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Monthly Archives: April 2025
Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in social media monopoly trial
The US government is seeking to break up Meta by forcing a spinoff of Instagram or WhatsApp.
Marshmallow, the UK insurance startup for migrants, raises $90M at a $2B+ valuation
U.K. startup Marshmallow has blown up over the years by using innovations in data science to build car insurance policies for immigrants and other consumers who have been overlooked or priced out of traditional insurance. Now, with a million drivers … Continue reading
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South Korea announces over $23 billion for chip sector as Trump tariffs on semiconductor imports loom
The 33 billion won figure was about a quarter more than the 26 trillion committed last year.
RLWRLD raises $14.8M to build a foundational model for robotics
As robotics has advanced, industry has steadily adopted more robots to automate away many kinds of grunt work. More than 540,000 new industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2023, taking the number of total industrial robots active to above 4 … Continue reading
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Microsoft AI CEO: ‘It’s Smarter to Be 6 Months Behind’ — Here’s Why
Microsoft’s AI chief says trailing the frontier is a smarter strategy. By staying behind OpenAI, Microsoft aims for cost-efficiency and long-term self-sufficiency.
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A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’
The abrupt firing of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife from Indiana University last month shocked the academic community and is stoking fears that Chinese-born scholars are being targeted.
Debates over AI benchmarking have reached Pokémon
Not even Pokémon is safe from AI benchmarking controversy. Last week, a post on X went viral, claiming that Google’s latest Gemini model surpassed Anthropic’s flagship Claude model in the original Pokémon video game trilogy. Reportedly, Gemini had reached Lavendar … Continue reading
Lime’s scooter and ebike batteries will be recycled by Redwood Materials
Shared micromobility company Lime has reached an agreement to send batteries used in its scooters and e-bikes to Redwood Materials, which will extract and recycle critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper. The agreement announced Monday makes Redwood … Continue reading
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Online trading platform Webull soars 375% in second day on market after SPAC merger
Webull, which competes with Robinhood, has racked up 23 million users, including some who signed up after receiving stimulus checks.
Apple regains $3 trillion market cap after Trump exempts tariffs on iPhones
President Donald Trump said on Monday that “he helped Tim Cook,” after his administration late Friday exempted tariffs on phones.