SoftBank acquires Ampere Computing for $6.5B in cash, with Oracle and Carlyle selling their stakes as part of the deal, which is expected to close in H2 2025
SoftBank is buying Ampere in an all-cash transaction that values the Santa Clara, California-based firm at $6.5 billion, according to a statement reviewed by Bloomberg News.
Analysis: AT&T and Verizon Speedtest users saw higher median download speeds on the iPhone 16e and its C1 than the iPhone 16; T-Mobile users saw the opposite
The 16e is the first iPhone to feature the Apple-designed C1 modem. — Key Takeaways: — AT&T and Verizon Speedtest® …
Jensen Huang says Nvidia will spend “several hundred billion” on US-made chips and electronics over four years as it shifts supply chains amid US tariff threats
Jensen Huang's pledge follows onshoring plans by other tech companies as Trump trade policies ripple through industry
Sources: Apple TV+ is losing $1B+ annually even as its subscriptions grew to ~45M in 2024; source: Apple has spent $5B+ per year on content since its 2019 debut
Last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook had questions about several pricey movie deals executives of Apple TV+, the company's video-streaming service …
Jensen Huang says Nvidia has not been approached about purchasing a stake in Intel, following a report about a consortium with TSMC to operate Intel's factories
Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that his company had not been approached about purchasing a stake in Intel (INTC.O).
Meta plans to roll out Meta AI with text-only features in the EU this week on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger, after pausing its debut in June 2024
A more limited version of Meta AI will head to WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger this week.
Newsletter service Ghost launches support for ActivityPub integration in beta for Ghost(Pro) subscribers, letting them share their posts across the fediverse
Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web.
Filing: CoreWeave is aiming to raise up to $2.7B in its US IPO at a valuation between $27.4B and $32B, selling 49M shares for $47 to $55; Nvidia owns 5.96%
CoreWeave is targeting a valuation of up to $32 billion on a fully diluted basis in its U.S. initial public offering, as the Nvidia …
A profile of longtime Elon Musk loyalist Steve Davis, who effectively runs DOGE after SpaceX, Boring Company, and X stints, based on interviews with 22 sources
Elon Musk declared last month that the federal government was engaged in “utterly insane” activity, claiming without evidence …
Apple stumbling with the Vision Pro and then falling flat on its face with AI suggest that it is slipping into a Vista-like drift of systemically poor execution
It matters that Apple's new Siri will be late, and it matters more that Apple didn't realise. Is it more than that?
Crypto exchange Kraken acquires US retail futures trading platform NinjaTrader for $1.5B, pending “purchase price adjustments”; NinjaTrader has 1.8M+ customers
NinjaTrader, a futures trading platform, would expand Kraken's offerings — The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken agreed …
Google says more changes to Search in the EU would “reduce traffic to European businesses” and changes to the Play Store may expose users to “malware and fraud”
Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union's Digital Markets Act …
OpenAI launches o1-pro, which uses more compute than o1 for “consistently better responses”, to select developers for $150/1M input and $600/1M output tokens
OpenAI has launched a more powerful version of its o1 “reasoning” AI model, o1-pro, in its developer API.
The UK NCSC urges large entities, including energy and transport providers, to introduce “post-quantum cryptography” by 2035 to protect against quantum hackers
Organisations including energy and transport firms told to guard systems against powerful new computers
Michael Seibel says he is leaving YC after 12+ years and moving to a “Partner Emeritus” role, after stepping back from his “leadership responsibilities” in 2024
Michael Seibel announced late Wednesday on X that after more than 12 years at Y Combinator, he is transitioning to a “partner emeritus” role.
A look at data centers' “unannounced disconnections” from the grid, which can occur when they switch to local generators and may cause cascading power outages
Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston.
Q&A with Sam Altman on the path to OpenAI, its origin story, building a consumer tech company, ads, competition, hallucinations, regulation, and the AI outlook
This Stratechery interview is technically another installment of the Stratechery Founder series; OpenAI is a startup …
A group of cross-discipline video game workers in the US and Canada announce United Videogame Workers, a direct-join industry-wide union organizing with the CWA
United Videogame Workers-CWA union formed for industry employees in the US and Canada Andy Chalk / PC Gamer : Game developers launch North America's first industry-wide union ‘to build worker power ir...
Sources: Tim Cook lost faith in Apple AI head John Giannandrea to execute on product development and drafted in Vision Pro creator Mike Rockwell to oversee Siri
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : X: @markgurman and @markgurman X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman : As I reported last week, Apple is not firing Giannandrea over its AI issues and never considered doing so. Gian...
