Tech News – January 7 & 8

Meta will cease to use independent third-party fact checkers and fact-checking organizations

The company plans to add Community Notes in the US over the next few months and iterate on them over this year. Meta said it has “no immediate plans” to get rid of its third-party fact checkers in the UK or the EU.
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Nvidia launched a blueprint for AI agents that can analyze video

The company unveiled a new initiative related to building AI agents called “blueprints”. These are essentially pre-built templates that give developers everything they need to create autonomous AI systems without starting from scratch.
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Getty Images is acquiring Shutterstock to create a company worth approximately $3.7 billion

The merger will allow the companies to expand their stock photo libraries as they face increasing competition from AI image creation tools such as Midjourney and OpenAI’s DALL-E.
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PowerPoint will add support for SRT files for captions and subtitles

Users will be able to import SRT files to add captions and subtitles to presentations. PowerPoint will automatically convert subtitles to WebVTT format for broader compatibility with older releases and popular web browsers.
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New products

Xiaomi 15 Ultra

Xiaomi 15 Ultra will have an OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Elite processor and a 6,000mAh battery. It will come with a 50-megapixel main camera.
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Redmi K80 Ultra

The phone will have an OLED display, Dimensity 9400 Plus chipset and a 6,500mAh battery.
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