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Sources: Nvidia plans to launch a new AI chip priced between $6,500 and $8,000, well below the $10,000-$12,000 the H20 sold for, after US export curbs (Reuters)
2025-05-24 15:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
X experienced a significant outage globally on Saturday morning, after a fire reportedly broke out in an Oregon data center owned by X on Thursday (Wes Davis/The Verge)
2025-05-24 14:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Japanese carrier Docomo is discontinuing its emoji set, which was last updated in 2013 and became one of the most influential in history after its debut in 1999 (Keith Broni/Emojipedia)
2025-05-24 10:33 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
The Shein India app, launched by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail in partnership with Shein, has struggled to gain traction after launching in February (Rest of World)
2025-05-24 13:40 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A look at the rise of "sovereign AI", wherein countries invest directly in chip companies like Nvidia and AMD, making AI chips a highly politicized business (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal)
2025-05-24 07:33 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Utah-based Awardco, which makes HR software that helps AT&T, Adobe, and other clients manage employee rewards, raised a $165M Series B at an over $1B valuation (Ryan Barwick/Axios)
2025-05-24 05:33 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Metaverse startup Infinite Reality, which claims a $15B+ valuation, told shareholders it is rebranding as Napster, an "AI-powered digital experiences" provider (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
2025-05-24 06:33 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Builder.ai collapsed after it revised its 2024 revenue estimate from $220M to ~$55M and restated its previously reported 2023 sales from $180M to ~$45M (Financial Times)
2025-05-24 05:33 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Polygon cofounder Mihailo Bjelic steps down from the project's development studio, Polygon Labs, and from the foundation board, marking the third founder exit (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
2025-05-24 04:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Thoma Bravo-backed Nearmap agrees to acquire property and casualty insurance tech provider itel from PE firm GTCR, a source says for over $1.3B, including debt (Reuters)
2025-05-24 04:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A US judge vacates Avraham Eisenberg's convictions for fraud and manipulation related to a $110M theft on Mango Markets in 2022 due to insufficient evidence (Bloomberg)
2025-05-24 01:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
RevenueCat, which offers tools for devs to add subscriptions to their apps, raised a $50M Series C led by Bain Capital Ventures, valuing the company at $500M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
2025-05-24 01:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
CB Insights: OpenAI's acquisition of Jony Ive's io for $6.5B sets a new record for venture-backed acquisition by a private buyer (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)
2025-05-24 00:32 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on the trade-offs with Route Share, Uber's business structure, autonomous vehicles, working with fleet operators, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
2025-05-23 22:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Experts say some Trump officials' plans to amp up cyberattacks against China would risk retaliation the US is increasingly unprepared for amid budget cuts (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)
2025-05-23 21:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Salesforce is in talks to acquire cloud data management company Informatica, reviving discussions that stalled in 2024; INFA closes up 17.45% (Bloomberg)
2025-05-23 20:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: CommScope is exploring a sale of its broadband connectivity and cable arm CCS for up to $10B, seeking to unload assets to repay debt (Bloomberg)
2025-05-23 20:31 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Q&A with Demis Hassabis about how Google I/O became the Gemini show, Google getting "AGI-pilled", Project Astra, Sergey Brin's shorter AGI timelines, and more (New York Times)
2025-05-23 19:30 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
President Trump says that the tariffs he has threatened against Apple would also be aimed at "Samsung and anybody that makes that product" (Bloomberg)
2025-05-23 19:30 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Oracle will buy ~400,000 Nvidia GB200 chips and lease them to OpenAI at its 1.2 gigawatts Texas data center, billed as the first US Stargate project (Financial Times)
2025-05-23 18:30 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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