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Filings review: Builder.ai, which raised $450M from Microsoft and others, used an auditor with links to founder Sachin Duggal; Duggal resigned as CEO last month (Financial Times)

Filings review: Builder.ai, which raised $450M from Microsoft...

Financial Times: Filings review: Builder.ai, which raised $450M from Microsoft and...

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Sources: The Bot Company, co-founded by ex-Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt to make AI-powered household robots, raised $150M at a $2B valuation, up from $550M in May 2024 (Reuters)

Sources: The Bot Company, co-founded by ex-Cruise CEO Kyle...

Reuters: Sources: The Bot Company, co-founded by ex-Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt to make...

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Tencent unveils Hunyuan T1, which leverages large-scale reinforcement learning to rival DeepSeek's R1 in both performance and pricing (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)

Tencent unveils Hunyuan T1, which leverages large-scale...

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: Tencent unveils Hunyuan T1, which leverages...

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CoreWeave, prepping for a roadshow, faces $7.5B in debt repayments by the end of 2026, far above its cash flow, asking IPO investors to take a leap of faith (Financial Times)

CoreWeave, prepping for a roadshow, faces $7.5B in debt...

Financial Times: CoreWeave, prepping for a roadshow, faces $7.5B in debt repayments...

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Coinbase and others eye India comeback as regulators tease pivot; Electric Capital: India had 12% of crypto devs in 2024, only behind the US, up from 4% in 2018 (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Coinbase and others eye India comeback as regulators tease...

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Coinbase and others eye India comeback as regulators...

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Index Ventures, Wiz's largest outside shareholder with a 13% stake, is set to turn its $245M investment into $4.3B from Wiz's pending sale to Alphabet for $32B (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Index Ventures, Wiz's largest outside shareholder with...

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Index Ventures, Wiz's largest outside shareholder...

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OECD Global Debt Report: Borrowing has nearly tripled since 2007

OECD Global Debt Report: Borrowing has nearly tripled since...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its...

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The US Treasury's sanctions watchdog removes Tornado Cash from its global blacklist, after a federal appeals court ruled against the sanctions in November 2024 (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

The US Treasury's sanctions watchdog removes Tornado Cash...

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: The US Treasury's sanctions watchdog removes Tornado Cash...

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Sources: KKR, Coatue, and other ByteDance investors are exploring buying out Chinese investors from TikTok US to assure Trump that it is free of Chinese control (Financial Times)

Sources: KKR, Coatue, and other ByteDance investors are...

Financial Times: Sources: KKR, Coatue, and other ByteDance investors are exploring...

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Lyft says it plans to roll out robotaxis in partnership with May Mobility in Atlanta, starting summer 2025 (Bruna Horvath/NBC News)

Lyft says it plans to roll out robotaxis in partnership...

Bruna Horvath / NBC News: Lyft says it plans to roll out robotaxis in partnership...

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France to raise €5 billion in new capital for defence sector

France to raise €5 billion in new capital for defence sector

French authorities are seeking to shore up investment in the defence sector, aiming...

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Denver-based Multiply Mortgage, which provides an AI-based mortgage origination service for tech employees, raised a $23.5M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Denver-based Multiply Mortgage, which provides an AI-based...

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Denver-based Multiply Mortgage, which provides an...

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Shipments of India-manufactured smartphones grew 6% YoY in 2024, with Samsung and Apple accounting for ~94% of exports; Samsung's India exports grew 13% YoY (Counterpoint Research)

Shipments of India-manufactured smartphones grew 6% YoY...

Counterpoint Research: Shipments of India-manufactured smartphones grew 6% YoY in...

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A look at Chinese AI startup Manycore, which develops spatial design software, has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, and reported a $58.3M loss from Q1 to Q3 2024 (Bloomberg)

A look at Chinese AI startup Manycore, which develops spatial...

Bloomberg: A look at Chinese AI startup Manycore, which develops spatial design...

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France to raise €5bn in new capital for defense sector

France to raise €5bn in new capital for defense sector

French authorities seek to shore up investment in the defense sector, aiming to...

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EU to curb steel imports in bid to protect industry

EU to curb steel imports in bid to protect industry

The European Union has unveiled a new package of measures, including reducing its...

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Filing: CoreWeave is aiming to raise up to $2.7B in its US IPO at a valuation between $27.4B and $32B, selling 49M shares for $47 to $55; Nvidia owns 5.96% (Reuters)

Filing: CoreWeave is aiming to raise up to $2.7B in its...

Reuters: Filing: CoreWeave is aiming to raise up to $2.7B in its US IPO at a valuation...

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Sources: Tim Cook lost faith in Apple AI head John Giannandrea to execute on product development and drafted in Vision Pro creator Mike Rockwell to oversee Siri (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Tim Cook lost faith in Apple AI head John Giannandrea...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Tim Cook lost faith in Apple AI head John Giannandrea...

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LG shuts down Art Lab, its NFT marketplace for TVs launched in 2022 during the NFT craze; LG Art Lab used the Hedera network and expanded to Ethereum in 2024 (Emma Roth/The Verge)

LG shuts down Art Lab, its NFT marketplace for TVs launched...

Emma Roth / The Verge: LG shuts down Art Lab, its NFT marketplace for TVs launched...

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US Federal Reserve holds rates steady, but warns of inflation and slowing growth

US Federal Reserve holds rates steady, but warns of inflation...

America's central bank keeps interest rates steady but warns that inflation projections...

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Sources: crypto exchange Kraken is nearing a $1.5B deal to acquire NinjaTrader, a US retail futures trading platform; the deal could be announced on March 20 (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: crypto exchange Kraken is nearing a $1.5B deal...

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Sources: crypto exchange Kraken is nearing...

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Jensen Huang says Nvidia will spend hundreds of billions on US-made chips and electronics over four years as it shifts supply chains amid Trump's tariff threats (Financial Times)

Jensen Huang says Nvidia will spend hundreds of billions...

Financial Times: Jensen Huang says Nvidia will spend hundreds of billions on US-made...

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Analysis: Etsy's stock, which peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic, has lost its pandemic-era gains, while eBay's stock is up ~85% since January 2020 (Hyunsoo Rim/Sherwood News)

Analysis: Etsy's stock, which peaked during the COVID-19...

Hyunsoo Rim / Sherwood News: Analysis: Etsy's stock, which peaked during the COVID-19...

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A three-judge panel in US appeals court ruled, in a case involving AI generated poetry, that the Copyright Act requires human authorship for registration (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

A three-judge panel in US appeals court ruled, in a case...

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: A three-judge panel in US appeals court ruled, in...

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Sources: Nvidia acquires Gretel, which offers synthetic data tools, for more than its most recent $320M valuation; Pitchbook: Gretel had previously raised $67M+ (Lauren Goode/Wired)

Sources: Nvidia acquires Gretel, which offers synthetic...

Lauren Goode / Wired: Sources: Nvidia acquires Gretel, which offers synthetic data...

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X Secures Nearly $1 Billion in New Equity, Valuing the Company at $32 Billion

X Secures Nearly $1 Billion in New Equity, Valuing the...

Bloomberg: Sources: X has raised close to $1B in new equity in a deal that values...

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European Commission set to unveil capital markets investment plan

European Commission set to unveil capital markets investment...

Brussels prepares to release a proposal on boosting investment into European firms...

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Flashpoint: 3.2B credentials were stolen from organizations in 2024, up 33% YoY, of which 2.1B were compromised using info-stealing malware infecting 23M hosts (Matt Kapko/CyberScoop)

Flashpoint: 3.2B credentials were stolen from organizations...

Matt Kapko / CyberScoop: Flashpoint: 3.2B credentials were stolen from organizations...

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A source details how Google built the Pixel 10's Tensor G5 chip without Samsung's help, using in-house and off-the-shelf IP, and partnering with Arm and others (Kamila Wojciechowska/Android Authority)

A source details how Google built the Pixel 10's Tensor...

Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority: A source details how Google built the...

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Microsoft partners with Swiss startup Inait to deploy an AI model that simulates mammal brain reasoning to advance fields like financial trading and robotics (Michael Peel/Financial Times)

Microsoft partners with Swiss startup Inait to deploy an...

Michael Peel / Financial Times: Microsoft partners with Swiss startup Inait to deploy...

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German parliament approves massive spending boost for defence and infrastructure

German parliament approves massive spending boost for defence...

Lawmakers in Germany's Bundestag have passed a colossal defence and infrastructure...

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Sources: Oracle is weighing a TikTok proposal that would have it provide security assurances and take a small stake while leaving the algorithm in Chinese hands (Bloomberg)

Sources: Oracle is weighing a TikTok proposal that would...

Bloomberg: Sources: Oracle is weighing a TikTok proposal that would have it provide...

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GrubMarket, which offers food logistics AI tools, raised a $50M Series G at a $3.5B+ valuation, up from $1.2B in 2021, and is on track for $2.4B in 2025 revenue (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

GrubMarket, which offers food logistics AI tools, raised...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: GrubMarket, which offers food logistics AI tools, raised...

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A livestream of the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote at the SAP Center in San Jose, California (NVIDIA on YouTube)

A livestream of the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote at the SAP...

NVIDIA on YouTube: A livestream of the Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote at the SAP Center...

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Sources: Cognition, maker of AI coding assistant Devin, raised hundreds of millions led by 8VC at a ~$4B valuation, doubling its $2B valuation from April 2024 (Bloomberg)

Sources: Cognition, maker of AI coding assistant Devin,...

Bloomberg: Sources: Cognition, maker of AI coding assistant Devin, raised hundreds...

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Starlink is now accessible across the White House campus, which was already served by fiber cable, after service was "donated", as some cite security concerns (New York Times)

Starlink is now accessible across the White House campus,...

New York Times: Starlink is now accessible across the White House campus, which...

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San Francisco grants Waymo a temporary permit to map SFO roads with human-driven cars, paving the way for future commercial operations (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

San Francisco grants Waymo a temporary permit to map SFO...

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: San Francisco grants Waymo a temporary permit to map...

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OECD cuts global economic outlooks amid Trump trade tariffs

OECD cuts global economic outlooks amid Trump trade tariffs

The OECD has cut global economic outlooks in its first report since US President...

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AI slop, shared by thousands of prolific accounts, is brute forcing virality, and platforms like Meta embrace it; some AI videos get 350M+ views (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

AI slop, shared by thousands of prolific accounts, is brute...

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: AI slop, shared by thousands of prolific accounts, is...

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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay aims to unveil the first products he has overseen in the fall, talks of new premium devices, hints at wearables like AR glasses (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay aims to unveil the first...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Amazon devices chief Panos Panay aims to unveil the first...

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Telegram's Pavel Durov has left France, reportedly after a judge authorized him to leave the country for "several weeks"; the investigation is ongoing (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record)

Telegram's Pavel Durov has left France, reportedly after...

Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: Telegram's Pavel Durov has left France, reportedly...

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CoreWeave's upcoming IPO in a soft IPO market serves as a bellwether for both the tech industry and how the public market perceives AI in the years ahead (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)

CoreWeave's upcoming IPO in a soft IPO market serves as...

Rachyl Jones / Semafor: CoreWeave's upcoming IPO in a soft IPO market serves as...

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A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's Station Q team trying to build a quantum computer; source: Microsoft spends ~$300M annually on quantum research (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal)

A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's Station...

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's...

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Some developers say licenses for "open" AI models like Google's Gemma and Meta's Llama have limits that restrict commercial use without fear of legal reprisal (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Some developers say licenses for "open" AI models like...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Some developers say licenses for “open” AI models like...

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A closer look at the iPhone 17 "Air", which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

A closer look at the iPhone 17 "Air", which lays the foundation...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation...

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Ofcom will enforce rules under the UK's Online Safety Act, designed to protect internet users from illegal content and harmful activity online, from March 17 (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Ofcom will enforce rules under the UK's Online Safety Act,...

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: Ofcom will enforce rules under the UK's Online...

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Directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they're building a high-tech studio aiming to help artists use AI as a creative tool to make films, shows, and video games (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they're building a...

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they're...

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Bluesky proposes letting users indicate if their data can be used for AI training, web archiving, and more; critics see it as a reversal of its prior statements (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Bluesky proposes letting users indicate if their data can...

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Bluesky proposes letting users indicate if their data can...

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Garry Tan says ~80% of YC's W25 batch is AI focused and the cohort is growing significantly faster than past ones, with actual revenue, thanks to "vibe coding" (Kate Rooney/CNBC)

Garry Tan says ~80% of YC's W25 batch is AI focused and...

