia, Stanford, Netflix) Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth…

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WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants from OpenAI, Perplexity and others (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 18, 2025

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp is updating its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting…

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

The bank will deploy more powerful agents this year

Airlines discover the grass isn’t always greener with new engines

Texas Butcherworm Cases Don’t Endanger Food Supply, Brooke Rollins Says

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly launch obesity pills, prepare for Medicare coverage

United CEO rejects airline mergers after US rejection

BBC Scares Trump of His Own Defamation Lawsuit

Mike Johnson ceded his power as Speaker of the House to Trump

Hakeem Jeffries goes on Fox News and calls them out for ignoring GOP bigots

Trump Melts Down and Leaves to Meet the Press When Asked for Evidence of Election Rigging

Trump holds sit-down event in Wisconsin as apparent decline deepens

Vinyl Equity, an SEC-registered transfer agent that launched a payments platform earlier this year, raised a $20 million Series A round led by Jump Capital (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

In an interview, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, said the company plans its IPO for 2028, regardless of the success of Anthropic and OpenAI’s IPOs (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

US FCC waives deadline for Amazon to deploy half of its Leo satellites by July; Amazon is still scheduled to launch all 3,232 satellites by July 30, 2029 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Microsoft has disabled more than 70 of its repositories on GitHub, including Azure-related tools like azure-functions-host, after hackers added credential-stealing malware to them (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Meta invests $115 million in workforce academy, free 5-week program to train Americans to build data centers, offering job guarantees on Meta construction sites (Wall Street Journal)

Browsing: January

Sources: CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI plans to end "code red" after releasing a model in January 2026 with improved image generation, speed and personality (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Dell alerts its customers of a 15 to 20% price increase from mid-December in a context of rising DRAM costs; Lenovo says current listings will expire in January 2026 (TrendForce)

CANI files ballot measure on BOD to allow oversight board to review and overturn science and technology nonprofit conversions since January 2024, indirectly targeting OpenAI (Keach Hagey/Wall Street Journal)

TikTok Shop reached more than $10 billion in U.S. sales from 600,000 creators between January and October, up from $5 billion year-over-year; global sales are comparable to eBay (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to retire in January

Trump Media Reports Third Quarter Net Sales Down 3.8% YoY to $972.9K and Net Loss of $55 Million, Compared to $19 Million in Third Quarter 2024; its stock is down 70% from its January high (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

Big Tech lobbying of the EU reached 151 million euros in 2025, compared to 113 million euros in 2023 and 97 million euros in 2021; between January and June 2025, Big Tech had 146 meetings with European officials (Corporate Europe Observatory)

Sources: X advertising chief John Nitti, who joined X in January, has left; X’s chief financial officer, Mahmoud Reza Banki, left in early October after less than a year in the role (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Adobe has been in negotiations to acquire Synthesia, which makes AI tools that generate video avatars of people, for about $3 billion; the startup was valued at $2.1 billion in January (Katie Roof/The Information)

WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants from OpenAI, Perplexity and others (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)