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Several tech companies are making significant investments and acquisitions, including SpaceX's $X billion investment in xAI and CoreWeave's $X billion all-stock deal to acquire Core Scientific. Meanwhile, various startups are securing funding, such as Moonvalley, which raised $XX million for its AI video models, and Harmonic, which raised $XXX million for its AI math capabilities. Additionally, major players like Google Cloud, Meta, and Uber are advancing their AI and tech capabilities through new developments and partnerships.

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Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) New York Times Co. (NYT) Hundred Million (100M) Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Bitcoin (BTC) Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER) Ethereum (ETH)

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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Apple CarPlay Ultra hands-on: currently exclusive to Aston Martin enhances center console integration works smoothly with driver assist systems and more (Michael Teo Van Runkle / Ars Technica)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 17:41:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 4922 engagements

"Saudi startup Lucidya which develops customer experience software raised a $30M Series B led by Impact46 marking the largest AI funding round in the kingdom (@yassminjabri / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 14:17:02 UTC 422.6K followers, 3143 engagements

"An interview with Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost on settling the proxy fight with Starboard Value serving the "design and make" workforce US reshoring and more (@edgecliffe / Semafor)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-06 03:25:51 UTC 422.7K followers, 6287 engagements

"Sources: Cantor Equity Partners X a SPAC backed by Cantor Fitzgerald is in late-stage talks with Blockstream Capital founder Adam Back to buy $3B+ in bitcoin (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 21:05:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 4425 engagements

"Hadrian which is building largely automated factories to produce space and defense parts raised a $260M Series C bringing its total funding to $500M (@breadfrom / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 18:35:47 UTC 422.6K followers, 3505 engagements

"Q&A with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on the browser as AI's killer app AI talent wars why users will eventually pay thousands for a single AI prompt more (@alexeheath / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 14:45:47 UTC 422.7K followers, 5934 engagements

"Mustafa Suleyman who is in charge of Microsoft's efforts to commercialize AI says he is focused on "humanist superintelligence" to solve hard social problems (@timkhiggins / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 21:01:17 UTC 422.6K followers, 10.3K engagements

"Belgium-based Odoo which develops open-source enterprise resource planning software hit a 5B valuation in a secondary share round led by CapitalG and Sequoia (@ryan_browne_ / CNBC) 📫 Subscribe:"
@Techmeme on X 2024-11-20 13:21:00 UTC 422.6K followers, 3698 engagements

"Critics say tokenization led by Robinhood could undermine securities law and investor protections that have made the US financial system the envy of the world (@alansuderman / Associated Press)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 15:40:47 UTC 422.6K followers, 3176 engagements

"Meituan says daily orders on its instant delivery service surpassed 120M on July X setting an all-time high with food orders accounting for 100M of them (@yanjunann / South China Morning Post)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-07 07:55:32 UTC 422.7K followers, 3392 engagements

"Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang on what happened after co-founders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen left for Google and how Cognition's deal to acquire Windsurf unfolded (@jeffwsurf)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 13:41:03 UTC 422.6K followers, 6858 engagements

"OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent System Card outlines how its red team helped implement key security features like "Watch Mode Activation" and "Terminal Restrictions" (@louiscolumbus / VentureBeat)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 13:37:27 UTC 422.6K followers, 5323 engagements

"Uber and Baidu announce a multi-year partnership to launch robotaxis in markets outside the US and mainland China starting in Asia and the Middle East in 2025 (@natlungfy / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 14:25:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 4107 engagements

"Honor Education an e-learning service for individuals and enterprises that was founded by former Dean of Apple University Joel Podolny raised a $38M Series A (@derektng / Forbes)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-13 05:55:53 UTC 422.7K followers, 3923 engagements

"Sources: Palmer Luckey is preparing to launch Erebor a US bank backed by Joe Lonsdale and other tech investors to serve startups including crypto businesses (@tabby_kinder / Financial Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-01 22:30:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 6901 engagements

