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Nvidia's future in China remains unclear after the Trump-Xi Summit; Trump says China "chose not to" buy Nvidia chips as "they want to try to develop their own" (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)

Nvidia's future in China remains unclear after the...

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Google confirms it's testing a new storage policy after some users reported that new Gmail accounts get only 5GB of free storage unless they add a phone number (Akshay Gangwar/Android Authority)

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Indian ride-hailing app Rapido raised $240M led by Prosus as part of a broader primary and secondary financing transaction, valuing Rapido at $3B post-money (Pramugdha Mamgain/DealStreetAsia)

Indian ride-hailing app Rapido raised $240M led by...

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The UK's HMRC tax authority announces a 10-year, £175M deal with London-based Quantexa to use its AI tech to identify fraud incidents and fix tax return errors (Zoe Kleinman/BBC)

The UK's HMRC tax authority announces a 10-year, £...

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xAI launches Grok Build, an agentic CLI for coding, building apps, and automating workflows, in beta for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

xAI launches Grok Build, an agentic CLI for coding...

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Meta rolls out new features for Ray-Ban Display glasses, including neural handwriting support for all users, and opens up the device to third-party developers (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Meta rolls out new features for Ray-Ban Display gl...

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Akamai acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup LayerX Security, which develops a browser-based platform to secure employee use of AI tools, for ~$205M in cash (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Akamai acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup Laye...

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Sources: HSG, formerly Sequoia China, has set up a $3B continuation fund anchored by its ByteDance stake, offering entry into the company valued at $370B (Bloomberg)

Sources: HSG, formerly Sequoia China, has set up a...

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Bill Ackman says his fund has taken a new stake in Microsoft after the company's recent share price decline; Ackman says investors have underestimated Microsoft (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)

Bill Ackman says his fund has taken a new stake in...

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Kioxia reports record Q4 earnings of ~$3.8B, forecasts Q1 operating profit of ~$8.2B, and says it is planning a US listing; Kioxia shares are up 300% YTD (Bloomberg)

Kioxia reports record Q4 earnings of ~$3.8B, forec...

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A profile of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who is killing...

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London-based edtech startup Multiverse raised $70M at a $2.1B valuation from Index and others as it pushes into AI training; it acquired StackFuel in January (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

London-based edtech startup Multiverse raised $70M...

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UK-based Iceotope, which develops data center liquid cooling tech, raised a $26M Series B co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

UK-based Iceotope, which develops data center liqu...

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Alphabet sold $3.6B of bonds in its debut yen-denominated bond sale, the largest by a non-Japanese company, as AI-driven capital spending accelerates (Atsuko Fukase/Bloomberg)

Alphabet sold $3.6B of bonds in its debut yen-deno...

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In a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and allies to enforce export controls, curb distillation attacks, and export US AI to hold the lead over China by 2028 (Anthropic)

In a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and alli...

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Security research firm Calif says it used Mythos to help build a macOS kernel memory corruption exploit circumventing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement tech (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)

Security research firm Calif says it used Mythos t...

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Sources: Anthropic has agreed to the terms of a $30B fundraising at a $900B valuation, with Sequoia, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Altimeter co-leading the round (George Hammond/Financial Times)

Sources: Anthropic has agreed to the terms of a $3...

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Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research startup, with General Catalyst possibly leading (Forbes)

Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to r...

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