Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone

BeauHD / slashdot - The viral Chinese app Are You Dead? (known as Sileme in Chinese) targets people who live alone by requiring regular check-ins and alerting an emergency contact if the user doesn't respond. It launched in May and is now the most downloaded paid app in Chin…

#digitalhealth #mobile #china #business #us #culture #apps #wellness #community

The morbidly-named “Are You Dead?” has topped the App Store in China, as a way for people living alone to get some help if they don’t check in every day.

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'Are You Dead?': Chinese app for solo dwellers goes viral

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'Are You Dead?' iOS app helps lonely people stay safe in China

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'Are You Dead?' Is The #1 Paid iPhone App In China: Here's Why

7 wks / bgr

Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

‘Are You Dead?’ tops China's paid app list

7 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

An App Called ‘Are You Dead?’ Is Climbing the Apple Charts

7 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone

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OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

Julie Bort / techcrunch - AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI's new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov.

#ai #startups #digitalhealth #openai #genai #health #business #chatgpt #acquisitions

$100M for “medical memory” for ChatGPT Health. OpenAI acquires Latvian medical startup Torch

7 wks / ain

OpenAI Strengthens ChatGPT Health Plans With Torch Acquisition

7 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

OpenAI buys health-tech Torch for $100m

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

OpenAI acquires Torch to build a "medical memory for AI"

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

OpenAI acquires healthcare startup Torch, deal pegged at $100 million - The Economic Times

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OpenAI Acquires Torch Startup to Boost ChatGPT Health Capabilities - Букви

7 wks / mezha

OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

7 wks / techcrunch / Julie Bort

OpenAI buys Torch to bring unified medical data into ChatGPT Health

7 wks / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

OpenAI acquires health-care technology startup Torch

7 wks / cnbc

Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products

Kalley Huang / nytimes - Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.

#ai #apple #google #genai #stockmarket #business #ios #technology

Gemini & Siri Integration – Apple's Siri reboots with Gemini’s AI innovation. (15)
Investor Optimism – Investors celebrate transformative AI alliance. (1)

Gemini & Siri Integration – Apple's Siri reboots with Gemini’s AI innovation.

Apple's Siri to Be Powered by Google, Australia's Under-16 Social Media Ban, UK Investigates Musk's X | Tech Today video

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Official: Apple Intelligence & Siri To Be Powered By Google Gemini

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The Morning After: Apple will use Gemini to power Siri AI

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Official: Google Gemini will power Apple Intelligence and Siri

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Apple, Google go official for Siri revamp

7 wks / therundown / Zach Mink

Deal: Google Gemini becomes foundation for Apple’s AI models

7 wks / techzine / Colin Baak

Apple bet its AI future on Gemini. Here’s how it can reimagine the iPhone for you

7 wks / digitaltrends

One-Minute Daily AI News 1/12/2026

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Gemini will power Apple's Siri

7 wks / axios / Ina Fried

Apple, Google strike Gemini deal for revamped Siri in major win for Alphabet

7 wks / scmp

It’s Official: Siri Gets Google’s Brain

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Apple Chooses Google Gemini for Major Siri Upgrade

7 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products

7 wks / nytimes / Kalley Huang

Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products

7 wks / nytimes / Kalley Huang

Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year

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Investor Optimism – Investors celebrate transformative AI alliance.

The Apple-Google AI deal is a massive win for investors in both tech giants

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Jensen Huang claims that 'god AI' is a myth — Nvidia chief says 'doomer narrative' is 'extremely hurtful'

tomshardware - Nvidia's Jensen Huang says negative narratives around AI are "extremely hurtful," and that science fiction speculation isn't connected to reality.

#ai #innovation #ml #nvidia #gpu #aiethics #genai #business #technology #huang

Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335

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Request denied. Anything else? #ai #aislop #aisucks

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Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI gizmodo.com/jensen-huang...

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Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Jensen Huang claims that 'god AI' is a myth — Nvidia chief says 'doomer narrative' is 'extremely hurtful'

7 wks / tomshardware

NVIDIA’s CEO Says You Shouldn’t Talk Bad About AI, Saying That Those Fueling the “Doomer Narrative” Are Deeply Conflicted People

7 wks / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Jensen Huang says relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has "done a lot of damage"

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Apple Services Hit Record Highs in 2025 as App Store Commerce Tops $1.3 Trillion

iclarified - Apple's Services division closed out a record-setting 2025, posting strong engagement across its platforms and facilitating $1.3 trillion in commerce through the App Store ecosystem. In a year-end performance update released today, the company highlighted…

#fintech #ecommerce #digitaltransformation #apple #earnings #business #apps #payments #economy #technology

Apple paid developers $550B via App Store since 2008

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App Store has generated over half a trillion dollars for developers

7 wks / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Eddy Cue on Apple’s 2025 Year in Services

