Welcome to the weekly review. I missed you! This week we're exploring all the gadgets and announcements. From this year's CES, Meta's decision to withdraw its fact-checking program for employees affected by the California wildfires; TikTok's reactions and more. Let's do this.
CES 2025 is here this week. The event featured keynotes from major players such as technology. Nvidia Samsung Toyota, and more. In addition, expected gadgets, I'm sure gizmos and interesting AI claims are coming out on the show floor. Our team of reporters was on the ground and caught our eye at this year's show Here
Meta is revising its content moderation policies. It was created in response to criticism that it helped spread political and health misinformation. The company is going to take it down. Third Party Data Verification Program He supports the X-like Community Notes model, which critics see as an attempt to cater to the incoming Trump administration. With the interest in the searches, the response is quick. Related to deleting Meta accounts. day by day
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said. The company is losing money for him. $200 per month-ChatGPT Pro plan Because people are spending more than the company expects. Launched late last year, ChatGPT Pro gives users access to an upgraded version. OpenAI's o1 “reasoning” AI model and removes rate restrictions on many of the company's other devices, such as its Sora video generator.
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Forest fires and the horrors of capitalism TikTok has told its LA employees affected by the wildfires to use personal sick time if they can't work from home. The company's LA office remains closed as wildfires further devastate the Los Angeles area. read more
hi Project numbers: At CES 2025, Nvidia will showcase the company's Grace Blackwell hardware platform in a compact form factor for AI researchers, Project Digits, a “personal AI supercomputer” designed for data scientists and students, has been unveiled. read more
More copyright issues for Meta Mark Zuckerberg gave the team behind Meta's Llama AI models the green light to use a dataset of pirated e-books and articles for training, including works by authors such as Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates. read more
A robot cat that cools your tea The latest adorable gadget from Yukai Engineering is Nékojita FuFu, a tiny robot cat that can be mounted on a mug or plate and will blow air to cool your coffee or soup. read more
X clarifies its stance on fake accounts: X said it will start flagging fake accounts on the platform. X has withdrawn traditional verification labels in favor of paid verification, so users are mistaking posts from fake accounts for genuine ones. read more
AI that mimics the real world Google has formed a new team to work on AI models that can mimic the physical world. The team will be led by Tim Brooks, a co-lead at OpenAI's Sora. In October, he left for Google DeepMind. read more
Marijuana brands hit by cyber attack Popular Los Angeles-based marijuana brand Stiiizy confirmed in November that hackers accessed sensitive customer data, including government-issued documents and medical marijuana cards, during a cyber attack. read more
This electric spoon can make your food taste better. Why add more salt when a $127 spoon can do it for you? Kirin Holdings has unveiled an electronic spoon that uses a weak current to concentrate sodium ion molecules in your food. read more
That's a lot of cash. A Delaware judge has upheld a decision by Tesla directors to pay up to $919 million in restitution to the automaker, formally settling allegations that they overpaid themselves. read more
The weirdest gadgets at CES 2025 Really bold products. It wouldn't be CES without claims and keynotes. We've rounded up the most eyebrow-raising examples from the gallery. read more