Kate Rooney / CNBC: Garry Tan says ~80% of YC's W25 batch is AI focused and the...

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Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similar to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5 (Bloomberg)

Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its...

Bloomberg: Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similar...

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A lack of consensus on what defines an AI "agent" is leading to customer frustration, as Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and others market it differently (TechCrunch)

A lack of consensus on what defines an AI "agent" is leading...

TechCrunch: A lack of consensus on what defines an AI “agent” is leading to customer...

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Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform the state's corporate law to keep it attractive to both investors and CEOs, following Musk's exit (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform...

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that would transform...

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A look at the challenges facing Nvidia ahead of its annual GTC conference, where CEO Jensen Huang is expected to outline the company's next chapter (Bloomberg)

A look at the challenges facing Nvidia ahead of its annual...

Bloomberg: A look at the challenges facing Nvidia ahead of its annual GTC conference,...

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A look at some standout startups from YC's W25 Demo Day, which showcased 160 companies, including several creating tools to enhance other companies' AI agents (TechCrunch)

A look at some standout startups from YC's W25 Demo Day,...

TechCrunch: A look at some standout startups from YC's W25 Demo Day, which showcased...

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Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Lumafield, which manufactures industrial CT scanners with cloud-based analysis software, raised a $75M Series C led by IVP (Aaron Weitzman/Axios)

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Lumafield, which manufactures...

Aaron Weitzman / Axios: Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Lumafield, which manufactures...

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Nashville-based 360 Privacy, an identity and risk management startup protecting enterprises and high net-worth people from online threats, raised $36M from FTV (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

Nashville-based 360 Privacy, an identity and risk management...

Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: Nashville-based 360 Privacy, an identity and risk...

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The DOJ says Rostislav Panev, who is accused of being a key developer for the LockBit ransomware gang, has been extradited from Israel to the US (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

The DOJ says Rostislav Panev, who is accused of being a...

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: The DOJ says Rostislav Panev, who is...

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Morgan Marquis-Boire, the once-celebrated hacker accused of sexual assaults in 2017, is the undisclosed co-founder of crypto intelligence firm Unciphered (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

Morgan Marquis-Boire, the once-celebrated hacker accused...

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Morgan Marquis-Boire, the once-celebrated hacker...

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Reddit will allow users to hide ads from their feeds from an advertiser account for "at least a year"; some users report seeing a daily limit for hiding ads (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Reddit will allow users to hide ads from their feeds from...

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Reddit will allow users to hide ads from their feeds...

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Trump threatens 200 percent tariffs on EU wine and spirits

Trump threatens 200 percent tariffs on EU wine and spirits

US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 200 percent duty on imports of...

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Russia's wartime economy: Resilient or on the edge of collapse?

Russia's wartime economy: Resilient or on the edge of collapse?

Since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russia's economy has proved to be robust...

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Terabase, which is developing robots and automated systems using AI to rapidly build solar farms, raised a $130M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Financial Times)

Terabase, which is developing robots and automated systems...

Financial Times: Terabase, which is developing robots and automated systems using...

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Sources: DeepSeek has shown little intention to further commercialize its tech in the near term, instead focusing on model development and building AGI (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

Sources: DeepSeek has shown little intention to further...

Zijing Wu / Financial Times: Sources: DeepSeek has shown little intention to further...

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Sources: SoftBank plans to buy a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Osaka for ~$676M and convert it into a data center for jointly developing AI agents with OpenAI (Nikkei Asia)

Sources: SoftBank plans to buy a former Sharp LCD panel...

Nikkei Asia: Sources: SoftBank plans to buy a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Osaka...

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Russia's wartime economy: resilient or on the edge of collapse?

Russia's wartime economy: resilient or on the edge of collapse?

Since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russia's economy has proved to be robust...

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Trump threatens 200% tariffs on EU wine and spirits

Trump threatens 200% tariffs on EU wine and spirits

US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 200% duty on imports of wine...

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Adobe's stock falls 12%+ after reporting a disappointing Q2 outlook and investor concerns that it is falling behind some rivals and losing its AI advantage (CNBC)

Adobe's stock falls 12%+ after reporting a disappointing...

CNBC: Adobe's stock falls 12%+ after reporting a disappointing Q2 outlook and investor...

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Google’s Gemini Chatbots (Gems) Now Free for All Users, Offering Career & Coding Assistance

Google’s Gemini Chatbots (Gems) Now Free for All Users,...

Pranob Mehrotra / Android Authority: Google makes Gems, its personalized Gemini...

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Cohere debuts Command A, its latest generative AI model for agentic enterprise tasks, with a context length of 256K tokens and requiring just two A100s or H100s (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

Cohere debuts Command A, its latest generative AI model...

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Cohere debuts Command A, its latest generative AI model...

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US-Canada tourism takes a hit as Trump trade war heats up

US-Canada tourism takes a hit as Trump trade war heats...

The 48th International Tourism Salon gets underway in Paris, with the world's #3...

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Trump vows further action as US trading partners hit back at steel and aluminium tariffs

Trump vows further action as US trading partners hit back...

A new, 25 percent import tax on all steel and aluminium coming into the United States...

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D-Wave claims it has achieved "quantum supremacy" with its quantum annealing processors; some physicists say classical computers can achieve comparable results (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

D-Wave claims it has achieved "quantum supremacy" with...

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: D-Wave claims it has achieved “quantum supremacy”...

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UiPath shares fell over 15% after the company projected FY 2026 sales of $1.525B to $1.53B, vs. $1.58B estimates; PATH is down 51.6% over the past 12 months (Bill Peters/MarketWatch)

UiPath shares fell over 15% after the company projected...

Bill Peters / MarketWatch: UiPath shares fell over 15% after the company projected...

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By previewing smarter Siri vaporware at WWDC and the iPhone 16 launch, Apple burned a reputation earned over decades for only promising actual working products (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

By previewing smarter Siri vaporware at WWDC and the iPhone...

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: By previewing smarter Siri vaporware at WWDC and...

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Trump vows further action as US trading partners hit back at 25% steel and aluminium tariffs

Trump vows further action as US trading partners hit back...

A new, 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium coming into the United States has...

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Google DeepMind launches two AI models, Gemini 2.0-based Robotics and Robotics-ER, to help robots "perform a wider range of real-world tasks than ever before" (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Google DeepMind launches two AI models, Gemini 2.0-based...

Emma Roth / The Verge: Google DeepMind launches two AI models, Gemini 2.0-based...

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Investigation: AI-powered student monitoring tool Gaggle, used to track ~6M US student, isn't always secure, and there's no research showing it increases safety (Associated Press)

Investigation: AI-powered student monitoring tool Gaggle,...

Associated Press: Investigation: AI-powered student monitoring tool Gaggle, used...

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The US FTC asks a judge to delay its case accusing Amazon of deceptive practices with Amazon Prime, citing staffing shortfalls (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

The US FTC asks a judge to delay its case accusing Amazon...

Annie Palmer / CNBC: The US FTC asks a judge to delay its case accusing Amazon of...

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Trump halts doubling tariffs after Ontario premier backs down on US electricity surcharge

Trump halts doubling tariffs after Ontario premier backs...

In the latest twist in an escalating trade war between the US and Canada, Donald...

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Trump tariffs on steel and aluminium come into effect, sparking EU retaliation

Trump tariffs on steel and aluminium come into effect,...

US President Donald Trump's 25 percent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminium...

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OpusClip, which offers a multimodal AI tool to simplify short-form video editing for creators, raised $20M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $215M valuation (Riddhi Kanetkar/Business Insider)

OpusClip, which offers a multimodal AI tool to simplify...

Riddhi Kanetkar / Business Insider: OpusClip, which offers a multimodal AI tool...

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Sources: TSMC has pitched Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm about taking stakes in a JV to run Intel Foundry; TSMC would hold no more than a 50% stake (Reuters)

Sources: TSMC has pitched Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm...

Reuters: Sources: TSMC has pitched Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm about taking...

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Spotify says it paid $10B+ in royalties in 2024, "the largest in music history", making up 60%+ of its $17.13B+ 2024 revenue, with ~1,500 artists earning $1M+ (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

Spotify says it paid $10B+ in royalties in 2024, "the largest...

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Spotify says it paid $10B+ in royalties in 2024,...

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Donald Trump halts doubling tariffs after Ontario premier backs down on US electricity surcharge

Donald Trump halts doubling tariffs after Ontario premier...

In the latest twist in an escalating trade war between the US and Canada, Donald...

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Waymo expands its operating area around Silicon Valley to a 27 square-mile region, including Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos, and parts of Sunnyvale (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Waymo expands its operating area around Silicon Valley...

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Waymo expands its operating area around Silicon Valley...

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Dexterity, maker of industrial robots that have "human-like" finesse, raised $95M at a $1.65B valuation, up from $1.4B in 2021, bringing total funding to ~$300M (Bloomberg)

Dexterity, maker of industrial robots that have "human-like"...

Bloomberg: Dexterity, maker of industrial robots that have “human-like” finesse,...

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A look at Crypto.com's perplexing trading volume surge, up 10x in 2024 per CoinGecko, vaulting it to the top tier of exchanges, as rivals question its growth (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

A look at Crypto.com's perplexing trading volume surge,...

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: A look at Crypto.com's perplexing trading volume surge,...

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A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly (Columbia Journalism Review)

A study of eight AI search engines found they provided...

Columbia Journalism Review: A study of eight AI search engines found they provided...

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ServiceNow says it plans to acquire agentic AI company Moveworks for $2.85B in its largest-ever acquisition, a cash and stock deal set to close in H2 2025 (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)

ServiceNow says it plans to acquire agentic AI company...

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: ServiceNow says it plans to acquire agentic AI company...

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Thailand's SEC approves Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC for exchange trading, with both available in Thailand on March 16, signaling growing stablecoin adoption (Liz Napolitano/Decrypt)

Thailand's SEC approves Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC...

Liz Napolitano / Decrypt: Thailand's SEC approves Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC...

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Market selloff: Nasdaq logs worst day since 2022 as Trump's tariffs spark recession fears

Market selloff: Nasdaq logs worst day since 2022 as Trump's...

Wall Street stocks plummeted after Donald Trump refused to rule out the possibility...

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Breaking Borders The Future of Cryptocurrency in a Highly Regulated World

Breaking Borders The Future of Cryptocurrency in a Highly...

Governments worldwide are tightening regulations on cryptocurrency, creating a high-stakes...

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The Race for Quantum Computing Dominance A Global Tech War Unfolds

The Race for Quantum Computing Dominance A Global Tech...

The global race for quantum computing dominance is intensifying as world powers,...

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SCOTUS refuses to hear BMC's appeal and revive a $1.6B award against IBM, which was accused by BMC of poaching a client in violation of a licensing agreement (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)

SCOTUS refuses to hear BMC's appeal and revive a $1.6B...

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg: SCOTUS refuses to hear BMC's appeal and revive a $1.6B award...

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X experiences intermittent outages globally, beginning early on March 10 (Charles Capel/Bloomberg)

X experiences intermittent outages globally, beginning...

Charles Capel / Bloomberg: X experiences intermittent outages globally, beginning...

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Consumer Reports: many voice cloning programs, including ElevenLabs, Speechify, PlayHT, and Lovo, have flimsy barriers to prevent nonconsensual impersonations (Kevin Collier/NBC News)

Consumer Reports: many voice cloning programs, including...

Kevin Collier / NBC News: Consumer Reports: many voice cloning programs, including...

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Trump downplays recession fears as business leaders sound alarm

Trump downplays recession fears as business leaders sound...

President Donald Trump says the US economy is “in transition” as his vacillating...

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Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf: current AI development paradigms won't yield outside-the-box problem-solving that leads to true scientific breakthroughs (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf: current AI development...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf: current AI development...

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Sources: workflow automation company ServiceNow nears deal to buy enterprise AI assistants company Moveworks in a deal that could value Moveworks at ~$3B (Bloomberg)

Sources: workflow automation company ServiceNow nears deal...

Bloomberg: Sources: workflow automation company ServiceNow nears deal to buy enterprise...

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President Trump says "we're dealing with four different groups" for the sale of TikTok; Trump signed an EO on January 20 to delay the TikTok ban by 75 days (Reuters)

President Trump says "we're dealing with four different...

Reuters: President Trump says “we're dealing with four different groups” for the...

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A look back at GeoCities, launched in 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet, which allowed people who had no technical knowledge of HTML to build web pages (Richard MacManus/Cybercultural)

A look back at GeoCities, launched in 1994 as Beverly Hills...

Richard MacManus / Cybercultural: A look back at GeoCities, launched in 1994 as...