7 wks / apple / John Gruber

2025 Becomes Apple’s Biggest Year for Services

7 wks / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Here's How 2025 Was a 'Record-Breaking Year' Across Apple's Services

7 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple Services Hit Record Highs in 2025 as App Store Commerce Tops $1.3 Trillion

7 wks / iclarified

Apple Just Revealed How Big Its Services Empire Has Become

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

BitGo to Go Public, Targets $201 Million in IPO with $1.85B Valuation

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR BitGo plans to raise up to $201 million in its upcoming IPO targeting a $1.85 billion valuation. The company will offer 11 million newly issued shares and 821,595 shares from current stockholders. BitGo’s revenue surged to nearly $10 billion in the f…

#startups #vc #blockchain #fintech #crypto #stockmarket #business #bitcoin #wallet

Custodial wallet provider BitGo files for $201M public offering

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

BitGo to Go Public, Targets $201 Million in IPO with $1.85B Valuation

7 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

BitGo Targets $1.9 Billion IPO for Crypto Custody Firm

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Crypto Firm BitGo Targets Nearly $2 Billion Valuation in US IPO Filing

7 wks / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

Meta Plans To Cut Around 10% of Employees In Reality Labs Division

BeauHD / slashdot - Meta plans to cut roughly 10% of staff in its Reality Labs division, with layoffs hitting metaverse-focused teams hardest. Reuters reports: The cuts to Reality Labs, which has roughly 15,000 employees, could be announced as soon as Tuesday and are set to …

#ai #vr #ar #mixedreality #meta #business #layoffs #technology #spatialcomputing

Meta plans to lay off 10 percent of its metaverse group

7 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

Meta reportedly cutting up to 10pc of Reality Labs workforce

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Oh no, the scam didn’t work! Oh well, on to the next scam. Sorry about your jobs

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Meta reportedly prepares new round of Reality Labs layoffs as AI takes priority

7 wks / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Meta Plans To Cut Around 10% of Employees In Reality Labs Division

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Meta Reportedly Cutting About 1,500 VR and AR Jobs Amid Renewed Push to Become an AI Juggernaut

7 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Meta plans to lay off hundreds of metaverse employees this week

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business

7 wks / reddit / /u/joe4942

Meta Plans to Cut 10% of Jobs at Company’s Reality Labs Division

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business

7 wks / nytimes / Mike Isaac,Eli Tan

Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business

7 wks / nytimes / Mike Isaac and Eli Tan

Nvidia to Invest $1 Billion in AI Drug Laboratory With Eli Lilly

Ian KingMadison Muller / bloomberg - Nvidia Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over five years in a new laboratory with Eli Lilly & Co., aiming to speed up the use of artificial intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry.

#ai #biotech #ml #nvidia #gpu #genai #health #business #pharmaceuticals #medicine

Nvidia, Lilly to invest up to $1B in new AI medical research lab

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Eli Lilly (LLY) Stock: Jumps 1.6% as $1B NVIDIA AI Lab Targets Drug Discovery Breakthroughs

7 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Nvidia, Eli Lilly announce $1 billion investment in AI drug discovery lab

7 wks / reddit / /u/FireDream15

Nvidia, Eli Lilly just say yes to making drugs together, using Vera Rubin GPUs

7 wks / theregister / Tobias Mann

Nvidia and Eli Lilly are launching an AI drug discovery lab

7 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

Nvidia to Invest $1 Billion in AI Drug Laboratory With Eli Lilly

7 wks / bloomberg / Ian KingMadison Muller

Apple surpasses Samsung to become the worlds number one smartphone maker

mashable - New data from Counterpoint has Apple as the world's top smartphone maker, ahead of Samsung.

#mobiletech #innovation #apple #samsung #business #iphone #technology #gadgets #smartphone

Samsung ranks No. 2 in global smartphone market in 2025: data

7 wks / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Apple Overtakes Samsung as World's Top Smartphone Maker in 2025 [Report]

7 wks / iclarified

Apple surpasses Samsung to become the worlds number one smartphone maker

7 wks / mashable

Apple dominated 2025 smartphone market with a 20% share

7 wks / appleinsider

Apple Now The Apex Predator Of The Smartphone World With A 20 Percent Market Share

7 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple Tops 2025 Smartphone Market With 20% Share, 10% Growth

7 wks / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

VelaFi Raises $20M in Series B Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - VelaFi, a Dallas, TX-based provider of a stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure platform under Galactic Holdings, raised $20M in Series B funding. The round was led by XVC and Ikuyo, with participation from Alibaba Investment, Planetree, existing sha…

#startups #blockchain #fintech #crypto #banking #business #payments #economy

VelaFi Raises $20M in Series B Funding

7 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

VelaFi Raises $20 Million To Expand Global Stablecoin Infrastructure

7 wks / ventureburn / Clinton

VelaFi raises $20 million in Series B to expand stablecoin payments infrastructure

