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Foxconn's Xingwei agrees to sell its entire stake in embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup for ~$771.79M (Meg Shen/Reuters)
Meg Shen / Reuters: Foxconn’s Xingwei agrees to sell its entire stake in embattled Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup for…
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The NHTSA launches a probe into GM's Cruise, citing incidents in which its autonomous vehicles blocked the road or caused collisions by braking suddenly (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: The NHTSA launches a probe into GM’s Cruise, citing incidents in which its autonomous…
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A Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the lessons he learned from DALL-E 2's success, what DALL-E means for society, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: A Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the lessons he learned from…
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Howl, which runs a marketplace facilitating cooperation between creators and retailers, raised a $27M Series A led by Highland Capital Partners (Kaya Yurieff/The Information)
Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Howl, which runs a marketplace facilitating cooperation between creators and retailers, raised a $27M Series…
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Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed "any and all accounts" that violated its new policy by posting links to ElonJet (Sheila Dang/Reuters)
Sheila Dang / Reuters: Twitter’s head of trust and safety Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed “any and all…
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Private equity firm Advent plans to acquire Maxar, which operates 90 satellites that collect images used by Google Maps and others, for $6.4B including debt (Miriam Gottfried/Wall Street Journal)
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: Private equity firm Advent plans to acquire Maxar, which operates 90 satellites that collect…
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SafeAI, which retrofits industrial vehicles like dump trucks and bulldozers with autonomous systems, raised a $38M Series B from Builders VC and others (Ed Garsten/Forbes)
Ed Garsten / Forbes: SafeAI, which retrofits industrial vehicles like dump trucks and bulldozers with autonomous systems, raised a $38M…
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Former product head of Twitter's developer platform details plans abandoned post-acquisition, like discovery tools and custom timelines, eroding developer trust (Amir Shevat/TechCrunch)
Amir Shevat / TechCrunch: Former product head of Twitter’s developer platform details plans abandoned post-acquisition, like discovery tools and custom…
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Sources: TikTok's efforts to cut ties with Beijing-based ByteDance have stumbled over hiring and retaining talent, as some key staff remain based in China (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)
Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: Sources: TikTok’s efforts to cut ties with Beijing-based ByteDance have stumbled over hiring and…
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Twitter seems to have disabled Spaces, its live audio service, after Musk joined and then abruptly left a group conversation that included suspended journalists (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Twitter seems to have disabled Spaces, its live audio service, after Musk joined and then abruptly…
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