Apple updates the $599+ 11-inch and $799+ 13-inch iPad Air with M3, in four colors, and debuts a $269+ Magic Keyboard with function keys and a larger trackpad
Only a year after the last Air, Apple is updating the middle of its tablet lineup once again. … The iPad Air is a tricky tablet.
At a press conference with Trump, TSMC CEO CC Wei says the company plans to invest $100B+ in US chips over four years, on top of its $65B commitment in Arizona
- It's also part of the bipartisan U.S. national security push to increase domestic chips production and accelerate the AI economy.
Apple unveils the 11th-generation iPad, adding an A16 Bionic chip and starting at 128GB of storage for the same $349, and offers a 256GB and a new 512GB option
Apple today announced the 11th-generation iPad, now featuring the A16 Bionic chip and more storage.
Anthropic raised a $3.5B Series E led by Lightspeed at a $61.5B valuation; a source says its annual revenue run rate is up 30% in 2025, from ~$1B in late 2024
The company is said to have increased its run-rate revenue by 30% so far this year. — OpenAI rival Anthropic has officially closed …
Uber launches Waymo rides in Austin, where Waymo operates within 37 square miles including Hyde Park and Downtown; in August 2024, Waymo had ~700 vehicles total
Residents of the Texas capital can now hail a driverless Waymo vehicle — as long as they're within the 37-square-mile service area.
Cloud-based Nvidia GPU provider CoreWeave files for an IPO on the Nasdaq under CRWV and says 2024 revenue was up 737% YoY to $1.92B and it had an $863M net loss
CoreWeave, a provider of cloud-based Nvidia processors to companies including Meta and Microsoft, is headed for the public market.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: great 1440p performance, compact, and DLSS is useful, but high power use, only 12GB of RAM, runs hot, and availability is tricky
It's not all bad news, but in a lot of ways this is barely an upgrade. — “4090 performance at $549.”
Google updates Google Play on Android to highlight apps with widgets, adding a widget search filter, widget badges on app pages, and a curated editorial page
There will be a new search filter for widgets, widget gadgets on app detail pages, and a curated editorial page.
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says 77%+ of the funds stolen remain traceable, including ~417,348 ETH, and 20% have “gone dark”; the hackers converted 83% of the ETH to BTC
Some 417,348 ETH, valued at approximately $1 billion remain traceable on the blockchain after being moved using privacy-focused THORChain.
CoreWeave's S-1 shows ~77% of its $1.9B revenue in 2024 came from its top two customers, one of them being Microsoft, which accounted for 62% of total sales
and reveals it gets more than half its $1.9 billion in revenue from a single customer Jacob Robbins / PitchBook : AI cloud computing company CoreWeave files for IPO Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Jo...
NYC-based Aescape, which makes AI-powered massage robots to be deployed in 60 Equinox gyms, raised $83M led by Valor Equity, a source says at a ~$250M valuation
Massage startup Aescape is raising money from investors including Valor Equity Partners and basketball player Kevin Love.
Google updates its iOS Gemini app, adding six circular lockscreen widgets and access in Control Center, including a shortcut to conversational mode Gemini Live
Following last week's homescreen redesign, the Google Gemini app on iPhone has been updated with lockscreen widgets and direct access in Control Center.
Sources: President Trump is cutting ~40% of staff in the US government office responsible for the $52B CHIPS Act, including ~40 who are considered probationary
The US government office responsible for a marquee $52 billion chip subsidy program will lose about two-fifths of its staff …
TSMC's US deal is a win-win; dropping one advanced node fab protects TSMC's interests, while an advanced packaging plant and R&D center helps the US' chip push
Taiwan gov't gives official blessing for project Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : TSMC announcement could actually be a step backwards for US Apple chips
The Xbox Kinect, released in 2010 and discontinued in 2017, has found applications beyond gaming, including in interactive art, pornography, and ghost hunting
Fifteen years since Microsoft's motion-sensing gaming camera was released for the Xbox 360, artists, roboticists and more are still finding new ways to use it
OpenAI unveils NextGenAI, a consortium of research institutions including Harvard, MIT, and Oxford, and commits $50M in compute, API access, and research grants
OpenAI on Monday announced a consortium, NextGenAI, focused on supporting AI-assisted research at top universities.
Nothing unveils the $379 Phone 3A and $459 3A Pro, both with 6.77" displays, Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, and new AI tools to help organize files, shipping this month
Because of course there's AI. … The Nothing 3A phones were just announced with a new take on the company's “make tech more fun again” ethos.
Tim Cook posts that “this week” there's “something in the AIR”, likely referring to an M4 MacBook Air launch; a new iPad Air is expected around this spring
iPad Air M3 launch, MacBook Air M4 imminent Roman Loyola / Macworld : Tim Cook teases another surprise Apple release this week Tyler Lee / Android Headlines : Apple CEO confirms new ‘Air’ product(s) c...
