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
Minisforum N5 Pro is unlike anything I've seen before: a powerful mini PC and e…
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)
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times : Sources: Shield AI, maker of software for autonomo…
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)
Bloomberg : Zhou Chaonan, the chairwoman of data center operator Range Intelligent,…
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
A more expensive Raspberry Pi may not please everyone, so I looked for an alternativ…
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)
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch : Netradyne, which provides AI-enabled dashcams to flee…
150TB SSD modules to go mainstream in 2025, and Micron is getting a slice of that pie
Micron is teaming up with Pure Storage for the 150TB DirectFlash module Micron'…
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)
Kate Knibbs / Wired : DoubleVerify says there is a jump in AI click farms, includin…
Mecha Comet is a modular open source handheld computer that reminds me of the Indian PDA that may have inspired the iPhone
The Comet is a blend of Raspberry Pi, Simputer and Project Ara with a hint of Game …
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)
Cynthia Brumfield / CSO : Draft of an EO called “Strengthening and Promoting Innova…
Crypto payments platform MoonPay has acquired blockchain payment processor Helio, a source says for $175M (Eleanor Terrett/Fox Business)
Eleanor Terrett / Fox Business : Crypto payments platform MoonPay has acquired bloc…
Finally, another Thunderbolt 5 SSD has landed, and boy is it fast! Seagate's LaCie Rugged SSD Pro5 is a stunner
This is only the second TB5 SSD on the market after the Envoy Ultra Seagate says i…
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)
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch : Raspberry AI, which uses AI to turn fashion designer s…
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)
Renée DiResta : Meta's changes to its content policies will appease vocal polit…
Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait predicts AI's impact on journalism: jobs will change, not vanish, reporting and breaking news will remain valuable, and more (John Micklethwait/Bloomberg)
John Micklethwait / Bloomberg : Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait predicts AI's i…
Could this be Lenovo's first NAS? A proof of concept for network-attached storage has emerged, featuring two Type-C connectors and a dedicated Ethernet port
Lenovo presented a 3.5-inch mock-up of an 'AI storage device', which could …
The rise of RISC: 2025 will be the year of the first quasi-mainstream RISC-V laptop as confirmed by the CEO of Framework but I don't think it will be ready for primetime
Modular laptop vendor Framework said it will launch a RISC-V product in 2025 RISC-…
I can't wait to test the world's first 8TB PCIe 5.0 SSD, and I'm sure this one won't be too expensive
Teamgroup's 8TB PCIe 5.0 SSD will be the first of its kind to hit the market T…
Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades (Aitor Hernández-Morales/Politico)
Aitor Hernández-Morales / Politico : Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fin…
MSI launches two Cubi NUC AI mini PCs but I am still waiting for one with a Thunderbolt 5 port
MSI is the latest vendor to jump on the AI PC bandwagon The Cubi NUC AI+ 2M is a m…
Matt Mullenweg deactivates the accounts of several WordPress.org members, some of whom have been leading a push to create a new fork of the open-source project (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch : Matt Mullenweg deactivates the accounts of several WordP…
Overhaul, which uses AI to anticipate freight shipping delays to fight cargo theft for customers like Microsoft, raised $55M, bringing total funding to ~$150M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Overhaul, which uses AI to anticipate freight shipping …
NATO wants to build an alternative satellite-based internet to be used in case of emergency
Project HEIST wants to mitigate physical sabotaging of underwater cables HEIST is …
SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg : SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or…
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed "legal and policy landscape" around DEI in the US (Axios)
Axios : Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, a…
Pakistan telecom authority blames VPN usage for slow internet speeds
A surge in VPN usage is the cause of slow internet speeds in Pakistan, with each mega…
GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin says Mark Zuckerberg met with Trump the day before announcing that Meta would replace fact-checking with Community Notes (Colby Hall/Mediaite)
Colby Hall / Mediaite : GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin says Mark Zuckerberg met with …
Microsoft is finally fighting back against the rise of SteamOS by overhauling Windows 11 to be better on handhelds
The Windows 11 gaming user interface is set to become more console-like, taking ins…
Microsoft open sources the 14B-parameter AI model Phi-4 and its weights, available on Hugging Face under a MIT License, after releasing it in December 2024 (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat : Microsoft open sources the 14B-parameter AI model Phi-…
Google fires back as Microsoft is accused of 'tricking' people into using Bing
Microsoft has been accused of using an underhand trick to drive Bing traffic In ce…
Meta is dropping fact-checking after incoming FCC head Brendan Carr threatened it over such practices, undercutting the notion that Meta's move was principled (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
Adi Robertson / The Verge : Meta is dropping fact-checking after incoming FCC head …
For months, Meta hid posts that included LGBTQ+ hashtags for all users who had their sensitive content filter turned on; Meta claims this was done erroneously (Taylor Lorenz/User Mag)
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag : For months, Meta hid posts that included LGBTQ+ hashtags…
Source: OpenAI may launch agents this month and has been cautious, as rivals like Anthropic moved ahead, partly due to concerns of prompt injection attacks (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information : Source: OpenAI may launch agents this month…
CES 2025 day 1: the 11 best gadgets we've seen, from Samsung's new flagship OLED TV to the Garmin Instinct 3
(Image credit: Future) TechRadar will be extensively covering this year…
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