Discord plans to roll out third-party ads on its mobile apps, starting with a mobile pilot for Video Quests, video ads that let users earn rewards, in June 2025
Video Quests will start rolling out to mobile users in June. … Discord is bringing third-party ads to its mobile platform.
Sources detail how Jeff Bezos made peace with Donald Trump; many pointed to Amazon losing the $10B JEDI contract during Trump's first term as a watershed moment
In the past year, the Amazon founder has executed a sharp public reversal in his relationship with the president that has surprised even longtime associates
US schools spending billions on laptops, an idea supported by technologists and computer makers, has led to students' worsening social skills and test scores
Technology should supplement, not substitute, traditional teaching methods. — Over the past two decades …
X sues Narendra Modi's government in New Delhi, saying its IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content
India's IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered …
Bakkt names ex-SoftBank rainmaker Akshay Naheta as co-CEO to help turn around the struggling US crypto trading and custody platform; BKKT is down 62%+ in 2025
Naheta will also be part of the company's board and will work with Andy Main, the firm's current CEO, according to a statement …
Verizon says its satellite text messaging service is now available to owners of Google Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 series smartphones at no extra charge
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How Nvidia, SK Hynix, TSMC, and ASML, with a combined $4T+ market cap, dominate the AI supply chain, with 80% to 100% market share in their respective fields
Since ChatGPT arrived, Nvidia and its key manufacturing partners have dominated the market for AI chips. Will it last?
Baidu denies data breach allegations after a top executive's teenage daughter leaked users' personal info, including phone numbers, following an online argument
Chinese search giant Baidu (9888.HK) on Wednesday denied allegations it had suffered an internal data breach …
Temu-owner PDD reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$15.3B, below est., and net income up 18% YoY to ~$3.8B, amid intensifying domestic competition and US tariffs
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Huawei unveils the 6.3" Pura X, a square clamshell with a 3.5" display and its first flagship running HarmonyOS 5, launching in China on March 30 for ~$1,036
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The TON Foundation raises over $400M from Sequoia Capital, Ribbit, and others via a sale of its Toncoin cryptocurrency, and says there are now 40M+ active users
RT Watson / The Block :
Crypto-friendly stablecoin legislation is poised to pass the US Senate with support from some pro-crypto Democratic Senators, including Kirsten Gillibrand
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Google and UCB researchers detail “inference-time search”, which some call a fourth AI scaling law, though experts are skeptical of its usefulness in many cases
But Can It Deliver? Eric Zhao : Why We Can't Escape Brute-Force Search Bluesky: Dave Lee / @davelee.me : An AI that adds “but there's reason to be skeptical” to the end of every sentence in a story ab...
Philadelphia-based Proscia, which provides pathology digitization software, raised $50M led by Insight Partners and others, taking its total funding to $130M
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Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy says the Disney+ show's scripts will not be released as planned, due to fears that they could be used as AI training data
collider.com/andor-season... @starwarsexplained : Tony Gilroy on the controversial 3 episode per week schedule for Andor season 2: — “It's a Disney decision -I mean, it puts a burden on podcasters. ...
Early-stage VC firm Long Journey Ventures, co-led by Cyan Banister, Arielle Zuckerberg, and Lee Jacobs, debuts with a ~$181.8M fund after five years in stealth
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Chip design software maker Synopsys unveils AgentEngineer, initially letting engineers give AI agents instructions with plans to expand to helping make chips
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A profile of Skydio, the US' largest drone maker, after its first batch of drones proved disappointing in Ukraine and it competes with Chinese makers like DJI
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Walrus Foundation, which is building an on-chain storage network, raised $140M from Standard Crypto, a16z, and others in a sale of its cryptocurrency, $WAL
Trump eliminating the USAGM cut the budget of the Open Technology Fund, launched in 2012 to let 24M+ people living under repressive regimes access the internet
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AI startups Intology and Autoscience submitted AI-generated studies at a conference without disclosure and face criticism of co-opting peer review for publicity
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : X: @intologyai , @pandaashwinee , @intologyai , @tuhinchakr , @sakanaailabs , @autoscienceai , @autoscienceai , and @dorialexander X: @intologyai : Zochi's papers received...
Analysis: Etsy's stock, which peaked during the COVID-19 pandemic, has lost its pandemic-era gains, while eBay's stock is up ~85% since January 2020
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Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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.