The data centers in question reportedly serve ByteDance as a tenant.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-13
data centers ByteDance
Sources: US PE firms have invested in data centers serving ByteDance as a tenant, some without knowing if ByteDance is using the sites to access Nvidia's chips
Financial Times · 2025-02-13 · #39
Alibaba chair Joe Tsai says Apple will use Alibaba's AI technology on iPhones sold in China.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-13
Joe Tsai Alibaba Apple iPhones sold in China Alibaba AI technology
Alibaba Chair Joe Tsai says Apple will use the Chinese tech giant's AI tech on iPhones sold in China, speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai
Bloomberg · 2025-02-13 · #2
OpenAI and Microsoft are banking on business readiness to adopt autonomous AI bots.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-12
OpenAI Microsoft autonomous AI bots
A survey of attendees at the WSJ's CIO Network Summit: 61% are experimenting with AI agents, but 21% are not using them at all, citing a lack of reliability
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-12 · #10
ACTS 17 Collective asks Peter Thiel and other executives to discuss their faith as part of its outreach to technologists.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-12
ACTS 17 Collective Peter Thiel other executives
A look at ACTS 17 Collective, a nonprofit devoted to introducing Christianity to technologists by asking Peter Thiel and other executives to discuss their faith
New York Times · 2025-02-12 · #43
Meta and nonprofit Childhelp create a free curriculum to teach middle school students how to recognize forms of online exploitation.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-12
Meta Childhelp free curriculum to teach middle schoolers to recognize online exploitation
Meta and nonprofit Childhelp create a free curriculum that will teach middle schoolers how to recognize forms of online exploitation; Meta funded the curriculum
The Verge · 2025-02-12 · #42
Snowflake and Anthropic partner to integrate Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet into Snowflake's new Cortex Agents platform, embedding AI agents into corporate data environments.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-12
Snowflake Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet Cortex Agents platform
Snowflake and Anthropic partner to integrate Claude 3.5 Sonnet into Snowflake's new Cortex Agents platform, embedding AI agents into corporate data environments
VentureBeat · 2025-02-12 · #24
At the AI Action Summit, Eric Schmidt called for AI safety collaboration with China.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-12
Eric Schmidt China AI safety
At the AI Action Summit, Eric Schmidt urged the West to build open-source AI models or risk losing to China while calling for AI safety collaboration with China
Financial Times · 2025-02-12 · #8
Discord is a founding partner of ROOST.tools (Robust Open Online Safety Tools), announced on Safer Internet Day.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-11
Discord ROOST.tools
Discord unveils Ignore, a feature that lets users hide new messages, DMs, server notifications, profiles, and activity from selected users without alerting them
Engadget · 2025-02-11 · #42
Saudi Arabia announces that its Neom megacity project is partnering with DataVolt to build a 1.5-gigawatt-scale AI data center by 2028.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-11
Neom DataVolt 1.5-gigawatt AI data center by 2028
Saudi Arabia says its Neom megacity project is partnering with DataVolt to build a 1.5-gigawatt-scale AI data center by 2028, investing $5B into its first phase
Business Insider · 2025-02-11 · #28
Foxconn, Wistron and other firms are building semiconductor fabrication plants (fabs) in Mexico.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-10
Foxconn Wistron Mexico
Taiwanese government data: exports to Mexico surged 479% YoY to $2.7B in January 2025, led by GPU shipments, as Foxconn, Wistron, and more build fabs in Mexico
Bloomberg · 2025-02-10 · #21
T-Mobile's satellite texting service is powered by Starlink.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-10
T-Mobile Starlink satellite texting
T-Mobile says satellite texting, currently in beta and powered by Starlink, will cost $15/month from July 2025; AT&T and Verizon users can use it for $20/month
Bloomberg · 2025-02-10 · #8
TikTok CEO Shou Chew proposed a US-based joint venture between TikTok and US investors to oversee TikTok data security.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-09
TikTok Shou Chew US investors data security oversight
TikTok officials hope to avoid a sale amid talks about the proposed joint venture.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-09
TikTok officials sale
Mistral and Cerebras Systems have partnered to enable Mistral's Le Chat app to respond to user questions at 1,000 words per second.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-07
Mistral Cerebras Systems Le Chat
Mistral partnered with Cerebras to help its Le Chat app respond to user questions at 1,000 words per second, making Le Chat the world's fastest AI assistant
Reuters · 2025-02-07 · #21
France and the United Arab Emirates agree to build an up to 1GW data center in France.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-07
France United Arab Emirates up to 1GW data center in France
France and the UAE agree to build an up to 1GW data center in France, representing €30B to €50B in investments in French and Emirati AI, chips, talent, and more