"Calgary-based GeologicAI which uses AI and sensors to help capture data in rock and core samples faster raised a $44M Series B led by Blue Earth Capital (@riehlalex99 / BetaKit)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 04:56:42 UTC 422.6K followers, 5103 engagements

"Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to provide technical support to the US military after a ProPublica report raised security concerns (@stephennellis / Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 00:06:47 UTC 422.6K followers, 3877 engagements

"Israeli subterranean mapping startup Exodigo raised a $96M Series B led by Zeev Ventures and Greenfield Partners taking its total funding to $214M (@mike_wheatley / SiliconANGLE)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 12:43:41 UTC 422.6K followers, 3447 engagements

"Chinese food delivery giant Meituan reports Q4 revenue up XX% to $12.21B vs. $12.1B est. net profit up XXX% YoY to $858M even as it faces stiff competition (@kimberley_kao / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-03-21 11:01:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 7146 engagements

"A look at the annual Ethereum Community Conference or EthCC Ethereum's flagship European event held in Cannes this year to showcase the network's growth (@kenziesigalos / CNBC)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-05 16:36:07 UTC 422.7K followers, 6463 engagements

"Blank check company Dynamix says it plans to merge with another entity to create Ether Machine holding $1.5B in ether backed by $800M+ from Kraken and others (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 11:05:38 UTC 422.6K followers, 3658 engagements

"Ring reinstated its mission to "make neighborhoods safer" and reintroduced video sharing with police in April as its founder led an overhaul since his return (@eugenekim222 / Business Insider)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 22:51:46 UTC 422.6K followers, 4222 engagements

"How Shaun Maguire dragged Sequoia into culture wars; emails show senior partner Doug Leone defended Maguire in distinguishing between "Islamists" and "Muslims" (New York Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 15:45:54 UTC 422.6K followers, 4390 engagements

"Bengaluru-based QpiAI which is integrating AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases raised a $32M Series A at a $162M post-money valuation (@jagmeets13 / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 01:50:40 UTC 422.7K followers, 4751 engagements

"T-Mobile plans to expand support for the L4S network standard in the coming weeks helping high-priority internet packets move fast a first for a US network (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 14:35:54 UTC 422.6K followers, 3142 engagements

"Google reveals the design of the Pixel XX a few weeks ahead of the launch event; it strongly resembles the Pixel X but has a third back camera (@jaypeters / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 19:36:03 UTC 422.6K followers, 1289 engagements

"A federal judge reinstates FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter months after President Trump sought to fire her and Democratic colleague Alvaro Bedoya (Bloomberg Law)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 23:09:10 UTC 422.7K followers, 4068 engagements

"VC firms Thrive Capital and General Catalyst are adopting the "roll-up" strategy from the PE playbook as Khosla Ventures 8VC and others explore similar moves (@georgenhammond / Financial Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-02 05:35:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 5441 engagements

"Sources: Prosus offered to cut its XX% Delivery Hero stake to below XX% and give up its board seat to address EU concerns over its 4.1B Just Eat Takeaway deal (@fooyunchee / Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 23:56:14 UTC 422.6K followers, 4014 engagements

"Insiders describe Linda Yaccarino's tumultuous partnership with Elon Musk and say the two failed to gel as Musk's blunt style clashed with Yaccarino's polish (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-13 04:40:55 UTC 422.7K followers, 4521 engagements

"Ambrook a startup providing specialized accounting software for US farmers and ranchers raised a $26.1M Series A led by Thrive Capital and Figma's Dylan Field (@agarfinks / Fortune)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-01 23:20:50 UTC 422.7K followers, 6071 engagements

"Sources: Mistral AI is in talks to raise as much as $1B in equity from several investors including Abu Dhabi's MGX; it has raised 1B+ since its 2023 founding (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-08 19:22:47 UTC 422.6K followers, 5647 engagements

"Harmonic a startup co-founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev that aims to build AI better at math than humans raised a $100M Series B at a $875M valuation (@kateclarktweets / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-10 18:30:55 UTC 422.6K followers, 5511 engagements

"Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after a video of him cuddling with chief people officer Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay concert went viral (@emayhawk / Axios)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 19:40:59 UTC 422.6K followers, 6470 engagements

