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Sources: Meta drew about $96B of orders from investors for a $25B bond sale it launched on Thursday; Meta sold $30B of corporate bonds in October 2025 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: Meta drew about $96B of orders from investors for a $25B bond sale it launched on Thursday; Meta sold $30B of corporate bonds in October 2025   —  Investors placed about $96 billion of orders for Meta Platforms Inc.'s bond sale, according to people with knowledge of the transaction … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/PBU0yXw via IFTTT

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Sources: PayPal is separating Venmo into its own standalone unit and is looking to recruit a digital banking executive to run the new Venmo segment (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Hugh Son / CNBC : Sources: PayPal is separating Venmo into its own standalone unit and is looking to recruit a digital banking executive to run the new Venmo segment   —  PayPal CEO Enrique Lores has this week told managers that he is reorganizing the firm's reporting lines to separate Venmo … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/50fmx7g via IFTTT

SpaceX draft IPO filing: from 2023 to 2025, Starlink's individual subscribers rose from 2.3M to 8.9M, revenue grew from $3.9B to $11.4B, and ARPU fell 18% (The Information)

The Information : SpaceX draft IPO filing: from 2023 to 2025, Starlink's individual subscribers rose from 2.3M to 8.9M, revenue grew from $3.9B to $11.4B, and ARPU fell 18%   —  SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service quadrupled its individual subscribers between 2023 and 2025—but the average revenue … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/iroBdzV via IFTTT

Seagate reports Q3 revenue up 44% YoY to $3.11B, vs. $2.96B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue and adjusted EPS above estimates; STX jumps 13%+ after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters : Seagate reports Q3 revenue up 44% YoY to $3.11B, vs. $2.96B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue and adjusted EPS above estimates; STX jumps 13%+ after hours   —  Seagate Technology (STX.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, betting on strong demand … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/I6Kvsh0 via IFTTT

China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen unveils the Lingshen project, aiming for 2+ exaFLOPS performance using a domestic-made CPU-only architecture (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)

Luke James / Tom's Hardware : China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen unveils the Lingshen project, aiming for 2+ exaFLOPS performance using a domestic-made CPU-only architecture   —  Good luck with that. … China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen announced the Lingshen supercomputer project … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/VxjCWbD via IFTTT

Sources: Apple plans an AI overhaul for photo editing in iOS 27, including using on-device AI models to extend, enhance, and reframe photos (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Sources: Apple plans an AI overhaul for photo editing in iOS 27, including using on-device AI models to extend, enhance, and reframe photos   —  Apple Inc. is planning a major overhaul of the built-in photo-editing features for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, leaning heavily on artificial intelligence to better compete with Android devices. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/nS14ua8 via IFTTT

Renders based on photos of Samsung's upcoming smart glasses, expected to launch later this year, show a design nearly identical to Ray-Ban Meta glasses (Alexander Maxham/Android Headlines)

Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines : Renders based on photos of Samsung's upcoming smart glasses, expected to launch later this year, show a design nearly identical to Ray-Ban Meta glasses   —  Add Android Headlines as a preferred source on Google  —  Samsung's next Android XR product is reportedly a pair of smart glasses codenamed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/d5BUpFC via IFTTT

Elon Musk boosts an X post by Ronan Farrow promoting his New Yorker article on Sam Altman's alleged deceptions, as Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI heads to trial (Wired)

Wired : Elon Musk boosts an X post by Ronan Farrow promoting his New Yorker article on Sam Altman's alleged deceptions, as Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI heads to trial   —  The move comes as the trial for Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI kicks off in federal court in Oakland. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/4gwEjNr via IFTTT

Jury selection begins in Musk v. Altman trial at a federal courthouse in California, with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in attendance (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC : Jury selection begins in Musk v. Altman trial at a federal courthouse in California, with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in attendance   —  Jury selection is beginning in the high-stakes legal battle between longtime friends turned rivals Elon Musk and Sam Altman at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2uWspe5 via IFTTT

Cyera agrees to acquire Ryft, an Israeli startup building automated data access and governance tools for enterprise AI deployment, sources say for $100M-$130M (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Cyera agrees to acquire Ryft, an Israeli startup building automated data access and governance tools for enterprise AI deployment, sources say for $100M-$130M   —  Ryft, founded in 2024, raised $8 million before the deal and has built tools for automated data access and governance in AI environments. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/pKJwlaT via IFTTT

Palantir Slack logs and staff interviews reveal internal debates over the company's ICE and DOD contracts during Trump's second term, its manifesto, and more (Makena Kelly/Ars Technica)

Makena Kelly / Ars Technica : Palantir Slack logs and staff interviews reveal internal debates over the company's ICE and DOD contracts during Trump's second term, its manifesto, and more   —  It took just a few months of President Donald Trump's second term for Palantir employees to question their company's commitments to civil liberties. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/KPnUa32 via IFTTT

Collov Labs, whose visual interface lets users feed images and camera input into a model that AI agents can reason over and act on, raised a $23M Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Chris Metinko / Axios : Collov Labs, whose visual interface lets users feed images and camera input into a model that AI agents can reason over and act on, raised a $23M Series A   —  Collov Labs, which turns images and camera input into real-world actions through AI, raised a $23 million Series A … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/bsVdEIn via IFTTT

A profile of Dwarkesh Patel, whose podcast has become mandatory listening in the AI community, with guests like Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg (Benjamin Wallace/New York Times)

