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Sources: AI science startup Periodic Labs, founded by ex-OpenAI VP Liam Fedus and DeepMind's Ekin Cubuk, aims to raise hundreds of millions at a ~$7B valuation (Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p19?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p19 #TechNews #TechTips

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US official: Trump plans to name Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Jensen Huang to the Council of Advisors on Science and Tech, co-chaired by David Sacks (Wall Street Journal) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p18?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p18 #TechNews #TechTips

Vanuatu Technology Feed 53m ago

Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p17?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p17 #TechNews #TechTips

Vanuatu Technology Feed 1h ago

Temu owner PDD reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$18B and net profit down 11% YoY to ~$3.56B, below ~$4B est., as it seeks to retain merchants on its platform (Tracy Qu/Wall Street Journal) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p16?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p16 #TechNews #TechTips

Vanuatu Technology Feed 1h ago

AI note taking startup Granola raised $125M led by Index Ventures at a $1.5B valuation, and plans Claude integrations and agentic AI features in the next year (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p15?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p15 #TechNews #TechTips

Vanuatu Technology Feed 1h ago

Memo: Mark Zuckerberg launches Meta Small Business, a company-wide priority to support entrepreneurship and drive AI use, led by Dina Powell McCormick and more (Axios) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p14?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p14 #TechNews #TechTips

Vanuatu Technology Feed 2h ago

Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on changing Arm's culture, working with SoftBank, developing its Arm AGI CPU data center chip fabricated by TSMC, and more (Lauren Goode/Wired) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p13?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p13 #TechNews #TechTips

Vanuatu Technology Feed 2h ago

Kansas-based NoTraffic, which uses AI-driven operating systems and sensor data to optimize intersection traffic flow, raised a $90M Series C led by PSG Equity (Chris Metinko/Axios) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p12?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p12 #TechNews #TechTips

Vanuatu Technology Feed 2h ago

Chandra Resolves Why Black Holes Hit the Brakes On Growth https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/03/24/2334230/chandra-resolves-why-black-holes-hit-the-brakes-on-growth?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TechNews #TechTips

Chandra Resolves Why Black Holes Hit the Brakes On Growth - Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Astronomers have an answer for a long-running mystery in astrophysics: why is the growth of supermassive black holes so much lower today than in the past? A study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes found that supermassiv...

Vanuatu Technology Feed 2h ago

Chinese AI company Kuaishou reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$5.7B, meeting est., adjusted net income up 16% YoY, and Kling text-to-video revenue of ~$49M (Rachel Yeo/Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/260325/p11?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a260325p11 #TechNews #TechTips