SiFive, a company founded in 2015 by the UC Berkeley engineers who created an open source chip design, has landed a $400 million oversubscribed round that values the company at $3. This deal is interesting for a bunch of reasons. For one, SiFive’s RISC-V open chip design is based on …
SourceOpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post on Friday evening responding to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness. Early Friday morning, someone allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s San Francisco home. No one was hurt in …
SourceWhile it’s not unusual for networks to promote new shows by releasing full episodes on YouTube, AMC is doing something a bit different for its Silicon Valley-focused comedy “The Audacity. ” The show’s premiere will be available on TikTok, starting on Sunday morning. It will be split into 21 segments, …
SourceArizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ case against prediction market Kalshi appears to have hit a snag. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that it has won a temporary restraining order preventing the state from pursuing its criminal case against Kalshi (whose CEO Tarek Mansour is pictured above). “Arizona’s decision …
SourceIndia’s quick commerce market is booming, with demand more than doubling for some players. But the fast-delivery push by Flipkart and Amazon is raising the stakes in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure. Flipkart, one of India’s largest e-commerce players, entered quick commerce later than local rivals …
SourceSnap has announced a new partnership between its AR-glasses-focused subsidiary, Specs, and chipmaker Qualcomm, as the company revs up for the release of its wearable later this year. The Snapchat creator has been teasing the release of the glasses — dubbed Spectacles, or merely Specs — for a long time …
SourceMeta released its new Muse Spark AI model on Wednesday as part of a major overhaul of its AI efforts. It’s do-or-die time for Meta — the company cannot afford investing billions of dollars again into something that doesn’t pan out, like the metaverse. Well, maybe they literally can afford …
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SourceOver the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging to master and expensive to build today, but fusion promises to …
SourceYouTube is raising subscription prices for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music in the U. , the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The YouTube Premium individual plan is increasing from $13. 99 per month, while the family plan is increasing from $22. YouTube Premium Lite, which offers ad-free viewing for …
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