Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation
The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called Chromatic, in 2024. Source link
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Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps
To house the hundreds or thousands of temporary workers needed to build an AI data center, developers are increasingly relying on temporary villages known as man camps. This style of camping became popular in this way Housing for men working in remote oil fields. For example, a Bitcoin mining facility in rural Dickens County, Texas…
Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package
Sundar Pichai’s new salary package could be $692 million. per a filed First spied by FTAlphabet has signed a three-year deal for its Google CEO that could make him one of the highest-paid executives on the planet — but much of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives tied to Waymo and Wing,…
OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again
OpenAI has delayed the launch of “Adult Mode”, a ChatGPAT feature that would give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first This feature was announced in OctoberWriting, “In December, as we fully enforce age-gating and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will…
Nintendo sues the U.S. government for a refund on tariffs
Nintendo filed a trial On Friday against the US government over the removal of tariffs on global businesses. The gaming giant is demanding a refund for any fees paid due to President Donald Trump’s executive orders that invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The suit, filed in the US Court of International Trade,…
Life EV officially owns Rad Power Bikes now
Lyft Electric Vehicles Holdings, also known as Lyft EV, officially owns the intellectual property, inventory, and certain operational assets of Rad Power Bikes. Lyft EV acquires Red Power $13.2 million. Rad Power Bikes, a popular electric bike company that raised approximately $330 million in venture capital, Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection In December. The…
Anthropic’s Claude found 22 vulnerabilities in Firefox over two weeks
In a recent security partnership with Mozilla, Anthropic found 22 different weaknesses In Firefox – 14 of them are classified as “high-severity”. Most bugs have been fixed firefox 148 (version released this February), although some improvements will have to wait for the next release. Anthropic’s team used Cloud Opus 4.6 over a two-week period, starting…
Anthropic’s Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale for startups chasing federal contracts
The Pentagon has officially Anthropic designated a supply-chain risk The two failed to agree on how much control the military should have over its AI models, including its use in autonomous weapons and large-scale domestic surveillance. As Anthropic’s $200 million contract fell apart, DoD turned instead to OpenAI, which accepted and then looked at ChatGPT…
FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: report
Hackers have reportedly breached the FBI’s network. Citing an unnamed source on Thursday, CNN reported The breach affected a system used to manage wiretaps and foreign intelligence surveillance warrants. “The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged all technical capabilities to respond,” a spokesperson for the bureau told TechCrunch,…
Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months
nominal on thursday announced A new $80M Series B extension round at a valuation of $1B led by Founders Fund. This was followed in September by the company’s $75M Series B round led by Sequoia. Nominal provides software that helps hardware engineers test their designs and began as a pick-and-shovel type startup for the defense…