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
Tech industry fears Musk-Trump rift fallout as some downplay its permanence, and sources say, try to stop Musk from appearing on an emergency All-In episode (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Tech industry fears Musk-Trump rift fallout as some downplay its permanence, and sources say, try to stop Musk from appearing on an emergency
TikTok expands Manage Topics, a feature that lets users customize how often specific topics appear in the For You feed, and adds AI-powered keyword filtering (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge: TikTok expands Manage Topics, a feature that lets users customize how often specific topics appear in the For You feed,
Art house streaming service and distributor Mubi raised $100M led by Sequoia at a $1B valuation; Mubi has about 20M registered users worldwide (Christopher Grimes/Financial Times)
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Anthropic appoints Netflix co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings to its board of directors, as the company balances growth with its stated focus on safety (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: Anthropic appoints Netflix co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings to its board of directors, as the company balances growth with its stated
