NBC News: An official says the Biden administration is “exploring options” to implement the law without causing TikTok to go dark for US users on January 19 — Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban in the U.S. on the popular app is set to begin on Sunday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Semafor: Sources: Satya Nadella and Brad Smith had lunch with Trump, Vance, and Musk at Mar-a-Lago on January 15; Microsoft says its two execs had a “Productive meeting” — THE SCOOP — President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance had lunch with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Wednesday … 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
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
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Chinese AI company MiniMax, which has raised ~$850M, debuts three LLMs, including a 456B-parameter model that it claims performs better than Gemini 2.0 Flash — Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Karen Freifeld / Reuters: The US Commerce Department adds 25 China-based companies, including Alibaba-backed LLM developer Zhipu AI and chip designer Sophgo, to its restricted trade list — The Biden administration added more than two dozen Chinese entities to a U.S. restricted trade list on Wednesday, including Zhipu AI … 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
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
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press: During oral arguments, SCOTUS seemed open to a Texas law requiring age checks to view online porn, but could send the case back to a lower court — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: Nothing seeks to raise at least $100M in its Series C; it crossed $1B in lifetime sales, sold 7M devices to date, and doubled revenue to $500M+ in 2024 — – Nothing CEO Pei known for co-founding popular OnePlus brand — Startup exploring expansion beyond phones, watches and earbuds Lees verder op Tech Meme