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The bid for OpenAI's nonprofit is top-tier M&A trolling by Musk, as it complicates OpenAI's fundraising by likely altering the cost of equity for new investors (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

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Filing: Binance and the US SEC have jointly asked a judge to stay the regulator's lawsuit against the crypto exchange for 60 days, citing Trump admin changes (Reuters)

Filing: Binance and the US SEC have jointly asked a jud...

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Reuters: Filing: Binance and the US SEC have jointly asked a judge to stay the...

Sources: Meta is in talks to acquire South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI, which has raised ~$115M since its 2017 founding; the deal could close this month (John Kang/Forbes)

Sources: Meta is in talks to acquire South Korean AI ch...

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Anduril plans to assume management and eventual manufacturing of the US Army's infantry goggles from Microsoft, in an up to $20B deal that the Army must approve (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)

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Shopify shutters Ye's store, which began selling swastika shirts before a Super Bowl ad boosted traffic to the site, saying it violated Shopify's ToS (Patrick Smith/NBC News)

Shopify shutters Ye's store, which began selling swasti...

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Neal Mohan says AI auto dubbing will expand to all YouTube Partner Program creators, and YouTube will use ML to estimate users' ages for age-appropriate content (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Neal Mohan says AI auto dubbing will expand to all YouT...

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Neal Mohan says AI auto dubbing will expand to all Y...

Apple debuts the $250 Powerbeats Pro 2 with heart rate monitoring, an H2 chip, ANC, better water resistance, and 20% lighter design than the previous generation (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors: Apple debuts the $250 Powerbeats Pro 2 with heart rat...

Sardine, which offers fraud-fighting AI agents for enterprises, raised a $70M Series C led by Activant Capital, valuing the company at $660M (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)

Sardine, which offers fraud-fighting AI agents for ente...

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Emily Mason / Bloomberg: Sardine, which offers fraud-fighting AI agents for ent...

Saudi Arabia says its Neom megacity project is partnering with DataVolt to build a 1.5-gigawatt-scale AI data center by 2028, investing $5B into its first phase (Nora Redmond/Business Insider)

Saudi Arabia says its Neom megacity project is partneri...

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Nora Redmond / Business Insider: Saudi Arabia says its Neom megacity project i...

Shopify says Ye's store, which began selling swastika shirts before a Super Bowl ad boosted traffic to the site, was shuttered because it violated Shopify's ToS (Patrick Smith/NBC News)

Shopify says Ye's store, which began selling swastika s...

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Patrick Smith / NBC News: Shopify says Ye's store, which began selling swastik...

Powerbeats Pro 2 debut for $250 with heart rate monitoring, H2 chip, ANC, better water resistance, a more comfortable and 20% lighter design than previous gen (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

Powerbeats Pro 2 debut for $250 with heart rate monitor...

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors: Powerbeats Pro 2 debut for $250 with heart rate monit...

After the UK ordered Apple to build an encryption backdoor, Congress must enact a law prohibiting US tech companies from providing such backdoors to any country (Wall Street Journal)

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Wall Street Journal: After the UK ordered Apple to build an encryption backdoo...

Google says it removed Calendar's Pride Month, Black History Month, Indigenous People Month, and more events in mid-2024 for not being "scalable or sustainable" (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Google says it removed Calendar's Pride Month, Black Hi...

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Jay Peters / The Verge: Google says it removed Calendar's Pride Month, Black H...

The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russia-based bulletproof hosting provider Zservers and two Russian nationals for supplying the LockBit ransomware gang (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russia-based bul...

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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russi...

The US and the UK refuse to join France, China, India, and 57 other countries in signing the international agreement in Paris promoting "transparent", "safe" AI (Liv McMahon/BBC)

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Liv McMahon / BBC: The US and the UK refuse to join France, China, India, and ...

Sydney-based Harrison.ai, which uses AI to analyze CT scans, X-rays, and pathology slides, raised a $112M Series C, after a ~$92.3M Series B in November 2021 (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

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Tel Aviv-based Voyantis, which uses AI to predict a customer's future propensity and lifetime value for marketers, raised $41M, taking its total funding to $60M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Tel Aviv-based Voyantis, which uses AI to predict a cus...

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Voyantis, which uses AI to predict a...

SMIC reports Q4 profit down 38% YoY to $107.6M, below $193.5 est., revenue up 32% YoY to $2.2B, above $2.18B est., and $7.33B capex in 2024, vs. $4.5B in 2021 (Reuters)

SMIC reports Q4 profit down 38% YoY to $107.6M, below $...

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Reuters: SMIC reports Q4 profit down 38% YoY to $107.6M, below $193.5 est., re...

Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the "primary device for YouTube viewing in the US", indicating YouTube is "the new TV" (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overt...

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan sa...

Elon Musk's $97.4B OpenAI offer could force OpenAI's board to reassess how it is valuing the nonprofit, which could cost Sam Altman even though he rejected it (Wall Street Journal)

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Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk's $97.4B OpenAI offer could force OpenAI's boar...

Boston-based QuEra Computing, which is developing neutral-atom quantum computing to help scale systems, raised $230M+ from Google's Quantum AI unit and others (Rishi Kant/Reuters)

Boston-based QuEra Computing, which is developing neutr...

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Rishi Kant / Reuters: Boston-based QuEra Computing, which is developing neutra...

Dublin-based Tines, which uses AI to automate tasks in cybersecurity and other business operations, raised $125M at a $1.13B valuation, up from $600M in 2024 (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg)

Dublin-based Tines, which uses AI to automate tasks in ...

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Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Dublin-based Tines, which uses AI to automate tas...

Chinese EV maker BYD unveils a "God's Eye" self-driving system and aims to install it on its entire lineup, including its ~$9,600 Seagull hatchback (Gloria Li/Financial Times)

Chinese EV maker BYD unveils a "God's Eye" self-driving...

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Gloria Li / Financial Times: Chinese EV maker BYD unveils a “God's Eye” self-d...

The US and the UK did not join France, China, India, and other countries in signing an international AI agreement in Paris, without explaining their reasons (Liv McMahon/BBC)

The US and the UK did not join France, China, India, an...

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Liv McMahon / BBC: The US and the UK did not join France, China, India, and ot...

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