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SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching a book alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CCP in a bid to enter China in the 2010s (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching...

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is...

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Sources: Apple planned to announce a smart home hub in March but it has been postponed since the device relies on the delayed Siri capabilities (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple planned to announce a smart home hub in...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple planned to announce a smart home hub in...

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Sources describe the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse that left ~$200M in customer money frozen, with entities blaming each other for shoddy recordkeeping (Fortune)

Sources describe the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse...

Fortune: Sources describe the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse that left ~$200M...

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A US federal judge allows the Kadrey v. Meta case, in which authors allege Meta violated IP rights by using their books to train Llama models, to move forward (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

A US federal judge allows the Kadrey v. Meta case, in which...

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: A US federal judge allows the Kadrey v. Meta case, in which...

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Tarlogic researchers find an undocumented "backdoor" in Chinese manufacturer Espressif's ESP32 microchip used in 1B+ devices for WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Tarlogic researchers find an undocumented "backdoor" in...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Tarlogic researchers find an undocumented “backdoor”...

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After the ~$1.5B hack, Bybit borrowed about $280M in ether from crypto industry peers to help process 350,000 customer withdrawal requests over 10 hours (Wall Street Journal)

After the ~$1.5B hack, Bybit borrowed about $280M in ether...

Wall Street Journal: After the ~$1.5B hack, Bybit borrowed about $280M in ether...

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Sources detail the nearly 10-hour-long tech meltdown of the European Central Bank's main payment system on February 27 due to a piece of malfunctioning hardware (Reuters)

Sources detail the nearly 10-hour-long tech meltdown of...

Reuters: Sources detail the nearly 10-hour-long tech meltdown of the European Central...

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A look at YouTube's origins, growth, and domination as the platform turns 20, including an interview with CEO Neal Mohan, who is nearing 10 years at the company (Todd Spangler/Variety)

A look at YouTube's origins, growth, and domination as...

Todd Spangler / Variety: A look at YouTube's origins, growth, and domination as...

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Experts say Sean Cairncross' nomination as national cyber director signals the White House's ONCD will lead US cyber policy across the government (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

Experts say Sean Cairncross' nomination as national cyber...

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: Experts say Sean Cairncross' nomination as national...

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China plans a "state venture capital guidance fund", expected to attract ~$138B over 20 years from local governments and private sector, to support AI and more (CNN)

China plans a "state venture capital guidance fund", expected...

CNN: China plans a “state venture capital guidance fund”, expected to attract ~$138B...

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Jim Sanborn, creator of the Kryptos sculpture at CIA HQ, says he's frustrated with amateurs falsely claiming they cracked the 35-year unsolved code using AI (Steven Levy/Wired)

Jim Sanborn, creator of the Kryptos sculpture at CIA HQ,...

Steven Levy / Wired: Jim Sanborn, creator of the Kryptos sculpture at CIA HQ, says...

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Source: Microsoft has completed training a family of models, codenamed MAI, and is experimenting with swapping out OpenAI's models in Copilot for the MAI models (Aaron Holmes/The Information)

Source: Microsoft has completed training a family of models,...

Aaron Holmes / The Information: Source: Microsoft has completed training a family...

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Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, which will hold only assets that have been forfeited, disappoints traders who hoped the government would begin buying bitcoin (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, which will hold only...

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, which will hold...

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Sources: the White House is weighing measures to restrict DeepSeek, including banning its app from US app stores, because of national security concerns (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: the White House is weighing measures to restrict...

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the White House is weighing measures to restrict DeepSeek,...

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CoreWeave denies an FT report that Microsoft withdrew from some of its agreements ahead of CoreWeave's IPO, saying "there have been no contract cancellations" (Angela Christy/Reuters)

CoreWeave denies an FT report that Microsoft withdrew from...

Angela Christy / Reuters: CoreWeave denies an FT report that Microsoft withdrew...

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Former OpenAI policy researcher Miles Brundage criticizes OpenAI for "rewriting the history of GPT-2", after OpenAI outlined its safety and alignment philosophy (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Former OpenAI policy researcher Miles Brundage criticizes...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Former OpenAI policy researcher Miles Brundage criticizes...

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An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, repeated false claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time (NewsGuard's Reality Check)

An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT,...

NewsGuard's Reality Check: An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT,...

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What's behind Donald Trump's 'love affair' with tariffs?

What's behind Donald Trump's 'love affair' with tariffs?

Why does Donald Trump appear so determined to impose tariffs? Is it about raising...

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1Password adds a feature to help find a login, password, or access code by adding a specific physical location to items in a new Nearby section of the app (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)

1Password adds a feature to help find a login, password,...

Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: 1Password adds a feature to help find a login, password,...

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Nansen: Trump's World Liberty Financial bought Ether worth $10M, WBTC worth $10M, and MOVE worth $1.5M ahead of the White House Crypto Summit (Brian McGleenon/The Block)

Nansen: Trump's World Liberty Financial bought Ether worth...

Brian McGleenon / The Block: Nansen: Trump's World Liberty Financial bought Ether...

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Sources: there haven't been negotiations between ByteDance and prospective TikTok US buyers, amid confusion over who's leading Trump administration negotiations (Dan Primack/Axios)

Sources: there haven't been negotiations between ByteDance...

Dan Primack / Axios: Sources: there haven't been negotiations between ByteDance...

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Germany calls for easing of EU fiscal rules ahead of European emergency summit

Germany calls for easing of EU fiscal rules ahead of European...

According to reporting from Bloomberg, Germany's envoy to Brussels urged the EU...

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Germany's Merz proposes overhaul of debt-brake system to boost defence spending

Germany's Merz proposes overhaul of debt-brake system to...

Germany's political parties hoping to form the next government have agreed to loosen...

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MongoDB Q4: revenue up ~20% YoY to $548.4M, vs. $519.6M est., and projects the slowest growth for FY 2026 since going public in 2017; MDB drops 16%+ after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

MongoDB Q4: revenue up ~20% YoY to $548.4M, vs. $519.6M...

Jordan Novet / CNBC: MongoDB Q4: revenue up ~20% YoY to $548.4M, vs. $519.6M est.,...

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Tel Aviv-based Grain, which helps businesses find the best FX hedges using FX derivatives and AI, emerges from stealth with a $33M Series A and an $18M seed (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Tel Aviv-based Grain, which helps businesses find the best...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Grain, which helps businesses find the...

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Ola's AI venture Krutrim partners with Lenovo to develop the 700B-parameter Krutrim 3 LLM and India's largest supercomputer, as India grows its AI capabilities (The Economic Times)

Ola's AI venture Krutrim partners with Lenovo to develop...

The Economic Times: Ola's AI venture Krutrim partners with Lenovo to develop the...

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Germany's Merz proposes overhaul of debt-brake system to boost defence, infrastructure spending

Germany's Merz proposes overhaul of debt-brake system to...

Germany's political parties hoping to form the next government have agreed to loosen...

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YouTube debuts a $7.99/month Premium Lite tier in the US, offering ad-free videos like gaming and news, and plans to launch in Thailand, Germany, and Australia (Jack Greenberg/YouTube Official Blog)

YouTube debuts a $7.99/month Premium Lite tier in the US,...

Jack Greenberg / YouTube Official Blog: YouTube debuts a $7.99/month Premium Lite...

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YouTube says YouTube Music and YouTube Premium now have 125M+ subscribers globally, including trials, after passing 100M subscribers in February 2024 (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

YouTube says YouTube Music and YouTube Premium now have...

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: YouTube says YouTube Music and YouTube...

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Source: OpenAI executives have told some investors about plans for a $2,000/month agent, a $10,000/month agent for coding, and a $20,000/month PhD-level agent (The Information)

Source: OpenAI executives have told some investors about...

The Information: Source: OpenAI executives have told some investors about plans...

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China outlines economic goals for 2025, including boost in public spending

China outlines economic goals for 2025, including boost...

At the opening of the National People's Congress in Beijing, Chinese Premier Li...

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A US judge denies Musk's effort to halt OpenAI's for-profit shift, saying he failed to meet the burden of proof, but allows other aspects of the suit to proceed (Hayden Field/CNBC)

A US judge denies Musk's effort to halt OpenAI's for-profit...

Hayden Field / CNBC: A US judge denies Musk's effort to halt OpenAI's for-profit...

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Arm agrees to provide chip designs and tech to Malaysia for $250M over the next ten years, as the government targets semiconductor exports of $270B by 2030 (Anisah Shukry/Bloomberg)

Arm agrees to provide chip designs and tech to Malaysia...

Anisah Shukry / Bloomberg: Arm agrees to provide chip designs and tech to Malaysia...

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Taiwan's government says it will assist with TSMC's $100B investment in the US, but also do "gatekeeping" to keep the most advanced tech in Taiwan (Financial Times)

Taiwan's government says it will assist with TSMC's $100B...

Financial Times: Taiwan's government says it will assist with TSMC's $100B investment...

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Financial markets sink on fears of trade war escalation

Financial markets sink on fears of trade war escalation

Donald Trump's decision to go ahead with steep tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China...

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Apple unveils the 11th-generation iPad, adding an A16 Bionic chip and starting at 128GB of storage for the same $349, and offers a 256GB and a new 512GB option (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Apple unveils the 11th-generation iPad, adding an A16 Bionic...

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple unveils the 11th-generation iPad, adding an...

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Swap, which uses AI to help DTC, e-commerce brands with inventory management, raised a $40M Series B led by Iconiq Growth and plans an international expansion (Julia Hornstein/Business Insider)

Swap, which uses AI to help DTC, e-commerce brands with...

Julia Hornstein / Business Insider: Swap, which uses AI to help DTC, e-commerce...

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: great 1440p performance, compact, and DLSS is useful, but high power use, only 12GB of RAM, runs hot, and availability is tricky (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: great 1440p performance,...

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: great 1440p performance,...

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CoreWeave's S-1 shows ~77% of its $1.9B revenue in 2024 came from its top two customers, one of them being Microsoft, which accounted for 62% of total sales (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

CoreWeave's S-1 shows ~77% of its $1.9B revenue in 2024...

Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: CoreWeave's S-1 shows ~77% of its $1.9B revenue in...

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Sources: Didi Autonomous Driving is seeking to raise new funding at a $5B valuation; it raised a $298M Series C led by Guangzhou Automobile in October 2024 (Dong Cao/Bloomberg)

Sources: Didi Autonomous Driving is seeking to raise new...

Dong Cao / Bloomberg: Sources: Didi Autonomous Driving is seeking to raise new funding...

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Jalisco's governor says Foxconn's $900M Guadalajara plant, the largest Nvidia GB200 server assembly site, will be built in a year despite Trump's tariff threat (Amy Stillman/Bloomberg)

Jalisco's governor says Foxconn's $900M Guadalajara plant,...

Amy Stillman / Bloomberg: Jalisco's governor says Foxconn's $900M Guadalajara plant,...

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Trump confirms 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico will kick in on Tuesday

Trump confirms 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico will kick...

US President Donald Trump said that 25% duties on goods from Mexico and Canada will...

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Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a new voice-activated AI assistant for doctors, combining Dragon Medical One and ambient listening service DAX Copilot (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a new voice-activated...

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a new voice-activated AI...

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Stability AI partners with Arm to bring Stability's Stable Audio Open, an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects, to Arm-based mobile devices (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Stability AI partners with Arm to bring Stability's Stable...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Stability AI partners with Arm to bring Stability's Stable...

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India's IT ministry says AWS plans to invest $8.2B in India's western state of Maharashtra over the next few years, and will deploy its own GPUs in India (Reuters)

India's IT ministry says AWS plans to invest $8.2B in India's...

Reuters: India's IT ministry says AWS plans to invest $8.2B in India's western state...

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CrowdStrike: in 2024, 79% of cyber intrusions were malware-free, up from 40% in 2019, voice phishing overtook phishing as the main first access method, and more (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

CrowdStrike: in 2024, 79% of cyber intrusions were malware-free,...

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: CrowdStrike: in 2024, 79% of cyber intrusions were...

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A trader used $6M to open a 50x leveraged long position on both BTC and ETH before Trump's crypto reserve announcement and closed their position for a $7M gain (Zack Abrams/The Block)

A trader used $6M to open a 50x leveraged long position...

Zack Abrams / The Block: A trader used $6M to open a 50x leveraged long position...

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The US' plan to cut federal contracts imperils Booz Allen Hamilton, which gets most of its revenue from providing IT and AI services across the government (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)

The US' plan to cut federal contracts imperils Booz Allen...

Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: The US' plan to cut federal contracts imperils...

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How tech companies moving to or investing in Texas, attracted by lower taxes and fewer regulations on land use and labor, are transforming the state's economy (Harriet Torry/Wall Street Journal)

How tech companies moving to or investing in Texas, attracted...

Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal: How tech companies moving to or investing in...

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Some parents are teaching their children how to use AI chatbots so they are prepared to deploy the tools responsibly as personal assistants when they are older (Aaron Mok/The Guardian)

Some parents are teaching their children how to use AI...

Aaron Mok / The Guardian: Some parents are teaching their children how to use AI...

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An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's AI division believe that a true conversational "LLM Siri" won't be ready until iOS 20 at best in 2027 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: An in-depth look at Apple's AI crisis, as some in Apple's...

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The Ethereum Foundation selects two new co-executive directors, and Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi becomes president, following calls for new leadership (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

The Ethereum Foundation selects two new co-executive directors,...

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: The Ethereum Foundation selects two new co-executive...

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The US GSA eliminates 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their tech, including the IRS' Direct File, impacting about 90 employees (Natalie Alms/Nextgov/FCW)

The US GSA eliminates 18F, a government tech consultancy...

Natalie Alms / Nextgov/FCW: The US GSA eliminates 18F, a government tech consultancy...

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Documents and interviews detail how Connor Moucka, John Binns, and Cameron Wagenius, the trio accused of hacking AT&T and other Snowflake customers, met online (Bloomberg)

Documents and interviews detail how Connor Moucka, John...

Bloomberg: Documents and interviews detail how Connor Moucka, John Binns, and Cameron...

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A look at Vibecoding, a term popularized by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy for a trend where AI lets nontechnical hobbyists build bespoke apps for themselves (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

A look at Vibecoding, a term popularized by AI researcher...

Kevin Roose / New York Times: A look at Vibecoding, a term popularized by AI researcher...

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Sources: Larry Ellison's Sensei Ag, a venture backed by his $500M investment to change farming with AI, robotics, and software, has mostly been a bust so far (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Larry Ellison's Sensei Ag, a venture backed by...

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Larry Ellison's Sensei Ag, a venture backed...

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Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, quantum computing is far from its silicon moment, with no consensus on the best way to build practical qubits (Richard Waters/Financial Times)

Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, quantum...

Richard Waters / Financial Times: Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft,...

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Grubhub CEO Howard Migdal says the company is laying off about 500 employees, or ~23% of its workforce, following its takeover by Wonder in November 2024 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Grubhub CEO Howard Migdal says the company is laying off...

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Grubhub CEO Howard Migdal says the company is laying off...

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Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits stealth with an undisclosed amount of funding, unveiling an AI speech model and plans for AI glasses (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits...

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Taara, a project under Alphabet's moonshot X lab, unveils a new silicon photonic chip that uses light to transmit high-speed data through the air (Steven Levy/Wired)

Taara, a project under Alphabet's moonshot X lab, unveils...

Steven Levy / Wired: Taara, a project under Alphabet's moonshot X lab, unveils a...

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AMD unveils the $549 Radeon RX 9070 and $599 Radeon 9070 XT GPUs, featuring 16GB of GDDR6 memory, PCIe 5.0, and FSR 4 support, shipping March 6 (The Verge)

AMD unveils the $549 Radeon RX 9070 and $599 Radeon 9070...

The Verge: AMD unveils the $549 Radeon RX 9070 and $599 Radeon 9070 XT GPUs, featuring...

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Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs...

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs...

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Filings: CFPB employees say the agency's Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while "winding down" the agency (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Filings: CFPB employees say the agency's Trump-appointed...

Hugh Son / CNBC: Filings: CFPB employees say the agency's Trump-appointed leadership...

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Documents: Tesla applied late last year for a transportation permit in California that suggests it's working to launch a ride-hailing business in the near term (Dana Hull/Bloomberg)

Documents: Tesla applied late last year for a transportation...

Dana Hull / Bloomberg: Documents: Tesla applied late last year for a transportation...

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MetaMask Head of Security Taylor Monahan says the Bybit hackers have moved at least 209,384 ETH, of ~400,000 stolen, onto Bitcoin, largely using THORChain swaps (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

MetaMask Head of Security Taylor Monahan says the Bybit...

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: MetaMask Head of Security Taylor Monahan says the Bybit...

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Microsoft releases Copilot for Mac, including a shortcut command to open the app, in the US, UK, and Canada, and adds a split screen mode to the iPad version (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft releases Copilot for Mac, including a shortcut...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft releases Copilot for Mac, including a shortcut...

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FBI accuses North Korea hacker group of stealing $1.5 billion in digital assets

FBI accuses North Korea hacker group of stealing $1.5 billion...

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is pointing the finger at TraderTraitor,...

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Sony cuts PlayStation VR 2's price to $400, down from $549, or more than the PS5 itself, at its February 2023 debut, and to €450 in Europe and £400 in the UK (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Sony cuts PlayStation VR 2's price to $400, down from $549,...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sony cuts PlayStation VR 2's price to $400, down from $549,...

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Investigation: criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are enslaved, are using Starlink to get online (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Investigation: criminals who make billions from scam compounds...

Matt Burgess / Wired: Investigation: criminals who make billions from scam compounds...

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Document: French prosecutors close Congo's case accusing Apple subsidiaries of using conflict minerals, saying it is "not sufficiently well-founded" (Sonia Rolley/Reuters)

Document: French prosecutors close Congo's case accusing...

Sonia Rolley / Reuters: Document: French prosecutors close Congo's case accusing...

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Cellebrite suspends Serbia as a customer after a report alleged authorities used its tools to unlock phones of a journalist and an activist and plant spyware (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Cellebrite suspends Serbia as a customer after a report...

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Cellebrite suspends Serbia as a customer...

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Canada's broadcast regulator says that Google will be charged a fee to recover regulatory costs related to Canada's online news law, starting April 1 (Paul Vieira/Wall Street Journal)

Canada's broadcast regulator says that Google will be charged...

Paul Vieira / Wall Street Journal: Canada's broadcast regulator says that Google...

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Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet reportedly cost "a few tens of millions of dollars" to train, similar to Claude 3.5 and cheaper than GPT-4, which cost over $100M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet reportedly cost "a few tens...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet reportedly cost “a few...

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A closer look at Ukraine's mineral wealth as deal with US takes shape

A closer look at Ukraine's mineral wealth as deal with...

As Ukraine and the US reportedly reach an agreement on a joint exploitation of Ukraine's...

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Bridgetown Research, which aims to use AI agents to expedite data collection and research in due diligence, raised a $19M Series A led by Accel and Lightspeed (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Bridgetown Research, which aims to use AI agents to expedite...

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bridgetown Research, which aims to use AI agents to...

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Estonia partners with OpenAI and Anthropic to launch an AI skills drive in schools for 20,000 students aged 16 and 17, aiming to help develop critical thinking (Financial Times)

Estonia partners with OpenAI and Anthropic to launch an...

Financial Times: Estonia partners with OpenAI and Anthropic to launch an AI skills...

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DeepSeek cuts API prices in off-peak times, between 00:30 and 08:30 in Beijing, by 75% for R1 and 50% for V3; the times are during US and Europe daylight hours (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

DeepSeek cuts API prices in off-peak times, between 00:30...

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: DeepSeek cuts API prices in off-peak times, between...

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Ukraine will need more than $500 billion to recover from war, World Bank estimates

Ukraine will need more than $500 billion to recover from...

The World Bank estimates it will take over $500 billion to rebuild Ukraine after...

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Sources: Meta is in talks to build a new data center campus for AI that could cost over $200B, based on the number of chips and the amount of power for the site (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)

Sources: Meta is in talks to build a new data center campus...

Anissa Gardizy / The Information: Sources: Meta is in talks to build a new data...

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Valve's Steam Deck, launched in 2022, has been dominating the handheld PC gaming market, with about 50% market share in 2024, according to IDC (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Valve's Steam Deck, launched in 2022, has been dominating...

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Valve's Steam Deck, launched in 2022, has been dominating...

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Sources: Mira Murati's new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is aiming to raise $1B at a ~$9B valuation; the round is in progress and details could change (Business Insider)

Sources: Mira Murati's new startup, Thinking Machines Lab,...

Business Insider: Sources: Mira Murati's new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is...

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Ukraine will need more than $500bn to recover, World Bank estimates

Ukraine will need more than $500bn to recover, World Bank...

The World Bank estimates it will take over $500 billion to rebuild Ukraine after...

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Utah, South Carolina, and at least seven other US states recently proposed bills to require app store operators to check user ages, a move supported by Meta (Wall Street Journal)

Utah, South Carolina, and at least seven other US states...

Wall Street Journal: Utah, South Carolina, and at least seven other US states recently...

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Adobe launches an updated Photoshop app for iOS, including many design, editing, and AI tools from the desktop app; an Android app is coming "later this year" (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Adobe launches an updated Photoshop app for iOS, including...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Adobe launches an updated Photoshop app for iOS, including...

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Israeli startup Quantum Machines, which offers hardware tools to other quantum computing companies, raised a $170M Series C led by PSG Equity (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Israeli startup Quantum Machines, which offers hardware...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Israeli startup Quantum Machines, which offers hardware...

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Macron attempts to avert trade war at Trump meeting as EU prepares tariff response

Macron attempts to avert trade war at Trump meeting as...

During his visit to Washington, French President Emmanuel Macron argued against...

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Sources: SpaceX seeks to deploy Starlink terminals for the FAA, raising questions about Musk's conflicts of interest and a $2B FAA contract Verizon won in 2023 (Bloomberg)

Sources: SpaceX seeks to deploy Starlink terminals for...

Bloomberg: Sources: SpaceX seeks to deploy Starlink terminals for the FAA, raising...

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Claude 3.7 and Grok 3 are the first Gen3 AI models with big gains in handling complex tasks, using 10x more compute than GPT-4-class models and better reasoning (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing)

Claude 3.7 and Grok 3 are the first Gen3 AI models with...

Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: Claude 3.7 and Grok 3 are the first Gen3 AI models...

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Sources: Trump's team plans tougher US chip curbs and have met with Dutch and Japanese counterparts, urging them to tighten restrictions on China's chip sector (Bloomberg)

Sources: Trump's team plans tougher US chip curbs and have...

Bloomberg: Sources: Trump's team plans tougher US chip curbs and have met with Dutch...

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Next German government faces task of reviving economy in decline

Next German government faces task of reviving economy in...

Once the powerhouse of Europe, Germany's economy has seen no real growth in five...

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MongoDB buys Voyage AI for $220M and plans to integrate Voyage's retrieval tools for higher-quality AI outputs with real-time operational data for businesses (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg)

MongoDB buys Voyage AI for $220M and plans to integrate...

Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: MongoDB buys Voyage AI for $220M and plans to integrate...

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Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, bought 20,356 bitcoin for $1.99B between February 18 and 23, taking its holdings to 499,096, worth $47B, or 2.3% of BTC supply (James Hunt/The Block)

Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, bought 20,356 bitcoin...

James Hunt / The Block: Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, bought 20,356 bitcoin...

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IT management platform NinjaOne raised $500M led by Iconiq Growth and CapitalG at a $5B valuation, up from $1.9B after its Series C in February 2024 (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

IT management platform NinjaOne raised $500M led by Iconiq...

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: IT management platform NinjaOne raised $500M led by Iconiq...

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Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50 per second of generated video; in December 2024, OpenAI offered Sora to its ChatGPT Plus and Pro subs (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50 per...

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50 per...

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xAI confirms Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" as a public-facing instruction for its responses (Wes Davis/The Verge)

xAI confirms Grok briefly had "Ignore all sources that...

Wes Davis / The Verge: xAI confirms Grok briefly had “Ignore all sources that mention...

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Alibaba pledges to invest more than $53B on AI infrastructure, including new data centers, over the next three years (Bloomberg)

Alibaba pledges to invest more than $53B on AI infrastructure,...

Bloomberg: Alibaba pledges to invest more than $53B on AI infrastructure, including...

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A deep look at "the Zizians", a cult-like group of young tech people exiled from Silicon Valley's rationalist community and allegedly linked to a killing spree (Evan Ratliff/Wired)

A deep look at "the Zizians", a cult-like group of young...

Evan Ratliff / Wired: A deep look at “the Zizians”, a cult-like group of young tech...

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A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally mapped out landholdings using drones in 300K+ villages as of January 2025, as concerns mount over errors (Scroll.in)

A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally...

Scroll.in: A look at India's Svamitva Scheme, which has digitally mapped out landholdings...

