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Tesla's Austin robotaxi service gets a limited launch, with ~10 Model Y vehicles and safety drivers; Elon Musk says initial users will pay “a $4.20 flat fee” — Self-driving technology on which Elon Musk has staked the future of his company debuts in Texas
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| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Google unveils new Gemini AI features, like select to search, for Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo's new $649+ 14" flagship with a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra — Features include select-to-search images and on-screen text, smart grouping of tabs and documents, and automated image editing.
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| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple is locked in last-minute EU negotiations over App Store changes to avoid fines set for this week, and is expected to offer “steering” concessions — Tech group must make concessions to comply with Digital Markets Act or be hit by escalating levies from Thursday
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A senior US official says DeepSeek is aiding China's military and intel operations, going beyond open-source AI model access, and evading US export controls — AI firm DeepSeek is aiding China's military and intelligence operations, a senior U.S. official told Reuters …
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OpenAI says it has removed all marketing materials announcing its $6.5B acquisition of Jony Ive's io from the web due to a “baseless” trademark dispute lawsuit — Social media users noticed Sunday that a video and website hosted by OpenAI that announced the artificial intelligence …
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| Wired: |
Filing: Elon Musk's lawyers say he “does not use a computer” after OpenAI accused Musk of not complying with the discovery process in his lawsuit against OpenAI — The claim appeared in a court filing related to Elon Musk's ongoing lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Anthony Pompliano's ProCap raised $750M+, including $235M in convertible debt, and is going public via a SPAC; the new firm aims to hold up to $1B in bitcoin — The race to create publicly traded bitcoin treasuries is accelerating — and so is the capital pouring in.
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| Andrew Solender / Axios: |
Source: the US House's CAO informed congressional staffers that WhatsApp is now banned on their government devices as the app is deemed “a high-risk to users” — The U.S. House's chief administrative officer informed congressional staffers Monday that messaging app WhatsApp …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
Behind Mark Zuckerberg's sweeping recruitment effort for Meta's new Superintelligence lab, including hundreds of reach outs and $100M+ offers and counter offers — In a bid to address an AI crisis at his company, the Meta CEO has gotten personally involved in recruiting top talent
More: Bloomberg, TechIssuesToday.com, and Barron's Online
| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
The FTC approves Omnicom's $13.5B acquisition of rival Interpublic on the condition that the new company does not boycott platforms over political content — Omnicom's (OMC.N) $13.5 billion acquisition of rival Interpublic (IPG.N) can move forward on the condition that the new company does … | Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune: |
Legal AI startup Harvey raised a $300M Series E co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue at a $5B valuation and says it serves 337 clients like KKR and PwC globally — PwC partner Bivek Sharma (center) and Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg (right) speak to AI editor Jeremy Kahn at Brainstorm AI this week.
More: TechCrunch, FinSMEs, and Artificial Lawyer
X: @harvey__ai, @brian_a_burns, @joshuaogundu, @kleinerperkins, @globalflows, and @ilyaf. LinkedIn: Dan O'Sullivan
| Bloomberg: |
Super Micro plans to raise $2B from the sale of convertible bonds to repurchase shares, as well as to fund growth and business expansion — The San Jose, California-based firm plans to use the proceeds to repurchase shares, as well as to fund growth and business expansion, according to an announcement Monday.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sanmai, which wants to build an AI-powered ultrasound device that costs less than $500 to help treat mental health conditions, raised $12M led by Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman is leading a $12 million funding round for Sanmai Technologies and joining the board of the startup … | Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft says it is testing a new aggregated gaming library in the Xbox PC app for Windows 11 with Xbox Insiders, integrating “leading PC storefronts” — Although the blog post doesn't say which PC stores are going to be integrated, at the very least, you'll be able …
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| New York Times: |
Study: only 32 countries, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, host AI data centers, with the US, China, and the EU controlling 50%+ of the world's top facilities — Only 32 nations, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, have A.I.-specialized data centers. — E.U. 28 — China — Other — Europe
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| Sahil Patel / The Information: |
Sources: Google reduces its Google TV and Android TV budget by 10% and cuts Android TV and Google TV's ~300 employees by up to 25%, as it focuses on YouTube — Google has cut its smart TV budget and trimmed its team—marking the most concrete signs yet of the company's waning interest competing … | Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Snowcap Compute, which is working on building AI computing chips using superconducting tech, raised a $23M seed and says Pat Gelsinger will join its board — Snowcap Compute, a startup working on building artificial intelligence computing chips using superconducting technology … | Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Amsterdam-based Finom, a neobank targeting SMBs, raised a €115M Series C led by AVP after raising €92.7M from General Catalyst in May — While funding may be scarce for some, Europe's fastest-growing startups still have their pick. — The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom …
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| Anna Tong / Reuters: |
Decagon, which offers AI-powered customer service agents for enterprises, raised a $131M Series C co-led by Accel and a16z at a $1.5B valuation — Decagon, a startup providing customer service solutions powered by artificial intelligence, said on Monday it had raised $131 million in a funding round that valued it at $1.5 billion.
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