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Sources: to offset tariffs, Apple, Dell, and others pressed suppliers to fly as many premium devices as possible to the US, especially those priced above $3,000 (Nikkei Asia)
2025-04-09 06:30 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
PitchBook: despite a friendlier regulatory environment, crypto VC investments in the US fell 22% QoQ to ~$1.3B in Q1 2025, but rose slightly YoY from $1.1B (Teresa Xie/Bloomberg)
2025-04-09 08:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ofcom opens an investigation into a pro-suicide forum, its first using the Online Safety Act; the BBC linked the unnamed forum to 50+ deaths in the UK (BBC)
2025-04-09 10:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How Unitree and other Chinese humanoid startups are competing with those in the US, fueled by cheaper components, rapid innovation, and state-led financing (Financial Times)
2025-04-09 09:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Microsoft is backing away from its October 2024 plan to invest $1B in three Ohio data centers, the latest in a string of its data center project cancellations (Georgia Butler/DatacenterDynamics)
2025-04-09 06:30 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Statewatch and FOI documents: the UK government is developing a "murder prediction" tool to use personal data of those known to police to find likely killers (Vikram Dodd/The Guardian)
2025-04-09 10:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation
2025-04-08 09:24 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
The New Legislators of Silicon Valley
2025-04-09 08:31 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
London-based NexGen Cloud, which offers GPU-as-a-service for customers that need flexible access to train AI, raised a $45M Series A at a $354M valuation (David Prosser/Forbes)
2025-04-09 02:27 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at the rise of "Frankenstein" laptops in India, made by salvaging parts from multiple brands and sold to students, gig workers, and small businesses (The Verge)
2025-04-09 00:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Pune, India-based online payments firm Easebuzz raised a $30M Series A led by Bessemer, says revenue grew 2x+ YoY to ~$78M in FY 2025 while staying profitable (Moneycontrol)
2025-04-09 05:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Ripple agrees to acquire prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25B; Hidden Road plans to use Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin as collateral across its platform (Will Canny/CoinDesk)
2025-04-09 05:29 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisers
2025-04-08 15:25 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Snapchat rolls out Sponsored AI Lenses for brands
2025-04-08 13:25 - https://techcrunch.com/feed/
 
Deaf "hearing" companion- Alerts for people who can't hear sounds they should
2025-04-09 08:31 - https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
 
De-extinction company announces that the dire wolf is back
2025-04-07 20:20 - https://arstechnica.com/feed/
 
Source: Instagram is working on an iPad app, and Adam Mosseri told staff to be willing to assume more "risk" to take advantage of a potential TikTok ban (The Information)
2025-04-08 21:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Germany-based Hawk, which offers AI-powered anti-money laundering services, raised a $56M Series C led by One Peak and says it has over 80 customers worldwide (Cameron Emanuel-Burns/FinTech Futures)
2025-04-08 21:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Amazon expands Haul, its Temu competitor, to offer name-brand items from Amazon's US inventory, as the US plans to end de minimis tariff exemptions on May 2 (Theo Wayt/The Information)
2025-04-08 22:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Aurascape, which offers enterprise security tools to mitigate risks from third-party AI apps, emerges from stealth with $50M from Menlo, Mayfield, and others (Ryan Naraine/SecurityWeek)
2025-04-08 22:26 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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