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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says its V3 and R1 models' cost of inferencing relative to sales during a 24-hour-period on February 28 put “theoretical” profit margins at 545% — Chinese artificial intelligence phenomenon DeepSeek revealed some financial numbers on Saturday, saying its “theoretical” …
More: DeepSeek on GitHub, TechCrunch, Reuters, Hindustan Times, The Decoder, Analytics India Magazine, and Blockchain.News
Bluesky: @trashfirefurry and @sbyrnes
X: @deepseek_ai, @ns123abc, @junxian_he, @jobergum, @oyattia, @tariqrauf, @theahmadosman, @modestproposal1, @doodlestein, @ai_for_success, @adamlogs, @dorialexander, @tphuang, @jacquesthibs, @bindureddy, @mvvvqv, @zephyr_z9, @robinzhong42, @stuartreid1929, @bytebot, @jiayi_pirate, @hanchunglee, @kimmonismus, @dorialexander, @yuchenj_uw, @zephyr_z9, @hajekd, @bindureddy, @glennluk, @gavinsbaker, @vllm_project, @dl_insider, @niklas_sikorra, @nembal, @madiator, @longtonylian, @valmianski, and @oyattia. LinkedIn: Azeem Azhar
| Axios: |
President Trump plans to speak at the first-ever White House Crypto Summit on March 7, to be chaired by David Sacks, amid a global sell-off in cryptocurrencies — - The Trump family launched the Official Trump (TRUMP) and Melania Meme (MELANIA) coins Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 …
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| Om Malik / On my Om: |
Skype was an early harbinger of technology as culture, and its demise is a good lesson in how ineffective middle management can destroy great acquisitions — Microsoft is shutting down Skype. It will go offline in May 2025. … It makes me incredibly sad, but I am not surprised.
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
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Threads: @benedictevans, @pkedrosky, and @tb_99999
X: @skype, @lessin, @danprimack, @sergimartorell, @om, @om, @artemr, @joshelman, @film_girl, @tomwarren, @mattmday, @jamesliamcook, and @tomwarren
| Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China instructs its top AI leaders to avoid visiting the US over fears they could divulge confidential info or be detained and used as bargaining chips — Beijing increasingly views cutting-edge technology through national-security lens, putting executives on tighter leash
More: WinBuzzer and Reuters
Bluesky: @eleshplays, @sensehofstede.nl, @notum, and @chicagomike. X: @byron_wan. Forums: r/technology
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Alphabet's X lab moonshot project Taara unveils a silicon photonic chip that can deliver high-speed internet through the air using light instead of radio waves — The Alphabet “moonshot” project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.
More: X, Tom's Hardware, WinBuzzer, Engadget, PhoneArena, Gizmodo, and PCMag
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, quantum computing is struggling to reach its silicon moment, with no consensus on the best way to build qubits — Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, the industry is still a long way from building practical machines| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits stealth with an undisclosed amount of funding, unveiling an AI speech model and plans for AI glasses — Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe's next act: AI glasses that carry a conversation. … I tell Amazon's Alexa to shut up on a near daily basis.
More: Andreessen Horowitz, ZDNET, and Sesame
Bluesky: @mikeelgan, @ericflo, and @seanhollister
X: @sesame, @nikunj, @kimmonismus, @linuz90, @rauchg, @zachweinberg, @tobi, @tobi, @zachtratar, @joshdance, and @a16z. LinkedIn: Jenny He
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/aipromptprogramming, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, r/artificial, and r/LocalLLaMA
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Amnesty International says Google has fixed three zero-day Android vulnerabilities developed by Cellebrite and used by Serbian authorities to unlock phones — Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools.
More: Amnesty International …, Ars Technica, Cyber Security News, Digital Trends, The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, CyberInsider, and Risky Business
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Forums: r/technews, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| The Information: |
Source: SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, and might borrow another $8B in early 2026, which could strain its already debt-heavy balance sheet — The biggest risk-taker in tech investing is back to his old playbook, loading up on debt to fund his latest obsession: artificial intelligence.
More: Reuters. Bluesky: @zero-gravitas, @scottdracula, @afhstewart, @edzitron.com, @ig.ht, @edzitron.com, and @elkmovie. Mastodon: @Kierkegaanks@beige.party. X: @amir
| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Larry Ellison's Sensei Ag, a venture backed by his $500M+ investment to change farming with AI, robotics, and software, has mostly been a bust, so far — His Sensei Ag company hasn't succeeded in boosting output and nutrition in its greenhouses with AI, robotics and software
More: The Rural Blog. Bluesky: @jerryjohnson, @mgallagher, @llarian.net, and @tamarhaspel. Mastodon: @shriramk@mastodon.social
| Maggie Harrison / Futurism: |
Pinterest says it is building tools to label AI-generated or AI-altered content, amid an AI slop onslaught from SEO spammers that is making the site less useful — “Is this platform dead?” — Pinterest, the web's de facto mood board, has long been one of the best places for finding … | Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Spamhaus: Prospero, a notorious provider of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals, is routing its operations via Kaspersky Lab's networks — One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing … Sponsor Posts
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