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Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Indian government is evaluating $21B of chip proposals, including a $9B from Tower Semiconductor and an $8B from Tata Group for new plants in Gujarat  —  – Tower, Tata among companies wanting to build fabrication… Read More »Sources: Indian government is evaluating $21B of chip proposals, including a $9B from Tower Semiconductor and an $8B from Tata Group for new plants in Gujarat (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia launches RTX 500 and RTX 1000, its new laptop GPUs for on-the-go AI processing powered by the Ada Lovelace architecture, available in Spring 2024  —  Nvidia launched its RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation laptop… Read More »Nvidia launches RTX 500 and RTX 1000, its new laptop GPUs for on-the-go AI processing powered by the Ada Lovelace architecture, available in Spring 2024 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: Google announces new Android features, including Gemini integration with Messages, AI-powered text summaries for Android Auto, and AI-generated image captions  —  The Android updates announced at MWC also include new accessibility features and casting controls for… Read More »Google announces new Android features, including Gemini integration with Messages, AI-powered text summaries for Android Auto, and AI-generated image captions (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Qualcomm unveils AI Hub, a new library of 75+ pre-optimized AI models, X80 5G modem, and FastConnect 7900, a chip that integrates Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, and UWB  —  Qualcomm unveiled a suite of AI, 5G, and… Read More »Qualcomm unveils AI Hub, a new library of 75+ pre-optimized AI models, X80 5G modem, and FastConnect 7900, a chip that integrates Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth, and UWB (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Steve Dent / Engadget: Samsung unveils Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024; the device is centered around health and wellness, comes in three colors, and will be available later this year  —  After teasing it (again) yesterday, Samsung has finally shown… Read More »Samsung unveils Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024; the device is centered around health and wellness, comes in three colors, and will be available later this year (Steve Dent/Engadget)

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: PeckShield warns that MicroStrategy’s X account has been compromised; ZachXBT: the hacker stole about $440K from users that were scammed by the phishing post  —  – PeckShield flags compromise of MicroStrategy account  — Attackers hoodwinked users… Read More »PeckShield warns that MicroStrategy’s X account has been compromised; ZachXBT: the hacker stole about $440K from users that were scammed by the phishing post (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Liz Hoffman / Semafor: Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the meme-stock craze, launching in the UK and EU, becoming customers’ primary financial institution, and more  —  On The Record  —  Three years ago, an army of bored, stimulus-rich… Read More »Q&A with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev about the meme-stock craze, launching in the UK and EU, becoming customers’ primary financial institution, and more (Liz Hoffman/Semafor)

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News: A consultant working for Rep. Dean Phillips, who challenged Biden in NH’s primary, admits to producing the deepfake robocalls, saying anyone can do it for $500  —  Steve Kramer acknowledged Sunday that he created the… Read More »A consultant working for Rep. Dean Phillips, who challenged Biden in NH’s primary, admits to producing the deepfake robocalls, saying anyone can do it for $500 (Alex Seitz-Wald/NBC News)

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections  —  A year after banning the Chinese-owned app, Europe’s politicians… Read More »A year after EU governments moved to restrict TikTok over security concerns, politicians are flocking to the app to attract the youth vote in upcoming elections (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73″ LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499  —  Xiaomi is using MWC to launch two… Read More »Xiaomi launches Xiaomi 14 Ultra with a 6.73″ LTPO 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and 50MP camera with a 1-inch-type Sony LYT-900 sensor, starting at €1,499 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)