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Wiz’s $32 billion sale to Google is giving at least one venture capital megafund a case study for why it can pay to double and even triple down on top startups.Insight Partners, the VC and private equity giant that owns 8% of Wiz, wrote to limited partners Tuesday that the transaction turned a $213 million investment into $2.6 billion. Including sales of shares made last year, Insight estimates it returned more than 15 times the capital from its investments.
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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This UK startup wants to make your physical filming location a ‘fingerprint’ to verify authenticity, rather than relying on software. Read more ›
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Coros continues to tweak and improve its existing lineup with a big new feature addition. Read more ›
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Samsung's 2026 OLED TV range is priced very aggressively in the UK, with prices starting at £1,299 Read more ›
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Samsung’s next-generation flagship chipset, the Exynos 2700, could adopt a new packaging design, according to a recent report. The company is reportedly planning to move away from Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging (FOWLP) technology for the upcoming SoC. Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging (FOWLP), which Samsung has used since the Exynos 2400, reportedly helped improve thermal performance. However, the technology is said to have been less profitable for the company due to its complex... Read more ›
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Ahead of Toy Story 5, we spoke with Walt Disney Imagineering software lead Evan Klein about the massive tech overhaul powering the newly upgraded Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin — from Unreal Engine-powered ride vehicles to dynamic gameplay systems and networked targets. Read more ›
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for May 16, No. 600. Read more ›
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Бизнесу, разработчикам и продуктовым командам уже недостаточно подключить одну нейросеть и считать задачу закрытой. Для текста лучше подходит одна модель, для кода — другая, для изображений — третья, для видео, аудио, 3D и эмбеддингов — отдельные классы решений. Поэтому на первый план выходит не просто API нейросеть, а единый слой доступа, где можно управлять разными моделями через один понятный интерфейс, один баланс и один набор правил интеграции.AI API ключ нужен,... Read more ›
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The Krafted Edge is shaped like a closed laptop, sits flush beneath your notebook while charging it, and fits in any laptop bag without extra bulk. Read more ›
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The SR-71 Blackbird is a legend in the world of military aircraft, and NASA may have received one a bit earlier than it was supposed to. What happened? Read more ›
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Face ID isn't just for your phone. SwitchBot's new smart lock line uses facial recognition to unlock your deadbolt. Read more ›
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Эта часть про то, как я пилю бэкенд, учусь на этом и получаю эмоциональные качели.Для начала, напомню о себе: после 12 лет отсутствия в сфере я решил вернуться к своему базовому образованию – инженер-программист. Что-то приходится «вспоминать с нуля», но я не люблю начинать изучение полностью с теории, я больше экспериментатор. Читать далее Read more ›
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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for May 16, No. 1,070. Read more ›
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After decades in public service roles, former defence minister Harjit Sajjan is now a defence-tech entrepreneur with Juno Industries. Read more ›
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Xbox just allcapsmaxxed: meet XBOX. This isn't a joke, Microsoft appears to be actually rebranding Xbox to XBOX. Asha Sharma, Xbox CEO, ran a poll on X earlier this week, asking fans whether Microsoft should use Xbox or XBOX? The results were in favor of XBOX, and the company has now renamed its X account. […] Read more ›
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Over the years, the iPhone's operating system has gotten complicated. Apple adds new features with every version of iOS, and many of them aren't always obvious, leading to hidden iPhone capabilities you might not be aware of. The tips below assume that you have iOS 26 or later installed. Turn an App Into a Widget You can turn most app icons into widgets right from the iPhone's Home Screen. Just... Read more ›
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25 countries and only one winner. How are you going to vote? Here's how to watch Eurovision 2026 Grand Final online and for free from anywhere. Read more ›
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Naveen Rao, a longtime California resident, ascended to a rarefied tier of wealth last year when his startup, Unconventional AI, was valued at $4.5 billion. The company is based in Palo Alto, but with the specter of a new tax on billionaires looming over the state, Rao began considering other places to live. Last month, he found one: a $20 million mansion in Incline Village, a charming mountain town on... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Tech Culture: Billionaire tax brings new boom time to Tahoe haven• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “The Interview: What Does Tucker Carlson Really Believe? I Went to Maine to Find Out,” “Hated by All the Right People,” and “Widow’s Bay”A very old proverb comes to mind when I think about this exact period in AI—because, really, it’s a moment when the enemy of your... Read more ›
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Tech companies from Spotify to Uber to Airbnb told investors on their March-quarter earnings calls that AI was making their workers more productive, allowing them to ship more code and handle more customers with the same or fewer employees. Many companies are seeing profit margin improvement as AI is helping them do more while holding their headcount steady or in some cases allowing them to cut jobs. But some companies... Read more ›
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How many AI chip designers can the public market support? We’ll get a sense of that on Thursday when Cerebras Systems, the biggest of a new generation of chip designers dedicated to AI, is expected to go public at a valuation of $35 billion. If it follows the pattern of other AI-related IPOs, such as cloud firm CoreWeave, Cerebras will be a big hit. CoreWeave went public a year ago... Read more ›
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Chinese social media giant Kuaishou Technology is planning to spin off its Kling AI video business ahead of an initial public offering next year, in an attempt to capitalize on investors’ appetite for AI stocks, according to two people with knowledge of the plans. Kuaishou has held talks with potential investors for a pre-IPO funding round that values Kling at $20 billion, the two people said. Kling develops AI video... Read more ›
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Uber promoted its Chief Marketing Officer Jill Hazelbaker to president and chief corporate affairs officer, adding human resources, real estate and safety to her remit. Hazelbaker is a veteran technology communications and public policy leader who worked at Google and Snap before joining Uber in ... Read more ›
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Google recently observed hackers using AI models to find a previously undiscovered security flaw, the company said on Monday. The hacker planned to use the flaw for a “mass exploitation event,” but Google security researchers believe they successfully warded off the attack after noticing the ... Read more ›
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As access to Nvidia AI chips become more elusive, major developers such OpenAI and Meta Platforms are diversifying their sources of computing power, including by striking deals to use a variety of AI server chips. But making that approach work is not a cinch. The AI labs need to tailor the code that trains and runs their models to each type of chip they use. It turns out there are... Read more ›
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AI chip designer Cerebras Systems raised its preliminary IPO pricing range to between $150 and $160 a share, from between $115 and $125, in a sign that investor demand for the company is strong. At the new pricing range, Cerebras would raise about $4.5 billion. It would also value Cerebras at ... Read more ›
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Critics of the AI build-out are picking the wrong fight when they attack data centers for their water use. But they are right when they say the digital economy is getting thirstier and the tech industry should answer for it.The whole AI supply chain is water intensive, and reducing use in one place can increase it elsewhere. New research shows chip factories and power plants use considerably more water than... Read more ›
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