Swift releases Swift SDK preview for Android, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift and making it easier to share code across iOS and Android
The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift …
Sources: Apple is working on a vapor chamber for the next iPad Pro in 2027 and plans to start selling ads in its Maps app as early as next year
Apple is working on a vapor chamber to improve cooling and performance in an iPad Pro slated for as early as 2027.
Sources: OpenAI is developing AI tools to generate music from text and audio prompts, including capabilities such as adding guitar accompaniment to vocal tracks
OpenAI recently made a splash with artificial intelligence that generates short videos from text prompts—say, a scene from …
Kyrgyzstan launches a national stablecoin and a CBDC in partnership with Binance; CZ says a national cryptocurrency reserve includes Binance's BNB token
Kyrgyzstan has launched a national stablecoin and a central bank digital currency in partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Binance, President Sadyr Japarov said on Saturday.
Sources: Sam Altman's brain-computer interface startup Merge Labs hires Mikhail Shapiro, who works on noninvasive techniques for neural imaging and control
The hire suggests that Merge is taking a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk's Neuralink. Also: Sources IRL and reactions to yesterday's Snap scoop.
Microsoft says its Gaming Copilot feature, which recently hit Windows 11 as a public beta, uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not to train AI models
Microsoft says it isn't using your data to train its AI. … However, one user complained on ResetEra forums …
A profile of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, who left in 2002 and whose claims that Wikipedia has a liberal bias are fueling the right's campaign against it
Larry Sanger's long-standing claims of liberal bias and mismanagement at the world's dominant online encyclopedia are being enthusiastically embraced on the right.
The US AI data center boom is consuming capital, power, and people that the rest of the economy needs, and is crowding out Trump's manufacturing revival plans
Spending on factory construction is down 2.5% so far this year, while that for data centers is up almost 18%.
Rumble plans to roll out a bitcoin tipping feature, developed in partnership with Tether, to its 51M creators in December; Tether has invested $775M in Rumble
The feature is developed with Tether and was announced at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, Switzerland.
How Changpeng Zhao's pardon frees him to refocus on reclaiming ground in the US market, where Binance.US only has a 0.75% share of bitcoin trading volume
Hours after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump, Binance Holdings Ltd.'s billionaire co-founder Changpeng Zhao issued a thank …
President Trump picks Michael Selig, the chief counsel for the SEC's crypto task force, to chair the CFTC, amid a crypto push
market structure legislation needs to cross the finish line to deliver clear, workable rules for builders and consumers. Mike's leadership will be a major asset. Bill Hughes / @billhughesdc : Congrats...
French online carpooling marketplace BlaBlaCar says India now accounts for ~33% of its carpool passengers and expects to reach ~150M passengers globally in 2025
Every few weekends, 21-year-old student Lavanya Jain opens the BlaBlaCar app to find a lift from Noida on the outskirts … X: @techcrunch . LinkedIn: Nicolas Brusson X: @techcrunch : BlaBlaCar is seein...
Glasgow-based Chemify, which combines AI with robotics and chemistry to rapidly make novel molecules for pharmaceutical companies, raised a $50M+ Series B
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Austin-based Roller, a provider of venue management software, raised $50M led by Insight Partners, taking its total funding to over $100M
Roller, a venue management platform developer, raised a $50 million round led by Insight Partners, co-founder and CEO Luke Finn tells Axios Pro.
Seneca, which is developing autonomous firefighting drones, raised $60M in seed and Series A rounds led by Caffeinated Capital and Convective Capital
Climate change is no longer a remote future threat. Rising temperatures, more extreme weather, and worsening fire seasons …
Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is exploring a sale after it struggled to complete a fundraising round; SambaNova was last valued at $5B in 2021
Artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems is exploring a sale, after it struggled to complete a fundraising round, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Pave Bank, which lets businesses manage both fiat and digital assets in real time, raised a $39M Series A led by Accel, with Tether and others participating
RT Watson / The Block :
Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks acquires Dynamic, which streamlines crypto wallet setup, authentication, and onboarding for 50M+ accounts, for ~$90M
Xiaomi says surging memory chip prices have raised the cost of making smartphones, after pricing of its new Redmi K90 series disappointed Chinese consumers
Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi warns of higher prices for new devices Jiahui Huang / MarketWatch : Xiaomi's Smartphone Pricing Disappoints as Memory-Chip Costs Bite Namrata Sen / Benzinga : Xiaomi Blames...
Defakto, which lets enterprises secure automated interactions between internal systems and AI agents or other non-human actors, raised a $30.75M Series B
We've raised $30.75M in Series B funding, led by XYZ Venture Capital …
Singapore-based wealth management platform Endowus raised $70M+, bringing its total funding to $130M+, and says the new capital will boost its AI advisory tools
A milestone that reflects both growth and trust …
Grab is investing an undisclosed amount in May Mobility as part of a multiyear deal, which includes bringing robotaxis to Southeast Asia as soon as 2026
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Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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