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Today’s updates on Techmeme
- Mike Isaac / New York Times: Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $30B and $50B in a funding round that would value it at up to $950B — The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model […]
- Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal: Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing an 1893 policy amid concerns about AI-fueled cheating — The change reverses an honor-code policy dating back to 1893 […]
- Google DeepMind: Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse pointer that understands what it is pointing at, allowing users to perform tasks without using text-heavy prompts — We are developing more seamless, intuitive ways to collaborate with AI — The […]
- Josh Scott / BetaKit: Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised an additional $70M after a $130M raise announced in January, giving it a $2B post-money valuation — Vancouver-based Photonic has completed the final close of its latest funding round, […]
- Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Foxconn says some of its North American factories suffered a cyberattack in recent days; ransomware group Nitrogen claims it stole 8TB of data — Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones, Foxconn just suffered another […]
- The Information: Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire New York-based Stainless, which helps developers generate SDKs from APIs, for at least $300M — Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer tools startup Stainless for at least […]
- Bloomberg: Anthropic In Talks to Raise $30 Billion at $900 Billion Valuation — Anthropic PBC is in early talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing, according to people familiar with the matter, setting the […]
- Samantha Subin / CNBC: Qualcomm closed down 11.46% on Tuesday as chip stocks pull back from record AI-driven rally; Intel closed down 6.82%, Sandisk dropped 6%, and Micron 3.61% — Chip stocks dropped on Tuesday, pulling back from a […]
- Reuters: Samsung and its South Korean labor union fail to reach a pay deal; the union has said workers will strike for 18 days from May 21 if its demands are not met — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and its […]
- Ben Lang / Road to VR: Meta schedules its annual Connect event for September 23-24 and says the event will focus on “the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI” — Meta's annual Connect event is set to return […]
- Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Meta offers to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp for a month while it discusses commitments with EU antitrust regulators to address their concerns — Meta Platforms (META.O) has offered to give […]
- Tobias Burns / CNBC: CME Group and Silicon Data announce a futures market for computing capacity, with contracts based on daily GPU benchmarks for on-demand rental rates — A new futures market for semiconductors will let traders hedge their […]
- Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to make the Camera app fully customizable in iOS 27, along with noticeable design changes across Siri, Safari, Weather, and more — Apple Inc. is planning to upgrade its Camera app, making […]
- Business Insider: Musk v. Altman: Altman faced an intense cross-examination from Musk's attorney, who asked “are you completely trustworthy?”; Altman replied “I believe so” — – Sam Altman faced intense, at times awkward, cross-examination from Elon Musk's attorney.
- Christian Martinez / Reuters: The US FCC approves EchoStar's sale of approximately 65MHz of spectrum to SpaceX and 50MHz to AT&T — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Space Bureau approved EchoStar's sale of approximately 65 […]
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