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March 3, 2025

Anthropic raises $3.5B to fuel its AI ambitions

​[[{“value”:” AI startup Anthropic today announced that it raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The Series E, which also had participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, General Catalyst, Jane Street, Menlo Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures, brings the company’s total […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

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UK probes how TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur protect child privacy
March 3, 2025

UK probes how TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur protect child privacy

​[[{“value”:” The U.K.’s privacy watchdog has launched investigations into three social media companies over how they go about protecting the privacy of children on their respective platforms. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced today that it’s looking into how TikTok uses personal information of 13-17-year-olds to recommend videos, “in light of growing concerns” around how young […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

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March 3, 2025

Chinese buyers are getting Nvidia Blackwell chips despite U.S. export controls

​[[{“value”:” Upholding export controls on semiconductor chips made in the U.S. made chips may be harder than Washington D.C. thinks. Chinese buyers are getting their hands on computing systems with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips through third-party traders located in other regions, the Wall Street Journal reported. Buyers in Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam are buying these resources for […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

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March 3, 2025

Conan O’Brien comments on AI during his opening monologue at the Oscars

​[[{“value”:” When hosting the 2025 Oscars last night, comedian and late-night TV host Conan O’Brien addressed the use of AI in his opening monologue, reflecting the growing conversation about the technology’s influence in Hollywood. “We did not use AI to make this show,” O’Brien said. His remarks were clearly a reference to the use of generative AI […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

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Mountains and What They Are Made Of (part 2)
March 3, 2025

Mountains and What They Are Made Of (part 2)

​[[{“value”:” Here we continue the behind-the-scenes tour of my recent mountain adventures! This post picks up where “Mountains and What They Are Made Of (part 1)” left off. Cotopaxi Even after three days in the Paramo, we apparently didn’t have our fill of outside adventures that week. So, we decided to visit Cotopaxi on Saturday. On the trail View of…

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March 3, 2025

T-Mobile and Perplexity announce new ‘AI phone’ priced at under $1K

​[[{“value”:” It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company. And here it is: T-Mobile, the mobile telco owned by Deutsche Telekom (DT), said that it is building an “AI Phone,” a low-cost handset created in close […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

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Having Fun!
March 3, 2025

Having Fun!

​[[{“value”:” One of my favorite parts of studying abroad this far has been all of the fun activities I have gotten the opportunity to participate in! My program plans two activities each week for us to take advantage of if we choose to do so. These activities range from active adventures to casual events. For this post, I will be…

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March 3, 2025

Stability AI optimized its audio generation model to run on Arm chips

​[[{“value”:” AI startup Stability AI has teamed up with chipmaker Arm to bring Stability’s Stable Audio Open, an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects, to mobile devices running Arm chips. While a number of AI-powered apps can generate audio, like Suno and Udio, most rely on cloud processing, meaning that they can’t be […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

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