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Betting data from Illinois, New Jersey, and Colorado shows how parlays are driving revenue growth for FanDuel, DraftKings, and other US sports betting companies (Wall Street Journal)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Wall Street Journal: Betting data from Illinois, New Jersey, and Colorado shows how parlays are…

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A bear case for Nvidia: competition from hardware startups, inference-heavy "reasoning" models, DeepSeek's training and inference efficiency breakthroughs, more (Jeffrey Emanuel/YouTubeTranscript …)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Jeffrey Emanuel / YouTubeTranscriptOptimizer: A bear case for Nvidia: competition from hardware startups, inference-heavy “reasoning”…

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A look at the growing prevalence of LLM-written posts that have been backdated and attributed to human authors on Physics Forums, which was founded in 2001 (Hall of Impossible Dreams)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Hall of Impossible Dreams: A look at the growing prevalence of LLM-written posts that have…

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Trump denies talks with Oracle about a TikTok deal, says "I have spoken to many people about TikTok" and expects a decision in the next 30 days (Reuters)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Reuters: Trump denies talks with Oracle about a TikTok deal, says “I have spoken to…

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 19, 2025

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here…

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Chinese esports companies, including Tencent and Huya, face growth challenges in China, the world's biggest esports market; the industry earned ~$3.8B in 2024 (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia: Chinese esports companies, including Tencent and Huya, face growth challenges…

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Major Chinese social media apps have mastered the "shoppertainment" experience, blending social media with shopping, that Western competitors struggle to match (Rest of World)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Rest of World: Major Chinese social media apps have mastered the “shoppertainment” experience, blending social…

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Sources: US State Dept.'s freeze on foreign aid applies to a bureau that uses cyber diplomacy to fight threats and pursues international norms for emerging tech (Martin Matishak/The Record)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Martin Matishak / The Record: Sources: US State Dept.'s freeze on foreign aid applies to…

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CEO Brian Armstrong says Coinbase needs to rethink its listing process for new tokens to keep up with "~1m tokens a week being created now, and growing" (Brian Armstrong/@brian_armstrong)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Brian Armstrong / @brian_armstrong: CEO Brian Armstrong says Coinbase needs to rethink its listing process…

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Sources: DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng told Chinese Premier Li Qiang in a Jan. 20 meeting that US export controls on advanced chips to China were still a bottleneck (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)

By Mehmed Saleem 26 January 2025

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: Sources: DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng told Chinese Premier Li Qiang…

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Betting data from Illinois, New Jersey, and Colorado shows how parlays are driving revenue growth for FanDuel, DraftKings, and other US sports betting companies (Wall Street Journal)

A bear case for Nvidia: competition from hardware startups, inference-heavy "reasoning" models, DeepSeek's training and inference efficiency breakthroughs, more (Jeffrey Emanuel/YouTubeTranscript …)

A look at the growing prevalence of LLM-written posts that have been backdated and attributed to human authors on Physics Forums, which was founded in 2001 (Hall of Impossible Dreams)

Trump denies talks with Oracle about a TikTok deal, says "I have spoken to many people about TikTok" and expects a decision in the next 30 days (Reuters)

Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 19, 2025

Chinese esports companies, including Tencent and Huya, face growth challenges in China, the world's biggest esports market; the industry earned ~$3.8B in 2024 (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)

Major Chinese social media apps have mastered the "shoppertainment" experience, blending social media with shopping, that Western competitors struggle to match (Rest of World)

Sources: US State Dept.'s freeze on foreign aid applies to a bureau that uses cyber diplomacy to fight threats and pursues international norms for emerging tech (Martin Matishak/The Record)

CEO Brian Armstrong says Coinbase needs to rethink its listing process for new tokens to keep up with "~1m tokens a week being created now, and growing" (Brian Armstrong/@brian_armstrong)

Sources: DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng told Chinese Premier Li Qiang in a Jan. 20 meeting that US export controls on advanced chips to China were still a bottleneck (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)

Microsoft + TikTok, 2025 edition: Trump comment stirs new speculation about possible deal

Cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $45M to help companies secure their infrastructure

Inside Wizards of the Coast’s new gaming lair, where ‘D&D’ architects chart their course for 2025

Sam Altman, SoftBank invest in $425M round for Helion, a Seattle-area startup chasing fusion power

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