Benjamin Wallace / New York Times : A profile of Dwarkesh Patel, whose podcast has become mandatory listening in the AI community, with guests like Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg   —  Dwarkesh Patel was a bored college sophomore looking for intellectual stimulation.  Now he commands interviews with Jensen Huang … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/HpO7AwB via IFTTT

33% of S&P 500 companies provided security perks for execs in 2025: Jensen Huang's security cost rose from $690K in 2023 to $3.5M in 2025, Zuckerberg spent $22M (Eli Rosenberg/The Information)

Eli Rosenberg / The Information : 33% of S&P 500 companies provided security perks for execs in 2025: Jensen Huang's security cost rose from $690K in 2023 to $3.5M in 2025, Zuckerberg spent $22M   —  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang cuts a distinctive image, habitually clad in one of his many leather jackets. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/g3nCf2X via IFTTT

A profile of Strider, an intelligence firm that leverages agentic AI and public records to help the US Air Force, NATO, and others identify foreign state actors (Jamie Tarabay/Bloomberg)

Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg : A profile of Strider, an intelligence firm that leverages agentic AI and public records to help the US Air Force, NATO, and others identify foreign state actors   —  Trump's economic crackdown on China's US interests is creating opportunities for a Utah-based intelligence firm from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ct6gkb7 via IFTTT

Trump hosted a gala luncheon for leading $TRUMP holders, where he spoke about his pro-crypto policies, but avoided the memecoin's declining value (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal : Trump hosted a gala luncheon for leading $TRUMP holders, where he spoke about his pro-crypto policies, but avoided the memecoin's declining value   —  The president's address touched on everything from the war in Iran to his policies supporting the crypto industry from Techmeme https://ift.tt/LJBAdrP via IFTTT

A look at Tin Can's $100 retro-style, Wi-Fi-enabled landline phone, and how some schools are seeding the device to students in an attempt to curb smartphone use (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)

Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg : A look at Tin Can's $100 retro-style, Wi-Fi-enabled landline phone, and how some schools are seeding the device to students in an attempt to curb smartphone use   —  The Tin Can has gone viral over the past year, mostly through word of mouth.  Now schools want to get even more of them in students' homes. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/gQqoA13 via IFTTT

Source: Meta has a system in India to "automatically restrict content, at scale" to meet local law, massively expanding the country's censorship powers (Aroon Deep/The Hindu)

Aroon Deep / The Hindu : Source: Meta has a system in India to “automatically restrict content, at scale” to meet local law, massively expanding the country's censorship powers   —  India is now part of a small group of countries where content takedown notices are complied with immediately … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/vloeXDQ via IFTTT

Sources: AI startups are struggling to access Nvidia GPUs as Microsoft and other cloud providers divert supply to internal teams and large customers like OpenAI (The Information)

The Information : Sources: AI startups are struggling to access Nvidia GPUs as Microsoft and other cloud providers divert supply to internal teams and large customers like OpenAI   —  AI startups are struggling to access Nvidia graphics processing units as Microsoft and other cloud providers divert GPU stockpiles … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ovuPdVj via IFTTT

Sources: JPMorgan and other banks struggled to spread the risk of billions in loans they made to build data centers leased to Oracle in Texas and Wisconsin (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal : Sources: JPMorgan and other banks struggled to spread the risk of billions in loans they made to build data centers leased to Oracle in Texas and Wisconsin   —  The AI boom has hit a funding snag, compounding power constraints and a growing public backlash against data centers from Techmeme https://ift.tt/NzOoGYP via IFTTT

Microsoft announces its first voluntary retirement program, for staff whose years of employment and age add up to 70+; source: 7% of US employees are eligible (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Microsoft announces its first voluntary retirement program, for staff whose years of employment and age add up to 70+; source: 7% of US employees are eligible   —  Microsoft will offer voluntary buyouts to some U.S. employee, a first for the 51-year-old software giant, as the tech industry grapples … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/NGmTqOI via IFTTT

Sources: SpaceX isn't acquiring Cursor immediately because the deal could delay its IPO; Cursor is no longer proceeding with its reported $2B funding round (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: SpaceX isn't acquiring Cursor immediately because the deal could delay its IPO; Cursor is no longer proceeding with its reported $2B funding round   —  SpaceX said it has an agreement giving it the right to acquire artificial intelligence startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/w4VxiUP via IFTTT

Google says 75% of new code created inside the company is now generated by AI and reviewed by human engineers, up from 50% last fall (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

Hugh Langley / Business Insider : Google says 75% of new code created inside the company is now generated by AI and reviewed by human engineers, up from 50% last fall   —  - Three-quarters of new code at Google is being generated by AI, the company said.  — The number has been steadily increasing as the company pushes staff to adopt AI tools. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/82tdBqJ via IFTTT

OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0 with new "thinking capabilities", allowing it to search the web to help it create multiple images from a single prompt (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge : OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0 with new “thinking capabilities”, allowing it to search the web to help it create multiple images from a single prompt   —  The update allows ChatGPT Images 2.0 to create a series of images based on one prompt. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/mrRsfvh via IFTTT

New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Coinbase and Gemini, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters : New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Coinbase and Gemini, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling   —  New York's attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets (COIN.O) and Gemini Titan (GEMI.O) on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/yZIiRjw via IFTTT