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In a preliminary probe, China rules that Nvidia violated anti-monopoly laws by acquiring Mellanox in April 2020, as the US and China negotiate tariffs in Madrid — China ruled that Nvidia Corp. violated anti-monopoly laws with a high-profile 2020 deal, ratcheting up the pressure on Washington during sensitive trade negotiations.| Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: |
Qualcomm says its new flagship processor will be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5; Xiaomi says its 17 series will launch with the chip — The Xiaomi 17 series will be one of the first to adopt the new chipset. — • — • — • — TL;DR| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
OpenAI releases the first detailed public study on how people use ChatGPT: 73% of chats were non-work related, practical guidance was the top use case, and more — OpenAI released the first detailed public study on who uses its chatbot and what they most often ask it to do.
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
The London Stock Exchange launches a blockchain-based platform, marking its push into digital assets, initially focused on private funds — London Stock Exchange Group Plc has rolled out a blockchain-based platform initially focused on private funds, marking a push by the bourse operator into digital assets.| Jerry Neumann / Colossus: |
The AI revolution has more in common with shipping containerization than the boom unleashed by the microprocessor: diffuse global benefits but few new fortunes — The disruption is real. It's also predictable. — ISSUE 04 — Fortunes are made by entrepreneurs and investors … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google's Gemini app is the #1 free app in the US App Store, driven by its Nano Banana model, which has been used to edit 500M+ images since its August 26 launch — The Nano Banana image editing model has been a hit for Google, and presumably the reason that Gemini for iPhone is the top free app in the US App Store.
More: Digit, Financial Express, Cautious Optimism, The Economic Times, and Livemint
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An interview with Goldman Sachs partner Kerry Blum on how the company's ~46,000 employees are using GenAI-powered GS AI Assistant and the risks of over-reliance — One partner explains the efficiencies and limitations of new tools — When Goldman Sachs partner Kerry Blum was wrestling … | Wall Street Journal: |
How Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, became China's AI hub as the government builds a Silicon Valley-inspired innovation corridor in the city's west — Money, talent and entrepreneurial spirit have turned DeepSeek's hometown into a global AI hub — HANGZHOU, China …
More: DeepLearning.AI. X: @austrosaraceno, @kanthan2030, @shenlulushen, and @rohanpaul_ai. LinkedIn: Frank Feather
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Divergent Technologies, which makes automated assembly systems and 3D printers to make missile parts and other equipment, raised $290M at a $2.3B valuation — Divergent Technologies Inc. notched a $2.3 billion valuation in a new funding round as the startup expands its work for US weapons companies … | David Carnoy / CNET: |
Apple AirPods Pro 3 review: significantly better fit, sound quality, noise cancellation, and battery life, but heart-rate monitoring is buried in fitness apps — They cost the same at a hefty $249, but Apple's third-generation noise-canceling earbuds have improved in all the key areas …
More: Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, The Verge, Yahoo Finance, Tom's Guide, and MobileSyrup
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israel-based Terra Security, which offers an AI-driven penetration testing platform, raised a $30M Series A led by Felicis, bringing its total funding to $38M — Israeli startup aims to scale offensive security testing beyond manual and costly methods. — Cybersecurity — Funding
More: Axios
| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Saudi Arabia-based Hala, which offers payment services to more than 142,000 SMBs in the Gulf region, raised a $157M Series B, source says at a ~$900M valuation — Hala, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech company, raised $157 million in one of the largest-ever funding rounds for an early-stage startup in the Middle East.
More: Inc.com
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An Anthropic report details how Claude usage varies by country and US states, finding 36% use it for coding, 77% of enterprise use is for automation, and more — Introduction — Introduction — AI differs from prior technologies in its unprecedented adoption speed.| Lisa Bonos / Washington Post: |
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