Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: Google launches an AI co-scientist, a new Gemini 2.0-based system to help scientists create novel hypotheses and research plans, available to select testers  —  Lab assistant powered by artificial intelligence can help generate scientific hypotheses  —  Google has built an artificial … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: French privacy startup Murena unveils the €539 Murena Pixel Tablet, running its open-source, forked /e/OS, after releasing a “deGoogled” smartphone in 2023  —  Murena, the French privacy firm that’s forked Android to deliver so-called deGoogled smartphones, has repeated the trick with a tablet. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Verkada, which makes smart cameras, alarms, sensors, and more for enterprises, raised a $200M Series E at a $4.5B valuation, up from $3.2B in September 2022  —  In 2017, Filip Kaliszan pulled an all-nighter at the Beverly Hills Equinox.  —  A luxury gym isn’t the obvious place to work through the night … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: Alibaba and others approached DeepSeek about funding after its rise, but CEO Liang Wenfeng is cautious; High-Flyer is discussing a pivot from research  —  DeepSeek’s sudden rise to artificial intelligence stardom has created a dilemma for the Chinese startup: whether to raise money. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Google agrees to pay €326M to settle an Italian tax case from 2015 to 2019, covering sanctions, penalties, and interest; Milan prosecutors plan to drop the case  —  Milan prosecutors plan to drop a case brought against the European division of Google (GOOGL.O) after the company agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Augury, which uses AI to detect malfunctions in factory machines, raised a $72.5M Series F, potentially rising to ~$100M, led by Lightrock at a $1B+ valuation  —  As companies like Nvidia and SoftBank focus on industrial robotics as key areas for future R&D, a startup has raised funding today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chainalysis: In 2024, sanctioned jurisdictions and entities received $15.8B in crypto, or ~39% of all illicit crypto transactions; Tornado Cash inflows jumped 108% from 2023  —  In 2024, sanctions shifted in both scope and strategy, reflecting a broader evolution in illicit on-chain activity in response to increasing geopolitical tension. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: French privacy startup Murena unveils the €539 Murena Pixel Tablet, running its open-source, forked /e/OS, after releasing a “deGoogled” smartphone in 2023  —  Murena, the French privacy firm that’s forked Android to deliver so-called deGoogled smartphones, has repeated the trick with a tablet. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti review: a capable GPU for 4K gaming, DLSS 4 multi-frame gen, and runs cool, but prices fluctuate wildly and $750 is expensive for mid-range  —  But good luck finding one at that price.  —  It’s honestly difficult to remember the simpler days of video card shopping … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Crunchbase launches AI tools to predict where startups are heading, including funding, acquisitions, and IPOs, based on its 17 years of startup data  —  The data company is using AI to forecast startup funding, acquisitions and public offerings—but its biggest challenge may be predicting its own future Lees verder op Tech Meme