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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Sam Altman says OpenAI is planning to “release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months” — OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.” — That's according to a feedback form …
More: OpenAI, The Information, Reuters, Wired, and SD Times
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| CNBC: |
OpenAI closes a $40B funding round, the most ever raised by a private tech company, at a $300B post-money valuation; SoftBank led the round with $30B — OpenAI on Monday announced it had closed what amounts to the largest private tech funding round on record.| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Sam Altman says “we added one million users in the last hour”, following last week's Images for ChatGPT launch; over the weekend he said “our GPUs are melting” — Last week, OpenAI released Images for ChatGPT which led to an explosion of interest thanks to its ability …
| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
France's antitrust regulator fines Apple €150M after a lengthy investigation into how iOS asks to collect user data under ATT and the impact on advertisers — France's antitrust regulator fined Apple Inc. €150 million ($162 million) after a lengthy probe into how the technology company asks …
More: Autorité de la concurrence, Reuters, Ars Technica, The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, HotHardware, Associated Press, The Information, Thurrott, chinadailyhk, Music + Essentials, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, Android Headlines, PocketGamer.biz, UPI, Agence France-Presse, PhoneArena, Global Competition Review, Nairametrics, Developer Tech News, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Sharecast, CyberInsider, PYMNTS.com, iClarified, Patently Apple, The Record, iPhone in Canada Blog, Euractiv, Yahoo Finance, Deccan Herald, Business Standard, Cryptopolitan, Livemint, Daily Sabah, Hindustan Times, MacDailyNews, and BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Threads: @timothybucksf and @eshumarneedi
Forums: r/technology, r/technology, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's AGI Lab unveils Nova Act, a general purpose AI agent to control a web browser and independently perform some simple actions, and a Nova Act SDK — Amazon on Monday unveiled Nova Act, a general-purpose AI agent that can take control of a web browser and independently perform some simple actions.
More: About Amazon, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Amazon AGI Labs, Android Headlines, Constellation Research, The Decoder, Quartz, NBC News, SiliconANGLE, Fast Company, Digital Trends, WinBuzzer, Analytics India Magazine, Wired, GeekWire, and The Independent
LinkedIn: Mitesh Patel and Anes Hodžić
| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Eric and Donald Trump Jr.'s American Data Centers plans to merge with Hut 8's American Bitcoin and take a 20% stake, aiming to create the world's largest miner — A business led by two of the president's sons will invest in American Bitcoin, a new mining company controlled by Hut 8
More: Hut 8 Corp., HuffPost, New York Times, CryptoPotato, Reuters, Bitcoin Insider, Daily Caller News Foundation, Benzinga, New York Magazine, Coinspeaker, PYMNTS.com, The Daily Hodl, Watcher Guru, TheMinerMag, DL News, Investor's Business Daily, CoinGape, crypto.news, Axios, Bloomberg, Decrypt, The Crypto Basic, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Crypto Briefing, The Crypto Times, Yahoo Finance, Bitcoin Magazine, and Blockonomi
| Reuters: |
How the Trump family took over World Liberty Financial, which raised $550M+ via governance tokens; the family has a claim on 75% of net revenues of token sales — As World Liberty Financial raised more than half a billion dollars, President Donald Trump's family took control of the crypto venture …
More: Blockchain News, The Block, The Crypto Times, and Benzinga
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 18.4 with Priority notifications for Apple Intelligence, which gets support for eight more languages, Ambient Music via Control Center, more — Apple today released iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, the fourth major updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating system updates …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases visionOS 2.4 with Apple Intelligence, a Spatial Gallery app that features Apple-curated media, with “new content released regularly”, and more — Alongside iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, Apple is also rolling out visionOS 2.4 for Apple Vision Pro users today.| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: GlobalFoundries mulls merging with UMC, Taiwan's 2nd-largest chipmaker, to form a bigger, US-based company with production in Asia, the US, and Europe — TAIPEI — U.S. contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries and United Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan's No. 2 chipmaker … | Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Isomorphic Labs, a DeepMind spinoff focusing on drug discovery, raised $600M led by Thrive to research treatments, including for cancer and immune disorders — The company, which uses artificial intelligence to develop new treatments, now counts the venture capital firm Thrive Capital as a backer.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei reports FY 2024 revenue up 22.4% YoY to ~$118.2B, near its ~$123B record in 2020, net profit down 28% YoY to ~$8.63B, and R&D spend rising to ~$25B — Huawei on Monday reported a sharp jump in 2024 revenue as its core telecommunications and consumer businesses accelerated.