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Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI "wellbeing companion," to provide mental health support to students when there aren't enough counselors (Julie Jargon/Wall Street Journal)

Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI "wellbeing...

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Some US school districts are adopting Sonny,...

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Filing: Amazon estimated the fair value of its stake in Anthropic at $14B at the end of December 2024, after agreeing to invest $8B in Anthropic so far (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)

Filing: Amazon estimated the fair value of its stake in...

Eugene Kim / Business Insider: Filing: Amazon estimated the fair value of its stake...

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A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X published globally in 2024 shows that professional fact-checkers are among the three most cited sources (Enock Nyariki/Poynter)

A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X published...

Enock Nyariki / Poynter: A Maldita study of nearly 1.2M Community Notes on X published...

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Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI training data companies like Scale AI, which recruit them for tasks such as fact-checking and prompt drafting (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI training...

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab: Some journalists are taking freelance jobs with AI training...

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Some physicists are skeptical about Microsoft's claims of achieving a quantum computing breakthrough with Majorana 1, citing the lack of detailed evidence (Davide Castelvecchi/Scientific American)

Some physicists are skeptical about Microsoft's claims...

Davide Castelvecchi / Scientific American: Some physicists are skeptical about Microsoft's...

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Many SV startups are using AI to boost productivity in research, coding, and more, reducing reliance on VC money for hiring, fueling "tiny team" success stories (Erin Griffith/New York Times)

Many SV startups are using AI to boost productivity in...

Erin Griffith / New York Times: Many SV startups are using AI to boost productivity...

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A look at the debate about whether AI models can truly reason, as some researchers describe the current pattern of reasoning as "jagged intelligence" (Sigal Samuel/Vox)

A look at the debate about whether AI models can truly...

Sigal Samuel / Vox: A look at the debate about whether AI models can truly reason,...

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NFT marketplace OpenSea says the US SEC has ended an investigation into the company, after OpenSea received a Wells Notice in August 2024 (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg Tax)

NFT marketplace OpenSea says the US SEC has ended an investigation...

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg Tax: NFT marketplace OpenSea says the US SEC has ended an...

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President Trump signs a memorandum to consider retaliatory measures, including tariffs, on countries that impose digital service taxes on US tech companies (Reuters)

President Trump signs a memorandum to consider retaliatory...

Reuters: President Trump signs a memorandum to consider retaliatory measures, including...

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Block shares closed down 17.69% on February 21, their steepest drop since 2020, after Q4 earnings missed est. and guidance for 2025 failed to reassure investors (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

Block shares closed down 17.69% on February 21, their steepest...

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Block shares closed down 17.69% on February 21, their...

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DeepSeek will start open-sourcing five code repositories next week, letting anyone download, build on, or improve the code behind its well-regarded AI models (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

DeepSeek will start open-sourcing five code repositories...

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: DeepSeek will start open-sourcing five code repositories...

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Coinbase says the US SEC agreed "in principle" to drop its 2023 case against the company, calling it "righting a major wrong" and a "huge day" for crypto (Jesse Pound/CNBC)

Coinbase says the US SEC agreed "in principle" to drop...

Jesse Pound / CNBC: Coinbase says the US SEC agreed “in principle” to drop its 2023...

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Source: AI search engine startup Genspark raised a $100M Series A at a $530M valuation and currently has over 2M MAUs; it raised a $60M seed in June 2024 (Anna Tong/Reuters)

Source: AI search engine startup Genspark raised a $100M...

Anna Tong / Reuters: Source: AI search engine startup Genspark raised a $100M Series...

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French hackers show how easy it is to 'jailbreak' Musk's new AI model Grok 3

French hackers show how easy it is to 'jailbreak' Musk's...

Elon Musk is starting to see the fruits of his AI shopping spree with the release...

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Filing: Meta approves raising executives' annual bonuses to 200% of base salary, up from 75%, as most employees' annual stock options are reportedly cut by ~10% (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

Filing: Meta approves raising executives' annual bonuses...

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Filing: Meta approves raising executives' annual bonuses...

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A look at the potential reasons why software developer job listings on Indeed hit a five-year low in January, down 35% from 2020, including the impact of AI (Gergely Orosz/The Pragmatic Engineer)

A look at the potential reasons why software developer...

Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer: A look at the potential reasons why software...

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Microsoft researchers introduce Magma, an AI foundation model that combines visual and language processing to control software interfaces and robotic systems (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Microsoft researchers introduce Magma, an AI foundation...

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Microsoft researchers introduce Magma, an AI foundation...

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Kitchenware excluded from French PFAS ban after intensive lobbying

Kitchenware excluded from French PFAS ban after intensive...

France’s parliament has voted to ban some PFAS, but the law excludes kitchenware...

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A model in crisis: Germans head to polls amid economic downturn

A model in crisis: Germans head to polls amid economic...

The economy is a top concern for voters in Germany as they go to the polls on Sunday...

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New deficit assessment brings French pension reform back on negotiating table

New deficit assessment brings French pension reform back...

France's independent public audit office shared its assessment of the pension system...

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Amazon plans to discontinue its app store for Android and its Coins digital currency, used to purchase games and apps, on August 20, 2025 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Amazon plans to discontinue its app store for Android and...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Amazon plans to discontinue its app store for Android and...

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AI hiring startup Mercor, founded by 21-year-old Thiel fellow Brendan Foody, raised $100M led by Felicis at a $2B valuation, up from $250M in September 2024 (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg)

AI hiring startup Mercor, founded by 21-year-old Thiel...

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: AI hiring startup Mercor, founded by 21-year-old Thiel...

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Nvidia launches Signs, a new AI platform to teach American Sign Language and create a validated dataset for sign language learners and ASL app developers (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Nvidia launches Signs, a new AI platform to teach American...

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia launches Signs, a new AI platform to teach...

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EU trade chief says ready to discuss deals with US, but will respond to unilateral action

EU trade chief says ready to discuss deals with US, but...

The EU's trade chief has said the bloc was interested in having trade deals with...

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Austin-based autonomous shipbuilding company Saronic raised a $600M Series C led by Elad Gil at a $4B valuation, and unveiled plans for a next-gen shipyard (Courtney Albon/Defense News)

Austin-based autonomous shipbuilding company Saronic raised...

Courtney Albon / Defense News: Austin-based autonomous shipbuilding company Saronic...

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Sources: top X executives hinted to Interpublic and other ad firms that not spending on X could lead to legal woes, due to X's lawsuit against some advertisers (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: top X executives hinted to Interpublic and other...

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: Sources: top X executives hinted to Interpublic...

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Clearview AI CEO and co-founder Hoan Ton-That resigns from the facial recognition company and says he would continue serving as a board member (David Jeans/Forbes)

Clearview AI CEO and co-founder Hoan Ton-That resigns from...

David Jeans / Forbes: Clearview AI CEO and co-founder Hoan Ton-That resigns from...

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti review: a capable GPU for 4K gaming, DLSS 4 multi-frame gen, and runs cool, but prices fluctuate wildly and $750 is expensive for mid-range (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)

Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti review: a capable GPU for 4K gaming,...

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti review: a capable GPU for 4K gaming,...

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Google launches an AI co-scientist, a new Gemini 2.0-based system to help scientists create novel hypotheses and research plans, available to select testers (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Google launches an AI co-scientist, a new Gemini 2.0-based...

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Google launches an AI co-scientist, a new Gemini...

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TMTG and Rumble sue a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in Florida for allegedly illegally suppressing the US social media activity of conservative Brazilians (Erik Larson/Bloomberg)

TMTG and Rumble sue a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in...

Erik Larson / Bloomberg: TMTG and Rumble sue a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in...

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Trump threatens new 25% tariffs on all auto, drug and semiconductor imports

Trump threatens new 25% tariffs on all auto, drug and semiconductor...

US President Donald Trump has floated the idea of slapping import duties on all...

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EU imported more Russian LNG in 2024, despite drop in gas consumption

EU imported more Russian LNG in 2024, despite drop in gas...

Europe's gas demand dropped to an 11-year low in 2024, with imports of liquefied...

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Asus ROG Flow Z13 review: the ~$2,300 convertible tablet's integrated GPU in its AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip offers performance comparable to a GeForce RTX 4060 (Kevin Purdy/Ars Technica)

Asus ROG Flow Z13 review: the ~$2,300 convertible tablet's...

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: Asus ROG Flow Z13 review: the ~$2,300 convertible tablet's...

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Sources: Niantic is in talks to sell its games unit to Saudi Arabia-controlled Scopely for ~$3.5B; the deal would include Pokémon Go and other mobile games (Bloomberg)

Sources: Niantic is in talks to sell its games unit to...

Bloomberg: Sources: Niantic is in talks to sell its games unit to Saudi Arabia-controlled...

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OpenAI researchers find real-world freelance software engineering work remains challenging for frontier language models in the SWE-Lancer benchmark (Emilia David/VentureBeat)

OpenAI researchers find real-world freelance software engineering...

Emilia David / VentureBeat: OpenAI researchers find real-world freelance software...

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EU imported more Russian LNG in 2024 despite a drop in gas consumption

EU imported more Russian LNG in 2024 despite a drop in...

Europe's gas demand dropped to an 11-year low in 2024, with imports in liquefied...

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Hightouch, which makes AI marketing, sales, and customer service tools, raised an $80M Series C led by Sapphire at a $1.2B valuation, up from $615M in July 2023 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Hightouch, which makes AI marketing, sales, and customer...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Hightouch, which makes AI marketing, sales, and customer...

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Acer CEO Jason Chen says the company will "probably" raise US laptop prices by 10% "by default" from March 2024 due to Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports (James Titcomb/Telegraph)

Acer CEO Jason Chen says the company will "probably" raise...

James Titcomb / Telegraph: Acer CEO Jason Chen says the company will “probably”...

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Tel Aviv- and New York-based Blockaid, which offers crypto security tools, raised a $50M Series B led by Ribbit and says it stopped 71M attacks in 2024 (Suvashree Ghosh/Bloomberg)

Tel Aviv- and New York-based Blockaid, which offers crypto...

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Tel Aviv- and New York-based Blockaid, which offers...

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Argentina's Milei denies role in cryptocurrency scandal as government launches probe

Argentina's Milei denies role in cryptocurrency scandal...

Argentina's President Javier Milei is defending himself against accusations that...

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Source: Ilya Sutskever's startup Safe Superintelligence is raising $1B+ led by Greenoaks Capital Partners, which plans to invest $500M, at a valuation of $30B+ (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)

Source: Ilya Sutskever's startup Safe Superintelligence...

Kate Clark / Bloomberg: Source: Ilya Sutskever's startup Safe Superintelligence...

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Chase plans to stop users making Zelle payments deemed "as originating from contact through social media"; the CFPB had claimed Zelle lacked adequate safeguards (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Chase plans to stop users making Zelle payments deemed...

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Chase plans to stop users making Zelle payments...

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How militaries and startups like North.io use AI to analyze data and deploy autonomous underwater vehicles to safeguard deep-sea pipelines and cables (William Boston/Wall Street Journal)

How militaries and startups like North.io use AI to analyze...

William Boston / Wall Street Journal: How militaries and startups like North.io...

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What's wrong with Germany's economy?

What's wrong with Germany's economy?

As Germany enters the final week of election campaign, the economy is a top concern...

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Mistral releases Mistral Saba, a 24B-parameter custom-trained model focused on Arabic language and culture, via its API; Saba outperforms Mistral Small 3 (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Mistral releases Mistral Saba, a 24B-parameter custom-trained...

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Mistral releases Mistral Saba, a 24B-parameter custom-trained...

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Dream, which offers cybersecurity tools to governments and critical infrastructure firms, raised $100M led by Bain at a $1.1B valuation, up from $190M in 2023 (Gillian Tan/Bloomberg)

Dream, which offers cybersecurity tools to governments...

Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: Dream, which offers cybersecurity tools to governments...

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Analysis: Spotify, which reported its first annual profit in 2024, had just €1.8B in ad revenue, 26% above 2022, while subscription revenue grew 35% to €13.8B (Catherine Perloff/The Information)

Analysis: Spotify, which reported its first annual profit...

Catherine Perloff / The Information: Analysis: Spotify, which reported its first...

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Europe considers seizing frozen Russian assets for Ukraine funding

Europe considers seizing frozen Russian assets for Ukraine...

EU leaders mull the possibility of funnelling some $300 billion in frozen Russian...

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Match's head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, says Match is using AI in its apps, like Tinder, to detect men's "off-color" messages and drive "behavioral change" (Financial Times)

Match's head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, says Match...

