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The Tiger Global Management megafund that made more than 200 investments during the peak of the pandemic-era startup boom was still in the red at the end of 2024, thanks to write-downs on a majority of its investments.
But the spike in valuations of OpenAI and other artificial intelligence investments is softening the blow for the $12.7 billion fund, famous for both its size and the speed with which it has backed startups.
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On Friday, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order permitting the Department of Government Efficiency, the enigmatic White House entity that billionaire Elon Musk previously ran, to access a wide range of sensitive information kept by the Social Security Administration — including many individuals’ bank account numbers and medical records. All three of the […] Read more ›
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The supportive reposts from Musk came days after his feud with Trump reached a dramatic apex. Read more ›
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Apple has announced a major Visual Intelligence update at WWDC 2025, enabling users to search and take action on anything displayed across their iPhone apps. The feature, which previously worked only with the camera to identify real-world objects, now analyzes on-screen content. Users can ask ChatGPT questions about what they're viewing or search Google, Etsy, and other supported apps for similar items and products. Visual Intelligence recognizes specific objects within... Read more ›
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Ukraine's president said the Biden administration had agreed to send the specialized anti-drone weapons, but they've been sent to the Middle East. Read more ›
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Apple today announced a complete redesign of all of its major software platforms called "Liquid Glass." Announced simultaneously for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS, Liquid Glass forms a new universal design language for the first time. At its WWDC keynote address, Apple's software chief Craig Federighi said "Apple Silicon has become dramatically more powerful enabling software, materials and experiences we once could only dream of." Inspired by visionOS,... Read more ›
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Apple today announced that iOS 26 will be compatible with the iPhone 11 series and newer. The first iOS 26 developer beta will be available starting today, and a public beta will be available next month, according to Apple. iOS 26 will be compatible with the following iPhone models: iPhone 16e iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 15 iPhone 15 Plus iPhone 15... Read more ›
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Apple announced a new version of macOS during its WWDC 2025 keynote presentation. The new update, expected later this year, is called macOS 26 Tahoe. Last year’s macOS 15 Sequoia was also first announced at WWDC, and it gave Mac users new features like iPhone mirroring, proper window tiling, and access to Apple Intelligence. Developing… […] Read more ›
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Apple had a lot to say about iOS 26 at WWDC 2025. Translation will be a hallmark of the new Apple Intelligence features coming to the iPhone operating system next year. During this year's annual showcase at Cupertino, the team revealed that it is adding live translation of calls and texts, with integration into the Messages, Phone and FaceTime apps. The translations are spoken aloud and also appear written out... Read more ›
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Apple has unveiled iOS 26, the next version of its iPhone operating system, as part of its suite of announcements at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). It features a complete redesign with Apple’s new “Liquid Glass” design language. The announcement marks a change in how Apple signifies its major updates to iOS. Under the previous […] Read more ›
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As part of an overhaul to its operating systems, Apple is making one of the most significant changes ever to its OS branding, the company announced at its WWDC 25 developer's conference. Starting in 2026, it will shift from the current version numbers (macOS 15, iOS 18, iPadOS 18.5, etc.) to a year-based system across its entire OS lineup. As such, the names will change to iOS 26, iPadOS 26,... Read more ›
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Ready to leave Spectrum? There's a loophole involving the Anytime Upgrade feature that could let you leave early. Read more ›
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A media outlet has reportedly received confirmation from Nvidia's board partners that the upcoming RTX 5050 will receive GDDR6 memory rather than GDDR7. Read more ›
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Every year, iOS is one of the star attractions of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. It's our first official look at new features and other changes that are coming to iPhones in the fall. The 2025 WWDC keynote was no exception, and the most immediate change is to the iOS naming system. As was recently reported, Apple operating systems will all be named after years to keep everything aligned. So... Read more ›
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Angelenos are demanding the release of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), planning to gather in downtown Los Angeles for another day of protests following immigration raids throughout the region - but this time, against the backdrop of a federal National Guard deployment. Immigrant rights groups and unions plan to gather for one […] Read more ›
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In addition to renaming its core operating systems, today at WWDC Apple announced a major update to visual designs of iOS, iPadOS, macOS and more. Inspired by some of the fancy graphics used in the Vision Pro, this UI overhaul not only features revamped icons and emphasis on translucent elements it also looks to bring a much more unified look to Apple's flagship software platforms. Based on a design theme... Read more ›
