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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI raised $6.6B led by Thrive Capital, the largest VC deal of all time, valuing it at $157B, with participation from Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, and others — - Not taking part, a source confirms, is Apple, which reportedly had been in talks to invest.
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Two Harvard students demo using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, PimEyes, and other tools to instantly identify strangers' names, phone numbers, addresses, and more — The technology, which marries Meta's smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools …
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| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
Amazon plans to increase the number of ads on Prime Video in 2025 after not seeing a sharp drop in subscribers since adding advertisements in January 2024 — Ecommerce group attempting to win over more brands as it steps up push into ad-funded streaming services in 2025
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
WP Engine files a lawsuit in California against Automattic and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion, abuse of power, and greed — Web hosting provider WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automattic, and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers: hackers are actively exploiting a recently disclosed RCE vulnerability in Zimbra email servers triggered by sending emails to the SMTP server — Hackers are actively exploiting a recently disclosed RCE vulnerability in Zimbra email servers that can be triggered simply … | Ryan McNeal / Android Authority: |
Amazon announces a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets, with 50% more RAM than the previous models, and three new generative AI features for compatible Fire tablets — Amazon launches new Fire HD 8 tablets, rolls out three new AI features. — • — TL;DR — Amazon is launching a new lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets.
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| Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Accenture says it will train 30K employees on Nvidia's AI tech and start a new Nvidia Business Group focused on driving enterprise adoption of AI agents — The global services powerhouse says its newly formed Nvidia Business Group will focus on driving enterprise adoption …
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Co-founders Tim Berners-Lee and Rosemary Leith plan to close the World Wide Web Foundation after 15 years of fighting to make the web safer and more accessible — Who wants to join his so Solid crew? — After fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer and more accessible, the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down.
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| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
PitchBook: Q3 US VC investments rose 8% YoY to $37.9B across 3,777 deals; AI firms got 36% of deal value and 27% of deal count in the first nine months of 2024 — Artificial intelligence firms received more than one-third of the funds in the third quarter.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Gmail for Android and iOS with new summary cards that are more glanceable and actionable and a new “Happening soon” section above the inbox — Gmail for Android and iOS are getting new summary cards that are more glanceable and actionable, with Google also directly surfacing them in your inbox.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC files a notice of appeal in its Ripple case, seeking to reverse a July 2023 ruling that XRP sales on retail exchanges didn't violate securities rules — A federal judge ruled last year that the SEC had not made its case that Ripple violated securities law by selling XRP to retail customers through exchanges.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Analysis: Microsoft's finance leases, mainly for data centers and commencing between FY 2025 and FY 2030, have risen by $100B+ in less than two years to $108.4B — As Microsoft investors get ready for quarterly earnings this month, there's one particular metric that's become increasingly important: finance leases.| Chris Tapsell / Eurogamer.net: |
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