Financial Times: Match's head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, says Match is using...

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A look at sim racing, Formula One world champion Max Verstappen's passion for the competitive esport, and his efforts to get sim drivers into physical racing (Madeline Coleman/New York Times)

A look at sim racing, Formula One world champion Max Verstappen's...

Madeline Coleman / New York Times: A look at sim racing, Formula One world champion...

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Docs: the NYT greenlights the use of select internal and external AI tools for editorial and product staff, including from OpenAI, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft (Max Tani/Semafor)

Docs: the NYT greenlights the use of select internal and...

Max Tani / Semafor: Docs: the NYT greenlights the use of select internal and external...

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Intel's foundry business lost over $13B on $17.5B revenue in 2024, while TSMC generated $41.1B in operating profit on $90B in revenue over the same period (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)

Intel's foundry business lost over $13B on $17.5B revenue...

Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: Intel's foundry business lost over $13B on...

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India's BharatNet program to provide broadband access to 650K villages by 2025 is set to fall short of its target, with only 199K having broadband as of January (Pooja Dash/IndiaSpend)

India's BharatNet program to provide broadband access to...

Pooja Dash / IndiaSpend: India's BharatNet program to provide broadband access to...

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Some Bolivians, frustrated with spotty internet from the state's China-built satellite, are smuggling in Starlink kits despite the country's ban in August 2024 (William Wroblewski/Rest of World)

Some Bolivians, frustrated with spotty internet from the...

William Wroblewski / Rest of World: Some Bolivians, frustrated with spotty internet...

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Sources: DOGE is sending termination notices to USDS staff who worked as IT experts for the US government since the Obama era; USDS has been renamed as DOGE (Sophie Alexander/Bloomberg)

Sources: DOGE is sending termination notices to USDS staff...

Sophie Alexander / Bloomberg: Sources: DOGE is sending termination notices to USDS...

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How Walmart's investment in tech, including an AI tool to plan worker shifts, helped it take on Amazon, with 18% of its ~$680B revenue in 2024 generated online (Financial Times)

How Walmart's investment in tech, including an AI tool...

Financial Times: How Walmart's investment in tech, including an AI tool to plan...

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Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about his move from Expedia to Uber, getting out of the self-driving market, Uber becoming an aggregator, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about his move from...

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about his move from...

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Q&A with Google's Jeff Dean and Noam Shazeer on Google's path to AGI, future of Moore's Law and TPUs, inference scaling, open research, and more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

Q&A with Google's Jeff Dean and Noam Shazeer on Google's...

Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: Q&A with Google's Jeff Dean and Noam Shazeer...

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A profile of Watch Duty creator John Clarke Mills, who wants the fire-tracking app to become a one-stop shop for information during any disaster (Boone Ashworth/Wired)

A profile of Watch Duty creator John Clarke Mills, who...

Boone Ashworth / Wired: A profile of Watch Duty creator John Clarke Mills, who wants...

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CB Insights: a record 1,200 VC-backed unicorns have yet to IPO or get acquired; Carta: fewer than 30% of 2021 unicorns raised funding in the past three years (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

CB Insights: a record 1,200 VC-backed unicorns have yet...

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: CB Insights: a record 1,200 VC-backed unicorns have yet...

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Sources: Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel's foundry business (New York Times)

Sources: Intel has spoken with the Trump administration...

New York Times: Sources: Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC...

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Perplexity releases Deep Research, offering five queries daily to free users and 500 to subscribers, available now on the web and soon on iOS, Android, and Mac (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

Perplexity releases Deep Research, offering five queries...

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Perplexity releases Deep Research, offering five queries...

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Sources detail Sam Altman and Elon Musk's disintegrating relationship and how Altman secretly worked around Musk to blindside him with the Stargate announcement (Wall Street Journal)

Sources detail Sam Altman and Elon Musk's disintegrating...

Wall Street Journal: Sources detail Sam Altman and Elon Musk's disintegrating relationship...

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Can artificial intelligence be feminist as calls against inclusivity grow?

Can artificial intelligence be feminist as calls against...

A few concepts arguably dominated remarks at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in...

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Snooping Siri: Apple hit with another privacy lawsuit, this time in France

Snooping Siri: Apple hit with another privacy lawsuit,...

A French human rights NGO has filed a lawsuit in Paris against Apple, alleging massive...

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Diginar Technologies Empowering Businesses with Digital Branding Web Development and PR Growth Services For Unshared news

Diginar Technologies Empowering Businesses with Digital...

Diginar Technologies is a leading digital solutions provider specializing in digital...

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Sources: China's President Xi will chair a symposium on February 17 to boost private sector sentiment, with Tencent CEO Pony Ma and other tech execs attending (Reuters)

Sources: China's President Xi will chair a symposium on...

Reuters: Sources: China's President Xi will chair a symposium on February 17 to...

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UK recasting its AI Safety Institute as AI Security Institute, with bias concerns cut out, came after JD Vance's speech criticizing "hand-wringing about safety" (Tom Bristow/Politico)

UK recasting its AI Safety Institute as AI Security Institute,...

Tom Bristow / Politico: UK recasting its AI Safety Institute as AI Security Institute,...

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Ubisoft says its revenue for the nine months ending December 31, 2024 fell 31.4% YoY to €990M, with net booking down 34.8% to €944M, but is optimistic about Q4 (Sophie McEvoy/GamesIndustry.biz)

Ubisoft says its revenue for the nine months ending December...

Sophie McEvoy / GamesIndustry.biz: Ubisoft says its revenue for the nine months...

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The UK renames its AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute in a pivot to cybersecurity, and is exploring ways to use Anthropic's Claude in public services (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

The UK renames its AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: The UK renames its AI Safety Institute to AI Security...

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JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar officially merge to launch JioHotstar, a new streaming service in India that brings together content from the two platforms (The Indian Express)

JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar officially merge to launch...

The Indian Express: JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar officially merge to launch JioHotstar,...

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Reddit says content licensing deals with Google and OpenAI account for ~10% of its revenue, but its primary focus is on ad revenue, which grew 60% YoY in Q4 (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)

Reddit says content licensing deals with Google and OpenAI...

Kendra Barnett / Adweek: Reddit says content licensing deals with Google and OpenAI...

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AI Action Summit: Does regulation stifle innovation?

AI Action Summit: Does regulation stifle innovation?

After the Paris AI Action Summit wrapped up earlier this week, we look at the future...

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Trump announces sweeping reciprocal tariffs on trading partners

Trump announces sweeping reciprocal tariffs on trading...

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on trading partners....

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Sources: Apple continues to work with Baidu to develop AI search and Siri features for iPhone users in China even after onboarding new partner Alibaba (Qianer Liu/The Information)

Sources: Apple continues to work with Baidu to develop...

Qianer Liu / The Information: Sources: Apple continues to work with Baidu to develop...

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The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and others sue Cohere, alleging it used copyrighted works to train its LLM and shared versions of entire articles without permission (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)

The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and others sue Cohere, alleging...

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: The Atlantic, Politico, Vox and others sue...

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PlayStation's State of Play event showed that Microsoft might publish more PS5 games in 2025 than Sony does, even as Xbox hardware sales continue to decline (Jez Corden/Windows Central)

PlayStation's State of Play event showed that Microsoft...

Jez Corden / Windows Central: PlayStation's State of Play event showed that Microsoft...

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Trump's protectionism looms over Africa-US trade ties

Trump's protectionism looms over Africa-US trade ties

Since 2000, African countries eligible for preferential market access under the...

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Study finds Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe's combined

Study finds Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe's...

A new IISS study shows Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe's combined,...

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OpenAI plans to offer free ChatGPT users unlimited access to GPT-5 at the "standard intelligence" level, with access to higher levels for Plus and Pro users (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

OpenAI plans to offer free ChatGPT users unlimited access...

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: OpenAI plans to offer free ChatGPT users unlimited access...

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Filing: OpenAI says Musk's $97.4B bid contradicts his claims, made in the lawsuit against OpenAI, that its assets can't be "transferred away" for "private gain" (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg)

Filing: OpenAI says Musk's $97.4B bid contradicts his claims,...

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: Filing: OpenAI says Musk's $97.4B bid contradicts his...

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On its earnings call, AppLovin said it has signed a $900M deal, including $500M in cash, to divest its portfolio of 10 game studios, as it shifts to pure adtech (Neil Long/Mobilegamer.biz)

On its earnings call, AppLovin said it has signed a $900M...

Neil Long / Mobilegamer.biz: On its earnings call, AppLovin said it has signed a...

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Study finds Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined

Study finds Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe...

A new IISS study shows Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe’s combined…...

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Adobe launches Generate Video in public beta via its re-designed Firefly web app, alongside new image generation, translation, and AI credit subscription tiers (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Adobe launches Generate Video in public beta via its re-designed...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Adobe launches Generate Video in public beta via its...

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Apple partners with Brigham and Women's Hospital to launch the voluntary Apple Health Study via its Research app, open to iPhone users in the US (Caroline Igo/CNET)

Apple partners with Brigham and Women's Hospital to launch...

Caroline Igo / CNET: Apple partners with Brigham and Women's Hospital to launch...

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DOGE accessing Treasury systems and classified data breaks fundamental security principles and could help the US' adversaries steal data and install backdoors (Foreign Policy)

DOGE accessing Treasury systems and classified data breaks...

Foreign Policy: DOGE accessing Treasury systems and classified data breaks fundamental...

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Musk calls federal workers ‘unelected’, ‘unconstitutional’ branch of government

Musk calls federal workers ‘unelected’, ‘unconstitutional’...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who also heads US President Donald Trump's Department of Government...

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Labour activist Kalpona Akter calls for 'living wage' for garment makers

Labour activist Kalpona Akter calls for 'living wage' for...

With one of the longest and most complex supply chains, the fashion industry faces...

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Apple now lets users migrate apps, music, books, shows, and movies between Apple accounts, but the feature isn't available to users in the EU, the UK, or India (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Apple now lets users migrate apps, music, books, shows,...

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple now lets users migrate apps, music, books, shows,...

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Andesite, which combines human expertise and AI in its security operations center platform, raised an additional $23M seed, taking its total funding to $38.25M (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)

Andesite, which combines human expertise and AI in its...

David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: Andesite, which combines human expertise and AI...

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A look at ACTS 17, a nonprofit devoted to introducing Christianity to technologists by inviting Peter Thiel and other tech executives to talk about their faith (Emma Goldberg/New York Times)

A look at ACTS 17, a nonprofit devoted to introducing Christianity...

Emma Goldberg / New York Times: A look at ACTS 17, a nonprofit devoted to introducing...

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Ephos CEO calls on EU to 'deregulate' AI sector after Paris summit

Ephos CEO calls on EU to 'deregulate' AI sector after Paris...

On the last day of the AI Action Summit in Paris, and after the announcement of...

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Consumers need to think before buying clothes: worker rights activist Kalpona Akter tells France 24

Consumers need to think before buying clothes: worker rights...

With one of the longest and most complex supply chains, the fashion industry faces...

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SMIC reports Q4 profit down 38% YoY to $107.6M, below $193.5 est., revenue up 32% YoY to $2.2B, above $2.18B est., and $7.33B capex in 2024, vs. $4.5B in 2021 (Reuters)

SMIC reports Q4 profit down 38% YoY to $107.6M, below $193.5...

Reuters: SMIC reports Q4 profit down 38% YoY to $107.6M, below $193.5 est., revenue...

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Sydney-based Harrison.ai, which uses AI to analyze CT scans, X-rays, and pathology slides, raised a $112M Series C, after a ~$92.3M Series B in November 2021 (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Sydney-based Harrison.ai, which uses AI to analyze CT scans,...

Kate Park / TechCrunch: Sydney-based Harrison.ai, which uses AI to analyze CT scans,...

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The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russia-based bulletproof hosting provider Zservers and two Russian nationals for supplying the LockBit ransomware gang (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russia-based bulletproof...

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russia-based...

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Tesla sales drop sharply in Europe as Elon Musk faces backlash over involvement in politics

Tesla sales drop sharply in Europe as Elon Musk faces backlash...

Tesla sales slumped in January in multiple markets around the world. In Germany,...

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In response to the $97.4B OpenAI bid, Sam Altman says on X "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want"; Elon Musk replies "swindler" (The Hill)

In response to the $97.4B OpenAI bid, Sam Altman says on...

The Hill: In response to the $97.4B OpenAI bid, Sam Altman says on X “no thank you...

