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Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts to Block Them

January 17, 2025 Ultra-Sim

A Russian organization linked to the Kremlin’s covert influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political advertisements on Facebook despite European and American restrictions barring companies from doing business with the organization, according to three organizations that track disinformation online. The Russian group, the Social Design Agency, evaded lax enforcement by Facebook to place an estimated … Read more

Apple pauses AI notification summaries for news after generating false alerts

January 16, 2025 Ultra-Sim

Apple is pausing AI notification summaries for news and entertainment apps after facing backlash for generating inaccurate news alerts. In addition, the company is introducing changes to notification summaries as a whole to allow for greater transparency. With the latest round of developer previews for iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, Apple is disabling … Read more

Failed fintech startup Bench racked up over $65 million in debt, documents reveal

January 16, 2025 Ultra-Sim

Bench, the accounting startup that imploded over the holidays, filed for bankruptcy in Canada on January 7 revealing massive debts, documents seen by TechCrunch show. The filings – one for Bench and another for 10Sheet, Bench’s original name – show that Bench had $2.8 million in cash on hand by the end of its life … Read more

New York powerhouse VC Insight Partners nabs another $12.5B after $8B in exits

January 16, 2025 Ultra-Sim

Jeff Horing’s Insight Partners is to New York venture capital what Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia are to Silicon Valley. And it’s a status that has been cemented with Insight’s latest closing. As expected, Insight Partners announced Thursday it closed another giant flagship fund, known as Fund XIII, along with its second Opportunity fund, collectively $12.5 … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus preview: Refinement over revolution – Ultra-Sim

January 16, 2025 Ultra-Sim

Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus Intro There are just a few days remaining until we finally see Samsung unveil its new Galaxy S25 lineup, which will consist of three devices: Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25 Plus, and, of course, the regular Galaxy S25. Unsurprisingly, the Galaxy S25 Ultra will be the top flagship that everyone in … Read more

Trump Is Said to Consider Executive Order to Circumvent TikTok Ban

January 16, 2025 Ultra-Sim

President-elect Donald J. Trump is considering an executive order to allow TikTok to continue operating despite a pending legal ban until new owners are found, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The possible executive order, reported earlier by The Washington Post, is under discussion as TikTok faces a deadline on Sunday to … Read more

More teens report using ChatGPT for schoolwork, despite the tech’s faults

January 15, 2025 Ultra-Sim

Younger Gen Zers are embracing OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, for schoolwork, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. But it’s not clear that they’re fully aware of the tech’s pitfalls. In a follow-up to its 2023 poll on ChatGPT usage among young people, Pew asked ~1,400 U.S.-based teens ages 13 to 17 … Read more

Duolingo sees 216% spike in U.S. users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote

January 15, 2025 Ultra-Sim

TikTok U.S. users have been learning Chinese on Duolingo in increasing numbers amid their adoption of a Chinese social app called RedNote ahead of the TikTok ban. The U.S. law, scheduled to go into effect on January 19, unless halted by the Supreme Court, will see TikTok removed from U.S. app stores and will stop … Read more

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S25 on January 22 — here’s what we expect

January 15, 2025 Ultra-Sim

The biggest reveal from last week’s Samsung CES press conference may well have been another press conference. The hardware giant closed out the main event by teasing the company’s upcoming show. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for January 22 at 10 a.m. PT. As with all recent Unpackeds, next week’s big show will … Read more

Vivo X200 Pro review: best camera phone or just an overstatement? – Ultra-Sim

January 15, 2025 Ultra-Sim

Vivo X200 Pro Intro Vivo has ambitiously launched the new X200 Pro with a full set of quad cameras — similar setup to the X100 Ultra from last year, which was only available in eastern markets. So, now, we get to try out that 200 MP telephoto camera globally. Oh yes, this phone puts a … Read more