How internet censorship tech maker Sandvine, a vendor to repressive regimes like Egypt, nearly collapsed before US restrictions forced new ownership and a pivot — Sandvine built a business offering network management tools that, in the wrong hands, could be used for censorship, until the US government intervened.
OpenAI hires Kiran Mani, the CEO of Indian streaming platform JioStar, for a newly created role leading its Asia-Pacific operations, reporting to CSO Jason Kwon — OpenAI is tapping Kiran Mani, the chief executive officer of Indian streaming platform JioStar, for a newly created role leading its Asia-Pacific operations.
Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month — Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the current conflict …
European VC firm Hummingbird raised $800M to find “misfit” founders, taking its total assets to ~$2B, after backing Kraken and AI vibe coding startup Lovable — Hummingbird to put $800mn in funds to work after lucrative early bets on the likes of Kraken and Lovable
NYC-based Dash0, which offers AI agents to monitor and troubleshoot cloud, app, and infrastructure issues, raised $110M led by Balderton at a $1B valuation — Dash0 has raised $110 million at a $1 billion valuation in a Balderton Capital-led round to expand its monitoring platform …
Singapore-based Grab agrees to buy Delivery Hero's Foodpanda operations in Taiwan for $600M in cash, its first foray outside of its Southeast Asian home market — Grab Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy Delivery Hero SE's Foodpanda operations in Taiwan for $600 million, a deal that marks its first foray outside of its Southeast Asian base.
AI tools like Claude Code have transformed coders' lives, and AI labs are now eyeing a bigger goal: automating everyone's lives and winning the non-coder market — The AI sprint is hurtling toward a world where anyone can build personal concierges to do everything from executive presentations to March Madness brackets
A look at Huawei-backed Yuanjie, a maker of photonic chips used in AI data center optical interconnects, whose stock has surged 780% over the past year — Huawei-backed Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology makes photonic chips used in optical interconnects in AI data centers.
A profile of Chinese bitcoin mining company Bitmain, now allied with Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and previously the target of a DHS espionage-risk probe — Bitmain has been dogged for years by questions about the security of its mining rigs. But that hasn't stopped it from going into business with a key member of the First Family.
An essay on the history, theory, progress, and potential of world models, a prominent theme at Nvidia GTC 2026, co-written by General Intuition CEO Pim de Witte — Welcome to the 458 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since our last essay! Join 260,170 smart, curious folks by subscribing here:
Vercel, which helps developers host web apps and AI agents, says its run-rate GAAP revenue hit $340M at the end of February, up 86% YoY, amid the AI coding boom — One of the most popular ways to view the Epstein Files, an interface called Jmail that mimics a Gmail inbox, is hosted on Guillermo Rauch's $9.3 billion unicorn Vercel.
Sources: OpenAI aims to grow to about 8,000 employees by the end of 2026, from ~4,500 today, as it seeks to arrest Anthropic's momentum with business customers — OpenAI plans to almost double its headcount by the end of the year as it accelerates a push to sell to businesses and gain ground …
A look at China's rapidly expanding robotics sector, which now has roughly 140 companies hoping to build humanoids, fueled by massive state-backed investments — How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out
Filing: Unitree, China's leading robot company, is aiming to raise ~$610M in its Shanghai IPO; it brought in ~$247M in revenue in 2025 and ~$41.6M in net profit — China's leading robot company, Unitree Robotics, has filed for an initial public offering in Shanghai, moving a step closer …
Memo: ByteDance agrees to sell gaming unit Moonton to Savvy Games, owned by Saudi Arabia's PIF, a source says for $6B; ByteDance bought Moonton for $4B in 2021 — ByteDance Ltd. has agreed to sell games unit Moonton to Savvy Games Group for $6 billion, unloading a gaming studio it acquired …
CISA warns US companies to follow Microsoft's recommendations for fortifying Intune, a tool to manage staff access, after a cyberattack on Stryker last week — The US government is warning businesses to secure their corporate accounts within a popular Microsoft Corp. management tool, following a cyberattack on Stryker Corp. last week.
Samsung and AMD sign a preliminary deal for Samsung to supply its next-gen HBM4 for AMD's MI455X accelerators, used in data centers, and DDR5 for AMD's Helios — Samsung Electronics Co. agreed to supply and collaborate with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on next-generation AI memory and computing technologies.
The UK plans to spend £1B+ on quantum computing research over four years, including funding companies in pharmaceuticals, financial services, and energy — The UK will spend more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) on quantum computing research over the next four years …
Samsung says it is winding down sales of its $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold in South Korea and the US once it clears inventory, after just three months on the market — Samsung Electronics Co. is winding down sales of its Galaxy Z TriFold smartphone after roughly three months on the market …
How tech billionaires are turning on the Giving Pledge, promoted by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett; Peter Thiel says he privately told ~12 signers to undo it — Just a few months after Warren Buffett convened a series of high-end dinners across America to collect signatures for something called …
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Privacy Display works well, meaningful camera upgrades, and sleeker than S25 Ultra, but still huge, expensive, and lacks Qi2 — “Someone might be watching everything I'm doing on my screen,” I tell myself in public. Even when I'm doing nothing of consequence …
Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection, and response, raised a $22M Series A led by Sequoia — The company connects AI agents to security data lakes for interactive investigations, detection engineering, and autonomous response.
Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 — Unacademy, once a one of India's most valuable edtech startups, is set to be acquired by rival upGrad in an all-stock deal …
Tether, flush with cash, has been investing in diverse sectors ranging from sleep tech company Eight Sleep to humanoid robotics company Neura Robotics — Beyond fintech and crypto startups, Tether has now backed a mattress-maker and a humanoid robotics specialist.
Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the war in Iran push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication — A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran.
Sources: ByteDance suspended the global launch of Seedance 2.0 amid copyright disputes with Hollywood studios and streamers; it was launched in China last month — ByteDance has put on hold the global launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2., due to a string of copyright disputes …
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