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Source: Shopify tells support staff to give "no comment" if merchant clients asked about Kanye West using its tech to sell a T-shirt with a Nazi swastika (The Logic)

Source: Shopify tells support staff to give "no comment"...

The Logic: Source: Shopify tells support staff to give “no comment” if merchant...

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Cybereason CEO sues investors Steven Mnuchin and SoftBank Vision Fund, accusing them of putting Cybereason at risk of bankruptcy by blocking fund raising plans (Bloomberg)

Cybereason CEO sues investors Steven Mnuchin and SoftBank...

Bloomberg: Cybereason CEO sues investors Steven Mnuchin and SoftBank Vision Fund,...

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Tesla sales drop sharply in Europe, partly because of Elon Musk

Tesla sales drop sharply in Europe, partly because of Elon...

Tesla sales slumped in January in multiple markets around the world.  In Europe's...

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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says DeepSeek's $6M training cost claim is "exaggerated and a little bit misleading" and a "fraction of the total cost" (Bloomberg)

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says DeepSeek's $6M...

Bloomberg: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says DeepSeek's $6M training cost...

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Steam creates an ad documentation page highlighting its ban on forcing players to watch ads, saying "developers should not utilize paid ads as a business model" (Liam Dawe/GamingOnLinux)

Steam creates an ad documentation page highlighting its...

Liam Dawe / GamingOnLinux: Steam creates an ad documentation page highlighting its...

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Anthropic launches the Anthropic Economic Index to track AI's impact by analyzing anonymized Claude usage data, showing 57% of AI use leans toward augmentation (Scott Rosenberg/Axios)

Anthropic launches the Anthropic Economic Index to track...

Scott Rosenberg / Axios: Anthropic launches the Anthropic Economic Index to track...

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US President Trump plans new tariffs on global trade partners

US President Trump plans new tariffs on global trade partners

US President Donald Trump says all imported steel and aluminum will be hit with...

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Observations on AI and how it may change society, the likely uneven impact of AGI, which could mess up the balance of power between capital and labor, and more (Sam Altman)

Observations on AI and how it may change society, the likely...

Sam Altman: Observations on AI and how it may change society, the likely uneven...

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A look at the debate over how much authors should get paid for licensing books to train AI; Microsoft offered HarperCollins $5K/title, of which authors get 50% (Alice Robb/Bloomberg)

A look at the debate over how much authors should get paid...

Alice Robb / Bloomberg: A look at the debate over how much authors should get paid...

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T-Mobile's satellite texting feature, currently in beta and powered by SpaceX's Starlink, will cost customers $15/month starting in July for users on most plans (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)

T-Mobile's satellite texting feature, currently in beta...

Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: T-Mobile's satellite texting feature, currently in beta...

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Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association: the semiconductor market in India is projected to grow to $103.4B at a CAGR of 13% through 2030 (The Economic Times)

Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association: the semiconductor...

The Economic Times: Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association: the semiconductor...

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An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector unemployment rate rose from 3.9% in December to 5.7% in January, with the number of unemployed rising from 98K to 152K (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector unemployment...

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: An analysis of US DOL data: the IT sector unemployment...

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A look at WikiTok, a site that lets users vertically swipe through an endless stream of random Wikipedia article stubs without algorithmically tracking the user (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

A look at WikiTok, a site that lets users vertically swipe...

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: A look at WikiTok, a site that lets users vertically...

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Paris AI Summit: Canadian fund Brookfield to invest €20 billion in France

Paris AI Summit: Canadian fund Brookfield to invest €20...

As Paris prepares to host a global artificial intelligence (AI) summit next week,...

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PitchBook: almost 66% of VC funding in Europe came from abroad in 2024; no European company with €100B+ in market cap has been built from scratch in 30 years (Bloomberg)

PitchBook: almost 66% of VC funding in Europe came from...

Bloomberg: PitchBook: almost 66% of VC funding in Europe came from abroad in 2024;...

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Meta shares work on a system that uses a magnetic scanner and a deep neural network to analyze brain signals and identify which keys people pressed while typing (Antonio Regalado/MIT Technology Review)

Meta shares work on a system that uses a magnetic scanner...

Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: Meta shares work on a system that uses...

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DeepSeek recruiting recent graduates from China's top universities reflects a growing trend among the country's top AI talent to pursue opportunities at home (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)

DeepSeek recruiting recent graduates from China's top universities...

Viola Zhou / Rest of World: DeepSeek recruiting recent graduates from China's top...

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Investors worry about EU satellite operators Eutelsat and SES amid soaring debt and rise of Starlink, which now has 6,000+ satellites and serves ~130 countries (Euan Healy/Financial Times)

Investors worry about EU satellite operators Eutelsat and...

Euan Healy / Financial Times: Investors worry about EU satellite operators Eutelsat...

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A look at the daunting task for Google and others of mapping roads and maintaining accurate maps in India, amid growing reports of misdirections in the country (Ananya Bhattacharya/Rest of World)

A look at the daunting task for Google and others of mapping...

Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: A look at the daunting task for Google and...

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Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot often hallucinates URLs in citations and admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and paywall policies (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot often hallucinates URLs in...

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab: Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot often hallucinates URLs...

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Sources: Klarna is targeting an IPO in the US in April with a valuation of up to $15B and is preparing to unveil its listing plans as soon as next month (Financial Times)

Sources: Klarna is targeting an IPO in the US in April...

Financial Times: Sources: Klarna is targeting an IPO in the US in April with a valuation...

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Sources: Island, which makes secure browsers for businesses, is raising money at a $4.5B valuation in a round led by Coatue; it was valued at $3B in April 2024 (Bloomberg)

Sources: Island, which makes secure browsers for businesses,...

Bloomberg: Sources: Island, which makes secure browsers for businesses, is raising...

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Docs: Palantir has won $2.7B+ in US contracts since 2009, including $1.3B+ in Pentagon contracts, and spent $5.8M in lobbying in 2024, up from ~$1M in 2015 (Financial Times)

Docs: Palantir has won $2.7B+ in US contracts since 2009,...

Financial Times: Docs: Palantir has won $2.7B+ in US contracts since 2009, including...

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Artificial intelligence and the future of journalism

Artificial intelligence and the future of journalism

Most newsrooms have a mix of excitement and concern over artificial intelligence....

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'France can be a bit bolder': Paris AI summit draft declaration sparks concern for civil society

'France can be a bit bolder': Paris AI summit draft declaration...

A draft declaration of the Paris AI Action Summit has raised concerns for The Future...

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Microsoft warns that attackers are injecting malware into ViewState, which manages state in ASP.NET web forms, using static machine keys found online (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Microsoft warns that attackers are injecting malware into...

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft warns that attackers are injecting malware...

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WBD lost $300M on gaming in 2024; current and former staffers blame a lack of a strong, cohesive vision during former games chief David Haddad's tenure (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

WBD lost $300M on gaming in 2024; current and former staffers...

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: WBD lost $300M on gaming in 2024; current and former...

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Sources: SoftBank is set to invest $40B in OpenAI at a $260B pre-money valuation; OpenAI was last valued at $157B by private investors in October 2024 (Hayden Field/CNBC)

Sources: SoftBank is set to invest $40B in OpenAI at a...

Hayden Field / CNBC: Sources: SoftBank is set to invest $40B in OpenAI at a $260B...

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Amazon expects to boost its capex to $100B in 2025, largely driven by AI and up from 2024's ~$83B, in what Andy Jassy calls a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Amazon expects to boost its capex to $100B in 2025, largely...

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon expects to boost its capex to $100B in 2025, largely...

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Kelly Stonelake, a former Meta director who was at the company from 2009 to 2024, sues Meta, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation (TechCrunch)

Kelly Stonelake, a former Meta director who was at the...

TechCrunch: Kelly Stonelake, a former Meta director who was at the company from...

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France and the UAE agree to develop an up to 1 GW data center in France, representing €30B to €50B in investments for French and Emirati AI, chips, and more (Daphné Leprince-Ringuet/Sifted)

France and the UAE agree to develop an up to 1 GW data...

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet / Sifted: France and the UAE agree to develop an up to 1...

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Smartphones: A lifeline or a dangerous distraction?

Smartphones: A lifeline or a dangerous distraction?

On World No Mobile Phone Day, we take a look at how this event started and was named...

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France announces creation of 35 new data centres as AI summit kicks off

France announces creation of 35 new data centres as AI...

France's digital minister has announced that 35 sites were ready to host data centres...

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AI Action Summit: Can Europe catch up with the US and China?

AI Action Summit: Can Europe catch up with the US and China?

Political leaders, tech executives, scientists and experts are gathering to Paris...

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Trump's de minimis cancellation is likely to hit Shein harder than online dollar-store Temu, which has shifted to an Amazon-like bulk overseas shipment strategy (Casey Hall/Reuters)

Trump's de minimis cancellation is likely to hit Shein...

Casey Hall / Reuters: Trump's de minimis cancellation is likely to hit Shein harder...

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Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 32% YoY to $988.2M, bookings up 21% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.37B est., and DAUs up 19% YoY to 85.3M, vs. 88.4M est.; RBLX falls 15%+ (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 32% YoY to $988.2M, bookings...

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 32% YoY to $988.2M,...

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TrueFoundry, which helps enterprises deploy AI systems at scale, raised $19M led by Intel Capital, taking its total funding to $21M, and claims 30 customers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

TrueFoundry, which helps enterprises deploy AI systems...

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: TrueFoundry, which helps enterprises deploy AI systems...

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France hosts global AI summit as Chinese rivals disrupt tech sector

France hosts global AI summit as Chinese rivals disrupt...

The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit kicks off in Paris with scientific and...

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France's 2025 budget finally set to become law as PM survives no-confidence vote

France's 2025 budget finally set to become law as PM survives...

After running on an extension of the 2024 budget for more than a month, France is...

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Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store that use OCR to steal crypto wallet recovery phrases from images on users' devices (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google's Play Store...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google's Play...

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WH crypto czar David Sacks says stablecoin legislation could be done in the next six months, after lawmakers introduced a bill to create a regulatory framework (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

WH crypto czar David Sacks says stablecoin legislation...

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: WH crypto czar David Sacks says stablecoin legislation...

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Semgrep, which offers an autonomous code security platform for developers, raised a $100M Series D led by Menlo Ventures, bringing its total funding to $204M (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

Semgrep, which offers an autonomous code security platform...

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Semgrep, which offers an autonomous code security...

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Uber opens a waitlist to request a driverless Waymo vehicle in Austin ahead of a planned 2025 launch; rides will be limited to 37 square miles (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)

Uber opens a waitlist to request a driverless Waymo vehicle...

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: Uber opens a waitlist to request a driverless Waymo vehicle...

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The USPS resumes accepting China and Hong Kong mail hours after suspension due to Trump's EO, disrupting e-commerce, and is implementing "the new China tariffs" (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

The USPS resumes accepting China and Hong Kong mail hours...

Annie Palmer / CNBC: The USPS resumes accepting China and Hong Kong mail hours after...

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AWS aims to use "automated reasoning", which uses mathematical logic to encode knowledge in AI systems in a structured way, to prevent AI models' hallucinations (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

AWS aims to use "automated reasoning", which uses mathematical...

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: AWS aims to use “automated reasoning”, which uses...

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US Postal Service halts shipments of Chinese parcels after Trump closes loophole

US Postal Service halts shipments of Chinese parcels after...

The US Postal Service has suspended the shipments of parcels from China and Hong...

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Why is the WTO's dispute settlement system in crisis?

Why is the WTO's dispute settlement system in crisis?

After Donald Trump's 10 percent tariff against all Chinese imports took effect,...

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Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming box in the coming months, priced between $200 and $400, that combines content from Netflix, Max, and more (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming...

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sources: Sonos will release an Android-based streaming...

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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM's Audio Overviews and worked on Astra (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google...

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three...

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Bengaluru-based payments startup Cashfree raised a $53M Series C led by Krafton, bringing its total funding to nearly $100M, a source says at a $700M valuation (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Bengaluru-based payments startup Cashfree raised a $53M...

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based payments startup Cashfree raised a $53M...

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China-US trade war erupts again after Beijing slaps retaliatory tariffs on US goods

China-US trade war erupts again after Beijing slaps retaliatory...

The Trump administration's 10 percent tariffs on Chinese imports came into effect...

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WHY IS THE WTO'S DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM IN CRISIS?

WHY IS THE WTO'S DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM IN CRISIS?

After Donald Trump's 10% tariff against all Chinese imports took effect, China immediately...

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The Rise of AI in Journalism: Revolution or Threat to Free Press?

The Rise of AI in Journalism: Revolution or Threat to Free...

