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Sources: Qualcomm made a takeover approach to Intel in recent days, but a deal is far from certain; Intel's market cap is ~$93B and Qualcomm's is ~$188B — A deal for Intel would be massive and come at a time when the chip maker is sputtering.
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Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft for data centers — Constellation to invest $1.6 billion to restart dormant reactor as data-center power demand surges.
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Filing: the US SEC says it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk for failing to appear for scheduled testimony for a probe into his $44B Twitter takeover — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he failed to appear …
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JPMorgan, Visa, and other financial firms join Project Agora, a blockchain-based project by Bank for International Settlements to overhaul cross-border payments — - Seven central banks from US, euro area, Japan also particiapte — Bank for International Settlements runs project with IIF
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OpenAI's o1 models are dramatically better at reasoning than previous LLMs, but they struggle with spatial reasoning and are far from human-level intelligence — It's not easy to stump OpenAI's new o1 models. … You might remember around Thanksgiving last year when news broke about Q* …
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Ukraine bans the use of Telegram on official devices used by state officials, military personnel, and critical workers over fears of Russian spying — Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by state officials, military personnel and critical workers …
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Email: Linda Yaccarino announces X is launching a “video tab” feature and an X-exclusive women's soccer reality show, The Offseason, produced by Alexis Ohanian — In a late Friday email, X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced the launch of a new “video tab” feature … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Black Forest Labs, whose Flux.1 model powers Grok's image generator, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation; it came out of stealth with $31M in August — While OpenAI pursues yet another monster fundraise, it is not stealing all the oxygen in the room: AI startups building promising …
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Tumblr says it has seen a 222.99% growth in communities and a 349.55% growth in users since the X ban in Brazil, with DAUs up 30% from the 110K prior to the ban — Bluesky isn't the only social networking service to benefit from X's ban in Brazil, now under legal penalties.
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: EU officials are preparing formal charges against Google under the DMA, targeting how it displays rival product results across its search services — - Google risks hefty fines if it fails to address EU concerns — Regulators are set to issue warning under Digital Markets Act| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Twitch changes how it enforces its community guidelines: strikes for some offenses will depreciate over time, users will get more info about strikes, and more — Twitch is changing the way it enforces its community guidelines. In an announcement posted on its website … | Josh Scott / BetaKit: |
Motion, which sells analytics and research tools for creative strategists, raised a $30M Series B led by Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to $42M — Inovia-backed startup's software enables creative strategists to turn data into ad ideas. — Toronto-based advertising technology startup Motion … | Daniel Cancel / Bloomberg: |
Brazil-based Cayena, which operates a marketplace to connect suppliers and buyers in the wholesale food industry, raised a $55M Series B led by Bicycle Capital — The Brazilian startup helps streamline transactions between suppliers and buyers in the wholesale food industry.
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Akur8, which uses AI to automate the generation of insurance pricing models, raised a $120M Series C led by One Peak, bringing its total raised to $180M — Akur8, the machine learning-powered insurance pricing and reserving platform, has announced the closure of a $120m Series C funding round.| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Intezer, which develops AI-powered tools for autonomous security operations, raised a $33M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, taking total raised to $60M — The startups's Autonomous SOC platform uses AI models to simulate human analysts' decision-making process, effectively functioning as an extension of the security team.Sponsor Posts
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