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Meta signs deals with nuclear power providers Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo to buy power and support new reactor projects, securing up to 6.6GW of power by 2035 — Facebook parent will back nuclear projects with Oklo, Bill Gates-backed TerraPower and Vistra
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LinkedIn: Santosh Janardhan, John Hanson, Rachel Peterson, Mike Rencheck, Chris Rinkus, Susan Buehler, and Steffan Szumowski. Bluesky: @leahmcelrath. Threads: @andymstone. Forums: r/nuclear
| Robert Hart / The Verge: |
X is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok command for free users, but they can still create sexual deepfakes via X's “Edit image” or Grok's app — X's sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
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| Helena Horton / The Guardian: |
Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery — X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
a16z raises $15B+ across five new funds, including $6.75B for its fifth growth fund, the largest sum, and $3B for unspecified “other venture strategies” — Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, whose past investments included Airbnb and Coinbase, on Friday announced …
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| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
a16z captured 18%+ of all venture capital allocated in the US in 2025 and now manages $90B in assets, vs. Sequoia Capital's $56B and General Catalyst's $43B — Andreessen Horowitz has raised $15 billion for five new growth and venture funds in one of the largest-ever raises for a venture capital fund.| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic adds safeguards to prevent third-party apps, like OpenCode, from spoofing Claude Code to access Claude models for more favorable pricing and limits — Anthropic has confirmed the implementation of strict new technical safeguards preventing third-party applications from spoofing …
More: GitHub. X: @trq212, @dhh, @banteg, @chatgpt21, @edzitron, @simonw, @jessethanley, @mitsuhiko, @nickadobos, @badlogicgames, @theo, @thdxr, @sammcallister, @theahmadosman, @thsottiaux, @thsottiaux, @dhh, @astuyve, @maxedapps, @dimillian, @thdxr, @dillon_mulroy, @theprimeagen, @bcardarella, @krishnanrohit, @adamdotdev, @trq212, @trq212, @dhh, @yuchenj_uw, and @kyliebytes. Forums: Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI and SoftBank says they will each invest $500M in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company's growth as a data center developer and operator — OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. have jointly invested $1 billion in SB Energy, an infrastructure company that's working with the tech firms … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with US officials — Italy fined Cloudflare 14.2 million euros for refusing to block access to pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service …
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| The Information: |
Sources say DeepSeek will launch V4, its next-generation model, in the coming weeks and say it outperformed Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's GPT series in coding — Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is expected to launch its next-generation AI model that features strong coding capabilities in the coming weeks …
More: Decrypt, Reuters, The Verge, WinBuzzer, Techstrong.ai, and NewsMax.com
X: @teortaxestex, @jukan05, @andrewcurran_, @zephyr_z9, @slow_developer, and @_simonsmith. Forums: r/LocalLLaMA
| Ann Gehan / The Information: |
Amazon files planning documents in Illinois to construct a 225,000 square foot big-box store, a return to a “Target-like” retail concept it previously shelved — Amazon has started laying the groundwork to open a big-box retail store in the Chicago suburbs, according to planning documents.
More: Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Orland Park, IL Patch, The Verge, CNBC, Engadget, Business Insider, and Retail Dive
| Wired: |
Documents: OpenAI is asking contractors to upload their work from current or previous jobs to evaluate its models, leaving it to them to scrub confidential info — To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs … | Wojciech Kość / Politico: |
Poland's President Karol Nawrocki vetoes legislation meant to enforce the EU's DSA in Poland, arguing it would grant excessive powers to government officials — Nawrocki called EU social media law “Orwellian,” echoing Washington's main line of attack. — WARSAW — Poland's nationalist … | Pragyan Kalita / Reuters: |
Rain, which helps businesses issue stablecoin-linked Visa cards, raised a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ at a $1.95B valuation, taking its total funding to $338M+ — Stablecoin firm Rain said on Friday it has raised $250 million in a funding round led by ICONIQ, valuing the company at $1.95 billion …
More: Rain, FinSMEs, Cointelegraph, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Crunchbase News, PYMNTS.com, Ventureburn, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, The Block, NFTgators, and Cryptonews
X: @hosseeb, @raincards, @theoneandomsy, @alliance, @cnaut, @mottice, @lightspeedvp, @sytaylor, and @lmrankhan
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The UK FCA grants Ripple approval for its Electronic Money Institution license and crypto asset registration, clearing the way for Ripple's UK expansion — Partner offers — Quick Take — The Financial Conduct Authority granted Ripple approval for its Electronic Money Institution license … | Bloomberg: |
Omdia: global humanoid robot shipments rose more than 5x YoY in 2025 to ~13K units; China accounted for the vast majority, led by AgiBot shipping ~5,168 units — Humanoid robot makers in China accounted for the vast majority of the roughly 13,000 units shipped globally last year …
More: Tech in Asia, Forbes, AGIBOT Innovation …, and South China Morning Post
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
More: Nikkei Asia, Internet of Things News, Implicator.ai, CNBC, RTÉ, and Nikkei Asia
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