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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says its V3 and R1 models' cost of inferencing relative to sales during a 24-hour-period on February 28 put “theoretical” profit margins at 545% — Chinese artificial intelligence phenomenon DeepSeek revealed some financial numbers on Saturday, saying its “theoretical” …
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Alphabet's X lab moonshot project Taara unveils a silicon photonic chip that can deliver high-speed internet through the air using light instead of radio waves — The Alphabet “moonshot” project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.
More: X, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, WinBuzzer, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, and PCMag
| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
Recent incidents indicate the US no longer characterizes Russia as a cyber threat; source: CISA analysts were told not to follow or report on Russian threats — Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
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| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Amnesty International says Google has fixed three zero-day vulnerabilities in Android, developed by Cellebrite and used by Serbia to unlock phones — Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools.
More: Amnesty International …, Ars Technica, Cyber Security News, Digital Trends, The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, CyberInsider, and Risky Business
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits stealth with an undisclosed amount of funding, unveiling an AI speech model and plans for AI glasses — Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe's next act: AI glasses that carry a conversation. … I tell Amazon's Alexa to shut up on a near daily basis.
More: Andreessen Horowitz, ZDNET, and Sesame
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| Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China is instructing its top AI leaders to avoid visiting the US over fears they could be detained as bargaining chips or divulge confidential info — Beijing increasingly views cutting-edge technology through national-security lens, putting executives on tighter leash
More: Reuters and WinBuzzer
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| Axios: |
Trump will speak at the first-ever White House Crypto Summit on March 7; it will be chaired by David Sacks and comes amid a global sell-off in cryptocurrencies — - The Trump family launched the Official Trump (TRUMP) and Melania Meme (MELANIA) coins Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 …
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, quantum computing is far from its silicon moment, with no consensus on the best way to build practical qubits — Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, the industry is still a long way from building practical machines| The Information: |
Sources: SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, and might borrow another $8B in early 2026, which could strain its already debt-heavy balance sheet — The biggest risk-taker in tech investing is back to his old playbook, loading up on debt to fund his latest obsession: artificial intelligence.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Spamhaus: Prospero, a notorious provider of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” hosting for cybercriminals, is routing its operations through Kaspersky Lab's networks — One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing … | Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Larry Ellison's Sensei Ag, a venture backed by his $500M investment to change farming with AI, robotics, and software, has mostly been a bust so far — His Sensei Ag company hasn't succeeded in boosting output and nutrition in its greenhouses with AI, robotics and software
More: The Rural Blog. Bluesky: @jerryjohnson, @mgallagher, @llarian.net, and @tamarhaspel. Mastodon: @shriramk@mastodon.social
| Maggie Harrison / Futurism: |
Pinterest says it is developing tools to label AI-generated or AI-altered content on its platform, amid an influx of AI slop from SEO spammers — “Is this platform dead?” — Pinterest, the web's de facto mood board, has long been one of the best places for finding and sharing aspirational … Sponsor Posts
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