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 What kind of mini PC is that? Minisforum's NAS packs a Ryzen AI HX 370, up to 96GB RAM and a staggering 154TB storage
Sources: Shield AI, maker of software for autonomous aircraft and drones, is raising ~$200M from Palantir and others at a $5B valuation, up from $2.8B in 2024 (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)
Zhou Chaonan, the chairwoman of data center operator Range Intelligent, has become China's third richest woman after her company's stock rose 105% in 2024 (Bloomberg)
 Forget about a $120 Raspberry Pi 5 barebone, I found a much better $120 mini PC that has 512GB SSD, a far more powerful CPU and an actual casing
Netradyne, which provides AI-enabled dashcams to fleet owners like Amazon, raised a $90M Series D led by Point72 at a pre-money valuation of $1.25B (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
 150TB SSD modules to go mainstream in 2025, and Micron is getting a slice of that pie
DoubleVerify says there is a jump in AI click farms, including a network of 200+ websites called Synthetic Echo, designed to siphon ad revenue from real outlets (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
 Mecha Comet is a modular open source handheld computer that reminds me of the Indian PDA that may have inspired the iPhone
Draft of an EO called "Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation's Cybersecurity" that Biden may issue this week lists 52 actions agencies must take (Cynthia Brumfield/CSO)
Crypto payments platform MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processor Helio, a source says for $175M (Eleanor Terrett/Fox Business)
 Finally, another Thunderbolt 5 SSD has landed, and boy is it fast! Seagate's LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 is a stunner
Raspberry AI, which uses AI to turn fashion designer sketches into realistic images and has ~70 clients including Under Armour, raised an a16z-led $24M Series A (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
Meta's changes to its content policies will appease vocal political critics only for the short term, and they signal a retreat from responsibility to users (Renée DiResta)