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| Kevin Beaumont / DoublePulsar: |
Following a March 21 report about an alleged breach of Oracle Cloud, Oracle's communication has been muddy, leaving customers unsure if they are impacted — Being a provider of cloud SaaS (Software-as-a-service) solutions requires certain cybersecurity responsibilities — including being transparent and open.
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| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sesame, which makes realistic AI voice assistants, is in talks to raise $200M+ co-led by Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, valuing the company at $1B+ — Sesame AI is discussing a funding round of more than $200 million, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk's SpaceX over expanding satellite cellphone services; Apple discussed linking iPhones to SpaceX satellites — The iPhone maker and SpaceX are competing in the race to eliminate cellphone dead spots, a rift that is set to intensify
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Forums: r/apple, Beehaw, and MacRumors Forums
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
How JioHotstar became India's most popular streamer, with 100M subscribers paying less than $1/month on average, via a freemium model, micro dramas, and more — More than 100 million people now subscribe to India's largest paid video service. — Good evening from Mumbai … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Substack rolls out a TikTok-like video feed in its app, initially featuring short-form videos under 10 minutes — Substack continues to double down on video amid TikTok's uncertain future in the U.S. The company announced on Monday that it's rolling out a scrollable video feed in its app … | Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: |
Alexa+ will start rolling out to users today; sources: some features demoed in February are slated to arrive in two months, while others will take longer — Alexa+, Amazon's AI-enhanced voice assistant, will launch to some customers Monday, though not every feature will be available right away
More: Android Authority, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, About Amazon, and Android Headlines
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Runway releases its Gen-4 video-generating AI model to individual and enterprise users, touting its ability to maintain consistency of subjects, styles, more — AI startup Runway on Monday released what it claims is one of the highest-fidelity AI-powered video generators yet.| Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal: |
Tampa-based ReliaQuest, which provides AI-powered cybersecurity tools, raised $500M+ in a funding round led by EQT, KKR, and FTV Capital, valuing it at $3.4B — Armed with AI agents, ReliaQuest's platform detects and responds to cyberattacks within minutes, company says
More: Reuters
| TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based Temporal, an open-source microservices orchestration service, raised a $146M Series C led by Tiger Global at a $1.72B post-money valuation — Seattle-based Temporal has made its name over the last several years in the world of microservices — specifically providing a platform …
More: SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, GeekWire, Pulse 2.0, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in beta, announces a $39-per-month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199-per-month Pro tier — The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro.
More: PYMNTS.com, The Economic Times, TechCrunch, and WinBuzzer
X: @manusai_hq, @s_a_r_lab, and @danielko
| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
PumpSwap, a new DEX launched by Pump.fun's creators, processed $2.43B in cumulative trading volume after just 10 days, shaking up the Solana DEX ecosystem — - PumpSwap, the DEX recently launched by memecoin platform Pump.fun, has processed $2.43 billion in cumulative trading volume after just 10 days …
More: Dune, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, and Cryptopolitan. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Retym, which aims to bring its first AI data center chip to market this year, raised a $75M Series D led by Spark Capital, bringing its total funding to $180M — Chip startup Retym has raised $75 million this year as part of $180 million in total funding the company is using to pursue networking chips …
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