"How AI and automation are transforming agriculture enabling autonomous tractors and fruit-picking robots and improving crop management via data and analytics (@berlindiary / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 08:17:52 UTC 422.7K followers, 2638 engagements

"Sources: Perplexity jumped to a $18B valuation two months after it raised at $14B; its annualized revenues jumped from $35M in August 2024 to $150M this month (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 19:25:58 UTC 422.6K followers, 5272 engagements

"SPAC Insider: SPACs are booming in 2025 with XX blank check companies going public so far in 2025 raising about $14.7B and beating 2022 total of $13.4B (@shenlucinda / Axios)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 18:30:57 UTC 422.6K followers, 3746 engagements

"The trial for an $8B lawsuit by Meta investors against Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders opens over claims tied to the 2018 Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal (Associated Press)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 22:55:44 UTC 422.6K followers, 3811 engagements

"Adobe updates its Firefly video model and adds a beta Generate Sound Effects tool that can create custom sounds from text prompts and the user's voice (@sabrinaa_ortiz / ZDNET)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 21:02:01 UTC 422.6K followers, 4411 engagements

"French chipmaker SiPearl raised a 130M Series A from Taiwan's Cathay Venture and others to develop its Arm-based Rhea1 AI chip set to feature XX cores (@benoitberthelot / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-08 13:02:05 UTC 422.7K followers, 3462 engagements

"Total crypto market value surpassed $4T for the first time driven by altcoin rallies and US legislative momentum; Ether jumped XX% over the past five days (@sidcoins / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 14:06:13 UTC 422.7K followers, 3737 engagements

"Sources: Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that would open up 401(k) plans to cryptocurrency and other alternative investments (Financial Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 21:16:33 UTC 422.7K followers, 5422 engagements

"Dubai-based Xpanceo which is developing smart contact lenses with night vision health monitoring and more raised a $250M Series A at a $1.35B valuation (@birchnews / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-08 17:05:43 UTC 422.6K followers, 3841 engagements

"Nextdoor unveils new features like an interactive neighborhood map called Alerts partners with 3500+ local news outlets and more to revitalize its app (@miarsato / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 10:42:43 UTC 422.6K followers, 3248 engagements

"Sources: Vy Capital which has $15B of AUM and is a top backer of Elon Musk's companies told external investors that it will not raise further outside money (@ivanlevingston / Financial Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 04:41:05 UTC 422.6K followers, 5119 engagements

"Hands-on with ChatGPT Agent: combines OpenAI's Operator and deep research tools and is incredibly simple to use but less customizable than Claude Code (@danshipper / Every)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 17:25:54 UTC 422.6K followers, 6162 engagements

"TSMC closed above a $1T market cap in Taiwan on July XX a first up nearly XX% from an April low and the first Asian stock worth $1T+ since PetroChina in 2007 (@jeannyyu / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 10:10:39 UTC 422.6K followers, 3471 engagements

"Analysis: nearly XX Trump administration officials and nominees held crypto or investments in blockchain or digital-asset firms at the time of their selection (Washington Post)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 06:21:10 UTC 422.7K followers, 3785 engagements

"Source: the CEO and the chief people officer of Astronomer were put on leave after a video of them cuddling on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert went viral (@emayhawk / Axios)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 21:25:58 UTC 422.6K followers, 4141 engagements

"How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV (@benfritz / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 06:01:52 UTC 422.6K followers, 5029 engagements

"Germany-based Q.ANT which is developing energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing raised a 62M Series A (Tamara Djurickovic /"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 15:30:58 UTC 422.6K followers, 3554 engagements

"Sources: Meta X and LinkedIn appeal an unprecedented 1.04B VAT claim by Italy which is seeking 887.6M from Meta 12.5M from X and 140M from LinkedIn (@emilioparodi / Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 14:20:42 UTC 422.6K followers, 3467 engagements

