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UK PM Keir Starmer says tech companies must introduce “device controls” that stop kids from sending and receiving nude images or face laws forcing them to do so — Big tech firms operating in Britain must introduce safety measures on children's phones to prevent …
More: The Guardian, AppleInsider, Daily Mail, BBC, Miami Herald, The Standard, Politico, Metro.co.uk, and Mirror
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Report: UK PM Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some “safer” social media — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on “harmful” online platforms for children under 16 …
More: Benzinga, The Guardian, Lawyer Monthly, The Times, and Mirror
| Choi Eun-Kyung / The Chosun Daily: |
Nvidia and LG expand their partnership in AI, robotics, and mobility tech, including building an AI factory and co-designing future data center architectures — Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, visited the LG Group headquarters and shouted “Fighting LG,” emphasizing, “We are collaborating with LG … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia and SK Hynix sign a multiyear chip deal to develop next-gen memory; SK Hynix will diversify into infrastructure, physical AI, and memory for Vera Rubin — Nvidia Corp. and SK Hynix Inc. have agreed to partner on designing future generations of memory chips for AI …
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Tom's Hardware, The Korea Times, The Information, Reuters, MarketWatch, Tech Monitor, Seoul Economic Daily, RTÉ, Yahoo Finance, WinBuzzer, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, DigiTimes, Blockonomi, The Straits Times, SK Hynix announced …, Reuters, Tech in Asia, and Fortune
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/Netlist_
| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
Nvidia says South Korea-based Naver will use Nvidia's DSX tech to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet global demand for AI services and physical AI — Nvidia (NVDA.O) said on Monday that South Korean internet conglomerate Naver (035420.KS) would use its technology … | Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla — Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story.
More: Implicator.ai, Business Insider, citybiz, and Inc.com
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise up to $2B at a $30B valuation, up from a $20B+ valuation in a May round — Moonshot AI is seeking as much as $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30 billion …
More: The Next Web, South China Morning Post, Tech Funding News, The Decoder, Tech in Asia, and TechNode. LinkedIn: Zheping Huang
| Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters: |
Bending Spoons files for a US IPO, reporting a net income of $27.5M on revenue of $601M in Q1, vs. a net loss of $112.2M on revenue of $259M a year earlier — Vimeo parent Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday, as a busy summer IPO window takes shape.| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, aiming to add more video to become a one-stop shop for music fans — Spotify is looking to become a hub for live music — Good evening from New York. I just landed here so that I can help smuggle Charles Oakley … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US urged NATO allies to channel defense spending toward efforts to replace components from Huawei in their networks and critical infrastructure — President Donald Trump's administration urged NATO allies to channel defense spending toward efforts to replace components …
More: The Next Web and Fox News
| Zack Whittaker / ~this week in security~: |
In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says 20,225+ Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting on April 17 — Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.
More: SecurityWeek, Silicon Republic, 9to5Mac, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, Maine AG, The Decoder, TechRadar, Hackread, CyberInsider, Infosecurity, Cyber Security News, and Memeburn
X: @heaney555. LinkedIn: Zack Whittaker. Bluesky: @yurrpost, @heaney555, @christinaayiotis, and @onthistangent.eurosky.social
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Yusuf Khan / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Ireland's Bring Your Own Power policy, which requires new data centers to have their own power plants on site or contracts for energy produced nearby — The tiny nation is a test case for countries seeking AI investment without risking outages or higher bills for citizens| Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: |
Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling its $5.245B Series F valuation in January 2025 — Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the company at $15.5 billion.| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
London-based PhysicsX, which uses AI to design industrial parts like jet engines and semiconductors, raised a $300M Series C led by Temasek at a $2.4B valuation — PhysicsX, a British startup that develops artificial intelligence models for manufacturing components like jet engines and semiconductors … Sponsor Posts
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