The Biden admin unveils a new chip export rule that gives 18 key allies full AI chips access while requiring licenses from most other countries, including China
US semiconductor industry warns move will aid competitors — The US is imposing expansive export controls on chips used …
Nvidia criticizes the Biden admin's new chip export rule, saying the regulation would “undermine” the US' AI leadership and “weaken” its global competitiveness
this from Nvidia is nonsense. [image] Shakeel / @shakeelhashim : as I wrote on Friday: you can argue that the costs outweigh the benefits, but there are clearly benefits here — and with the laser-focu...
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is leaving following a botched app revamp that upset customers and stymied growth; Sonos names board member Tom Conrad as interim CEO
- 'We've let far too many people down,' company tells staffers — Former Snap and Pandora executive Tom Conrad named interim CEO
The UK's PM debuts plans to increase its public sector compute over 20x to spark a “national renewal”, saying the UK doesn't need to walk a US or EU path on AI
Going our own way will unleash national renewal — Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation.
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko plans to transfer Mastodon's ownership to a new non-profit, saying “Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual”
Mastodon says the decentralized network ‘should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.’
Global smartphone shipments grew 4% YoY in 2024 after a decade-low in 2023; top two brands, Samsung and Apple, were mostly flat, while Xiaomi grew 12% YoY
- Global smartphone sell-through grew 4% YoY in 2024, following the weakest year in a decade in 2023.
The US' new chip export rule enters a 120-day consultation period, requiring the Trump admin to listen to input, perhaps modify the rule, and then enforce it
The US government has announced a radical plan to control exports of cutting-edge AI technology to most nations.
Under a new Biden rule, countries with caps on AI compute are restricted to buying 50K advanced GPUs, which could grow to 100K in deals with the US government
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OpenAI publishes a “economic blueprint” for “AI in America”, calling on the new Trump admin to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations
The maker of ChatGPT hopes to spur investment from the Middle East and avoid strict regulations on the development of new technologies.
SCOTUS declines to hear Meta's bid to avoid a class action by advertisers that accused the company of overcharging them by inflating their potential ad reach
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Meta Platforms (META.O) to avoid a multi-billion dollar class action …
The Biden admin says chip orders with the collective compute of up to ~1,700 Nvidia H100 GPUs need no license and don't count against country specific chip caps
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Sources detail DOGE, which is likely to work as more of a brand linked by Signal group chats coordinating US policy or personnel recommendations and recruitment
Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.
The UK plans to create geographic “AI Growth Zones” to speed up the building of AI infrastructure and says that tech companies have pledged £14B for its AI plan
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Donald Trump Jr. is joining prediction-market startup Kalshi as a strategic adviser; CFTC called Kalshi “an online casino” in a December filing
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Sources: the EU sent questionnaires to app developers in December focusing on concerns Apple's Core Technology Fee of €0.50 per app install could drive up costs
- Firm's new fees for developers lead to fresh EU questions — EU is examining Apple's plans under a Digital Markets Act case
T-Mobile agrees to acquire Vistar Media, which focuses on programmatic digital out of home advertising, for $600M in cash; the deal is expected to close in Q1
https://lnkd.in/... The deal is another boost to OOH's digital transformation … See also Mediagazer
Toronto-based Float Financial, which offers expense management software and corporate credit cards, raised a $48.5M Series B led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity
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Nvidia announces partnerships with Illumina, the Mayo Clinic, and other companies as part of its push to encourage the health care industry to adopt AI
- Company envisions multiple ways AI will invigorate health care — Chipmaker points to drug discovery as a prime application
A look at Troodi, a mental health chatbot built by AI startup Elomia Health for Troomi's child-focused phones, with thousands of teen users across the US
Part counselor, part friend, Troodi talks with children about their worries and fears; 'Sometimes I forget she's not a real person'
Starlink has disrupted Kenya's existing ISP industry since its launch in July 2023, forcing legacy providers to lower prices and increase internet speeds
@khadijaalam.bsky.social and i reported on how starlink cost less than local isps in some african countries. — restofworld.org/2025/starlin... Forums: r/ghana : This Article Is Claiming that Starlin...
Sources: Microsoft, Meta, AWS, and Google recently cut some orders of Nvidia's Blackwell GB200 racks, as overheating and connection glitches lead to new delays
Some of Nvidia's biggest customers are facing new delays in getting its most advanced artificial intelligence chips up and running in data centers.
Memo: Microsoft reorgs its cloud and AI teams to form a new “Core AI” unit led by Jay Parikh, the ex-Lacework CEO and Meta engineering exec that joined in 2024
Microsoft is reorganizing its cloud and AI teams to form a new “Core AI” unit, which will be tasked with building …
Sources: Indian investment app Groww plans to file for an IPO within 10-12 months, seeking a $6B-$8B valuation; Groww was last valued at $3B in October 2021
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Qventus, which builds AI-based tools to automate health care work, raised a $105M Series D, including $85M in equity and $20M in optional debt
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Microsoft notifies customers in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand of upcoming ~30% to ~45% price hikes for Microsoft 365 plans
Simon Sharwood / The Register :
Overland AI, which is developing off-road self-driving systems for military purposes, raised a $32M Series A led by 8VC
Colin Demarest / Axios :
Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait predicts AI's impact on journalism: jobs will change, not vanish, reporting and breaking news will remain valuable, and more
tasks AI can't easily replicate. Editors, on the other hand, operate in a space ripe for disruption. X: Sean O'Brien / @sotweets : Amid a lot of turmoil about the state of journalism , @MicklethwaitJ...
A report on CES 2025: tech giants were mostly absent, Nvidia's keynote was a big event, AI experimentation, supply chains adapting to geopolitics, and more
Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software : X: @iancutress X: @iancutress : A number of people this year saying #CES2025 felt less busy. Personally it felt same as usual, except now with a decade of attend...
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