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Liang Wenfeng, billionaire founder and CEO of DeepSeek, is planning to write the biggest check for the startup’s first-ever funding round, which the company now hopes will raise up to 50 billion yuan ($7.35 billion), according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks. That would make it the biggest funding round by a Chinese AI company ever.
Meanwhile, the funding round has prompted the Chinese AI lab to expedite its plans to generate revenue and become commercially viable. DeepSeek has also recent
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SpaceXAI has released Grok Voice mode for Apple CarPlay, allowing CarPlay users to ask the chatbot questions and make requests directly from their vehicle dashboard, handsfree. Previously, Grok for iPhone displayed a placeholder app in CarPlay saying the handsfree support would be coming soon. Grok comes built-in on Tesla vehicles, but now almost any other car can access it. Apple started permitting third-party voice-driven conversational apps to integrate with CarPlay... Read more ›
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Deep and delightful action role-playing game Path of Exile 2 will effectively be Steam Deck verified by the end of this month, developer Grinding Gear Games has told me. Read more Read more ›
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Google is rolling out Gmail's new 'Help me write' upgrades to almost everyone with a Workspace or Premium account. Read more ›
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Sony has reported that Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon, and the poor performance of Destiny 2, has incurred a roughly $765m impairment loss last financial year. Read more Read more ›
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The data comes ahead of what's expected to be a new Federal Reserve chairman taking the reins at the U.S. central bank later this month. Read more ›
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More jurisdictions across the United States have been enacting a data center ban, with the total number of active bans reaching 50 as of April 2026. Read more ›
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Фича делалась 3 дня, теперь делается 3 недели. Как перевести техдолг в рубли и перестать проигрывать разговор с бизнесом. Читать далее Read more ›
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As travelers prioritize seamless, end-to-end journeys, Capital One is moving beyond booking to build a fully integrated travel ecosystem, reshaping how brands reach and engage customers along the way. Read more ›
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Sony’s 2026 flagship is expected to feature a major redesign and cost a tiny fortune. Read more ›
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Fortunato Brothers Bakery has been hand-making cannolis in Brooklyn since 1976, using the same recipes the founders brought from Naples, Italy. Read more ›
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В феврале 2025 года по техносфере разошлась небольшая, но почти анекдотичная новость: Anthropic, компания, стоящая за Claude, просила кандидатов не использовать ИИ‑ассистентов при подаче заявки на работу. Не только инженеров. Маркетинг, финансы, продажи, коммуникации — почти все роли.Казалось бы, компания делает один из лучших инструментов для письма и просит людей не пользоваться им, когда от них как раз требуется написать о себе. Но если остановиться на уровне «ха‑ха, ИИ‑компания запретила... Read more ›
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You can now save 25% on the Sonos Roam 2 at Amazon and get it cheaper than Black Friday. Read more ›
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Chinese tech startups such as Moonshot AI and DeepRoute.ai are considering changing their corporate structures—in which they’re technically based overseas—in favor of incorporating in China. That shift follows signals from China’s securities regulator that it is less likely to approve initial public offerings by local companies incorporated outside the country, say people with direct knowledge of the matter. The regulator’s new stance could make it harder for Chinese startups to... Read more ›
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The U.S. Department of Defense has signed deals with seven AI companies to use their technology on classified networks, the agency said Friday. The AI providers include SpaceX’s xAI, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and the AI startup Reflection, the Pentagon said. Those ... Read more ›
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A couple of weeks ago, Daniel Jacker, CEO and co-founder of ZaiNar, made me an alluring offer: Would I like to see the first-ever public demonstration of the technology his startup had spent nine years laboriously developing in anonymity? He described it as the most accurate location-tracking tech on the planet, capable of pinpointing an object’s whereabouts within inches—indoors and outdoors—from a great distance away. Sure, Google Maps and Apple’s... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms has acquired Assured Robotics Intelligence, a startup developing AI models for humanoid robots, for an undisclosed sum. A company spokesperson said Friday that it had acquired the startup, which focuses on developing AI models that help robots understand and adapt to human ... Read more ›
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S&P Dow Jones Indices, the index provider behind the S&P 500, said Friday it would consult with market participants to determine whether it should eventually let large stocks into indexes more quickly after their initial public offerings than current rules allow. The rule change could ... Read more ›
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Founders Fund has raised $6 billion for its fourth growth-stage fund, according to a person with knowledge of the efforts. The fundraise comes less than a year after the firm raised its third growth fund, of $4.6 billion. Some $4.5 billion of the new fund comes from the firm’s limited partners, ... Read more ›
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Video game retailer GameStop is preparing a bid that it could submit as soon as this month to buy e-commerce site eBay, according to The Wall Street Journal. The news comes after GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, who took the helm of the company in late 2023, said as recently as this January that he was ... Read more ›
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As Anthropic’s sales explode, straining the servers it uses, the company is considering adding another source of AI server chips in addition to existing suppliers Google, Amazon and Nvidia. The maker of Claude has recently been in talks with London-based startup Fractile to buy its inference chips, which aim to run AI models efficiently, when the chips become available next year, according to two people who have spoken to Fractile... Read more ›
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When Michael Selig took up his new position as head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a few months ago, he quickly embarked on an effort that seems fitting for a Trump administration official who would like to make it possible for every American living room to become a wagering parlor. Selig is a sports fan, and he filled the space with sports memorabilia, honoring his early childhood in the... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside ZaiNar, the secretive startup hoping to power the physical AI era • Policy: Meet the Trump official who wants to deliver a win to prediction markets • Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Expanse: The Nannup Four,” “The Infinity Machine” and “Beef”Watching the Elon Musk versus OpenAI trial from inside the courtroom gave me a front-row seat to the AI boom’s... Read more ›
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