TMtechmemeAn appeals court rules states can regulate prediction markets, finding Kalshi's sports event contracts are bets, not swaps, and subject to state gambling laws (Lauren McCarthy/New York Times)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA deep dive into Grok Bot, including its architecture, use cases, and alternatives, as xAI adds shareable bot templates and online purchases through Stripe Link (Flavio Copes)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMeta intensifies its pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page ads in US newspapers demanding they adopt comparable teen safety protections (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeModders get an experimental version of Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering library running in over a dozen games after it leaked in NBA 2K27's early access build (VideoCardz.com)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOwner, which makes AI agents that manage restaurants' websites, marketing, and other functions, raised a $240M Series D at a $2.3B valuation (Joe Guszkowski/Restaurant Business)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: AI cloud computing provider Lambda raised ~$1B of private short-dated debt to finance the purchase of Nvidia GPUs, which will be leased by Microsoft (Emily Graffeo/Bloomberg)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeUnlike internet's one-dimensional, flat-fee growth, AI grows across two exponentials, user penetration and tokens per user, allowing AI labs' economics to work (Fin/@fi56622380)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeFIling: Lone Palm Labs, the startup behind friend-focused photo sharing app Retro, raised a $21M Series A from Thrive Capital and others (Sydney Bradley/Business Insider)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: the US is drafting a rule to close an export controls loophole that lets Chinese companies access AI chips via data centers in countries like Thailand (The Information)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemea16z creates a $1.1B Machine Age fund focusing on hardware to "open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI" (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeStock trading app Ajaib raised a $270M Series C from SBI Holdings, the largest round since 2022 in Indonesia, where startups raised just ~$340M last year (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeHow Meta founded FAIR in 2013, fell behind as it was distracted by the metaverse, and is spending an unprecedented amount of money trying to catch up (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeApple TV raises prices in the US, with the monthly price up by $2 to $14.99, its fourth increase in four years; the individual Apple One tier rises $2 to $21.95 (Todd Spangler/Variety)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Meta is testing robots from ABB and others to handle data center tasks such as swapping cables and resetting servers as it seeks to lower labor costs (Paresh Dave/Wired)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMeta's India and Southeast Asia VP Sandhya Devanathan is joining OpenAI to oversee consumer growth and enterprise adoption across SE Asia and Australia (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA look at Beijing's AGI Bar, the unofficial clubhouse for China's AI industry where entrepreneurs trade gossip, recruit talent, and court investors over beers (Bloomberg)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeChinese memory chipmaker CXMT reports H1 revenue of ~$22.4B, more than double its 2025 sales, and ~$11.5B in profit, compared to a loss a year earlier (Bloomberg)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSouth Korea unveils a project with KT, SK Telecom, and Kakao to provide premium AI tools to the public for free, a move that treats AI like a public utility (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeBluesky launches a feature to let users hide their posts from non-followers in its Discover feed; other AT Proto apps can choose whether to respect the opt-out (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Shein pivoted to a Hong Kong IPO and sought to build Chinese government ties, after its New York and London bids failed to secure Beijing's approval (Reuters)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→