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Sources: Alibaba and ByteDance are among the top Chinese companies training their latest LLMs in Southeast Asian data centers to access Nvidia's AI chips — Alibaba and ByteDance shift development to south-east Asia to sidestep US curbs — Top Chinese companies are training … | Qianer Liu / The Information: |
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The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16+ age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations — Call comes as several EU countries prepare to restrict social media for kids. — The European Parliament on Wednesday called …
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EU states agree on a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM, and will now negotiate with EU lawmakers — A web camera is seen in front of the displayed words “Child Pornography” in this illustration taken October 21, 2025.
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London-based AI video startup Synthesia says its ARR reached $100M by April 2025, after reporting 2024 revenue up 82% YoY to $58M and a pre-tax loss of $59M — Seeing limited potential in its niche dubbing product, Synthesia built an AI tool to appeal across industries| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
S&P downgrades the ability of Tether's USDT to maintain its peg to the US dollar to “weak”, the lowest rating, citing exposure to high-risk assets such as BTC — The ability of Tether's USDT stablecoin to maintain its peg to the US dollar has been downgraded to the lowest rating … | Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal: |
Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July — The regulator began probing Meta over its WhatsApp AI messaging tool in July — Italy's competition regulator has broadened … | Fortune: |
Tidalwave, whose AI agents automate mortgage docs checks and give real-time multilingual feedback to borrowers, raised a $22M Series A led by Permanent Capital — Diane Yu remembers getting her first mortgage vividly because it was terrifying. — “I was born in China, English is my second language …
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San Francisco Compute, which provides a marketplace for AI computing capacity, raised a $40M Series A led by DCVC and Wing Venture Capital at a $300M valuation — Helping AI developers rent out excess computing capacity will reduce the risk of data-center overbuilding, the startup says
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Point One Navigation, which develops precise location tech, raised a $35M Series C led by Khosla Ventures, a source says at a post-money valuation of $230M — For San Francisco-based startup Point One Navigation, the value of ‘location, location, location’ extends well beyond real estate.| Norm Ai: |
Blackstone invests $50M into compliance agent-focused Norm Ai, which is launching an independent law firm offering “AI-native legal services” — Norm Ai and Blackstone to Collaborate on Development of Norm Law Legal Services for Blackstone's Use
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Dell, HP, and other tech companies are warning of potential memory-chip supply shortages in the coming year due to demand from the buildout of AI infrastructure — Dell Technologies Inc., HP Inc. and other tech companies are warning of potential memory-chip supply shortages in the coming year due …
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Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus, which is building AI for manufacturing computers, cars, and spacecraft, has acquired agentic AI startup General Agents — Project Prometheus has raised over $6 billion in funding and hired over 100 employees, a handful of whom joined through … | The Information: |
Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy corporate data management and security startup Veza for $1B+ in a deal as early as next week — ServiceNow, an IT, HR and finance software provider, is in advanced talks to buy five-year-old security startup Veza for more than $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the deal.
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Coverbase, an AI procurement and risk platform provider, raised a $16.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures, bringing its total funding to $20M — Coverbase, an AI-powered procurement platform, has raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Canapi Ventures, the startup tells Crunchbase News exclusively.| Reuters: |
Intel denies allegations in a TSMC lawsuit that VP Wei-Jen Lo likely leaked trade secrets after retiring from TSMC and joining Intel — Intel (INTC.O) on Thursday denied allegations by Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) that one of the U.S. firm's executives, Wei-Jen Lo, had leaked trade secrets.| Jenny Che / Bloomberg: |
The EU says its regulators asked Shein for documents on measures to prevent the exposure of minors to inappropriate content and the circulation of illegal items — Shein is under pressure from the European Union to curb sales of childlike sex dolls and weapons on its third-party marketplace …
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