Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and other Chinese tech companies remain keen on Nvidia's AI chips despite Beijing strongly discouraging them from such purchases — Alibaba (9988.HK), ByteDance and other Chinese tech firms remain keen on Nvidia's (NVDA.O) artificial intelligence chips despite regulators …
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Tencent releases HunyuanWorld-Voyager, an open-weights AI model that generates 3D-consistent video sequences from a single image, trained on 100K+ video clips — On Tuesday, Tencent released HunyuanWorld-Voyager, a new open-weights AI model that generates 3D-consistent video sequences from a single image …
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Philips Hue unveils a major product refresh at IFA 2025, including a $90 Hue Bridge Pro, updated $25 smart bulbs, and the $169 Hue Secure doorbell, its first — The smart lighting company launches its most ambitious update yet, with a new Bridge Pro, more affordable smart bulbs …
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Sources: DeepSeek is developing an agentic AI model that can carry out multi-step actions with little direction as well as learn and improve, set for a Q4 debut — DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI …
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Samsung unveils the $650+ Galaxy S25 FE and $800+ Tab S11 series in 11" and 14.6", offering thinner, lighter designs alongside modest upgrades, shipping now — If you've been eagerly awaiting Samsung's long-teased trifold phone or Project Moohan XR headset, the company's IFA launches may feel …
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Indian government data: India's push to develop a local chip industry is gaining momentum, with $18B in investment commitments and $7B+ in allocated subsidies — The urgency of make-in-India is growing … Momentum Building — “When the chips are down, count on India,” …
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Universities have begun appointing Chief AI Officers tasked with developing curricula, promoting tech partnerships, and integrating AI into faculty workflows — Amarda Shehu was happily leading George Mason University's Institute for Digital Innovation, which promotes research in AI …
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Taiwan's Hsinchu chip hub, where childcare perks and high salaries make raising children more viable, is the only place where its fertility rate is not falling — As Taiwan's fertility rate plummets and young women increasingly choose to remain single, the island's Silicon Valley is bucking the trend.
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AlliedOffsets: Microsoft dominates credit purchases from technology-based carbon removal projects, accounting for about $8B of the $9.5B market to date — Big tech group's dealmaking spans investments in projects that burn or bury waste — Microsoft has extended its dominance of the market …
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As the Pentagon rushes to deploy AI into its weapons systems, some experts fear humans can't keep pace with AI's aggressive tendency to escalate in a crisis — Jacquelyn Schneider saw a disturbing pattern, and she didn't know what to make of it. — Last year Schneider …
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US banking groups warn a GENIUS Act loophole, which allows crypto exchanges reward stablecoin holdings, could drive users to pull money from traditional banks — The GENIUS Act barred stablecoin issuers from paying interest. But in allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to offer rewards …
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At IFA 2025, tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Samsung and startups like Doma are expected to showcase how AI could make smart homes more intuitive — At IFA 2025, tech giants and startups alike will show us their visions for how AI could make connected homes more intuitive, context-aware, and truly ambient.
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Uber is tapping Indian drivers for its data-labeling arm, Uber AI Solutions, offering extra income for completing micro tasks like tagging objects in photos — Uber is leveraging its Indian driver network for AI data labeling, offering them extra income through micro-tasks within the Uber app.
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Despite setback in the DOJ's Google case, the Trump administration continues to pursue antitrust cases against Big Tech while defending US tech companies abroad — Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president — Donald Trump has slapped down European tech rules and promised to slash regulation at home.
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CEOs of Apple, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and others are expected to attend an AI event hosted by Melania Trump and dinner at the White House Rose Garden on Thursday — President Trump on Thursday will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for the first event …
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Orchard Robotics, which uses cameras and AI to help fruit growers manage crops more precisely, raised a $22M Series A led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital — Inspired by his grandparents, who were apple farmers in China, Charlie Wu got the idea to apply technology to agriculture …
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Switzerland launches Apertus, an open-source AI model trained only on publicly available data across more than 1,000 languages, in 8B and 70B parameter sizes — Apertus was trained only on publicly available data, it said. — There's a new player in the AI race, and it's a whole country.
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Bengaluru-based FirstClub, a grocery delivery startup prioritizing quality over speed, raised a $23M Series A led by Accel and RTP Global at a $120M valuation — While quick commerce in India has become synonymous with 10-minute deliveries — and the hottest play for startups and investors …
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Sources: Lambda, a cloud provider that rents out Nvidia chips, has hired banks to prepare for a US IPO as soon as H1 2026; it was valued at $2.5B in February — Lambda, a cloud provider that rents out Nvidia graphics chips for artificial intelligence, has hired investment banks to prepare …
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Anthropic named the Qatar Investment Authority as a “significant” investor in its $13B round; QIA expects to do up to 25 tech deals through 2026 — When Anthropic went looking for more money to support its pursuit of building artificial intelligence models, the startup turned to a familiar network of venture capitalists.
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American Bitcoin closed up 16.5% in its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, valuing Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.'s stake in the bitcoin mining company at $1.5B — A bitcoin company tied to President Donald Trump's two oldest sons more than doubled in value in its stock market debut on Wednesday …
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A US jury orders Google to pay $425M+ to plaintiffs in a 2020 class action lawsuit for collecting data even after they turned off Web & App Activity tracking — A class of nearly 100 million Google users claimed the tech giant secretly collected data even after they disabled data collection …
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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Projects available to all free users, and allows more files to be added to projects; Projects was previously exclusive to paid subscribers — The formerly paid feature acts as a folder system for organizing AI chats. — OpenAI has announced that it's making …
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France's CNIL fines Google €325M for placing tracking cookies and ads in Gmail without users' consent; Google says it is reviewing the decision — France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies.
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Roblox will expand age checks to all users of its communication tools by the end of 2025 using facial age estimation tech, ID verification, and parental consent — Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it's expanding …
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C3.ai reports Q1 revenue down 19% YoY to $70.3M, and names long-time tech exec Stephen Ehikian as CEO, replacing Thomas Siebel; its stock falls 11%+ after hours — Shares of the enterprise artificial intelligence company C3 AI fell 14% in extended trading on Wednesday after it announced fiscal …
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