Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a large geospatial model, or LGM, that can navigate the physical world and power robots  —  Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Robinhood agrees to acquire TradePMR, a custodial and portfolio management platform for registered investment advisors, in a ~$300M deal set to close in H1 2025  —  The deal — for about $300 million in cash and stock — is expected to close in the first half of next year, Robinhood said in a statement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Source: Microsoft signs a deal with News Corp’s HarperCollins to use nonfiction titles to train an unannounced AI model; HarperCollins says authors can opt out  —  – Nonfiction books will be used for training AI models  — AI companies and publishers have butted heads in lawsuits Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google ships the first Android 16 developer preview, far ahead of schedule vs. the past decade, hoping to lower fragmentation by giving manufacturers more time  —  Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 to speed up feature rollouts in devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: A bipartisan US congressional commission on US-China relations proposes a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AGI systems  —  A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday proposed a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AI systems that will be as smart … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: Qualcomm expects its automotive and IoT businesses to drive combined revenues of $22B by FY 2029, including $8B from automotive chips and $4B from PC chips  —  Qualcomm Inc., the world’s biggest seller of smartphone processors, is expecting its push into new markets to generate … Lees verder op Tech Meme