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Researchers detail a new AI-powered Probability of Fire model, which they say could outperform the conventional danger forecasts used by wildfire trackers (Clive Cookson/Financial Times)
2025-04-02 06:50 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Qualcomm says it is weighing an acquisition offer for Alphawave, which has a market cap of ~$1.3B and makes high-speed semiconductor and connectivity technology (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)
2025-04-02 05:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Bybit shutters its NFT marketplace, following a similar decision by NFT marketplace X2Y2; Token Terminal: daily NFT trading volume has dropped 70% YoY to $5.34M (Adrian Zmudzinski/Cointelegraph)
2025-04-02 04:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
In a new paper, Tim O'Reilly and other researchers say OpenAI likely trained GPT-4o on paywalled books from O'Reilly Media without a licensing agreement (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
2025-04-02 04:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Chef Robotics, which develops AI-powered robotic meal assembly systems, raised a $20.6M Series A led by Avataar Ventures, and an additional $22.5M in debt (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
2025-04-02 03:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: AI coding startup Replit is in talks with investors to raise about $200M at a $3B valuation, almost triple its last valuation (Bloomberg)
2025-04-02 02:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Microsoft says it used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
2025-04-01 23:48 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google researchers say DPRK's IT workers are fraudulently securing positions at companies in Germany, Portugal, and the UK, after facing sanctions in the US (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
2025-04-02 01:49 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
YouTube suspends two major fake movie trailer channels from its partner program, after a report on how the AI-heavy trailers generated millions in ad revenue (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
2025-04-01 21:48 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold show a design similar to its predecessor's; sources: it will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of RAM (Alexander Maxham/Android Headlines)
2025-04-01 23:48 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200M; it raised a €128M Series A2 in 2022 (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
2025-04-01 22:48 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Circle files for an IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE; Circle is reportedly seeking a valuation between $4B and $5B (CNBC)
2025-04-01 21:48 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: WH national security adviser Michael Waltz and other National Security Council members have conducted government affairs over personal Gmail accounts (John Hudson/Washington Post)
2025-04-01 20:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
CoreWeave shares close up 41.8% at $52.57 in their third trading day, bouncing back above the $40 IPO price and bringing the company's market cap to ~$24.9B (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
2025-04-01 21:48 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Mozilla says it's developing Thundermail, an email service similar to Gmail but with a focus on privacy, as part of an upcoming premium Thunderbird Pro suite (Jason Evangelho/Forbes)
2025-04-01 20:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Visa has offered Apple ~$100M to become the network for the Apple Card; Amex is also competing, while Mastercard tries to keep its role as the network (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)
2025-04-01 20:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first AR glasses with a display, which could be introduced as early as the end of 2025 and cost between $1K and $1,400 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
2025-04-01 19:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Source: Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots led by Peggy Johnson, is raising $400M at a $1.75B pre-money valuation; ~100 of its robots are in the field (Rocket Drew/The Information)
2025-04-01 19:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Similarweb: Gemini's web app had 10.9M average daily visits in March, up 7.4% MoM; Sensor Tower: Claude and Gemini saw activity jump after flagship model debuts (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
2025-04-01 19:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: a16z is in talks to join the Oracle-led frontrunner bid for TikTok's US arm, after being approached along with Blackstone Group and others (Financial Times)
2025-04-01 18:47 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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