Inside the Trump Administration's chaotic H-1B visa overhaul, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick initially presenting the $100,000 fee as an annual charge
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sowed confusion over whether new fees were annual and applicable to existing visa holders.
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announce five new data center locations in the US, boosting Stargate's planned capacity to nearly 7 GW
The new sites will boost Stargate's planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts—about equal to the output of seven large nuclear reactors.
iPhone 17 Pro teardown: the anodized aluminum scratches badly around the camera plateau edge, the screwed-in battery is a nice repairability upgrade, and more
iPhone 17 Pro Teardown — The anodized aluminum finish on the brand new iPhone 17 Pro is gorgeous, right up until it meets …
The Trump administration proposes an H-1B visa process giving more weight to applications from employers who pay higher wages if visa demand exceeds the 85K cap
it allows for even more low-wage, low skill workers to come in, while leaving the “body shop” H1B mills intact... @xxshaurizardxx : what in the world are we doing here. why are we not respecting the f...
Alibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard “safety moderation” models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T+ parameters
Qwen 50.6k — Safetensors qwen3_vl_moe Julian Nabil / Forbes Middle East : Alibaba Introduces Qwen3-Max AI Model With Over 1T Parameters Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Alibaba Releases Qwen3-VL O...
Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high after CEO Eddie Wu announced plans to increase AI spending beyond the $53B target over three years
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s shares surged to their highest in nearly four years after revealing plans to ramp up AI spending past …
UK's National Crime Agency says it's arrested a man in connection with a cyberattack that has caused days of disruption at Heathrow and other European airports
A person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow.
A look at some uncertainties surrounding Nvidia's proposed $100B investment in OpenAI, including concerns about the agreement's circular structure
Jensen Huang seeks to ensure US chipmaker stays at the heart of new tech — Tim Bradshaw in London, George Hammond in Abilene, Texas and Stephen Morris in San Francisco
Oracle will pay for and oversee the construction of three of the new Stargate data centers, and OpenAI will then purchase computing power from Oracle
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Michael Moritz says Trump's “H-1B caper will backfire” and shows the “fragile grasp” Trump and his acolytes have of what makes the US tech sector so successful
The move shows how slender a grasp the president has of what makes the American economy so successful
Sources: Tether is in talks to raise $15B to $20B in exchange for a ~3% stake through a private placement in a deal that could value the company at ~$500B
Tether Holdings SA, issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, is in talks with investors to raise as much as $20 billion …
Sources: OpenAI and Nvidia are discussing structuring their new AI data center partnership so that OpenAI would lease Nvidia's AI chips instead of buying them
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Sources: Oracle seeks to borrow $15B through the US sale of corporate bonds, as it begins to fulfill massive cloud infrastructure deals with OpenAI and others
Oracle Corp. is seeking to borrow $15 billion from the US investment-grade bond market on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.
A joint investigation by Canadian privacy authorities finds TikTok collected sensitive personal data from hundreds of thousands of Canadian children under 13
Social media platform removing 500,000 Canadian kids from its platform each year — The immensely popular social media app TikTok …
GitHub outlines plans to secure npm following multiple supply-chain attacks, including deprecating legacy classic tokens and migrating users to FIDO-based 2FA
Addressing a surge in package registry attacks, GitHub is strengthening npm's security with stricter authentication, granular tokens …
Meta says Instagram has hit 3B monthly users and is changing its home screen to prioritize DMs and Reels; it is testing opening directly into Reels in India
Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, cementing the network as one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading …
Bain: by 2030, AI companies will need $2T in combined annual revenue to fund compute power to meet projected demand, but are likely to fall short by $800B
Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI have been quick to unveil plans for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers …
Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, starting with Researcher and Copilot Studio
Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot users. … Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 …
How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism
The Biden administration argued a forced sale of the app would protect it from political influence. Bluesky: @karissabe , @cravenlovelace , @cjsprigman , @emmalbriant , @zakwilliamswzw , and @drewharw...
The US Secret Service says it has dismantled 300+ SIM card servers in the NYC area that could have disrupted communications ahead of the UN General Assembly
NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/... Anthony Guglielmi / @ajguglielmi : While investigating threats against senior officials, the @SecretService uncovered & dismantled a telecom network capable of disr...
Apple postpones the release of Apple TV+ show The Savant this Friday; its trailer faced backlash for allegedly misrepresenting right-wing ideologies
This is called voluntary censorship. We see it all the time here in the BBC. — www.vulture.com/article/appl... Luke O'Neil / @lukeoneil47 : Apple canceling this show is the first bit of marketing t...
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, YouTube says it will reinstate creators it banned for COVID and election misinfo, and blames Biden officials for the bans
This. Big Tech had the legal power to stop censorship and make good law, and didn't use it. Hopefully they'll have more courage in future. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Well done! Julia Alexander / @loudmou...
