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OpenAI negotiates a UAE-specific ChatGPT, EU orders TikTok to curb addictive features, and global chip sales approach $1T.
Spotify moves into physical books, Alphabet posts AI-fueled earnings surge, and massive Conduent breach exposes sensitive government contractor data nationwide.
Google launches the Pixel 10a smartphone, Amazon rolls out Alexa Plus nationwide, and Texas Instruments buys Silicon Labs in a major chip deal.
Apple adds AI coding agents to Xcode, PayPal taps a new CEO, and Ukraine faces missile strikes amid brutal winter temperatures.
Apple faces rising AI hardware costs, Musk pushes closer to merging SpaceX and xAI, and Bad Bunny makes Grammy history.
Apple’s iPhone sales soar despite AI issues, Speaker Johnson faces shutdown challenges, Bitcoin drops, Indonesia lifts xAI Grok ban.
Post-training isn’t just a refinement step—it’s where AI’s real costs surface, forcing labs to scale domain expertise, not just compute.
OpenAI prepares to retire GPT-4o from ChatGPT, Google disrupts videogame creation with generative worlds, and Apple reports steady quarterly earnings.
Tesla abandons flagship cars for humanoid robots, China executes Myanmar scam leaders, and the Federal Reserve resists pressure to cut rates.
Android’s desktop mode leaks publicly, Amazon announces massive global layoffs, and China approves Nvidia H200 chip imports amid policy shifts
Amazon retreats from physical grocery stores, EU regulators force Google to open Android, and gold surges as markets signal unease.
Nvidia boosts CoreWeave with billions and chip priority, the EU probes X over Grok deepfakes, and TikTok’s outage disrupts recommendations.
