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Mistral raised a €3B Series D led by Samsung at a ~€21B valuation, up from €11.7B in September 2025, as it expands from developing AI models into data centers — Mistral is trying to keep pace with American and Chinese rivals while offering customers a European alternative for artificial intelligence.
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Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome Atlas, a 1PB dataset of predicted molecular effects for all ~9B possible single-letter DNA changes in the human genome — AlphaGenome Atlas is the most comprehensive catalogue of how genetic mutations affect molecular biology. — VP Science, Google DeepMind & Chief Scientist, Google Cloud
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Samsung and TSMC commit to using ASML's High NA EUV machines by 2028 and 2030, joining Intel, with all four agreeing to shift from 6-inch to 12-inch photomasks — ASML Holding NV has won commitments from top chipmakers to use its latest semiconductor production gear, while embarking …
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LinkedIn: Christophe Fouquet and Sarah Jacob
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Google rolls out search result changes in the EU to comply with the DMA, saying they mark the largest quality of service reduction in Search's 29-year history — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday rolled out changes to its online search results in Europe to satisfy EU antitrust regulators …
More: PCMag, HotHardware, Search Engine Land, and Android Authority
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Australia proposes a “My Feed, My Way” initiative requiring social platforms to send users a notification asking them to opt in or out of algorithmic content — In short: — The federal government's proposed digital duty of care could let Australians opt in or out of algorithmically recommended social media content.
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Qualcomm signs a deal with Amazon to provide “multiple generations of customized silicon” to help build AWS' AI infrastructure for inference; QCOM jumps ~5% — Qualcomm shares rose 4% on Tuesday after the company announced a data center infrastructure partnership with Amazon Web Services … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's path to a foldable phone, the iPhone's biggest design change yet; sources: the memory shortage led Apple to blow past its $1,999 price target — Around 2020, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook returned from a trip to Asia unusually energized about a new product category: foldable phones.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Anthropic has decided against acquiring Decart for ~$6B after performing due diligence on the startup; a source says the two may still collaborate — Anthropic PBC has decided against acquiring artificial intelligence startup Decart AI, people familiar with the matter said.
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| Dustin Volz / New York Times: |
Researchers say they used AI to build a zero-click worm that can hack WeChat accounts and spread across iOS and Android; Tencent says it fixed the vulnerability — The attack, discovered by A.I. researchers, could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.| Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Cloud and Accenture form the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group to train up to 1,000 Accenture forward deployed engineers for Gemini Enterprise — The new group will be made up of 1,000 forward-deployed engineers — Google Cloud and Accenture are the latest companies to bet … | Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
Circle agrees to acquire Singapore-based cross-border B2B payments company Tazapay for $400M, in one of its largest publicly disclosed acquisitions to date — Stablecoin issuer Circle agreed to pay $400 million in stock for Singapore-based cross-border payments company Tazapay …
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| Howard Liu / South China Morning Post: |
China says its AI compute capacity rose 177% YoY to 2,185 eflops by the end of June, and is targeting 9,800 eflops by 2030 via ~$532B in IT infrastructure spend — China plans to deploy artificial intelligence computing clusters containing 100,000 accelerator cards and sharply expand …
More: Unite.AI
| Siobhan Roberts / New York Times: |
Fields medalist Jacob Tsimerman, set to join OpenAI later in September, launches the Mathematical AI Safety Institute to apply higher math to AI safety problems — Jacob Tsimerman, a recent recipient of the Fields Medal, believes that higher mathematics can help curb the dangers of runaway artificial intelligence.| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Runway co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis says the startup's annual recurring revenue hit $200M in September; source: it expects ARR to cross $350M by the end of 2026 — Runway AI Inc.'s annual recurring revenue hit $200 million in September, underscoring growing demand from companies using … | Wall Street Journal: |
Robinhood adds Crypto.com's yes-or-no contracts to its platform and takes minority stakes in Crypto.com and prediction market company OG, spun out of Crypto.com — The brokerage will add yes-or-no contracts from Crypto.com prediction business and take stake in digital-currency exchange
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| The Block: |
The attacker who withdrew ~4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid Network federation wallet returns 3,400 BTC after Blockstream said it patched its bridge nodes — - The attacker who withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from a Liquid Federation wallet has returned 3,400 BTC after Blockstream said its bridge nodes had been patched.
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