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→
TMtechmemeTencent releases Hy4 Preview, a 770B-parameter foundational model with a 1M context window that it says outperforms Z.AI and Moonshot models in internal tests (Bloomberg)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeThe UK Treasury gives the Bank of England a new legal objective to support payment systems and digital money innovation, seeking to keep London competitive (Financial Times)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
YhackernewsClimate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggesthackernews19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: some tech companies are courting Democrats and hiring advisers to prepare for potential investigations if Republicans lose control of the House (Wall Street Journal)industry19 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeBitGo agrees to buy NYDIG's institutional trading business and related assets, expanding BitGo's derivatives offerings; ~30 NYDIG employees are joining BitGo (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: federal authorities prepare to charge a US serviceman and a KPMG employee with insider trading on prediction markets, as part of a new batch of cases (Dave Michaels/Wall Street Journal)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Advent and Stripe are no longer pursuing a deal to acquire PayPal; the group offered to pay $60.50/share in July, valuing PayPal at $53B (Bloomberg)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeA US judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling that its designation as a supply-chain risk was "illegal and baseless" (Jack Queen/Reuters)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCISA says that cyberattacks on critical US infrastructure targeted 100+ internet-exposed water and wastewater systems in July, largely attacking PLCs (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeWorkday reports Q2 revenue up 12.8% YoY to $2.65B vs. $2.63B est., and total subscription revenue backlog up 8% YoY to $27.4B, vs. $28.6B est. (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Cognition is generating ~$900M in annualized revenue, up more than 3x since the start of the year, and executives project it will end 2026 with $1.5B+ (The Information)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→