AI is transforming journalism, automating news production and enhancing efficiency....

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Sources: China is looking at launching a formal probe into Intel; a source says whether such a probe is officially launched could depend on US-China relations (Financial Times)

Sources: China is looking at launching a formal probe into...

Financial Times: Sources: China is looking at launching a formal probe into Intel;...

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Toronto-based programmatic ad startup StackAdapt raised $235M led by Teachers' Venture Growth, after raising $300M from Summit Partners in June 2022 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Toronto-based programmatic ad startup StackAdapt raised...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Toronto-based programmatic ad startup StackAdapt raised...

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Opera launches Opera Air, a free browser focused on mindfulness and mental well-being, including break reminders and ambient soundscapes, for Windows and macOS (Dominic Preston/The Verge)

Opera launches Opera Air, a free browser focused on mindfulness...

Dominic Preston / The Verge: Opera launches Opera Air, a free browser focused on...

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China hits back against Trump tariffs with retaliatory measures, renewing trade war

China hits back against Trump tariffs with retaliatory...

China on Tuesday countered US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese products...

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Dick Kramlich, who co-founded NEA in 1977, died on February 1 at age 89; he was an early investor in Apple and led investments in Juniper Networks and others (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

Dick Kramlich, who co-founded NEA in 1977, died on February...

Ben Bergman / Business Insider: Dick Kramlich, who co-founded NEA in 1977, died...

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Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B in advertising revenue in 2025; 24% of US-based Netflix subscribers are on the Standard with Ads tier (Adrian Pennington/StreamTV Insider)

Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B...

Adrian Pennington / StreamTV Insider: Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will...

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Sources: the Trump admin plans to nominate Arielle Roth, a critic of Biden's $42.5B broadband infrastructure plan, to lead the NTIA, which oversees the project (Kelcee Griffis/Bloomberg)

Sources: the Trump admin plans to nominate Arielle Roth,...

Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg: Sources: the Trump admin plans to nominate Arielle Roth,...

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What role do Mexico, Canada and China play in the flow of fentanyl into the United States?

What role do Mexico, Canada and China play in the flow...

President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and...

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French startup Riot, which educates staff about cybersecurity risks, raised a $30M Series B, a source says at a $170M valuation, and had $10M in 2024 revenue (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

French startup Riot, which educates staff about cybersecurity...

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: French startup Riot, which educates staff about cybersecurity...

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The Beatles' Now and Then, created using AI and an original 1970s lo-fi demo, won Best Rock Performance at the Grammys; McCartney and Starr completed it in 2021 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

The Beatles' Now and Then, created using AI and an original...

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: The Beatles' Now and Then, created using AI and an...

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MicroStrategy says it didn't buy any bitcoin in the prior week, ending a run of 12 consecutive weekly purchases worth $20B+ starting in October 2024 (Monique Mulima/Bloomberg)

MicroStrategy says it didn't buy any bitcoin in the prior...

Monique Mulima / Bloomberg: MicroStrategy says it didn't buy any bitcoin in the...

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EU braces for new US tariffs as Trump launches trade war

EU braces for new US tariffs as Trump launches trade war

EU leaders say they're prepared to respond if and when US President Donald Trump...

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A look at six engineers with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel ties, between 19 and 24 years old, playing key DOGE roles, as Musk seizes control of US infrastructure (Vittoria Elliott/Wired)

A look at six engineers with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel...

Vittoria Elliott / Wired: A look at six engineers with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel...

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Google's X spins out Heritable Agriculture, which aims to use AI to improve crop yield, as the incubator aggressively spins off companies under CEO Astro Teller (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Google's X spins out Heritable Agriculture, which aims...

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Google's X spins out Heritable Agriculture, which aims...

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OpenAI unveils Deep Research, an AI agent for creating in-depth reports, available to subscribers of the $200 ChatGPT Pro tier and limited to 100 queries/month (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

OpenAI unveils Deep Research, an AI agent for creating...

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: OpenAI unveils Deep Research, an AI agent for creating...

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In its current form, OpenAI's Operator is more of an intriguing demo than a product useful for most people, but it points to a future of powerful AI agents (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

In its current form, OpenAI's Operator is more of an intriguing...

Kevin Roose / New York Times: In its current form, OpenAI's Operator is more of...

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A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against a professor, including by creating chatbots on Crushon.ai and JanitorAI using her personal info (Katie McQue/The Guardian)

A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against...

Katie McQue / The Guardian: A US man pleads guilty to a cyberstalking campaign against...

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A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets users interact with a virtual older self and is currently being used by 60,000 people from 190 nations (Heidi Mitchell/Wall Street Journal)

A look at Future You, an AI-based research tool that lets...

Heidi Mitchell / Wall Street Journal: A look at Future You, an AI-based research...

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Google says APT groups from 20+ countries are using Gemini primarily for productivity gains rather than to develop or conduct novel AI-enabled cyberattacks (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Google says APT groups from 20+ countries are using Gemini...

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Google says APT groups from 20+ countries are using...

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Hugging Face's Thomas Wolf and other experts say startups like DeepSeek and the rise of AI agents may erode the value of LLMs from OpenAI and Big Tech companies (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Hugging Face's Thomas Wolf and other experts say startups...

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Hugging Face's Thomas Wolf and other experts say startups like...

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How Israeli startups like Xtend are helping the country's war effort, with ~50% of anti-drone tech used since the October 7 attacks coming from startups (Emily Rose/Reuters)

How Israeli startups like Xtend are helping the country's...

Emily Rose / Reuters: How Israeli startups like Xtend are helping the country's...

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DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over how much US companies should share about their AI breakthroughs, many of which have been detailed in scientific papers (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over how much US companies...

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over...

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A look at the online scam industry in Southeast Asia and how Indians became its targets; 2,358 Indians were rescued from scam compounds between 2022 and 2024 (Ayush Tiwari/Scroll.in)

A look at the online scam industry in Southeast Asia and...

Ayush Tiwari / Scroll.in: A look at the online scam industry in Southeast Asia and...

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In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI's lead and said OpenAI has been "on the wrong side of history" concerning open sourcing (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: In a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman admitted that DeepSeek has...

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OpenAI told some shareholders ChatGPT had 15.5M paid subscribers in 2024, up from 5.8M in 2023, and usage of OpenAI's API increased seven times (The Information)

OpenAI told some shareholders ChatGPT had 15.5M paid subscribers...

The Information: OpenAI told some shareholders ChatGPT had 15.5M paid subscribers...

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When asked in an AMA if OpenAI would release model weights and research, Sam Altman said "we are discussing" and "it's also not our current highest priority" (Deepa Seetharaman/Wall Street Journal)

When asked in an AMA if OpenAI would release model weights...

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: When asked in an AMA if OpenAI would release...

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Coinbase acquires Spindl, the on-chain advertising platform founded by Antonio Garcia-Martinez, an ex-Facebook staffer and the author of the book Chaos Monkeys (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

Coinbase acquires Spindl, the on-chain advertising platform...

Daniel Kuhn / The Block: Coinbase acquires Spindl, the on-chain advertising platform...

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TikTok limbo: US Congress stays quiet as Trump breaks its law

TikTok limbo: US Congress stays quiet as Trump breaks its...

It’s becoming less clear by the day who is supposed to be buying TikTok. One of...

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TikTok refugees, 'cat tax' and the US-China tech rivalry

TikTok refugees, 'cat tax' and the US-China tech rivalry

Shortly after taking office, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order...

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Davos 2025: Nigeria seeks diversification in trade

Davos 2025: Nigeria seeks diversification in trade

In this special edition from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Charles...

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Kraken says its revenue hit $1.5B in 2024, up from $671M in 2023, and it finished the year with 2.6M funded accounts, with $42.8B in assets held on the platform (Bloomberg)

Kraken says its revenue hit $1.5B in 2024, up from $671M...

Bloomberg: Kraken says its revenue hit $1.5B in 2024, up from $671M in 2023, and...

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Finout, which makes cloud cost management software, raised a $40M Series C, following a $26M Series B in March, bringing its total raised to $85M (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Finout, which makes cloud cost management software, raised...

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Finout, which makes cloud cost management software,...

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Apple agrees to a $20M settlement to resolve claims that some Watch batteries swelled over time, potentially damaging other key components, such as the display (Samantha Kelly/CNET)

Apple agrees to a $20M settlement to resolve claims that...

Samantha Kelly / CNET: Apple agrees to a $20M settlement to resolve claims that...

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Amazon sues Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post about Jeff Bezos' Amazon Project Kuiper satellite facility in Seattle (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Amazon sues Washington state to limit the release of public...

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Amazon sues Washington state to limit the release of public...

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Elastos, a decentralized infrastructure provider building a Bitcoin DeFi protocol called BeL2, raised $20M from private investment company Rollman Management (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

Elastos, a decentralized infrastructure provider building...

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Elastos, a decentralized infrastructure provider building...

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Tether plans to bring USDT to the Bitcoin base layer again and to the Layer 2 protocol Lightning Network, following USDT expansions to Celo and other networks (MK Manoylov/The Block)

Tether plans to bring USDT to the Bitcoin base layer again...

MK Manoylov / The Block: Tether plans to bring USDT to the Bitcoin base layer again...

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Italy blocks DeepSeek over data privacy concerns

Italy blocks DeepSeek over data privacy concerns

Italy's data protection agency has moved to block the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek...

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US Federal Reserve pauses rate cuts, angering Trump

US Federal Reserve pauses rate cuts, angering Trump

America's central bank has held its main interest rate steady as President Donald...

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EU unveils 'Competitiveness Compass' to cut red tape and spur investment

EU unveils 'Competitiveness Compass' to cut red tape and...

The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited roadmap to revamp the sluggish...

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The Argonne National Laboratory says its Aurora supercomputer is now fully operational and available to researchers, offering over 1 FP64 exaFLOPS performance (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

The Argonne National Laboratory says its Aurora supercomputer...

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: The Argonne National Laboratory says its Aurora supercomputer...

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Europol and German law enforcement arrest two suspects and seize 17 servers to take down Cracked and Nulled, two of the largest hacking forums with 10M+ users (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Europol and German law enforcement arrest two suspects...

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Europol and German law enforcement arrest two...

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review: excellent screen, performance, and battery life, slimmer bezels, and new 50MP UW sensor, but no S Pen Air actions and pricey (Sam Rutherford/Engadget)

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review: excellent screen, performance,...

Sam Rutherford / Engadget: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review: excellent screen, performance,...

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Microsoft reports Q2 LinkedIn revenue up 9% YoY, and Satya Nadella says that LinkedIn passed a record $2B in Premium subscriptions revenue in the last 12 months (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Microsoft reports Q2 LinkedIn revenue up 9% YoY, and Satya...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Microsoft reports Q2 LinkedIn revenue up 9% YoY, and...

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Microsoft says Q2 capital expenditures hit $22.6B, vs. $20.95B estimated, and forecasts Q3 Azure growth between 31% and 32%, vs. 33% expected (Reuters)

Microsoft says Q2 capital expenditures hit $22.6B, vs....

Reuters: Microsoft says Q2 capital expenditures hit $22.6B, vs. $20.95B estimated,...

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Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest $15B-$25B in OpenAI on top of its $15B+ commitment to Stargate; the deal would make it OpenAI's biggest financial backer (Financial Times)

Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest $15B-$25B in OpenAI...

Financial Times: Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest $15B-$25B in OpenAI on...

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EU unveils "Competitiveness Compass" to cut red tape and spur investment

EU unveils "Competitiveness Compass" to cut red tape and...

The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited roadmap to revamp the sluggish...

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Sources detail Elon Musk's time in government, bringing his friends and employees, as he races to cut staff; Musk's plane has not left DC since the inauguration (New York Times)

Sources detail Elon Musk's time in government, bringing...

New York Times: Sources detail Elon Musk's time in government, bringing his friends...

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: slim, lightweight, reasonable power draw, and DLSS 4, but mild generational performance uplift and spotty availability at launch (Ben Wilson/Windows Central)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: slim, lightweight, reasonable...

Ben Wilson / Windows Central: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: slim, lightweight,...

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DeepSeek's app is unavailable on Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store in Italy, after its data protection regulator says it questioned DeepSeek (Stefano Bernabei/Reuters)

DeepSeek's app is unavailable on Apple's App Store and...

Stefano Bernabei / Reuters: DeepSeek's app is unavailable on Apple's App Store and...

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Boeing posts second-largest annual loss in its history

Boeing posts second-largest annual loss in its history

US aerospace giant Boeing posted a nearly $12 billion annual net loss for 2024,...