Sequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B+ into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others (Abram Brown/The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/andreessen-horowitz-sequoia-add-1-2-billion-funding-boom-police-tech-startups
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Sequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B+ into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others
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How the global AI boom is driven by thousands of newcomers, diluting Big Tech's infrastructure dominance; US data center credit deals hit $178.5B in 2025 so far (Bloomberg)
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AI Data Center Gold Rush Driven by Thousands of Newcomers
The growing field of data center developers are catering to the tech industryโ€™s ravenous demand for computing power to build better and more wide...
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How the global AI boom is driven by thousands of newcomers, diluting Big Tech
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Filings: Chinese AI startups Zhipu and MiniMax report 2024 revenue of $44.4M and $30.5M, respectively, as both prepare for Hong Kong IPOs in the coming weeks (Bloomberg)
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Chinaโ€™s OpenAI Rivals Unveil Sales Details Ahead of Stock Debuts
Chinese OpenAI contenders MiniMax and Zhipu AI offered the first look into their business models and profit prospects in listing filings, revealing...
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Filings: Chinese AI startups Zhipu and MiniMax report 2024 revenue of $44.4M and $30.5M, respectively, as both prepare for Hong Kong IPOs in the coming weeks
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Google's TPUs and Gemini are competitive but Nvidia's and OpenAI's first-mover advantage makes their lead seem durable, and Google faces the innovator's dilemma (SiliconANGLE)
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Why Nvidia maintains its moat and Gemini wonโ€™t kill OpenAI - SiliconANGLE
Why Nvidia maintains its moat and Gemini wonโ€™t kill OpenAI - SiliconANGLE
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Some US schools are deploying AI surveillance tech like facial recognition and listening devices; critics say there is little evidence they make school safer (Thomas Brewster/Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/12/16/ai-bathroom-monitors-welcome-to-americas-new-surveillance-high-schools/
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Some US schools are deploying AI surveillance tech like facial recognition and listening devices; critics say there is little evidence they make school safer
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A look at Google's TPU evolution, its decision to sell chips to competitors after 12 years of internal use, the TPU vs. GPU architecture showdown, and more (The Chip Letter)
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Is GPU vs TPU the CISC vs RISC contest of the modern era?
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A look at Google
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A look at stablecoin-powered neobanks like Rizon and Dakota that are offering dollar-denominated digital banking services to customers worldwide (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)
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The Stablecoin Boom Fuels 24/7 Dollar Banking Without Borders
Three years ago Mustafa Ismael launched Karcsham Co., a Kenya-based company that resells Starlink devices and manages subscriptions for thousands o...
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A look at stablecoin-powered neobanks like Rizon and Dakota that are offering dollar-denominated digital banking services to customers worldwide
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Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, regulatory pressure that killed Amazon's deal, his new robotics startup, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
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'It felt so wrong': Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the Amazon deal that never was | TechCrunch
The iRobot founder opens up about the 18-month regulatory process that he says doomed the Roomba maker -- and what it means for American innovation.
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Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company
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Adam Mosseri says "maybe we'll need" premium longform video for Instagram, and that TikTok's US sale turmoil has given Meta time to retune algorithms (Max Tani/Semafor)
Exclusive: Instagramโ€™s Adam Mosseri on how to beat TikTok โ€” on your phone and in your living room
Mosseri laid out Instagramโ€™s vision for its role on television and the path for its next several years of growth.
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Adam Mosseri says “maybe we
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Waymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after a blackout, and says most active trips were completed before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over (CNBC)
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Waymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos โ€” Musk says Tesla car service unaffected
As power outages spread Saturday, videos shared on social media appeared to show multiple Waymo vehicles stalled in traffic in different parts of S...
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Waymo resumes its robotaxi service in SF after suspending it during a blackout, and says most trips finished before vehicles returned to depots or pulled over
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