Tiger Global and Microsoft to fully exit Walmart-backed PhonePe via its IPO
Tiger Global and Microsoft are offering up their full stakes in the company, while Walmart is choosing to retain its majority stake and selling up to 45.9 million shares.
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Former Google trio is building an interactive AI-powered learning app for kids
Big tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids. A lot of those experiences are limited to text or voice, and kids might not find that captivating. Three former Google employees want to get over that hurdle with their generative AI-powered interactive app, Sparkli. Sparkli was […]
Hundreds of creatives warn against an AI slop future
Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call “theft at a grand scale” by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign – called “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” – include authors George Saunders and Jodi Picoult, actors Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, and musicians like the band R.E.M., […]
Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Apple is reportedly developing an AI wearable
Should this wearable materialize, it could be released as early as 2027, according to a report on the device.
Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes
SGLang, which originated as an open source research project at Ion Stoica’s UC Berkeley lab, has raised capital from Accel.
Blue Origin’s Starlink rival TeraWave promises 6 terabit satellite internet
SpaceX has the most internet-beaming satellites in its constellation, but the competition is coming, and now Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin, has announced the TeraWave network. It says TeraWave will offer bandwidth of up to 6Tb available anywhere on Earth, for both upload and download. The only wrinkle? Even after satellite deployments are scheduled […]
Everyone can hear your TV in their headphones using this transmitter
As we’ve previously lamented, one of Bluetooth’s best modern features isn’t being embraced by the tech world, but that’s changing. Sennheiser has announced a new pair of wireless headphones and a transmitter designed for private TV watching that both use a Bluetooth feature called Auracast. Like tuning into a radio station broadcast from a tower, […]
A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025
From leadership changes at legacy semiconductor companies to wishy washy policy around chip exports, a lot happened last year.
X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow
X says the new feature, similar to Bluesky’s Starter Packs, will arrive in the coming weeks.
Todoist’s app now lets you add tasks to your to-do list by speaking to its AI
The feature, now public, lets you create to-do’s and action items by speaking naturally to the app’s AI.