Taiwan curbs chip exports to South Africa over national security concerns, the first time it has used its chip industry as a weapon against a China ally
Taiwan has imposed restrictions on the export of chips to South Africa over national security concerns, taking the unusual step of using …
Emergent, which lets non-technical users build apps via AI agents that handle coding errors and more, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $30M
In the last decade, as the camera quality of smartphones improved, platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok rose in popularity for photo and video sharing.
Meta starts rolling out built-in message translation in WhatsApp, with support for 19+ languages on iOS and six on Android
Qualcomm calls it incredible Sagar / GSMArena.com : WhatsApp announces Message Translations feature for Android and iPhone users Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : WhatsApp Rolls Out On-Device Message...
Zerohash, which provides on-chain infrastructure for businesses to offer trading, stablecoin payments, and more, raised a $104M Series D-2 at a $1B valuation
Funding round draws Morgan Stanley, SoFi and Apollo, underscoring rising demand for regulated on-chain infrastructure
Spotify reinstates integration with third-party DJ software for Premium subscribers in 51 markets, including the US, after pulling support in 2020
Budding mixmasters can create sets from pre-existing playlists. — Spotify just announced integration with popular DJ software platforms like rekordbox, Serato and djay.
Google launches the Data Commons MCP Server, allowing developers to integrate its collection of public datasets into AI systems via natural language queries
Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) …
VCs court top AI startups with preempted rounds and perks like private jets; PitchBook: US AI startups raised $200B in 2025, with 41% going to just 10 companies
Private jets, box seats and big checks. Investors are doing whatever it takes to get into top AI deals.
Indian digital payments giant PhonePe confidentially files for an IPO in India, seeking to raise $1.5B, sources say at a valuation of $15B
PhonePe, supported by Walmart, has confidentially filed its DRHP with SEBI. The digital payments platform reduced its net loss by 13.4% to Rs 1,727.4 crore …
Google rolls out an AI-powered conversational photo editing tool, previously exclusive to the Pixel 10 series, to all Google Photos users on Android in the US
How To Use Kahekashan / The Hans India : Google Expands AI Photo Editing Feature Beyond Pixel Phones to More Android Devices Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : Exclusive Pixel 10 feature is coming to all An...
Huxe, an app built by three former NotebookLM developers that offers users personalized daily briefs and topic exploration with AI podcast hosts, raised $4.6M
Google's AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM took off to a spectacular reception at launch, capturing people's imaginations … X: @peterdedene , @andrewcurran_ , @gethuxe , @jayspiel_ , an...
Micron reports Q4 revenue up 46% YoY to $11.32B, vs. $11.22B est., net income up 261% to $3.2B, data center revenue down 22%, and Q1 revenue forecast above est.
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Snowflake, Salesforce, and others announce the Open Semantic Interchange, a vendor-neutral standard for how business data is defined and shared across platforms
and how it sets up businesses to succeed: [link] @snowflake : AI adoption won't scale without interoperability. That's why Snowflake and industry-leading partners including @Salesforce, @BlackRock & @...
Synthesized, which is developing AI tools to automate software testing, raised a $20M Series A led by Redalpine
Synthesized, a London- and New York-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to automate software testing, has raised $20 million in new venture capital funding …
WeTravel, whose travel payments software is used by group travel operators, raised a $92M Series C at a ~$450M valuation, up from ~$100M in 2022
WeTravel, a travel payments software company, raised $92 million in Series C funding, CEO Ted Clements tells Axios.
Google introduces Mixboard, an AI-powered tool that lets users create mood boards, available in public beta in the US
Mixboard celebrates ideas and empowers everyone who has one. …
Report: China's market regulator drafts rules to curb “coercive competition” in the online food delivery market, spurring a rally in Meituan and JD.com's shares
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Appfigures: dedicated mobile apps for vibe coding have yet to gain traction; the largest such app, Instance: AI App Builder, has just 16,000 downloads
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Forums: Slashdot Forums: BeauHD / Slashdot : Dedicated Mobile Apps For Vibe Coding Have So Far Failed To Gain Traction
Greptile, maker of an AI-powered code review tool, raised a $25M Series A led by Benchmark and launches Greptile v3
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London-based media monitoring and risk management company Signal AI raised $165M led by Battery Ventures, which will hold a majority stake after the investment
We are thrilled to be one of those companies. …
Sources: Flipkart is investing $30M in its fintech unit Supermoney, after a $20M 2024 spin-off round; Supermoney disbursed $700M+ in loans via lending partners
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BofA Securities: Blinkit holds over 50% share of India's quick commerce market, as rivals Zepto and Instamart prioritize profitability over aggressive expansion
Pranav Mukul / The Economic Times :
Privacy startup Duality says it has developed a private LLM inference framework that uses fully homomorphic encryption to let LLMs answer encrypted prompts
Rina Diane Caballar / IEEE Spectrum :
Tracxn: funding for Indian digital lending startups fell to $462M between January and August 2025 from $1.1B a year earlier, after RBI tightened lending norms
The Economic Times :
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