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William Langley / Financial Times: Canalys: China smartphone shipments rose 4% YoY to 285M units in 2024, with Vivo up 11% to a 17% market share, Huawei up 37% to 16%, and Apple down 17% to 15%  —  US tech giant faces competition on mainland as it struggles to introduce AI features on its flagship product Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Source: over 700K new users joined Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, in just two days; Sensor Tower: the app’s US downloads were up more than 200% YoY this week  —  New users have piled in to Chinese social media app RedNote just days before a proposed U.S. ban on the popular social media app TikTok … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: AI researcher François Chollet and Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop launch Ndea, an AI research and science lab focused on “developing and operationalizing AGI”  —  François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Germany-based Neura Robotics, which is building cognitive, humanoid robots for logistics and other sectors, raised a €120M Series B led by Lingotto Investment  —  Neura Robotics, a German startup that manufactures robots that can “see, hear and touch,” has raised €120 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: In a deposition for the Kadrey v. Meta copyright case, Mark Zuckerberg seemingly cited YouTube to justify Meta’s use of copyrighted data for AI training  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube and its battle to take down pirated content to defend his own company’s use … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: AI researcher François Chollet and Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop launch Ndea, an AI research and science lab focused on “developing and operationalizing AGI”  —  François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon to acquire Bengaluru-based BNPL startup Axio, sources say for $150M+; Axio raised $135M in equity, claims to have 10M+ customers, and a $260M+ loan book  —  Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian buy now pay later startup Axio, deepening its push into financial services … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Germany-based Neura Robotics, which is building cognitive, humanoid robots for logistics and other sectors, raised a €120M Series B led by Lingotto Investment  —  Neura Robotics, a German startup that manufactures robots that can “see, hear and touch,” has raised €120 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: India has deployed AI and other tech at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj to ensure the safety of ~450M pilgrims and trace missing people during the festival  —  India has deployed some of the world’s newest digital technologies to solve one of the oldest problems at the world’s largest human gathering. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Germany-based Neura Robotics, which is building cognitive, humanoid robots for logistics and other sectors, raised a €120M Series B led by Lingotto Investment  —  Neura Robotics, a German startup that manufactures robots that can “see, hear and touch,” has raised €120 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme