Malaysia's economy minister Rafizi Ramli says the country expects a surge in investment from Chinese tech companies amid Beijing bracing for additional US tariffs.
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Malaysia Rafizi Ramli Chinese tech companies
Malaysia's economy minister Rafizi Ramli says the country anticipates a surge in investment from Chinese tech companies as Beijing braces for more US tariffs
Financial Times · 2025-01-12 · #22
A case study examines the amount and types of ads in 12 shows across the ad-supported tiers of Netflix, Peacock, Disney+, Max, Paramount+, and Hulu, highlighting how ads are becoming harder to avoid on streaming video.
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Netflix Peacock Disney+ Max Paramount+ Hulu ad-supported tiers 12 shows amount and kinds of ads
A case study of the amount and kinds of ads in 12 shows on the ad-supported tiers of Netflix, Peacock, Disney+, Max, Paramount+, and Hulu
Sherwood News · 2025-01-12 · #15
Bloomberg Intelligence projects banks' profits could surge due to improved productivity from AI-driven automation.
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banks improved productivity
A survey finds that global banks could cut as many as 200K jobs in the next three to five years as AI encroaches on tasks currently carried out by human workers
Bloomberg · 2025-01-12 · #13
Commentary notes Meta's high profitability (nearly 40% margin, ~$14bn net profit last year) as context for arguments that governments could require it to pay to reduce platform harms.
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Meta
How aligning with Trump's new administration lets Meta and X pivot from futile cooperation with the EU and other jurisdictions to confrontation and coercion
Financial Times · 2025-01-12 · #4
Sources report annual iPhone shipments are expected to remain flat at around 220–225 million units.
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Apple iPhone
Databricks, SpaceX, and OpenAI completed large recent fundraising deals.
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Databricks SpaceX OpenAI
Huge recent fundraising deals for Databricks, SpaceX, and OpenAI may delay their IPOs; Forge Global says the seven largest US private firms are worth $695B
Financial Times · 2025-01-11 · #22
Sources report HPE won a >$1B late-2024 deal to supply AI-optimized servers to X (formerly Twitter).
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HPE X AI servers
Sources: HPE won a $1B deal in late 2024 to provide servers optimized for AI work for X; Dell and Super Micro also bid on the deal
Bloomberg · 2025-01-11 · #29
Forge Global says the seven largest US private firms are collectively worth $695B.
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Forge Global seven largest US private firms $695B
Huge recent fundraising deals for Databricks, SpaceX, and OpenAI may delay their IPOs; Forge Global says the seven largest US private firms are worth $695B
Financial Times · 2025-01-11 · #22
Huge recent fundraising deals may delay IPO plans for Databricks, SpaceX, and OpenAI.
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Databricks SpaceX OpenAI IPO
Huge recent fundraising deals for Databricks, SpaceX, and OpenAI may delay their IPOs; Forge Global says the seven largest US private firms are worth $695B
Financial Times · 2025-01-11 · #22
Sources say 2025 annual iPhone shipments are expected to remain roughly flat at around 220M–225M units.
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Apple iPhone
Sources: H1 2025 iPhone shipments to decline ~6%, annual shipments to remain flat at around 220M to 225M units; ultra-thin iPhone's thinnest part will be ~5.5mm
Ming-Chi Kuo · 2025-01-11 · #14
Tech companies and executives donated to Trump's inaugural fund as the industry seeks to boost relationships with the new administration.
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Tech companies tech executives Trump inaugural fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and, a source says, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg are planning to attend Trump's inauguration events this month
Bloomberg · 2025-01-11 · #13
Captions keeps its AI-powered editing features behind a $10/month Pro tier.
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Captions AI features Pro tier $10/month
NYC-based Captions, an AI-powered video editing app, introduces a free tier with basic video editing tools, while keeping AI features in its $10/month Pro tier
TechCrunch · 2025-01-10 · #27
Hippocratic AI raised a $141 million Series B financing round.
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Hippocratic AI
Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care use cases, raised a $141M Series B at a $1.64B valuation, and launches a health care AI agent app store
Fierce Healthcare · 2025-01-10 · #28
TSMC reports December revenue rose 58% year-over-year to approximately $8.4 billion.
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TSMC
TSMC reports December revenue up 58% YoY to ~$8.4B, pushing its 2024 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$88.02B, driven by AI chip demand from Nvidia, Broadcom, and others
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-10 · #24
Bernstein says that if UPI linkage remains exclusive to RuPay cards, RuPay is likely to emerge as the dominant network.
