Zinger Key Points
- Bumble's revenue falls to $261.6M in Q4, with paying users dropping by 57K from the previous quarter.
- Apple plans in-house 5G modem for iPhone SE 4 but may lag behind Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X75.
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South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said it has halted new downloads of DeepSeek.
A Russian court has imposed a fine on Alphabet Inc. GOOG Google for hosting a YouTube video that provides instructions to Russian soldiers on how to surrender.
Mexico reiterates its warning to take legal action against Google over the naming of the “Gulf of Mexico” on its Maps service.
Earnings Results
Bumble BMBL reported fourth-quarter revenue of $261.6 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $260.47 million and is a decrease from revenue of $273.64 million from the same period last year. Total Paying Users fell 57,000 from the previous quarter.
Smartphones
Apple Inc. AAPL is reportedly considering adding advertising to Maps, mirroring Alphabet Inc.’s Google Maps model.
Apple reportedly plans to introduce its first in-house 5G modem, manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM, in the upcoming iPhone SE 4 — but early reports suggest it may not match the performance of Qualcomm Inc.’s QCOM Snapdragon X75.
Jon Prosser – a well-known Apple product leak source – shared leaked renders of the iPhone 17 Air and iPhone 17 Pro, each featuring unique camera island designs.
Apple is reportedly testing a wireless reverse charging feature for its upcoming iPhone 17 Pro models, allowing the smartphone to power other devices.
Apple announced the iPhone 16E, an affordable iPhone offering that replaces the third-generation iPhone SE.
In response to the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, Apple might have to raise iPhone prices by 9%, said analysts at the Bank of America.
Technology
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal.
Humane Inc. has decided to discontinue its AI Pin and sell its assets to HP Inc. HPQ for $116 million. The AI Pin will cease to connect to Humane's servers after 3 PM ET on Feb. 28.
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN is removing a crucial Kindle feature that allows users to download and back up their purchased ebooks.
Google has decided to remove its AI assistant, Gemini, from the main app on iOS devices.
NVIDIA NVDA has introduced Evo 2, an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) system aimed attransforming the field of biological research.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Microsoft Corporation MSFT CEO Satya Nadella has cautioned against the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), comparing the current frenzy to the dot-com bubble.
Ilya Sutskever, the co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI, is reportedly raising over $1 billion for his AI venture, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), pushing its valuation beyond $30 billion.
Mira Murati, the former CTO of OpenAI, has launched her own AI startup and has already recruited top researchers from ChatGPT-maker, Meta Platforms, Inc., and Mistral AI, a Paris-based startup.
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