DeepSeek says its V3 and R1 models' cost of inferencing relative to sales during a 24-hour-period on February 28 put “theoretical” profit margins at 545%
Chinese artificial intelligence phenomenon DeepSeek revealed some financial numbers on Saturday, saying its “theoretical” …
Sources: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the US Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia …
Recent incidents indicate the US no longer characterizes Russia as a cyber threat; source: CISA analysts were told not to follow or report on Russian threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
Amnesty International says Google has fixed three zero-day vulnerabilities in Android, developed by Cellebrite and used by Serbia to unlock phones
Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools.
Taara, a project under Alphabet's moonshot X lab, unveils a new silicon photonic chip that uses light to transmit high-speed data through the air
The Alphabet “moonshot” project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.
Sources: SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, and might borrow another $8B in early 2026, which could strain its already debt-heavy balance sheet
The biggest risk-taker in tech investing is back to his old playbook, loading up on debt to fund his latest obsession: artificial intelligence.
Memo: Sergey Brin says Google could reach AGI if employees worked harder and were in the office more, saying “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity”
The tech giant's co-founder said that if employees worked harder and were in the office more …
Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, quantum computing is far from its silicon moment, with no consensus on the best way to build practical qubits
Despite breakthroughs from Amazon and Microsoft, the industry is still a long way from building practical machines
Sources: China is instructing its top AI leaders to avoid visiting the US over fears they could be detained as bargaining chips or divulge confidential info
Beijing increasingly views cutting-edge technology through national-security lens, putting executives on tighter leash
Spamhaus: Prospero, a notorious provider of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” hosting for cybercriminals, is routing its operations through Kaspersky Lab's networks
One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing … Bluesky: @abuse-ch . Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange Bluesky: @abuse-ch ...
Sources: Larry Ellison's Sensei Ag, a venture backed by his $500M investment to change farming with AI, robotics, and software, has mostly been a bust so far
His Sensei Ag company hasn't succeeded in boosting output and nutrition in its greenhouses with AI, robotics and software
Pinterest says it is developing tools to label AI-generated or AI-altered content on its platform, amid an influx of AI slop from SEO spammers
“Is this platform dead?” — Pinterest, the web's de facto mood board, has long been one of the best places for finding and sharing aspirational …
Grubhub CEO Howard Migdal says the company is laying off about 500 employees, or ~23% of its workforce, following its takeover by Wonder in November 2024
Grubhub is cutting about 23% of its workforce and set the stage for more changes at the company following its takeover by Wonder Group Inc., the owner of Blue Apron.
US bitcoin ETFs saw ~$3.3B in net outflow in Feb., the biggest monthly exodus since they debuted; BTC fell ~17% in Feb., its worst monthly drop since June 2022
Investors have pulled a record $3.3 billion from US spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in February, poised for the biggest monthly exodus since …
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Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
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Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
A look at Vibecoding, a term popularized by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy for a trend where AI lets nontechnical hobbyists build bespoke apps for themselves
and the joys of using AI to build “software for one.” [image] LinkedIn: Joe McKendrick : A new term to ponder: “Vibecoding,” explained by Kevin Roose in The New York Times — “Vibecoding, a term that...
China mandates regulatory approvals for autonomous driving-related OTA software upgrades, aiming to prevent automakers from hiding defects or avoiding liability
The US SEC dismissed or paused at least eight cases against crypto firms in the past month, as the agency sees immediate changes under Acting Chair Mark Uyeda
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg :
Metronome, which offers APIs to help SaaS companies charge customers based on usage, raised a $50M Series C led by NEA, bringing its total funding to $128M
Allie Garfinkle / Fortune :
Auditoria.AI, which develops AI agents to automate tasks and provide insights for enterprise finance teams, raised a $38M Series B led by Innovius Capital
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Teleperformance, the world's largest call center operator, rolls out AI tech by startup Sanas to soften English-speaking Indian workers' accents in real time
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China replaces tech minister Jin Zhuanglong, a key figure in its push to become a tech superpower, with Li Lecheng; sources: Jin faced a graft-related probe
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Socure, a digital identity verification company, says bad actors are increasingly using social media selfies and generative AI to create more realistic fake ids
Julie Zhu / Bloomberg :
Crypto reserve bills have failed in Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, and Wyoming over the last month; Bitcoin Laws: such bills have been introduced in 24 states
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg :
Sesame, headed by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, exits stealth with an undisclosed amount of funding, unveiling an AI speech model and plans for AI glasses
Here's an embedded 13-minute audio clip of my first attempt! — www.theverge.com/news/621022/ ... X: @sesame : At Sesame, we believe in a future where computers are lifelike. Today we are unveiling a...
A US court finds that Byju's and founder Byju Raveendran's brother violated a fiduciary duty to lenders by fraudulently hiding $533M from them
Steven Church / Bloomberg :
Mimic, which offers a platform to detect, deflect, and facilitate recovery from ransomware attacks, raised a $50M Series A, bringing its total funding to $77M
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Source: Amazon plans to expand Haul, the ultracheap Temu-like shopping site it launched in the US in November, to countries in Europe starting this year
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Mozilla responds to backlash over Firefox's new Terms of Use, which critics have called out for being overly broad, and says it won't use people's data for AI
“These changes are not driven by a desire by Mozilla to use people's data for AI or sell it to advertisers,” Mozilla spokesperson Kenya Friend-Daniel said in an email to TechCrunch. techcrunch.com/20...
Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023
Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...
OpenAI launches GPT-4.5, its “most knowledgeable model yet” in research preview, initially warning it's not a frontier model and may perform below o1 or o3-mini
GPT-4.5 rollout delayed due to lack of processing power Gerui Wang / Forbes : Open AI's GPT-4.5 Drops As AI Race Escalates Nathan Lambert / Interconnects : GPT-4.5: “Not a frontier model”? Charlie Guo...