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DeepSeek launches FlashMLA: A breakthrough in AI speed and efficiency for NVIDIA GPUs

Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2025

Following the success of its R1 model, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Monday unveiled FlashMLA, an open-source Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) decoding kernel optimized for NVIDIA’s Hopper GPUs. Think of FlashMLA as both a super-efficient translator and a turbo boost […]

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Prosus to acquire Just Eat Takeaway in $4.3B deal to expand its European footprint

Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2025

Just Eat Takeaway.com, one of Europe’s biggest food delivery platforms, is set to be acquired by Dutch tech investor Prosus in an all-cash deal worth around €4.1 billion ($4.3 billion). The acquisition news comes just three months after Just Eat […]

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Microsoft cancels AI data center leases linked to OpenAI—Is the AI hype cooling down?

Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2025

Microsoft is pulling back on data center expansion, signaling a potential shift in the AI race. According to a report from TD Cowen analysts, the company has canceled leases for hundreds of megawatts of data center capacity in the U.S. […]

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Alibaba to invest $52 billion in AI after Qwen 2.5 model’s breakthrough success

Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2025

Alibaba is making a massive bet on artificial intelligence. The Chinese tech giant announced on Monday that it plans to invest over $52 billion in AI and cloud computing over the next three years. The move follows the success of […]

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Apple to invest $500 billion in the U.S., hire 20,000

Nickie Louise Posted On February 24, 2025

Apple is doubling down its presence in the U.S. with a massive $500 billion investment plan that includes expanding manufacturing, hiring 20,000 people, and strengthening its chip and server production. Announced on Monday, the initiative will roll out over the next […]

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Bybit Hacked: Hackers steal $1.5 billion from Bybit – largest crypto exchange hack to date

Nickie Louise Posted On February 22, 2025

Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has been hit with what could be the biggest crypto heist to date. Hackers stole around $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum after breaching one of the company’s cold wallets. The attackers transferred approximately 401,000 ETH to […]

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Apple surrenders to the UK government, removes key privacy feature, and opens backdoor access to UK iPhone users’ data

Nickie Louise Posted On February 21, 2025

After months of pushing back, Apple finally surrendered to the UK Labour government and removed the highest level data security tool for Apple users in the UK. This means that the UK government now has access to its citizens’ messages and […]

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10 Most Searched AI Trends Shaping Startups in 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On February 21, 2025

It’s February, barely two months into 2025, and artificial intelligence is already the hottest topic in tech. AI startups are all over it, racing to innovate, and people are Googling like crazy to figure out what’s next. We teamed up […]

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AI startup Figure unveils Helix: New AI model lets robots follow voice commands and handle unknown objects

Nickie Louise Posted On February 21, 2025

Two weeks after splitting from OpenAI, humanoid robot maker Figure has unveiled its latest breakthrough—an AI system that enables robots to understand speech and handle objects they’ve never encountered before. On Thursday, Figure introduced Helix, a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that […]

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT tops 400 million users despite rising competition from DeepSeek and Grok

Nickie Louise Posted On February 20, 2025

Just hours after Grok 3 took the top spot from ChatGPT in the Apple App Store, OpenAI’s rapid growth suggests the world’s most popular AI company isn’t slowing down, even with competition heating up from China’s DeepSeek and Elon Musk’s […]

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Top Tech Startup Funding News Today – February 20, 2025

Nickie Louise Posted On February 20, 2025

It’s been a while since we last rounded up the day’s biggest tech funding deals, but we think we’re back for good this time. Let’s see how long that lasts. And if we do fall off again? Well, we’ll just […]

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Healthcare AI startup OpenEvidence raises $75M in Sequoia-led round to scale AI for doctors, joins unicorn club

Nickie Louise Posted On February 20, 2025

Healthcare AI startup OpenEvidence has secured $75 million in new funding to expand its chatbot designed for doctors. The Series A round, led by Sequoia, pushes the company’s valuation to $1 billion, placing it in unicorn territory. Based in Cambridge, […]

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Musk’s xAI Grok overtakes ChatGPT, becomes No. 1 AI app on App Store

Nickie Louise Posted On February 20, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok 3, has surged to the top of Apple’s App Store, surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The milestone comes just three days after xAI rolled out the latest version of Grok, which Musk has called the “smartest AI […]

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Microsoft unveils Muse, a generative AI model that creates video games and generates gameplay

Nickie Louise Posted On February 19, 2025

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just hinted at something big. “If you thought AI-generated text, images, and video were cool, just wait until AI starts creating entire interactive environments like games.” That’s exactly what Microsoft is attempting with Muse, a generative […]

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ChatGPT is down again: OpenAI reported “elevated errors for ChatGPT.” Here’s what you need to know

Nickie Louise Posted On February 19, 2025

Less than a month after blaming high error rates for API and Sora for ChatGPT outages, OpenAI announced this morning that its AI chatbot app is experiencing an “elevated Error Rate for ChatGPT a Users of ChatGPT have reported difficulties accessing […]

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Elon Musk’s X in talks to raise funding at $44B valuation amid investor optimism and Grok 3’s successful debut

Nickie Louise Posted On February 19, 2025

Elon Musk’s social media platform X is reportedly in talks to secure new funding at a $44 billion valuation amid investor optimism, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. If successful, the funding round could signal a major comeback for the company […]

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AI startup Baseten raises $75M to eliminate AI inference bottlenecks and accelerate adoption

Nickie Louise Posted On February 19, 2025

AI startups are raising billions, but most of that money is pouring into model training. What happens after a model is trained? It needs to run in production—fast, reliably, and without costing a fortune. That’s where Baseten comes in. The […]

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Nikola files for bankruptcy a year after founder’s prison sentence: Once-hyped electric truck maker crashes amid cash burn

Nickie Louise Posted On February 19, 2025

Nikola Corporation, once a promising name in electric trucking, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. The Phoenix-based company, known for its battery-electric and hydrogen-powered trucks, made the filing on Wednesday, marking another collapse in the struggling EV […]

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Humane AI pin startup shuts down, sells to HP for $116M after burning through $230M in investor cash

Nickie Louise Posted On February 19, 2025

Humane, the startup that once promised to redefine how people interact with AI, is calling it quits. According to an exclusive report from Bloomberg, the startup is shutting down its AI Pin business and selling its assets to HP for […]

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Forto, a logistics startup last valued at $2.1B, in talks with Moelis for potential merger or sale

Nickie Louise Posted On February 18, 2025

Forto, a Germany-based freight forwarding startup that was last valued at $2.1 billion, is working with investment bank Moelis & Co. to explore options, including a potential merger or sale, The Information reported, citing a person involved in the discussions. […]

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