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Apple updates the $599+ 11-inch and $799+ 13-inch iPad Air with M3, in four colors, and debuts a $269+ Magic Keyboard with function keys and a larger trackpad — Only a year after the last Air, Apple is updating the middle of its tablet lineup once again. … The iPad Air is a tricky tablet.
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
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 — Apple today announced the 11th-generation iPad, now featuring the A16 Bionic chip and more storage.
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| Axios: |
At a press conference with Trump, TSMC CEO CC Wei says the company plans to invest $100B+ in US chips over four years, on top of its $65B commitment in Arizona — - It's also part of the bipartisan U.S. national security push to increase domestic chips production and accelerate the AI economy.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E led by Lightspeed at a $61.5B valuation; a source says its annual revenue run rate is up 30% in 2025, from ~$1B in late 2024 — The company is said to have increased its run-rate revenue by 30% so far this year. — OpenAI rival Anthropic has officially closed …
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
NYC-based Aescape, which makes AI-powered massage robots to be deployed in 60 Equinox gyms, raised $83M led by Valor Equity, a source says at a ~$250M valuation — Massage startup Aescape is raising money from investors including Valor Equity Partners and basketball player Kevin Love.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cloud-based Nvidia GPU provider CoreWeave files for an IPO on the Nasdaq under CRWV and says 2024 revenue was up 737% YoY to $1.92B and it had an $863M net loss — CoreWeave, a provider of cloud-based Nvidia processors to companies including Meta and Microsoft, is headed for the public market.| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates Google Play on Android to highlight apps with widgets, adding a widget search filter, widget badges on app pages, and a curated editorial page — There will be a new search filter for widgets, widget gadgets on app detail pages, and a curated editorial page.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber launches Waymo rides in Austin, where Waymo operates within 37 square miles including Hyde Park and Downtown; in August 2024, Waymo had ~700 vehicles total — Residents of the Texas capital can now hail a driverless Waymo vehicle — as long as they're within the 37-square-mile service area.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: great 1440p performance, compact design, and DLSS, but high power draw, only 12GB of RAM, runs hot, and availability is tricky — It's not all bad news, but in a lot of ways this is barely an upgrade. — “4090 performance at $549.”
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| Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: |
Sources: President Trump is cutting ~40% of staff in the US government office responsible for the $52B CHIPS Act, including ~40 who are considered probationary — The US government office responsible for a marquee $52 billion chip subsidy program will lose about two-fifths of its staff … | Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says 77%+ of the funds stolen remain traceable, including ~417,348 ETH, and 20% have “gone dark”; the hackers converted 83% of the ETH to BTC — Some 417,348 ETH, valued at approximately $1 billion remain traceable on the blockchain after being moved using privacy-focused THORChain.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates its iOS Gemini app, adding six circular lockscreen widgets and access in Control Center, including a shortcut to conversational mode Gemini Live — Following last week's homescreen redesign, the Google Gemini app on iPhone has been updated with lockscreen widgets and direct access in Control Center.
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Peregrine, which develops a platform used by state and local law enforcement agencies with smaller budgets, raised $190M led by Sequoia at a $2.5B valuation — Peregrine Technologies boosted its valuation to $2.5 billion in the deal. — Sequoia Capital is leading a $190 million funding round … | Geoffrey Bunting / The Guardian: |
The Xbox Kinect, released in 2010 and discontinued in 2017, has found applications beyond gaming, including in interactive art, pornography, and ghost hunting — Fifteen years since Microsoft's motion-sensing gaming camera was released for the Xbox 360, artists, roboticists and more are still finding new ways to use it
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| Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
After Trump imposes new tariffs on China, its government adds 15 US companies to its export control list, including drone maker Skydio and a16z-backed Shield AI — On Tuesday, China's Ministry of Commerce said it added 15 American companies to an export-control list and expanded the number …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Nothing unveils the $379 Phone 3A and $459 3A Pro, both with 6.77" displays, Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, and new AI tools to help organize files, shipping this month — Because of course there's AI. … The Nothing 3A phones were just announced with a new take on the company's “make tech more fun again” ethos.
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| Craig Barrett / Fortune: |
A former Intel CEO and chair says the company shouldn't be broken up because its foundry unit now has the tech and manufacturing know-how to compete with TSMC — Four former Intel board members have written two opinion pieces for Fortune arguing that the only solution to Intel's problems …
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| Julia Hornstein / Business Insider: |
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 — - Swap raises $40 million in Series B funding led by ICONIQ Growth. — Founded in 2022, Swap consolidates logistics for e-commerce brands into one platform.
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| Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase: |
GPT-4.5 review: improved verbal intelligence, contextual adaptation, abstract writing, and better taste and aesthetics, but not ideal for reasoning or coding — It's happening. — The question is, what is the it that is happening? An impressive progression of intelligence?| Dong Cao / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Didi Autonomous Driving is seeking to raise new funding at a $5B valuation, after raising a $298M Series C led by Guangzhou Automobile in October 2024 — - Firm in talks with investors including Beijing-based fund — Unit operates robotaxi services in some major Chinese cities| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Creator monetization platform Passes and CEO Lucy Guo are sued for allegedly distributing CSAM; the suit claims Guo intervened to override safety measures — Passes, a direct-to-fan monetization platform for creators backed by $40 million in Series A funding, has been sued … Sponsor Posts
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