Tech Meme

Kristina Partsinevelos / CNBC: Nvidia says Anthropic is telling “tall tales” after the startup argued for tighter export controls by saying China is smuggling chips in “prosthetic baby bumps”  —  Nvidia blasted Anthropic Thursday in a rare public clash over artificial intelligence policy with U.S. chip export restrictions set to take effect. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Catherine McGrath / Fortune: Dub, which lets users trade the same stock as celebrities and politicians like Nancy Pelosi, raised a $30M Series A co-led by Notable Capital and Neo  —  23-year-old Steven Wang founded Dub in 2021.  —  Courtesy of Dub  —  Dub, an investing platform founded in 2021, is trying to turn politicians … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shimite Obialo / Forbes: Plenful, which makes AI-powered healthcare workflow automation tools, raised a $50M Series B co-led by Arena Holdings and billionaire Mitchell Rales  —  I’m an advisor and attorney experienced in structuring PE & VC deals  —  Healthcare may be slow to modernize, but AI-powered startups … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft raises the prices of its Xbox Series S and X consoles, Xbox controllers, and some new Xbox games globally; the consoles are priced $80 to $100 more  —  New first-party Xbox games are moving from $69.99 to $79.99 later this year, but there are no Xbox Game Pass increases. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Pinterest rolls out global AI labels to mark images made or edited with generative AI, adding an “AI modified” stamp, via metadata analysis and AI classifiers  —  AI labels are coming to a platform that sorely needed them. … Pinterest is making it easier for users to identify and avoid AI-generated slop on its platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: CVC and Blackstone invest $2B+ in equity and debt to take a minority stake in Istanbul-based Dream Games, which makes Royal Match, valuing it at ~$5B  —  Move will result in huge windfall for Turkish gaming company’s venture capital backers  —  Private equity group CVC is taking … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sandra Erwin / SpaceNews: True Anomaly, which designs hardware and software for military and intelligence space reconnaissance, raised a $260M Series C led by Accel  —  – Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Isenstadt / Axios: In an hour-long Q&A with reporters, Elon Musk talked DOGE, including acknowledging its shortcomings, leaving the US government, working with Trump, and more  —  Elon Musk acknowledges his budget-cutting exercise known as DOGE hasn’t been as successful as he hoped. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft releases three Phi-4 reasoning models on Hugging Face, expanding its Phi “small model” family, which it launched in May 2024 for AI app developers  —  Microsoft launched several new “open” AI models on Wednesday, the most capable of which is competitive with OpenAI’s o3-mini on at least one benchmark. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft raises the prices of its Xbox Series S and X consoles, Xbox controllers, and some new Xbox games globally; the Xbox Series S is up $80 to $380  —  New first-party Xbox games are moving from $69.99 to $79.99 later this year, but there are no Xbox Game Pass increases. Lees verder op Tech Meme