"Apple supplier Lens Technology one of the top smartphone part makers raised $608M in its Hong Kong IPO as the Chinese company looks to expand overseas (@peggy_yeye / Nikkei Asia)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-09 09:40:53 UTC 422.7K followers, 3372 engagements

"Sources: Mark Zuckerberg has offered 10+ OpenAI researchers packages of $300M over four years and asked OpenAI's Mark Chen if he would consider joining Meta (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 00:31:29 UTC 422.6K followers, 5001 engagements

"Substack raised $100M from the Chernin Group a16z and others sources say at a $1.1B valuation as it builds a social network and focuses on advertising (New York Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 14:15:14 UTC 422.6K followers, 3389 engagements

"Thread An OpenAI researcher says the company's latest experimental reasoning LLM achieved gold medal-level performance on the 2025 International Math Olympiad (@alexwei_)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 16:15:59 UTC 422.6K followers, 6580 engagements

"Sources: in a Trump meeting Jensen Huang argued US chips should be the global standard and leveraged support from David Sacks who disliked Biden's chip rules (@trippmickle / New York Times)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 10:48:05 UTC 422.6K followers, 3042 engagements

"Location sharing apps like Find My Snap Map and Life360 remain popular among Gen Z users despite concerns about their impact on real-world relationships (Summer Maxwell / SFGATE)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 06:30:45 UTC 422.6K followers, 2518 engagements

"SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says the GENIUS Act is a "historic step" and the SEC is weighing an "innovation exemption" from regulations to incentivize tokenization (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 14:46:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 3428 engagements

"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 review: looks like a regular phone with an exquisitely thin design has top-tier performance but is very pricey and lacks S Pen support (@samrutherford / Engadget)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 02:50:56 UTC 422.6K followers, 5854 engagements

"The House passes the GENIUS Act sending the first-ever regulatory framework for issuers of stablecoins to President Trump for his signature (Axios)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 20:03:21 UTC 422.7K followers, 4317 engagements

"Adobe Analytics: Prime Day's four-day event drove over $24B in US e-commerce sales up XXXX% YoY; traffic from generative AI sources was up 3300% YoY (@sarahpereztc / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 17:06:04 UTC 422.7K followers, 4164 engagements

"T-Mobile has received FCC and DOJ approval for its $4.4B acquisition of US Cellular after agreeing to phase out DEI programs to comply with FCC policy (@kelceegriffis / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-12 01:05:56 UTC 422.7K followers, 5527 engagements

"Vultron which makes AI tools for federal contractors raised $22M from investors including David Sacks' Craft Ventures raising ethical questions (@cookie / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 20:30:57 UTC 422.6K followers, 5617 engagements

"How Benchmark's investment in Chinese startup Manus has highlighted a philosophical divide in Silicon Valley over China patriotism and the pursuit of profit (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 02:05:59 UTC 422.7K followers, 5859 engagements

"Bluesky rolls out Activity Notifications letting users receive notifications of new posts and replies from selected accounts as it expands its sports presence (@rjcc / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-08 10:46:03 UTC 422.6K followers, 58.5K engagements

"Legal AI startup Harvey raised a $300M Series E co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Coatue at a $5B valuation and says it serves XXX clients like KKR and PwC globally (@iamsternlicht / Fortune)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-06-23 14:45:44 UTC 422.6K followers, 3887 engagements

"Austin-based CertifID which develops tech to prevent wire fraud in real estate transactions raised a $47.5M Series C led by Centana Growth Partners (@ryanlawler / Axios)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 04:02:03 UTC 422.6K followers, 5819 engagements

"Sources: JPMorgan Chase told fintech companies it will start charging fees for access to customers' account data which could drastically reshape the industry (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-11 18:45:53 UTC 422.7K followers, 3990 engagements

"Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish files for an IPO plans to trade on the NYSE and reports a net loss of $349M on digital asset sales of $80M in Q1 (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 23:36:48 UTC 422.6K followers, 7392 engagements

"In H1 2025 hackers stole $2.17B+ from crypto services including the DPRK's record $1.5B Bybit hack surpassing all of 2024 and up XX% on H1 2022 (Chainalysis)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 12:57:13 UTC 422.7K followers, 3251 engagements

