Happy Monday.
So⦠Apple gave up and went Google shopping for Siri.
Oh, and weβre updating this last minute because Claude Cowork just dropped. Busy news day.
Letβs dig in.
Apple picks Googleβs Gemini AI for its Siri upgrade.
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Google announces Universal Commerce Protocol with Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart, enabling AI agents to shop and check out.
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Anthropic launches Claude Cowork β Claude Code for non-technical users.
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Tobi LΓΌtke, Shopify CEO, builds an HTML-based MRI viewer.
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Amazon plans its first big-box retail store in a Chicago suburb, a 229,000 sq ft location that would be larger than a Walmart Supercenter.
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π launches an updated notifications design on iOS and web, with a new Priority tab.
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More from π: its recommendation algorithm is planned to go open source this week, and Smart Cashtags are in the works.
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Polymarket partners with Golden Globes for real-time winner predictions during the awards show.
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Wing expands drone delivery to 150 more Walmart stores.
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DeepSeek plans to launch a new AI model focused on coding in February.
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FCC authorizes SpaceX to deploy up to 15,000 next-gen satellites.
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Tesla tests Cybercab robotaxi prototypes on public roads in Austin, San Francisco, and Buffalo.
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Garry Tan breaks down why the wealth tax is designed to drive tech innovation out of California.
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Ankur Nagpal, Carry Founder, shares founder-to-founder advice on raising venture capital.
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As promised, tech and startups in under a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Chinese autonomous delivery vansβ¦ unstoppable π
