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Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E at a $61.5B post-money valuation led by Lightspeed Venture Partners; it has now raised $18.2B in total funding, per Crunchbase — AI startup Anthropic today announced that it raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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Tim Cook posts that “this week” there's “something in the AIR”, likely referring to an M4 MacBook Air launch; a new iPad Air is expected around this Spring — In a new post on social media today, Tim Cook says Apple has a new product launch coming this week.
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Google demos new Gemini features, such as video search and Screenshare, which lets users ask questions based on their phone's screen, coming later in March 2025 — Google is adding new features to its AI assistant, Gemini, that let users ask it questions using video and content on the screen in real time.| Reuters: |
The UK ICO says it is investigating how TikTok uses 13 to 17-year-olds' personal data for content suggestions, and how Reddit and Imgur verify child users' ages — The watchdog said it is probing how ByteDance's short-form video-sharing platform TikTok uses 13-17-year-olds' personal information to suggest content in their feed.
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Sources: Nvidia and Broadcom are running 18A manufacturing tests with Intel, and AMD is also evaluating whether Intel's 18A process is suitable for its needs — Chip designers Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) are running manufacturing tests with Intel (INTC.O), two sources familiar …
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Chinese traders are selling servers with Nvidia chips, like Blackwell and H200, via third parties in Vietnam, Taiwan, and others; some promise six-week delivery — Traders offer servers containing the company's Blackwell chips by routing them through third parties in nearby regions| Owen Walker / Financial Times: |
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
BYD unveils “Lingyuan”, a vehicle-mounted drone launching system available for all of its vehicles that costs about $2,200, developed in collaboration with DJI — The roof-mounted drone-launching compartment, called ‘Lingyuan,’ is now available for all BYD models.
More: Xinhua, South China Morning Post, TechEBlog, Business Insider, DroneDJ, TechSpot, and CnEVPost
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
MWC 2025: Lenovo unveils new laptops, including the $1,799+ Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition, with generative AI features, next-gen ThinkPads, and proof of concepts — They will soon be available in North America. — Lenovo has announced new laptops with generative AI features …
More: Lenovo StoryHub, The Verge, PCWorld, HotHardware, ZDNET, Liliputing, Tom's Guide, The Shortcut, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Verge, The Verge, and Laptop Mag. Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce they are working on an “AI Phone” priced at under $1K, first aimed at the European market and slated to launch in 2026 — It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company.
More: Deutsche Telekom, The Verge, How-To Geek, Digital Trends, and Maginative
Bluesky: @timtrautmann.com and @radiobeartime.com
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Stability AI partners with Arm to bring Stability's Stable Audio Open, an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects, to ARM-based mobile devices — AI startup Stability AI has teamed up with chipmaker Arm to bring Stability's Stable Audio Open, an AI model … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a voice-activated AI assistant for doctors combining Dragon dictation tool Medical One and ambient listening tool DAX Copilot — Microsoft is giving its health-care artificial intelligence tools a makeover. — The company on Monday unveiled …
More: The Verge, Thurrott, Microsoft, Benzinga, Source, Healthcare IT News, and Healthcare Dive
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Documents and sources: the Trump administration cut 170 staff at the National Science Foundation federal agency, threatening AI research and US competitiveness — A key federal agency for artificial intelligence research has been hit by layoffs and faces looming budget cuts.Sponsor Posts
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