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
XRP, ADA, SOL post double-digit losses Molly White / Citation Needed : Issue 78 - President on brink of bailout for bitcoin CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reser...
Source: Amazon is building a new “hybrid reasoning” AI model, slated for a June launch under the Nova brand, hoping it can be more price-efficient than rivals
- Amazon plans to launch a new AI model with advanced reasoning capabilities. — The model aims to offer hybrid reasoning …
A former Intel CEO and chair says the company shouldn't be broken up because its foundry unit now has the tech and manufacturing know-how to compete with TSMC
He believes Intel has now caught up with TSMC from a technology perspective and a break up will be distracting. … X: Daniel Newman / @danielnewmanuv : A good counterpoint on subsets of the Intel Board...
Creator monetization platform Passes and CEO Lucy Guo are sued for allegedly distributing CSAM; the suit claims Guo intervened to override safety measures
I was upset it was being sold to YOU. Fanhouse was my baby, and I cared about it more than anything in the world. I did not trust our creators in your hands, and looked at ways to continue running the...
After Trump imposes new tariffs on China, its government adds 15 US companies to its export control list, including drone maker Skydio and a16z-backed Shield AI
On Tuesday, China's Ministry of Commerce said it added 15 American companies to an export-control list and expanded the number …
GPT-4.5 review: improved verbal intelligence, contextual adaptation, abstract writing, and better taste and aesthetics, but not ideal for reasoning or coding
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French crypto trading company Flowdesk raised ~$92M in equity and $10.2M in debt led by HV Capital, after a $50M Series B at a $250M valuation in January 2024
- Flowdesk has raised $52 million in new funding, with 80% as equity and around 20% as debt, co-founder and global CEO Guilhem Chaumont told The Block.
Swap, which uses AI to help DTC, e-commerce brands with inventory management, raised a $40M Series B led by Iconiq Growth and plans an international expansion
- Swap raises $40 million in Series B funding led by ICONIQ Growth. — Founded in 2022, Swap consolidates logistics for e-commerce brands into one platform.
Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use, after recent changes with overly broad language about user data sparked user backlash
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Peregrine, which develops a platform used by state and local law enforcement agencies with smaller budgets, raised $190M led by Sequoia at a $2.5B valuation
Peregrine Technologies boosted its valuation to $2.5 billion in the deal. — Sequoia Capital is leading a $190 million funding round … LinkedIn: Aviv Avni and Matthew Melton LinkedIn: Aviv Avni : It'...
Microsoft unveils Dragon Copilot, a voice-activated AI assistant for doctors combining Dragon dictation tool Medical One and ambient listening tool DAX Copilot
a game-changing AI tool designed to lessen administrative burden for doctors Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Microsoft's New Dragon Copilot Brings AI to Healthcare Documentation The Indian Express ...
Patrick Soon-Shiong says LAT opinion pieces will show an AI-generated rating of their political content, and an AI-generated list of alternative political views
I am proud to announce the next evolution of the L.A. Times to better engage with our audience. Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter : L.A. Times Owner Adds Bias Meter, AI-Generated Copy On Article...
The UK ICO says it is investigating how TikTok uses 13 to 17-year-olds' personal data for content suggestions, and how Reddit and Imgur verify child users' ages
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ 2025... X: Ico / @iconews : The investigation into TikTok will consider how the platform uses personal information of 13-17 year olds to make recommendations to them and d...
Nvidia's shares fell 8.69% over fears about Trump's tariffs and increased scrutiny of GPU shipments that may be in violation of US export controls
Kif Leswing / CNBC :
A deep dive into how Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Tinder, and Airbnb are being used to facilitate cross-border underage sex trafficking in Colombia
Bloomberg : Bluesky: @natalielung.com . LinkedIn: Antonia Mufarech Bluesky: Natalie Lung / @natalielung.com : New investigation: We have been digging into how US apps like FB, Tinder & Airbnb are use...
Jalisco's governor says Foxconn's $900M Guadalajara plant in Mexico, the largest Nvidia GB200 server assembly site, will be built in a year despite US tariffs
Amy Stillman / Bloomberg :
Sources: YouTube is preparing a Netflix-like redesign of its TV app, with paid content from other streamers like Max and Paramount+ on the homepage
it's the definitive platform for mass distribution. Filling up prime real estate on the homepage with paid content (and ads for that paid content) moves away from what makes YouTube so powerful... Se...
Sources: Didi Autonomous Driving is seeking to raise new funding at a $5B valuation, after raising a $298M Series C led by Guangzhou Automobile in October 2024
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Source: Ramp crossed $700M in annualized revenue in January 2025, up from $300M in August 2023; its CEO says it's not profitable by choice as it reinvests
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Documents: TikTok generated $1.7B in TikTok Live global sales in one 2023 quarter, with $400M+ from the US, and projects Live will make $77B globally by 2027
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg :
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