"An Indicator analysis of XX AI "nudify" websites: the sites averaged 18.5M monthly visitors may generate up to $36M annually and rely on Big Tech services (@mattburgess1 / Wired)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 12:35:36 UTC 422.6K followers, 4413 engagements

"The News/Media Alliance says the webhost of which helped users bypass paywalls took down the site on July XX following the trade association's efforts (@emroth08 / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 17:45:55 UTC 422.7K followers, 3251 engagements

"Meta shareholders suing Mark Zuckerberg and Meta leaders over Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy violations reach a settlement deal ending an $8B trial (Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 13:42:33 UTC 422.6K followers, 3464 engagements

"Sources: ByteDance is working on a lightweight MR device that resembles goggles tethered to a compute puck and has a team working on the device's custom chips (The Information)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 18:05:43 UTC 422.6K followers, 3451 engagements

"Unify which offers AI-powered tools to boost revenue pipelines raised a $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures valuing it at $260M following a $12M Series A (@alexrkonrad / Upstarts Media)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 21:15:53 UTC 422.6K followers, 4051 engagements

"Acquihire deals like Google's Windsurf deal are a wake-up call for AI startup employees left behind creating new uncertainty over leadership and compensation (@shiringhaffary / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 06:31:03 UTC 422.6K followers, 6821 engagements

"Microsoft's Copilot struggles to make headway against other AI assistants; Sensor Tower: Copilot's mobile app has 79M downloads vs. ChatGPT's 900M+ downloads (@mattmday / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 02:20:46 UTC 422.7K followers, 5117 engagements

"Lenovo Legion Go S review: SteamOS is a huge improvement over Windows but battery life falls behind Windows-based handhelds and its touchpad is nearly useless (@starfire2258 / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 09:21:17 UTC 422.7K followers, 3714 engagements

"Mark Zuckerberg Q&A: Meta's focus on "personal super intelligence" how large compensation packages pale in comparison to AI infra investments AI glasses more (@jessicalessin / The Information)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 18:20:53 UTC 422.6K followers, 3762 engagements

"Sources: the White House is preparing an EO requiring AI companies with federal contracts to be neutral and unbiased to combat what officials see as "woke AI" (Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 23:46:01 UTC 422.7K followers, 4259 engagements

"A look at US-backed NVD as its parent org NIST scrambles to hire contractors to help clear a backlog of 25K+ vulnerabilities 10x the previous high in 2017 (@_mattking / MIT Technology Review)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-12 22:35:58 UTC 422.7K followers, 5274 engagements

"OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Agent which can control an entire computer and perform multi-step tasks powered by a new dedicated model rolling out to paid users (@haydenfield / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 17:08:42 UTC 422.7K followers, 5093 engagements

"Sources: US private equity group TPG is in talks to buy a stake in Europe's largest secondhand fashion site Vinted at a 5B valuation (Financial Times) 📫 Subscribe:"
@Techmeme on X 2024-09-06 17:41:19 UTC 422.7K followers, 3965 engagements

"Appfigures: xAI debuted Grok X late on July X and by July XX Grok's gross revenue on iOS had risen XXX% to $419K up from $99K the day before Grok 4's launch (@sarahpereztc / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 16:10:45 UTC 422.6K followers, 3716 engagements

"Sources: Meta offers to buy XX% of Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross's VC fund NFDG; about half of NFDG's first fund of $1.1B raised in 2023 has been invested (@ychernova / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-03 21:10:50 UTC 422.6K followers, 5157 engagements

"a16z moves its state of incorporation to Nevada saying Delaware's Court of Chancery "can at times appear biased against technology startup founders" (Andreessen Horowitz)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-09 20:56:06 UTC 422.7K followers, 3756 engagements

"Oakley Meta HSTN hands-on: the $XXX glasses are a fun accessory and sportier thinner lighter and more comfortable than previous models with a solid 3K camera (@heysamantha / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 12:15:43 UTC 422.6K followers, 4289 engagements