Sifted · 2025-02-07 · #35
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is described as being affiliated with Elon Musk.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-07
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk
DOGE staff member Marko Elez resigns after being linked to racist X posts; the 25-year-old was embedded in the US Treasury and previously worked at SpaceX and X
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-07 · #17
Atos' Moscow office reportedly helped build the new electronic EU border system.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-06
Atos (Moscow office) EU border system
Documents: EU prosecutors are probing how Atos' Moscow office helped build the EU's border system, which will establish the EU's largest personal info database
Financial Times · 2025-02-06 · #31
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy participates in an interview covering competition with YouTube and Kick, exclusivity contracts, content moderation, and expansion plans.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-05
Twitch Dan Clancy
An interview with Twitch CEO Dan Clancy on competition with YouTube and Kick, exclusivity contracts, content moderation, Twitch's expansion plans, and more
Fast Company · 2025-02-05 · #27
Figure exits its February 2024 deal with OpenAI that aimed to develop AI models for robots.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-05
Figure OpenAI
Robotics startup Figure exits its February 2024 OpenAI deal, which aimed to develop AI models for robots, to focus on in-house AI after a “major breakthrough”
TechCrunch · 2025-02-05 · #48
LG CNS is an information-technology services affiliate of LG Group.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-05
LG CNS LG Group
LG CNS, an IT services affiliate of LG, made a weak debut in South Korea, falling ~10% to ~$38.44, cutting its market cap to $3.72B from $4.13B during the day
Wall Street Journal · 2025-02-05 · #28
OpenAI has reportedly spent months talking with film studios about Sora's creative and commercial potential.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-05
OpenAI Sora film studios
Sources: OpenAI has spent months talking about Sora's creative and commercial potential with film studios, which are worried about their data and labor unions
Bloomberg · 2025-02-05 · #23
Observers are watching to see if the Donald Trump administration can find common ground at the AI Action Summit in Paris.
rumored 1 article 2025-02-05
Donald Trump administration AI Action Summit
The AI Action Summit's focus in Paris on February 10 and February 11 will be on open source, clean energy, and a consensus on AI principles, not new regulation
Reuters · 2025-02-05 · #21
Self-driving truck startup Waabi partners with Volvo to jointly develop and deploy autonomous trucks.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-04
Waabi Volvo autonomous trucks
Self-driving truck startup Waabi partners with Volvo to develop and deploy autonomous trucks, starting with pilots in Texas and a launch in late 2025 or 2026
TechCrunch · 2025-02-04 · #22
Waabi and Volvo will begin pilot programs for their autonomous trucks in Texas.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-04
Waabi Volvo Texas
Self-driving truck startup Waabi partners with Volvo to develop and deploy autonomous trucks, starting with pilots in Texas and a launch in late 2025 or 2026
TechCrunch · 2025-02-04 · #22
Major US companies including Visa, United, Amazon, Apple, Oracle, and Boeing have cut commercial deals with businesses controlled by Elon Musk.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-03
Visa United Amazon Apple Oracle Boeing Elon Musk's businesses
SoftBank Group and OpenAI establish SB OpenAI Japan as a joint venture to offer AI services and market OpenAI's enterprise technology in Japan.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-03
SoftBank Group OpenAI SB OpenAI Japan
SoftBank commits $3B annually for itself and its subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, and launches SB OpenAI Japan to market OpenAI's enterprise tech in Japan
CNBC · 2025-02-03 · #23
Shein relaunches in India through a partnership with Reliance Retail, years after the app's ban.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-02
Shein India
Reliance Retail launches the Shein app in India, with control over operations and data and Shein acting as a technology partner, years after the app's ban
TechCrunch · 2025-02-02 · #9
Xtend is one of the Israeli startups helping Israel's war effort.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-02
Xtend Israel
How Israeli startups like Xtend are helping the country's war effort, with ~50% of anti-drone tech used since the October 7 attacks coming from startups
Reuters · 2025-02-02 · #18
Shein is acting as a technology partner to Reliance Retail for the app in India.
confirmed 1 article 2025-02-02
Shein Reliance Retail
Reliance Retail launches the Shein app in India, with control over operations and data and Shein acting as a technology partner, years after the app's ban
TechCrunch · 2025-02-02 · #9
In a court filing, Musk blames Don Lemon's 'invasive and charged' interview for causing the cancellation of Lemon's $1.5M partnership with X.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-30
Elon Musk Don Lemon invasive and charged interview
Court filing: Elon Musk, seeking to dismiss Don Lemon's lawsuit, blames an “invasive and charged interview” for canceling Lemon's $1.5M partnership with X
Bloomberg · 2025-01-30 · #24