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SAMSUNG UNPACKED: SAMSUNG'S GALAXY S25 ARRIVES WITH A BETTER GOOGLE GEMINI

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra at its Unpacked 2025 event on Wednesday. The Galaxy S25 series has a new side button that allows users to quickly access Gemini. Customers are able to preorder devices now, with shipping beginning on February 7. Google marked the occasion with a slew of Android updates, including an improved Gemini and new Gemini Extensions for some Samsung apps. Samsung plans to add more AI features in the coming months.

DEEPSEEK: THE QUIET GIANT LEADING CHINA'S AI RACE

Deepseek's latest R1 model beat OpenAI's o1 on multiple reasoning benchmarks. The Chinese AI lab is fully funded and has no plans to fundraise. It is focused on building foundational technology rather than commercial applications and has committed to open-sourcing all of its models. This article contains an in-depth interview with Deepseek's CEO Liang Wenfeng, which covers Deepseek's ambitions for AGI, why the AI Lab views open source as the dominant strategy, how Deepseek hires and organizes researchers, why Chinese firms settle for copying and commercialization instead of 'hardcore innovation', and how Deepseek plans to ignite more 'hardcore innovation' across the Chinese economy.

CHINA TO PLANT 'FLAPPING' FLAG ON MOON: A LUNAR FIRST

China plans to place a free-standing flag designed to 'flap' on the airless surface of the Moon. The flag will have closed-loop wires embedding into its fabric - it will 'flap' using magnetic currents and electromagnetic interactions to create a waving motion. The flag will be installed in late 2026 when Chang'e 7 heads to the Moon. Chang'e 7, destined to land near the edge of Shackleton Crater in the Moon's south polar region, is designed to carry out some serious science - the area it is landing in is suspected to contain water ice.

WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR ENERGY PLANT BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE IN ABU DHABI

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company aka Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Company are building a gigascale solar farm project in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It will be coupled with a Battery Energy Storage System to supply energy even when the sun's not out. The project will deliver up to 1 GW of base load power every day, enough to power 750,000 homes. It may require an estimated nearly 10 million panels to complete the project.

TAILWIND CSS V4.0

Tailwind CSS v4.0 is now available. It has been optimized for performance and flexibility and has a reimagined configuration and customization experience that takes full advantage of the latest advancements the web platform has to offer. Tailwind CSS v4.0 features a new high-performance engine, a first-party Vite plugin, automatic content detection, built-in import support, new 3D transform utilities, and much more. This post discusses the new features - a comprehensive upgrade guide and an automated upgrade tool is available for existing projects.

BROWSERAI

BrowserAI is a simple, fast, and open source tool for running large language models in the browser. All of the processing happens locally - user data never leaves the browser. BrowserAI is cost-effective, offline-capable, blazing fast, and developer-friendly. It is perfect for web developers building AI-powered applications, companies that need privacy-conscious AI solutions, researchers experimenting with browser-based AI, and hobbyists who want to explore AI without infrastructure overhead.

HERE'S WHAT SAMSUNG'S FIRST ANDROID XR HEADSET LOOKS LIKE IN PERSON

Samsung displayed its Project Moohan headset during its Galaxy Unpacked event. The device looks similar to Apple's high-end Vision Pro headset with a hint of Meta's discontinued Quest Pro. The headset runs Android XR, an OS designed specifically for headsets and smart glasses. Samsung plans to launch Project Moohan to developers first. Pictures of the headset from various angles are available in the article.

LAWYER EXPLAINS WHY APPLE CAN'T BRING TIKTOK BACK TO THE APP STORE YET

Apple has removed TikTok from its App Store because of the company's obligation to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates. While President Trump has assured that the law banning TikTok would not be enforced, some experts say the promise offers minimal security. Trump could change his mind at any time or selectively enforce against companies that fall from political favor. Future administrations would almost certainly be free to pursue violations. The financial consequences of non-enforcement could be severe, even for a company of Apple's stature.

NETFLIX IS RAISING PRICES AGAIN, AS THE STANDARD PLAN GOES UP TO $17.99

Netflix's cheapest plan is now $7.99 per month, and its priciest subscription costs $25.

AI APPS SAW OVER $1 BILLION IN CONSUMER SPENDING IN 2024

Apps that mentioned 'AI' saw 17 billion downloads in 2024.

SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK HITS CHROME EXTENSIONS, COULD EXPOSE MILLIONS

The attack, which is designed to lift API keys, session cookies, and other authentication tokens, has potentially impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals already.

MASTERCARD DNS ERROR WENT UNNOTICED FOR YEARS

MasterCard recently fixed an error in its domain name settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name.

GOOGLE FIBER IS COMING TO LAS VEGAS

Google has started construction in Las Vegas and Clark County, where its internet service will be available later this year.

OPENAI, SOFTBANK EACH COMMIT $19 BILLION TO STARGATE AI DATA CENTER, THE INFORMATION REPORTS

OpenAI will hold a 40% interest in Stargate, a joint venture to develop data centers for artificial intelligence in the US.