"IDC: the global smartphone market grew X% YoY in Q2 despite economic uncertainty and weak demand in China; Samsung led with 58M shipments up XXX% YoY (@andrewornot / AppleInsider)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 20:20:56 UTC 422.7K followers, 4164 engagements

"Thoughts on the foldable iPhone's prospects ahead of next year's launch; sources: Apple will add a second portrait-side front-facing camera to the M5 iPad Pro (@markgurman / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 14:05:43 UTC 422.6K followers, 5231 engagements

"Sources: UK plans to designate Apple and Google as holding a "strategic market advantage" over rivals subjecting them to new regulations and potential fines (Washington Examiner)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 18:21:17 UTC 422.6K followers, 4401 engagements

"AMD unveils the Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series CPUs including the flagship $11699 Threadripper Pro 9995WX with XX cores set for July XX (@tomwarren / The Verge)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 16:50:50 UTC 422.6K followers, 3091 engagements

"ChatGPT Agent uses a virtual browser to do tasks such as filling online forms and calling public APIs and generates downloadable PowerPoint and Excel files (@reece___rogers / Wired)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 17:20:48 UTC 422.7K followers, 3905 engagements

"Sources: OpenAI researcher Jason Wei who worked on o3 and deep research models and his colleague Hyung Won Chung are joining Meta's new superintelligence lab (@kyliebytes / Wired)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 05:01:43 UTC 422.6K followers, 7338 engagements

"President Trump signs the GENIUS Act and says the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins will "secure the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency" (Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 19:38:14 UTC 422.6K followers, 6011 engagements

"Source: OpenAI is preparing ChatGPT agents to let users create files compatible with PowerPoint and Excel generate reports and handle tasks involving websites (@steph_palazzolo / The Information)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 00:30:51 UTC 422.7K followers, 8011 engagements

"Netflix reports Q2 revenue up XX% YoY to $11.08B vs. $11.07B est. net income of $3.13B and forecasts 2025 revenue of $44.8B-$45.2B up from $43.5B-$44.5B (@sarahwhit10 / CNBC)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 20:11:43 UTC 422.6K followers, 5106 engagements

"Swedish AI coding startup Lovable raised a $200M Series A led by Accel at a $1.8B valuation making it Europe's newest unicorn (@rudnit / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 11:49:21 UTC 422.7K followers, 3471 engagements

"Neuralink filed on April XX as a "small disadvantaged business" that could give it preferential access to federal opportunities before being valued at $9B (@lorakolodny / CNBC)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 02:10:57 UTC 422.7K followers, 5486 engagements

"China approves Synopsys' acquisition of simulation software company Ansys after the US lifted restrictions on chip design software sales to China (Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 08:50:37 UTC 422.7K followers, 3642 engagements

"Moonvalley which is developing "ethical" AI video models trained on licensed content raised $84M led by General Catalyst bringing its total funding to $154M (@xpangler / Variety)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 14:50:38 UTC 422.6K followers, 3985 engagements

"Boulevard which provides business management software for the self-care sector raised an $80M Series D led by JMI Equity at an $800M post-money valuation (@bayareawriter / Crunchbase News)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 15:50:57 UTC 422.6K followers, 3532 engagements

"Arcade a gen-AI marketplace for designing jewelry raised a $25M Series A led by Canaan Partners bringing total funding to $42M and expands to home goods (@laurenforristal / TechCrunch)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-03-24 20:01:49 UTC 422.7K followers, 4353 engagements

"The Gates Foundation Ballmer Group and others form NextLadder to spend $1B over XX years to develop AI tools for public defenders parole officers and more (@tkbeaty / Associated Press)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 01:06:02 UTC 422.7K followers, 6467 engagements

"How an open-source approach helped DeepSeek and other Chinese AI companies; Hugging Face: Alibaba's Qwen is now the world's largest open-source AI ecosystem (South China Morning Post)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-19 15:10:58 UTC 422.6K followers, 4973 engagements

