The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet — It's a win for racing car movies. It's a win for Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht led Apple Original Films on the big screen …
Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill “utterly insane” as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training — Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” is an attack on American energy production. — There are many things to despise …
Hands-on with seven coding agents tasked with building a website: Claude Code performed best, OpenAI's Codex lacked polish, and Replit failed to build the site — There's still room for improvement, but don't underestimate this technology. … In recent weeks, I've written multiple articles …
Meta and Anthropic prevailed in copyright suits against them, but the rulings have major caveats and don't address when AI output might infringe copyright — In the past week, big AI companies have — in theory — chalked up two big legal wins. But things are not quite as straightforward as they may seem …
Source: Meta hired four more OpenAI researchers, including key contributors to o1-mini and o3-mini, as Zuckerberg continues an unprecedented recruiting effort — Meta Platforms is hiring four more OpenAI artificial intelligence researchers as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues …
Trump says the US is “terminating all discussions on trade with Canada” in response to Canada's decision to impose a digital services tax on US tech firms — - President Donald Trump on Friday said the United States is immediately “terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada.”
Trump's tax bill expands Qualified Small Business Stock benefits for VCs, founders, startup staff, including increasing maximum tax-free gains from $10M to $15M — Silicon Valley's favorite tax break may be getting an upgrade. — Venture capitalists, along with successful tech founders …
Microsoft plans to replace the Blue Screen of Death in Windows 11 with a simplified black screen “providing better information” in an update “later this summer” — Microsoft is saying hello to the Black Screen of Death error message instead.
License plate reader company Flock has stopped US agencies from accessing cameras in CA, IL, and VA after reports of lookups related to ICE and an abortion case — Following 404 Media's reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock …
WhatsApp launches optional Meta AI-generated summaries of unread messages in the US; Meta can't read the messages and summaries are hidden from other chat users — Meta announced on Wednesday that it's adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread messages in a chat.
Sources: Kalshi is raising $100M+ led by Paradigm at a $1B+ valuation; Polymarket is completing a $200M+ investment led by Founders Fund at a ~$1B valuation — Kalshi Inc., a prediction market that competes with Polymarket, is raising more than $100 million at a valuation that exceeds $1 billion …
Roblox says it is on track to pay out $1B to creators in 2025, as it revamps its rewards program to encourage creators to bring more players onto the platform — It's launching two new rewards programs. … Roblox is introducing two new systems that are designed to further encourage creators …
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.
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity end a 2022 project offering free cybersecurity tools to critical infrastructure sectors at risk from Russian attacks — The 2022 initiative by Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity provided cybersecurity support to critical infrastructure sectors seen …
Uncountable, which makes AI tools to let R&D teams accelerate development cycles, raised a $27M Series A led by Sageview, bringing its total funding to $32.5M — Uncountable, a digital platform for industrial research and development, raised a $27 million Series A led by Sageview Capital …
A look at Temu, Shein, Meituan, and other Chinese companies' expansion plans in Brazil, as they face slowing domestic demand and hurdles in the US and Europe — Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names …
Docs: the FCC is probing USCTM, launched by the Biden administration as a voluntary safety label for IoT devices, over its administrators' alleged ties to China — Internal document reveals national security concerns over alleged Chinese ties to U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program administrators
Snap acquires Saturn, a calendar app for high school and college students, and says 80% of US high schoolers attend schools that support Saturn — Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app for high school and college students. The company didn't disclose the terms of the deal but said that close …
Sources: Meta held discussions with Perplexity about a possible takeover before moving ahead with a $14.3B investment in Scale AI — The two companies couldn't come to an agreement and decided not to pursue the deal, said the people, who asked not to be named as the details of the talks aren't public.
Coinbase says it has secured a MiCA license from Luxembourg to offer crypto services across the EU, and will shift its European base from Ireland to Luxembourg — Coinbase has secured a license from Luxembourg to offer crypto services across the European Union and will make the country its central hub in the region.
Trump extends the TikTok ban deadline for a third time; there is no legal basis for the extensions and it is unclear how many times the deadline can be extended — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give …
TerraPower, which develops small modular nuclear reactors, raised $650M from investors including Nvidia's NVentures and TerraPower co-founder Bill Gates — Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet.
Google rolls out the ability to have back-and-forth voice conversations with AI Mode, available in the Google app by tapping the Live button — Google is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode, its experimental Search feature that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions.
Sources: Meta and EssilorLuxottica plan AI-powered smart glasses under Oakley and Prada brands; they will be aimed at athletes, and the Oakleys may cost ~$360 — Meta and EssilorLuxottica plan to release versions of their AI-powered smart glasses under the Oakley and Prada brands, CNBC has learned.
Nabla, which offers an AI copilot for doctors and other medical staff, raised a $70M Series C led by HV Capital and says it now supports 85K+ clinicians — Nabla, which has developed an AI copilot for doctors and other medical staff, announced Tuesday that it has raised $70 million in Series C funding.
Threads plans to let users hide text or images that spoil a piece of entertainment, blurring the text or image that has been marked as a spoiler — The text-based app from Meta is launching a tool that lets users hide spoilers in text or images, to encourage discussion of TV shows and films on the platform.
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg : Sources: Seoul-based AI chip designer FuriosaAI seeks to raise a $300M-$500M Series D to fund mass production of...
