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CBRE: NYC becomes the top tech talent market for the first time with 394,300 jobs, beating the Bay Area's 375,730, amid SF job cuts and NYC finance sector hires — It should come as no surprise that the number of artificial intelligence-specific tech workers is growing rapidly …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/nyc
| Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek unveils an experimental multimodal version of its V4 Flash model, saying it nears the performance of Anthropic's Opus 4.8 on multimodal agentic tests — DeepSeek unveiled an experimental AI model that can understand visual prompts, saying the tool nears the performance of an advanced model by US rival Anthropic PBC.
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| Financial Times: |
A look at London cab drivers' concerns and pushback against robotaxis, as Waymo and Wayve race to make London their European launch pad for driverless services — Some drivers are considering skulduggery in an attempt to show the limits of autonomous vehicles.| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
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How the memory boom is reshaping Micron's hometown of Boise, Idaho: new millionaires, job growth, traffic, soaring housing costs, and uneven wealth distribution — Dave Petso has been a wealth manager in Boise, Idaho since the 1980s. His business has survived multiple recessions …
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| Jenny Lee / CNBC: |
Samsung unveils a $65.1B-$79.5B shareholder return package for 2026, combining dividends and share buybacks, calling it “the largest ever by a Korean company” — Samsung Electronics has announced a shareholder return package, marking a blockbuster week for shareholder returns …
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Uber is set to be fined €825M by the Dutch data watchdog over its use of automated systems to deactivate driver accounts, in the second largest fine under GDPR — Regulator says ride-hailing group deactivated driver accounts through automated systems without adequately informing them
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart, which has long resisted contactless Tap to Pay payments, says its stores will get the tech, which supports Apple Pay and Google Pay, by the end of 2026 — Apparently, hell has frozen over. Walmart on Friday said it will finally accept payments via both Apple Pay and Google Pay at its stores …
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| Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: |
Space data center startup Starcloud raised a $250M extension, at a $2.3B valuation, to its March $170M Series A; source: Nvidia invested $25M — Starcloud, a startup developing satellites that can perform AI inference in orbit, told TechCrunch that it has added a $250 million extension to its March $170 million Series A funding round.
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| Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg: |
Sources: London-based AI infrastructure startup Nscale is seeking to raise as much as $3B in its US IPO, which could take place as soon as September — Nscale is seeking to raise as much as $3 billion in its US IPO, according to people familiar with the matter, joining a rush … | Jamie John / Financial Times: |
Filings: Apple paid Ireland $17B in taxes in 2025, 40% of its $43B in global corporate income tax total, after an EU court ordered it to pay €13B in back taxes — New filings highlight iPhone maker's global tax liabilities — Apple paid Ireland $17bn in taxes last year …
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nvidia is in early talks with South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions for a potential deal, including a partnership, an investment, or an acquisition — Nvidia Corp. is in early discussions with the Korean AI chip designer Rebellions about possible collaborations … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Patreon announces new and overhauled features, including recommendation algorithm changes aimed at making it easier for smaller creators to get discovered — The platform has an extensive roadmap of updates to build ‘a better internet.’ — Patreon has announced a number … | Claude: |
Anthropic says Mythos 5 is now in public beta in Claude Security for Enterprise users, and it is working with providers to embed Mythos 5 in defensive tools — No items found. — Reading time — min — https://claude.com/blog/bringing- claude-mythos-5-to-more-defenders
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| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Sources: the US Department of Energy is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a security risk if they become widely used on vehicles in the US — A Department of Energy lab is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a security risk if they become widely used …
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