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March 24, 2025, 12:55 PM

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Bloomberg:
23andMe files for bankruptcy to “maximize the value of its business”, and co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki steps down; 23andMe was valued at $3.5B in June 2021  —  The Silicon Valley-based firm will continue marketing itself to investors with the goal of getting at least …
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
DeepSeek releases MIT-licensed DeepSeek-V3-0324, the latest version of their enormous DeepSeek v3 model; the previous DeepSeek v3 version had a custom license  —  deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324.  Chinese AI lab DeepSeek just released the latest version of their enormous DeepSeek v3 model …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Apple says the AirPods Max will get 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio, including Personalized Spatial Audio, and ultra‑low latency in April via a software update  —  A new firmware update coming in April will also include ultra low-latency for the $549 headphones.
Bloomberg:
Source: South Korean AI inference chip startup FuriosaAI rejected Meta's $800M takeover offer, opting to grow the business as an independent company instead  —  Korean chip startup FuriosaAI has turned down an $800 million takeover offer from Meta Platforms Inc., choosing instead to grow …
Emma Bowman / NPR:
A look at the Internet Archive, which sees ~100TB of data uploaded daily and has cataloged ~73K US government webpages that the Trump administration expunged  —  SAN FRANCISCO — If you've ever clicked on a hyperlink that's taken you to something called the Wayback Machine to view an old web page …
Wes Davis / The Verge:
Google rolls out real-time AI video Gemini Live features, including the ability to “see” phone screens and phone camera feeds, for Gemini Advanced subscribers  —  Gemini can ‘see’ screens and camera feeds in real-time for some Google One AI Premium subscribers now.
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority:
Google confirms Google Maps had “a technical issue that caused the deletion of Timeline data for some people”, but says those with backups can restore the data  —  Update: Google has confirmed the issue, and it indeed advises affected users to restore their data via a previous backup.
Financial Times:
Malaysia plans to tighten chip rules and says Washington demanded it track high-end Nvidia chips entering the country, over suspicions that many end up in China  —  Trade minister says Washington suspects high-end semiconductors are making it to China despite trade controls

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