Former Google staffers and others detail why Google’s 2013 effort to build Motorola smartphones in Texas failed, as Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the US (Verne Kopytoff/Fortune)
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CoreWeave receives Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra servers built by Dell, becoming the first cloud provider to install systems based on Nvidia's latest AI chips (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Kif Leswing / CNBC: CoreWeave receives Nvidia’s Blackwell Ultra servers built by Dell, becoming the first cloud provider to install systems based on Nvidia’s latest
Google announces 30+ Gemini AI tools for educators, like "Gems" which help students on specific subjects, included with Google Workspace for Education accounts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google announces 30+ Gemini AI tools for educators, like “Gems” which help students on specific subjects, included with Google Workspace for
Anthropic launches the Anthropic Economic Futures Program to bolster research on the impacts of AI and encourage new proposals on how to mitigate the downsides (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Anthropic launches the Anthropic Economic Futures Program to bolster research on the impacts of AI and encourage new proposals on how
Roblox says it is on track to pay out $1B to creators in 2025, as it revamps its rewards program to encourage creators to bring more players onto the platform (Jay Peters/The Verge)
Jay Peters / The Verge: Roblox says it is on track to pay out $1B to creators in 2025, as it revamps its rewards program
Sources: the White House recently rejected the DOD's recommendation to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle as director of the NSA and head of US Cyber Command (John Sakellariadis/Politico)
John Sakellariadis / Politico: Sources: the White House recently rejected the DOD’s recommendation to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle as director of the NSA
Google rolls out the ability to have back-and-forth voice conversations with AI Mode, available in the Google app by tapping the Live button (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google rolls out the ability to have back-and-forth voice conversations with AI Mode, available in the Google app by tapping the
NYC-based Zorro, whose AI-powered software helps clients' workers navigate health insurance and benefits options, raised a $20M Series A led by Entrée Capital (Erin Brodwin/Axios)
Erin Brodwin / Axios: NYC-based Zorro, whose AI-powered software helps clients’ workers navigate health insurance and benefits options, raised a $20M Series A led by
Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content (New York Times)
New York Times: Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content —
OpenAI says it hit $10B in annual recurring revenue; for all of last year, OpenAI was around $5.5B in ARR (CNBC)
CNBC: OpenAI says it hit $10B in annual recurring revenue; for all of last year, OpenAI was around $5.5B in ARR — OpenAI has hit
