TMtechmemeSources: Meta internally projected that it could spend as much as $10B annually on Anthropic's AI models, even as Zuckerberg publicly criticized Anthropic (New York Times)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeNevada-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup Socure raised $156M at a $5.2B valuation and acquires Austin-based agentic AI startup Fravity (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: the Trump administration is weighing sweeping new tariffs on chips and other products like laptops and consoles, despite warnings from tech companies (Politico)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemePlaud unveils Plaud One, a $250 pair of 4G, eSIM-enabled AI earbuds with coverage in 80+ countries and $200 in AI feature credits; Plaud is making 2,000 units (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeJapan's Kioxia and Sandisk plan to spend $31B+ in Japan through 2032 to drive chip tech and expand production capacity, including an $11.3B Kitakami plant (Reuters)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeKalshi partners with Weather Co. to verify climate and weather prediction market settlements; Kalshi says weather vertical trading volume will hit $1.1B in 2026 (Clara Hudson/Wall Street Journal)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeOpenAI launches ads on its ChatGPT Free and Go subscription tiers in India, where it has 100M+ weekly active users, and plans to launch an ad manager next month (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSamsung unveils the Galaxy S26 FE, offering an Exynos, not Qualcomm, chipset, 12GB of RAM, a dialed-back camera system from the S26, for $700+, a $50 price jump (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeGambit Security: Russian-speaking ransomware gang Aur0ra used SpaceX's Cursor AI coding assistant to breach at least seven companies between April 8 and May 21 (Raphael Satter/Reuters)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeAustralian Federal Police arrest two Western Australia men, aged 21 and 23, believed to be members of TeamPCP, a prolific cybercrime and data extortion group (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeHugging Face unveils Microduck, a $400, 1.7lb, 10-inch-tall bipedal robot developed in part by Pollen Robotics and manufactured by Shenzhen-based Seeed Studio (Bloomberg)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Adam Mosseri met with state AG representatives roughly a month ago, saying Meta would appeal any adverse verdict but was willing to make changes (Reuters)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Donald Trump Jr. told GOP state AGs at a March event that gambling companies' "vested interest" was misleading states to attack prediction markets (New York Times)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeMeta says its new teen safeguards on Facebook and Instagram are exclusively for US users; the changes will be closely watched by officials outside of the US (Bloomberg)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeCambridge, MA-based Transfyr emerges from stealth with a $25M seed to use AI to address science's reproducibility crisis and capture labs' "tacit knowledge" (Carl Zimmer/New York Times)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeX launches NFL Gametime, an integrated NFL feed and hub featuring live data, scores, statistics, creator content, and more through to the 2027 Super Bowl (Brian Steinberg/Variety)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeRockstar executives discuss GTA VI, including new interactive systems that let player habits like diet alter characters' appearance and in-game social media (Thom Waite/Dazed)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeYouTube and TikTok are yet to publicly acknowledge Meta's proposed changes under its AG settlement; some US lawmakers signal an appetite for industry-wide rules (Mike Isaac/New York Times)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→
TMtechmemeSources: Singapore-based Shein is set to price its Hong Kong IPO at ~$6.20, or near the midpoint of its marketed range, raising $1.73B and valuing it at ~$26.5B (Reuters)industry20 days ago▲ 24Read story→