Techmeme: BYD unveils “Lingyuan”, a vehicle-mounted drone launching system available for all of its vehicles that costs about $2,200, developed in collaboration with DJI (Wes Davis/The Verge)

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E at a $61.5B post-money valuation led by Lightspeed Venture Partners; it has now raised $18.2B in total funding, per Crunchbase — AI startup Anthropic today announced that it raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

More: Anthropic, Bloomberg, Axios, Proactive, and Analytics India Magazine. Bluesky: @mikefulk

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Tim Cook posts that “this week” there's “something in the AIR”, likely referring to an M4 MacBook Air launch; a new iPad Air is expected around this Spring — In a new post on social media today, Tim Cook says Apple has a new product launch coming this week.

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X: @tim_cook and @markgurman

Forums: r/macbookair, r/macbook, r/mac, r/technology, and r/apple

Reuters:

The UK ICO says it is investigating how TikTok uses 13 to 17-year-olds' personal data for content suggestions, and how Reddit and Imgur verify child users' ages — The watchdog said it is probing how ByteDance's short-form video-sharing platform TikTok uses 13-17-year-olds' personal information to suggest content in their feed.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

Google demos new Gemini features, such as video search and Screenshare, which lets users ask questions based on their phone's screen, coming later in March 2025 — Google is adding new features to its AI assistant, Gemini, that let users ask it questions using video and content on the screen in real time.

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Reuters:

Sources: Nvidia and Broadcom are running 18A manufacturing tests with Intel, and AMD is also evaluating whether Intel's 18A process is suitable for its needs — Chip designers Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) are running manufacturing tests with Intel (INTC.O), two sources familiar …

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X: @firstadopter and @jukanlosreve

Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/hardware, r/nvidia, r/intel, r/AMD_Stock, r/intelstock, and Slashdot

Wes Davis / The Verge:

BYD unveils “Lingyuan”, a vehicle-mounted drone launching system available for all of its vehicles that costs about $2,200, developed in collaboration with DJI — The roof-mounted drone-launching compartment, called ‘Lingyuan,’ is now available for all BYD models.

More: Xinhua, South China Morning Post, TechEBlog, Business Insider, DroneDJ, TechSpot, and CnEVPost

Wall Street Journal:

Chinese traders are selling servers with Nvidia chips, like Blackwell and H200, via third parties in Vietnam, Taiwan, and others; some promise six-week delivery — Traders offer servers containing the company's Blackwell chips by routing them through third parties in nearby regions

More: PC Guide, Tom's Hardware, The Information, TechCrunch, Yahoo Finance, Barron's Online, The Straits Times, Nikkei Asia, TipRanks Financial, Benzinga, and Dow Jones Newswires

Owen Walker / Financial Times:

Singapore charges three men in a case suspected to involve Nvidia chip sales that breach US export controls, after a tip-off the chips were exported to Malaysia

More: Bloomberg, The Decoder, Motley Fool, ZeroHedge News, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Seeking Alpha, Malay Mail, and Android Headlines

Mariella Moon / Engadget:

MWC 2025: Lenovo unveils new laptops, including the $1,799+ Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition, with generative AI features, next-gen ThinkPads, and proof of concepts — They will soon be available in North America. — Lenovo has announced new laptops with generative AI features …

More: Lenovo StoryHub, PCWorld, The Verge, HotHardware, ZDNET, Liliputing, Tom's Guide, The Shortcut, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, and Laptop Mag

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce they are working on an “AI Phone” priced at under $1K, first aimed at the European market and slated to launch in 2026 — It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company.

More: Deutsche Telekom, The Verge, How-To Geek, Digital Trends, and Maginative. Bluesky: @timtrautmann.com

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

Stability AI partners with Arm to bring Stability's Stable Audio Open, an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects, to ARM-based mobile devices — AI startup Stability AI has teamed up with chipmaker Arm to bring Stability's Stable Audio Open, an AI model …

More: Stability AI, Thurrott, The Decoder, and Arm Newsroom. Forums: r/artificial

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg:

Documents and sources: the Trump administration cut 170 staff at the National Science Foundation federal agency, threatening AI research and US competitiveness — A key federal agency for artificial intelligence research has been hit by layoffs and faces looming budget cuts.

More: FedScoop. Bluesky: @sbyrnes

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:

Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a voice-activated AI assistant for doctors combining Dragon dictation tool Medical One and ambient listening tool DAX Copilot — Microsoft is giving its health-care artificial intelligence tools a makeover. — The company on Monday unveiled …

More: Thurrott, Microsoft, Source, Healthcare IT News, and Healthcare Dive

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