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SoftBank and Nvidia reportedly in talks to fund SkildAI at $14B, nearly tripling its value

Skild AI is developing a hardware-agnostic foundation model for robots that can be customized for various uses.

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FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman

Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.

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Department of Commerce may approve Nvidia H200 chip exports to China

This news comes as a bill was introduced in Congree last week to prevent these exact kinds of chip exports.

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Investor letter reveals skyrocketing growth of Waymo’s robotaxi rides

Six months ago, Waymo disclosed it was providing 250,000 robotaxi rides. But it’s grown significantly since, a leaked letter says.

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Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund

Tiger’s last fund did well with investmetments in OpenAI, Waymo and Databricks. But it warns investors that AI valuations are already ‘elevated.’

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Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction

More than 230 organizations signed a public letter urging members of Congress to take action.

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Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It’s part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows.

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Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features

Google details how it is enacting security guardrails before rolling out agentic capabilities on Chrome.

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You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT

Shoppers will be able to go from recipe planning to checkout within the ChatGPT window.

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TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’

Shared Feeds will surface new content tailored to both users’ tastes, such as sports, winter activities, and their favorite creators.

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