A look at DeepSeek's rise in Africa, as China's lightweight, low-cost AI models make inroads into the continent via tech infrastructure built by Huawei and ZTE
Bloomberg : X: @saritharai , @kyleichan , and @davidsacks . Bluesky: @wavesblog . Forums: r/technology X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : A deep dive into DeepSeek's surge in Africa & Chinese AI's inroad...
Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races, starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying ~$140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year
and no one saw it coming BBC : Apple wins US F1 TV rights in $750m deal Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times : F1 races to air exclusively on Apple TV next year Timi Cantisano / Android Police : YouTube TV v...
US tech giants announce £31B+ in UK investments, coinciding with Trump's visit to the UK; OpenAI says it will bring Stargate to the UK with partners like Nscale
Microsoft Corp., OpenAI and other American companies announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars …
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Code.org, IBM, OpenAI, and other companies pledged new commitments for AI in education as part of Melania Trump's White House event
Teaching students AI literacy from an early age is key to American success, First Lady Melania Trump said at a White House event …
Source: G42 is talking to Google, AWS, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI to become tenants at its UAE-US AI Campus, and aims to diversify chip suppliers beyond Nvidia
THE SCOOP — Abu Dhabi-backed G42 is still negotiating with major American technology firms — with no agreements yet …
Google will provide Gemini for Government to US federal agencies at $0.47 per agency through 2026; OpenAI and Anthropic are offering their products for $1/year
Launches ‘Gemini For Government’ AI At Less Than $0.50 Per Unit Craig Hale / TechRadar : Google has an all-new Gemini AI service built specially for the US Government Jean Leon / Android Headlines : G...
At a White House event, Apple commits to spending another $100B on US manufacturing and aims to bring more of its supply chain to the US to avoid iPhone tariffs
Made In USA iPhone Still Off The Table Snaggy / The Joy of Tech : The Joy of Tech comic... Tim and Trump! MarketWatch : Dow Jones Top Markets Headlines at 11 PM ET: U.S. Trading Partners Race to Secur...
Meta and Anduril partner to build EagleEye, a line of XR products like helmets that enhance soldiers' hearing and vision and enable control of AI weapon systems
An AI-Powered Combat Headset That Can Detect Drones Vaughn Cockayne / Washington Times : Meta, Anduril team up to bring high-tech perception to U.S. warfighters Bloomberg : Meta Teams Up With Anduril ...
How Nike and US manufacturer Flex's plan to automate sneaker production in Guadalajara ran into trouble, with factory robots struggling to handle soft materials
Human workers can adapt to such challenges, but it proved difficult for machines” — www.wsj.com/economy/trad... X: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : @JonathanEmont Starting in 2015, Nike poured millions...
Perplexity proposes to buy TikTok, says it wants to open source the algorithm and that it is “singularly positioned to rebuild” it “without creating a monopoly”
But Can It Really Pull It Off? Arthur Brown / Android Headlines : TikTok could be owned by an AI company The News International : Perplexity joins race to buy TikTok and reshape its algorithm Sean Bur...