Nvidia and Eli Lilly plan to invest $1B over five years in a new Silicon Valley-based AI drug laboratory, aiming to boost the pharmaceutical industry's AI use (Bloomberg)
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Nvidia to Invest $1 Billion in AI Drug Laboratory With Eli Lilly
Nvidia Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use of artificial inte...
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Nvidia and Eli Lilly say they will invest $1B over five years in a new Silicon Valley-based AI drug lab, aiming to speed up the pharmaceutical industry
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A viral Chinese app called "Are You Dead?" that checks on people living alone becomes the top paid app in Apple's App Store in China, as many elderly live alone (Financial Times)
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A viral Chinese app called “Are You Dead?” that asks users living alone to “check in” with a button press becomes the top paid app in Apple
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Crypto custody company BitGo aims to raise up to $201M in its IPO on the NYSE at an up to $1.96B valuation, selling 11.8M shares at $15 to $17 per share (Prakhar Srivastava/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/technology/crypto-custody-startup-bitgo-aims-raise-about-201-million-us-ipo-2026-01-12/
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Crypto custody startup BitGo aims to raise up to $201M in its IPO on the NYSE at an up to $1.96B valuation, selling 11.8M shares priced between $15 and $17 each
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Eddy Cue says 2025 was a "record-breaking year" for Apple services: December was a monthly TV engagement record, the App Store has 850M+ weekly users, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
Apple TV Viewership Update Released by Eddy Cue Amid F1 Debut
Apple TV viewership update released by Eddy Cue amid F1 debut.
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Eddy Cue says 2025 was a “record-breaking year” for Apple services: December was a monthly TV engagement record, the App Store has 850M+ weekly users, and more
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Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 13,627 bitcoin for ~$1.25B between January 5 and 11, taking its total holdings to 687,410, and boosts its USD reserve to $2.25B (James Hunt/The Block) https://www.theblock.co/post/385084/michael-saylors-strategy-buys-more-bitcoin-following-dat-msci-decision
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Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg (Sara Fischer/Axios) https://www.axios.com/2026/01/12/meta-dina-powell-mccormick-president-vice-chairman
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Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg
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Ampere Analysis expects streamer content spending to grow 6% YoY in 2026 to $101B, crossing $100B for the first time; overall global content spend will grow 2% (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
Streamer Content Spend To Top $100B - Ampere Analysis Report
Streamer content spend will top $100B in 2026, an Ampere Analysis report has said, with big spend on 'Stranger Things' and sports strateg...
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Ampere Analysis expects streaming services
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Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens it with a ban or a fine (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
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Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens X with a ban or a fine
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Global smartphone shipments rose 2% YoY in 2025, with Apple capturing the top position at a 20% share and 10% YoY growth, ahead of Samsung's 19% market share (Counterpoint Research)
Global Smartphone Shipments Grew 2% YoY in 2025; Apple Emerged as Market Leader
Global smartphone shipments grew 2% YoY in 2025, driven by increasing premium demand and improving momentum in key emerging markets.Apple led the g...
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Global smartphone shipments rose 2% YoY in 2025; Apple led with 20% market share and 10% YoY growth, followed by Samsung
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Paris-based autonomous drone maker Harmattan AI raised a $200M Series B led by Dassault at a $1.4B valuation, and aims to produce 10K drones per month in 2026 (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/dassault-invests-in-french-dronemaker-at-1-4-billion-valuation
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Paris-based autonomous drone maker Harmattan AI raised a $200M Series B led by Dassault at a $1.4B valuation, and aims to produce 10K drones per month in 2026
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