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Welcome back to Review Week. I have missed you! This week, we’re diving into all the gadgets and announcements During this year’s CES, Meta’s decision to roll back its fact-checking program, TikTok’s response to workers affected by the California wildfires, and more! Let’s do this.
CES 2025 came and went this week. The event featured keynotes from major players like Tech nvidia, samsung, toyota, And more besides, of course, there were the expected gadgets, gizmos and interesting AI claims on the show floor. Our team of reporters was on the ground, and you can catch everything that caught our eye at this year’s show right here
Meta is revising its content moderation policies That it created in response to criticism that it helped spread political and health misinformation. The company is getting rid of it Third-party fact-checking programs An X-like community notes in favor of the model, which critics see as an attempt to cater to the incoming Trump administration. Response has been quick, with interest in inquiry Related to deleting meta accounts take off
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI The company is losing money on it $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro Plan Because people are using it more than the company expects. Launched late last year, ChatGPT Pro gives users access to an upgraded version OpenAI’s o1 “reasoning” AI model And the company lifts rate limits on other tools like the company’s Sora video generator.
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the news
Wildfire vs. the horrors of capitalism: TikTok has asked LA employees affected by the wildfires to use personal/sick time if they are unable to work from home. The company’s LA office is closed as wildfires ravage the greater Los Angeles area. Read more
Hello, project number: At CES 2025, Nvidia unveiled Project Digit, a “personal AI supercomputer” designed for AI researchers, data scientists and students that provides access to the company’s Grace Blackwell hardware platform in a compact form factor. Read more
More copyright issues for Meta: A new filing claims that Mark Zuckerberg gave the green light to the team behind Mater Llama to use a dataset of pirated e-books and articles to train AI models, including works by authors such as Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Read more
A robot cat that cools your tea: Yukai Engineering’s latest adorable gadget is the Nékojita FuFu, a tiny robotic cat that can be placed in a mug or bowl and will blow air to help cool your coffee or soup. Read more
X clarifies his position on the parody account: X said it will begin labeling parody accounts on the platform. Users mistook posts from the parody account as authentic statements since X has ditched traditional verification badges in favor of payment verification. Read more
AI that mimics the real world: Google is forming a new team to work on AI models that can simulate the physical world. The team will be led by Tim Brooks, who was one of the co-leaders of OpenAI’s Sora. He moved to Google DeepMind in October. Read more
Cannabis Brands Under Cyber Attack: Popular Los Angeles-based marijuana brand Steegy confirmed that hackers accessed sensitive customer data, including government-issued documents and medical marijuana cards, during a November cyber attack. Read more
This electric spoon can make your food taste better: Why add more salt to your food when a $127 spoon can do it for you? Kirin Holdings has demonstrated an electronic spoon that uses a weak electric current to condense sodium ion molecules in your food. Read more
That’s a lot of cash: A Delaware judge has approved a settlement that will see Tesla executives pay up to $919 million back to the automaker, formally resolving allegations they overpaid themselves. Read more
Weird Gadgets at CES 2025: It wouldn’t be CES without some truly bold products, claims and key moments. We’ve rounded up the most eyebrow-raising examples from the show floor. Read more