"OpenAI says ChatGPT users send more than 2.5B prompts globally each day more than 330M of those are in US and the platform has 500M weekly active users (@mikeallen / Axios)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-21 15:30:41 UTC 422.6K followers, 4439 engagements

"A 0-day flaw in Microsoft SharePoint is being exploited in RCE attacks on servers globally; no patch exists and tens of thousands of servers are at risk (Washington Post)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 21:45:37 UTC 422.6K followers, 5197 engagements

"Sources: Zerohash which provides crypto and stablecoin infrastructure is raising $100M at a $1B valuation up from $340M when it raised a Series D in 2022 (@bdanweiss / Fortune)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-11 18:35:48 UTC 422.6K followers, 3454 engagements

"Sources: Menlo Ventures targets $1.5B for new funds to invest in AI ventures including $650M for early-stage startups and $850M for later-stage companies (@ychernova / Wall Street Journal)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-06-29 22:35:36 UTC 422.6K followers, 6539 engagements

"The EU issues guidelines to help AI models with systemic risks comply with the AI Act after criticism from some companies about lack of clarity (@fooyunchee / Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-18 11:41:05 UTC 422.7K followers, 4076 engagements

"In response to a March FOIA request the US Marshals Service said it held over 28988 BTC worth $3.4B at current prices far fewer than previously believed (@danielgkuhn / The Block)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 01:05:42 UTC 422.6K followers, 4867 engagements

"Berlin-based CarOnSale a B2B marketplace for used car trading across Europe offering vehicle inspections and more raised a 70M Series C led by Northzone (@dcendongarcia / EU-Startups)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-13 04:25:57 UTC 422.6K followers, 5114 engagements

"The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish government plan to invest 80M to acquire and run a Microsoft-powered quantum computer set to operate in early 2027 (@sanne_wass / Bloomberg)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 10:31:52 UTC 422.6K followers, 4355 engagements

"Thinking Machines Lab Mira Murati's AI startup that launched only in February raised $2B led by a16z; Nvidia Accel ServiceNow Cisco and AMD also invested (@adityaunraveled / Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-15 17:20:50 UTC 422.6K followers, 5110 engagements

"Crypto asset manager Grayscale confidentially files draft IPO paperwork with the US SEC offering few details; the DCG subsidiary manages $30B+ (@jesuisnaga / The Block)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 14:15:38 UTC 422.6K followers, 5195 engagements

"North Carolina-based Eton Solutions which offers wealth management ERP tools for single- and multifamily offices raised a $58M Series C led by Navis Capital (@ryanlawler / Axios)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-20 05:31:11 UTC 422.6K followers, 4977 engagements

"An advisory board convened by OpenAI recommends that the company remain a nonprofit because AI is "too consequential" to be governed by a corporation alone (@tkbeaty / Associated Press)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 23:30:51 UTC 422.7K followers, 3972 engagements

"Jensen Huang hailed AI models from DeepSeek Alibaba and Tencent as "world class" at a Beijing expo and said US licenses for H20 chips "will come very fast" (Reuters)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 04:55:54 UTC 422.7K followers, 4054 engagements

"Perplexity is offering a free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription normally $20/month to 360M users of Bharti Airtel India's second-largest telecom operator (Moneycontrol)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 05:11:00 UTC 422.7K followers, 6038 engagements

"NetBox Labs whose open-source tools help manage networks and are used by CoreWeave ARM Cisco JP Morgan and Riot Games raised a $35M Series B (@marcusschuler /"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-14 20:10:44 UTC 422.6K followers, 4310 engagements

"Crypto exchange BigONE confirms a $27M hack from a hot wallet exploit plans to pay back users and is working with security firm SlowMist to trace stolen assets (@shauryamalwa / CoinDesk)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-16 19:45:41 UTC 422.6K followers, 3809 engagements

"Decentralized messaging protocol XMTP developer Ephemera raised a $20M Series B at a $300M equity and $750M network valuation following a $20M Series A in 2021 (@yogita_khatri5 / The Block)"
@Techmeme on X 2025-07-17 16:15:59 UTC 422.7K followers, 11.8K engagements