Dylan Butts / CNBC : Samsung reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$65.6B, vs. ~$65.28B est., and operating profit up 200%+ to ~$14.06B, driven by memory chip price surge and HBM demand —  Samsung Electronics shares rose 2.4% Thursday after the company reported an over threefold surge in fourth-quarter operating profits …

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"Glasses are the ultimate incarnation of this vision," he added.

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Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal : Google says it took legal action to take down dozens of domains and disrupt the residential proxy network of Chinese company Ipidea, widely used by bad actors —  Company targets global network employed by hackers that often use devices running in homes of everyday Americans

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Dylan Butts / CNBC : SK Hynix announces a new US-based “AI Company” from a restructuring of its California-based subsidiary Solidigm, and commits at least $10B to the new entity —  South Korean memory giant SK Hynix announced Wednesday that it will set up a new U.S.-based company focused …

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Dylan Butts / CNBC : SK Hynix announces a new US-based “AI Company” from a restructuring of its California-based subsidiary Solidigm, and commits at least $10B to the new entity —  South Korean memory giant SK Hynix announced Wednesday that it will set up a new U.S.-based company focused …

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Tesla will “basically stop the production” of its Model S and X electric vehicles next quarter, CEO Elon Musk has announced at the automaker’s earnings call for the 2025 fiscal year. “It’s time to bring the Model S and X program to a end with an honorable discharge, because we’re really moving into a future that’s based on autonomy,” Musk said. You can still buy the vehicles as long as there are units to be sold, and Tesla promises to support them for as long as people have them. Once they’re gone, though, they’re gone for good, because Tesla is converting their production space in the company’s Fremont factory into a space for the manufacturing of Optimus humanoid robots. Model S is Tesla’s second vehicle and has been in production since 2012, while the Model X SUV has been in production since 2015. Their shine has faded over the years, however, and the newer Model 3 and Y now make up the bulk of the company’s sales. For the entirety of 2025, for instance, Tesla delivered 1,585,279 Model 3 and Y vehicles but only sold 418,227 Model S and X units. The company also had to stop selling Model S and X in China in mid-2025, because they were being imported from the US and were subject to China’s tariffs that were put in place in response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods. In the call, Musk said that Tesla’s long-term goal is to be able to manufacture 1 million Optimus robots in the current Model S and X production space. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland a few days ago, the CEO announced that Tesla will start selling Optimus to the public by the end of next year. Musk has big plans for Optimus and once said that it’s bound to become the “biggest product of all time,” bigger than cellphones, “bigger than anything.” But the humanoid robot has been failing to live up to the hype during demonstrations, and Musk is known for his overly optimistic timelines. The company’s earnings report has also revealed that Tesla invested $2 billion in Musk’s other company, xAI. Tesla’s shareholders notably sued Musk in 2024 for starting xAI, which they argued is a direct competition to the automaker. The CEO has been claiming for years, after all, that Tesla is an AI company and not just an EV-maker. Still, Tesla’s shareholders approved Musk’s $1 trillion pay package in late 2025 on the condition that the company reaches a market value of $8.5 trillion. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/tesla-is-killing-off-its-model-s-and-x-cars-to-make-robots-010621101.html?src=rss

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Russell Brandom / TechCrunch : In Meta's Q4 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg says it plans to start shipping new models and products throughout 2026 and hints at “agentic shopping tools” —  Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start to see new AI models and products from the company in a matter of months.

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The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants.

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On a bleak earnings call, he also said “amazing medical care” is coming.

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Tom Warren / The Verge : Satya Nadella says Windows 11 reached 1B users during Q2, growing over 45% YoY and at a faster rate than Windows 10 did —  Windows 11 hit the milestone in the recent holiday quarter. … Windows 11 now has 1 billion users. … “Windows reached a big milestone, 1 billion Windows 11 users …

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Telstra MVNO Tangerine Mobile is offering double data on its 5G SIM plans for a limited time, while also slashing the price in half for the first four months of signing up.

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"She probably sprayed herself," President Trump said about Rep. lhan Omar of Minnesota.

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The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit.

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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of the iPhone camera app Halide who previously freelanced for Apple, says he has joined Apple's Human Interface Design team —  Halide and Lux co-founder and designer Sebastiaan de With announced today that he is joining Apple's human interface design team.

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