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Bernstein RuPay
To challenge Visa and Mastercard, India is pushing homegrown card network RuPay with its exclusive use of UPI, which handles 13B+ real-time transactions monthly
TechCrunch · 2025-01-10 · #23
RuPay powers almost one-third of credit card transactions in India.
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RuPay
To challenge Visa and Mastercard, India is pushing homegrown card network RuPay with its exclusive use of UPI, which handles 13B+ real-time transactions monthly
TechCrunch · 2025-01-10 · #23
UPI processes over 13 billion real-time transactions per month.
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UPI
To challenge Visa and Mastercard, India is pushing homegrown card network RuPay with its exclusive use of UPI, which handles 13B+ real-time transactions monthly
TechCrunch · 2025-01-10 · #23
LexisNexis Risk Solutions accounts for approximately 35% of RELX's revenue.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions RELX
A look at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, RELX's largest division, which accounts for ~35% of RELX's revenue and holds 9B device records and 3B digital identities
Financial Times · 2025-01-10 · #21
HPE and AMD built El Capitan as part of a $600M contract with the US Department of Energy.
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HPE AMD El Capitan US Department of Energy
El Capitan, the world's most powerful supercomputer, built by HPE and AMD as part of a $600M US DOE contract, is officially dedicated to handle classified tasks
Axios · 2025-01-10 · #9
Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera provide support for The Linux Foundation's initiative to fund Chromium projects in a neutral space.
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The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium projects in a “neutral space”, with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera
Ars Technica · 2025-01-10 · #6
Hippocratic AI's valuation is reported at $1.64 billion following the Series B.
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Hippocratic AI $1.64 billion
Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care use cases, raised a $141M Series B at a $1.64B valuation, and launches a health care AI agent app store
Fierce Healthcare · 2025-01-10 · #28
Kleiner Perkins, with partner Mamoon Hamid, led Hippocratic AI's Series B financing.
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Kleiner Perkins Mamoon Hamid Hippocratic AI Series B
Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care use cases, raised a $141M Series B at a $1.64B valuation, and launches a health care AI agent app store
Fierce Healthcare · 2025-01-10 · #28
AI chip demand from Nvidia, Broadcom and other customers drove TSMC's revenue growth.
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Nvidia Broadcom TSMC
TSMC reports December revenue up 58% YoY to ~$8.4B, pushing its 2024 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$88.02B, driven by AI chip demand from Nvidia, Broadcom, and others
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-10 · #24
Munjal Shah indicated he joined Mamoon Hamid and Kleiner Perkins in supporting Hippocratic AI in the next phase (Series B participation implied).
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Munjal Shah Hippocratic AI Series B
Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care use cases, raised a $141M Series B at a $1.64B valuation, and launches a health care AI agent app store
Fierce Healthcare · 2025-01-10 · #28
Internal data shows Spotify had about 55 million US subscribers as of Q3 2024.
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Spotify
Internal data: Spotify had ~55M US subscribers as of Q3 2024, of which only ~607,000 had switched to the cheaper “basic” plan that doesn't include audiobooks
Bloomberg · 2025-01-10 · #26
TSMC's 2024 revenue increased 34% year-over-year to roughly $88.02 billion.
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TSMC
TSMC reports December revenue up 58% YoY to ~$8.4B, pushing its 2024 revenue up 34% YoY to ~$88.02B, driven by AI chip demand from Nvidia, Broadcom, and others
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-10 · #24
Disney reports an estimated 157 million global monthly active users watching ad-supported content across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, including 112 million US users.
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Disney Disney+ Hulu ESPN+
Disney says it has an estimated 157M global MAUs watching ad-supported content across its streaming services Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, including 112M US users
CNBC · 2025-01-09 · #25
Dublin-based Xocean raised \u20ac115M in a funding round, bringing its total raised to approximately $189M.
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Xocean
Dublin-based Xocean, which provides ocean data to the energy and hydrography industries using uncrewed surface vessels, raised €115M, taking its total to ~$189M
TechCrunch · 2025-01-09 · #24
Innovaccer raises $275M in a Series F funding round.
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Innovaccer $275M
Innovaccer, which aggregates medical data and plans to introduce multiple AI co-pilots and agents for the healthcare industry, raised a $275M Series F
TechCrunch · 2025-01-09 · #15
Sources say Wiz has annual revenues of approximately $500 million.
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Wiz
Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz names veteran exec Fazal Merchant as president and CFO to prepare for a US IPO; sources: Wiz has annual revenues of ~$500M
Reuters · 2025-01-09 · #12