Ultralytics, which develops the YOLO series of open-source computer vision models and sells commercial licenses, raised a $30M Series A led by Elephant VC — Ultralytics Inc., a developer of computer vision models, today announced that it has raised $30 million in funding.
An inside look at Léon Thévenin, the only undersea internet cable repair ship permanently stationed in Africa, operated by the French telecom company Orange — Undersea internet cables are critical in today's hyperconnected world. The crew of the Léon Thévenin maintains one stretch of this global network.
As carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, scammers are using “SMS blasters” that impersonate base stations to send fake messages to nearby phones — Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers.
Meta faces a backlash after using Instagram photos of teenage schoolgirls, posted by their parents with visible faces and names, to promote Threads to a man — Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
Huawei says DeepSeek-R1-Safe, which was trained on 1,000 of its Ascend AI chips, is “nearly 100% successful” in preventing politically sensitive topics — - Model better prevent discussion of politically sensitive topics — Model trained using 1,000 of Huawei's own Ascend AI chips
Perplexity struggles to scale its shopping and ad businesses nearly a year after launching ad sales and in-app purchasing, frustrating marketers and merchants — Perplexity has drawn plenty of its headlines for its relentless fundraising—which recently valued the artificial intelligence search firm …
Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in and boarding systems, confirms a “cyber-related disruption” as Heathrow and other European airports report issues — - London's Heathrow, airports in Berlin, Brussels affected by disruption — RTX experiencing ‘cyber-related disruption’ in airport software
Mastodon, the nonprofit behind the social network, plans to offer paid hosting, moderation, and support services for organizations joining the fediverse — Mastodon, the non-profit organization that maintains the software powering the decentralized alternative to social networks like Threads and X, has a new plan to make money.
Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to invest $500M in UK self-driving car startup Wayve, as part of a broader £2B funding pledge in UK startups — AI chipmaker's chief tells London audience that UK's first trillion-dollar company will be an AI business
ByteDance's valuation hit $400B in private deals, up from $230B in early 2025; shareholders see it as undervalued and plan to retain stakes amid US TikTok sale — Investor conviction in ByteDance's potential has climbed since Washington and Beijing this week reached a framework agreement …
Deliveroo CEO Will Shu will step down once its takeover by DoorDash takes effect; the deal is expected to close by October 2 — British food delivery firm Deliveroo (ROO.L) said on Thursday founder and CEO Will Shu will step down once its takeover by U.S. rival DoorDash takes effect.
Filing: Insight Partners says a ransomware attack on its systems between October 2024 and January 2025 affected 12,600+ people, including limited partners — Venture capital firm Insight Partners has notified thousands of people, including the firm's limited partners, that their personal information …
Sources: Anthropic refused federal law enforcement requests to use its AI models for some tasks, such as the surveillance of US citizens, irking the White House — THE SCOOP — Anthropic is in the midst of a splashy media tour in Washington, but its refusal to allow its models to be used …
Sources: China told ByteDance, Alibaba, and others to stop testing and ordering Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, a stronger ban than earlier guidance focused on H20 — Beijing steps up efforts to boost semiconductor independence to compete with the US — China's internet regulator has banned …
Seon, which uses AI to detect and prevent fraud, raised an $80M Series C led by Sixth Street Growth, bringing its total funding to $187M — Fraud prevention and anti-money-laundering compliance company SEON Technologies Kft. announced today that it has raised $80 million in new funding …
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