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Apple at WWDC just announced Workout Buddy, which brings Apple Intelligence to fitness workouts on Apple Watch for the first time. The new feature analyzes real-time workout data alongside users' fitness history—including heart rate, pace, distance, and Activity rings—to deliver personalized motivational insights during exercise sessions. A custom text-to-speech model converts these insights into dynamic audio coaching using voice data from Fitness+ trainers. Workout Buddy processes this data privately Read more ›
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It's safe to say Apple Intelligence hasn't landed in the way Apple likely hoped it would. However, that's not stopping the company from continuing to iterate on its suite of AI features. During its WWDC 2025 conference on Monday, Apple announced a collection of new features for Apple Intelligence, starting with the decision to bring its foundational models to developers. Developing... This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-opens-its-foundational-ai-models-to-devel Read more ›
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It is claimed that OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4o model “got absolutely wrecked on the beginner level” of Atari Chess on an Atari 2600 console from the 1970s. Read more ›
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Poland postponed its purchase of 32 S-70i Black Hawks, with a military official saying it might be necessary to buy other gear like drones and tanks. Read more ›
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Amazon is developing software for humanoid robots that could eventually take the jobs of delivery workers, according to a person who has been involved in the effort. In doing so, Amazon is paving the way to automate a major part of its operation, the delivery of parcels around the world. Read more ›
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You.com, an artificial-intelligence search startup making a push into business software, is in talks with media conglomerate Cox Enterprises to raise funds valuing the company at $1.4 billion, said people familiar with the discussions. The funding would support You.com’s push into selling AI search tools to businesses, after the company’s consumer product fell behind competitors like Perplexity. Startups are beginning to make inroads offering AI services to companies looking to... Read more ›
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In March, at a Microsoft all-hands meeting, one of the company’s newest executives, Jay Parikh, laid out a rough vision for Microsoft’s path forward in artificial intelligence. AI models made by OpenAI and others were quickly becoming commoditized by more efficient models from DeepSeek and Microsoft’s own research arm that performed nearly as well for a fraction of the cost, Parikh said, sitting alongside chief executive officer Satya Nadella and... Read more ›
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Dozens of investment funds that bet on mature startups before the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates in early 2022 got creamed. Not Sands Capital, which began investing in public stocks 33 years ago but decided to get into startup investing in 2014. The reason: The firm’s biggest late-stage private tech fund paused making investments in new startups in August 2021, after its managers felt founders were seeking valuations that were... Read more ›
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If all goes as planned in August, a startup called Starcloud from Redmond, Wash., will load a rocket bound for space with a refrigerator-sized satellite, the first to contain an Nvidia H100 chip. Normally, that chip is at the heart of the sprawling data centers back on Earth that run the latest artificial intelligence models. Compared to existing data centers, the Starcloud satellite will be almost comically under-powered: It may... Read more ›
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Another year, another viral tweet argues against “learning to code.” The latest one comes with cherry-picked data implying that art history majors outperform computer scientists in labor markets. Yet the underlying data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York prove the opposite. Art history grads have low unemployment—just 3%—because they are actually underemployed: 47% work in low-wage jobs that require no college degree and earn almost half the median... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Why Eric Schmidt and Jeff Bezos are sky-high on space data centers• The Arena: Online gambling’s toxic content problem • Opinion: AI has only made coding skills even more essential, Hadi Partovi argues• Plus, our Recommendations: Massachusett’s major wager; Aristotle’s pastime; and a pair of twisty sistersBillionaire divorces can get nasty. Just ask Stevie Cohen or Ken Griffin. And certainly Elon Musk... Read more ›
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Today’s episode of America’s greatest reality series—yes, I’m talking about Elon Musk’s falling-out with President Donald Trump—was a barn burner. But rather than rehashing the gory details here (as extraordinary as their social media back-and-forth was, it was also entirely predictable), it’s more interesting to consider what this means for tech’s broader relationship with the Trump administration. I’m talking about the tech bros still in the White House—most obviously artificial... Read more ›
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OMG! What a day we had in Hollywood on Tuesday at The Information’s Future of Influence event. I loved meeting new readers, seeing familiar faces and hearing from our fabulous lineup of speakers including creators Adam W and Victoria Garrick Browne and executives from Meta Platforms, YouTube, Spotify and Substack. A big thank you to everyone who traveled from near and far (including Brazil and Germany!) to spend the afternoon... Read more ›
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Agencies have long functioned as an intermediary between creators and advertisers. But they may start to get squeezed out, as major brands and creators try to build longer-term relationships with each other and take more creative risks. “Outsourcing” relationships between brands and creators will no longer fly, said Esi Eggleston Bracey, chief growth and marketing officer at Unilever, at The Information’s Future of Influence event on Tuesday. Read more ›
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