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Notice: Meta says ~20,000 Instagram accounts may have been hacked in a recent attack that abused an AI-powered account recovery support tool to reset passwords — The social media giant has informed authorities about the impact of the recent attack involving an account recovery support tool.
More: ~this week in security~, BleepingComputer, Infosecurity, and Cyber Security News. Forums: r/technology
| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
Nvidia says South Korea's Naver will use its technology to build AI factories at “gigawatt scale” to meet rising 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 … | 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 signed a multi-year pact to develop next-gen memory tailored for Nvidia's AI infrastructure roadmap, including for Vera Rubin — Nvidia Corp. and SK Hynix Inc. have agreed to partner on designing future generations of memory chips for AI, a win for a South Korean leader vying … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Inside the early 2025 senior exec meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around the same time — Also: What to expect at WWDC 2026. — A top secret meeting finally got Apple to take its AI crisis seriously.
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| Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: |
Xbox EVP Matt Booty clarifies Microsoft's new exclusivity strategy, saying new games will be reviewed case-by-case and multiplayer games will stay multiplatform — Today's Xbox Games Showcase was the first under the leadership of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who has pledged to consider making changes to Xbox's exclusivity strategy.
More: GamesIndustry.biz, XBOX Wire, XDA Developers, Gameranx, Tech4Gamers, Push Square, Stevivor, DayOne, Pure Xbox, Kotaku, IGN, Windows Central, and Video Games Chronicle
Bluesky: @aarongreenberg and @xboxgamedev
Forums: r/xcloud and r/XboxAlly
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products — $850bn start-up to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO.
More: Business Today, Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, Android Authority, BMI, Benzinga, Digit, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, Memeburn, PYMNTS, Engadget, TechCrunch, Spyglass, iPhone in Canada, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, WinCentral, Reuters, and Reuters
X: @kimmonismus, @vraserx, @miles_brundage, @andrewcurran_, @edzitron, @jimpethokoukis, and @edzitron. Bluesky: @edzitron.com. Threads: @eric_seufert. Mastodon: @ianbetteridge@social …. Forums: r/ChatGPT
| Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: |
Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling the valuation from its January 2025 round — 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.| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, as it pivots to 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 …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
KPMG survey: only 26% of companies have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, while 50% have some visibility and 22% have none or only see costs after billing — Only 26% of companies say they have a comprehensive view of their AI costs, according to a new survey
More: Digit. X: @eglyman. LinkedIn: Ritesh Patel. Bluesky: @whocouldsay, @oisinmcgann, and @edzitron.com
| The Guardian: |
Microsoft says it will tighten human rights controls when working with national security agencies after an inquiry found Israel's Unit 8200 violated its ToS — Announcement seeks to close a difficult chapter for the company after the Guardian revealed its platform was used in mass surveillance of Palestinians
More: CTech
| 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 …
More: Silicon Republic, Financial Times, and BusinessCloud
| Mike Butcher / Pathfounders: |
UK-based Creator Fund closes a $56M fund to back European PhD founders, reaching them in universities before they're pulled into academia, Big Tech, or US labs — Creator Fund has closed a $56 million European fund to back PhD founders before they have a pitch deck, let alone a company.
More: Tech.eu and Tech Funding News
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise $1B+ that would value it at $30B, up from a $20B valuation in a recent round — Moonshot AI is seeking as much as $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30 billion … Sponsor Posts
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