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xAI raised a $20B Series E, exceeding its $15B targeted round size, with participation from Valor, Nvidia, and others, and says Grok 5 is currently in training — xAI is rapidly accelerating its progress in building advanced AI. — xAI completed its upsized Series E funding round …
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X: @elonmusk, @thomasslabbers, @sawyermerritt, @krishnanrohit, @ayushjaiswal, @josephjacks_, @shaunmmaguire, and @andrewcurran_. LinkedIn: Joe Frederickson. Bluesky: @caseynewton
Forums: r/singularity and r/teslainvestorsclub
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Meta says it is pausing the release of its Ray-Ban Display glasses to the UK, France, Italy, and Canada due to “unprecedented demand and limited inventory” — The reason is ‘unprecedented demand and limited inventory,’ the company said. … There's no new date for the expansion that was originally set for early 2026.
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X: @danielisdizzy, @parkerortolani, and @boztank. LinkedIn: Raashi Rosenberger. Forums: r/MetaRayBanDisplay
| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Meta unveils teleprompter and EMG handwriting features for Meta Ray-Ban Display and expands Pedestrian Navigation for the glasses to four new US cities — Ray-Ban Display users will soon be able to reply to texts with hand gestures. … The new EMG handwriting feature …
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| Reuters: |
AMD says the Instinct MI500 AI chips are coming in 2027, with up to 1,000x the AI performance of the MI300X, and unveils the MI440X for enterprise deployments — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) CEO Lisa Su showed off a number of the company's AI chips on Monday at the CES trade show in Las Vegas …
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| Jake Roach / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD unveils its Ryzen AI 400 Series for AI PCs, with up to 12 Zen 5 CPU cores and 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores, built with TSMC's N4X node, available in late Q1 2026 — Still Zen 5, still Ryzen AI - Gorgon Point is a clock speed bump … AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 400 series of laptop APUs …
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| Allison Smith / Modern Retail: |
Brands complain Amazon's “Buy for Me” AI-powered shopping tool features their products on Amazon without permission and shows descriptions with errors — Angie Chua has avoided selling on Amazon since she founded her Palm Springs, California-based stationery brand Bobo Design Studio in 2016.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware operator in 10+ years, pcTattletale founder pleads guilty to promoting surveillance apps for unlawful uses — The founder of a U.S.-based spyware company, whose surveillance products allowed customers to spy on the phones and computers … | Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Google will now publish new source code to the Android Open Source Project twice per year, down from releasing source code for every quarterly Android release — Google has announced that it will publish Android source code to AOSP in Q2 and Q4 of each year. — •
More: OSnews, SammyGuru, Android Headlines, and Droid Life
| Evan Halper / Washington Post: |
How the huge data center buildout is heating up local politics in US towns across red and blue states on issues like water, electricity, and noise — As the buildout of AI infrastructure alarms communities, it is fast emerging as a potent electoral issue across the political divide.
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| Rocket Drew / The Information: |
Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, backed by $100M of his own capital, has hired 30+ engineers from Apple, Meta, and others — Hark, the AI lab that Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock recently founded, has hired over 30 engineers, including Head of Design Abidur Chowdhury …
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| Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Mobileye is acquiring Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $900M; Mentee was founded in 2022 and has raised $50M — Self-driving car systems company Mobileye Global Inc. is acquiring Israeli startup Mentee Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $900 million … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's purchase of Manus for possible technology export control violations — Commerce ministry assessing whether deal for Chinese-founded group violates technology export controls — Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's $2bn purchase … | Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant for both its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving later this quarter — Qira will arrive later this quarter. — If the world didn't already have one too many digital assistants, Lenovo is adding another one to the pile.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Discord has filed confidentially for an IPO, working with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase — Discord Inc. filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a rapidly growing pipeline of venture capital-backed tech listings.| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Accenture acquires UK-based AI startup Faculty, which works with the UK government, for an undisclosed sum; Faculty CEO Marc Warner will become Accenture's CTO — Accenture Plc agreed to buy Faculty, a British artificial intelligence startup that's worked closely with the government …
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LinkedIn: Omar Boulos, Jeffrey Schulte, Matthew Buchan, and Anthony Hatter
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta names C.J. Mahoney, former Microsoft legal executive and deputy US Trade Representative during Trump's first term, as its chief legal officer — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that C.J. Mahoney, formerly a senior legal executive at Microsoft and deputy U.S. Trade …
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| Dan Rys / Billboard: |
UMG announces a partnership with Nvidia “to pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation, and engagement”, centered on Nvidia's Music Flamingo model — The collaboration will allow fans and artists to go in-depth on the music they love and create an artist incubator to explore AI in human creation.| Madeline Ricchiuto / IGN: |
Intel unveils the Arc B390 integrated GPU, offering improved gaming performance, and says it will power gaming handhelds built by MSI, Acer, Microsoft, and more — Look out, AMD — Last year, Intel had the best iGPU on the market. This year, it's broken that record by over 70% with Panther Lake and it's a huge win for handhelds.
More: PC Guide, PCWorld, TechCrunch, Blockonomi, Notebookcheck, Silicon UK, Digital Trends, PCMag, PC Gamer, VideoCardz.com, and Wccftech
Forums: r/intel, r/Handhelds, r/SteamDeck, r/hardware, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Jensen Huang says he isn't concerned about a billionaires tax under consideration in California and plans to remain in the state; Nvidia is based in Santa Clara — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, the world's ninth-richest person and head of the most valuable company …
More: Quartz, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal
| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Nvidia brings its G-Sync Pulsar tech to four monitors, which reduces motion blur by using a “rolling scan” scheme that briefly pulses the monitors' backlight — Four new monitors promise “effective motion clarity of a theoretical 1,000 Hz monitor.”
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Forums: r/Monitors, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Forums: r/ICGA, r/pcmasterrace, r/radeon, r/nvidia, r/hardware, r/Games, r/nvidia, r/nvidia, r/nvidia, r/TechHardware, r/nvidia, r/nvidia, r/pcgaming, and r/hardware
| The Information: |
LMArena, which runs leaderboards that rank AI models based on their performance, raised a $150M Series A led by Felicis and UC Investments at a $1.7B valuation — LMArena, a startup that operates a widely cited ranking of AI models based on their performance, has raised $150 million …
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X: @felicis, @pxd, @ml_angelopoulos, @arena, and @istoica05
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