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Mistral closes in on Big AI rivals with new open-weight frontier and small models

Mistral unveils its Mistral 3 lineup, including a frontier model and efficient small models designed for offline, customizable enterprise use—aiming to prove small, fine-tuned AI can beat closed-source giants.

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Titan OS raises $58 million from Highland Europe for its smart TV OS

Titan OS aims to expand its independent TV operating system in Europe and Latin America.

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Apple Music’s Replay 2025 is here

This year, Apple Music Replay includes even more listening habits, including the “Discovery” section, which highlights new artists users listened to, and “Loyalty,” which spotlights artists that users have kept coming back to each year.

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Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered is now here to compete with Spotify Wrapped

Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered introduced new badges for listeners to show off. For example, the “Headliner” badge recognizes fans who fall in the top percentage of an artist’s listeners.

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Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed

Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday.

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India plans to verify and record every smartphone in circulation

The Indian government has ordered smartphone makers to preinstall its Sanchar Saathi app on all devices, a move that is raising fresh privacy concerns.

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What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out

You can imagine how this is all going over in Silicon Valley, where the libertarian ethos runs deep.

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Apple just named a new AI chief with Google and Microsoft expertise, as John Giannandrea steps down

The move is being characterized as a shake-up, but was seemingly inevitable in retrospect.

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One of Google’s biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you

The promise is AI that’s uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.

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Zillow drops climate risk scores after agents complained of lost sales

The move is a loss for homebuyers, who through Zillow had ready access to a property’s climate risks scores from First Street.

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