7 wks / coindesk / Will Canny

LEGO Finally Reveals Pokémon Sets and Prices Hit $900 in Canada

John Quintet / iphoneincanada - LEGO and Pokémon announced their first-ever LEGO Pokémon sets on Monday, marking the first time Pokémon characters will be available as full LEGO builds. Both companies previously announced in March of last year new sets were coming, and now we have our f…

#ecommerce #gaming #entertainment #business #culture #pricing #media #anime #japan

Lego's first Pokémon sets are now available for pre-order

7 wks / engadget / Anna Washenko

Nintendo (NTDOY) Stock: Edges Higher as LEGO Pokémon Sets Spark Strong Market Buzz

7 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Gotta find a spare $650 somewhere... www.theverge.com/tech/860511/...

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LEGO Finally Reveals Pokémon Sets and Prices Hit $900 in Canada

7 wks / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Lego unveils first Pokémon sets, and one costs nearly $1,000

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

The first-ever Lego Pokémon sets have arrived — where to pre-order right now

7 wks / mashable

LEGO Pokémon sets have finally been unveiled, but they’ll cost you a pretty penny

7 wks / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

The Lego Pokémon Kanto Region Badge Collection is free when you pre-order the new Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise set

7 wks / mashable

The first three Lego Pokémon sets launch in February and include a $650 diorama

7 wks / theverge / Andrew Liszewski

Lego’s First ‘Pokémon’ Sets Are Here, and Sorry, They Cost How Much?

7 wks / gizmodo / James Whitbrook

Paramount won't quit, files suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over rejected bid

Andre Revilla / engadget - Paramount Skydance just does not want to take no for an answer. After having multiple bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) rejected, including a recent hostile bid that the WBD board recommended that shareholders reject, Paramount is turning to th…

#entertainment #stockmarket #business #hbomax #acquisitions #law #media #tv #broadcasting #litigation

Paramount sues WBD over Netflix deal. WBD says Paramount’s price is still inadequate.

7 wks / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

Paramount sues to reveal Warner Bros Discovery’s Netflix calculations

7 wks / mumbrella / Hal Crawford

Paramount Is Going Full Borg to Try and Stop the Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger

7 wks / gizmodo / Cheryl Eddy

Warner Bros. Discovery Dismisses Paramount Litigation as Investor Distraction

7 wks / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

WB knows Netflix deal carries more antitrust risk, Paramount says

7 wks / globalcompetitionreview / Anna Langlois

Show us the math: Paramount sues Warner Bros. over how it determined Netflix’s bid is better

7 wks / x / @MarketWatch

Paramount won't quit, files suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over rejected bid

7 wks / engadget / Andre Revilla

Paramount sues after Warner Bros. Discovery rejects its latest deal

7 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Paramount files lawsuit against Warner Bros. amidst controversial Netflix merger

7 wks / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Paramount Plans to Nominate WBD Board Members, Files Litigation Regarding Asset Sale to Netflix

7 wks / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Tom Lee's BitMine Buys $76 Million in Ethereum as Analysts Predict ETH Outperforming Bitcoin

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies added to its ETH stash, now valued around $13 billion.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #stockmarket #business #treasury #wallet

Tom Lee's BitMine Buys $76 Million in Ethereum as Analysts Predict ETH Outperforming Bitcoin

7 wks / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

BitMine adds 24,000 ether, but warns accumulation may slow without shareholder approval

7 wks / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

Tom Lee’s BitMine adds another 24,266 ether as holdings approach 4.2 million ETH and staked assets nearly double

7 wks / theblock / James Hunt

Alphabet breaks through $4 trillion market value barrier

Berry Zwets / techzine - Alphabet reached a market value of $4 trillion (€3.4 trillion) on Monday. Google’s parent company surpassed Apple for the first time since 2019, making it the second-most-valuable company in the world. Only Nvidia is currently worth more. Alphabet’s share…

#ai #mag7 #google #genai #stockmarket #business #alphabet #economy #technology

Alphabet joins $4 trillion club

7 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Apple Siri deal drives Google past historic trillion-dollar milestone: Big tech gets even bigger

7 wks / mashable

Google Parent Company’s Market Cap Hits $4 Trillion Amid AI Gains

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/a...

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Alphabet Becomes Newest $4 Trillion Company, Joining Nvidia

7 wks / wsj / Katherine Blunt

Alphabet breaks through $4 trillion market value barrier

7 wks / techzine / Berry Zwets

Alphabet hits $4 trillion market capitalization

7 wks / cnbc

Alphabet hits $4tn valuation on AI hopes

7 wks / ft

Apple Confirms Google Gemini Will Power Next-Generation Siri This Year

Joe Rossignol / macrumors - In a statement shared with CNBC today, Apple confirmed that Google Gemini will power the next-generation version of Siri that is slated to launch later this year."After careful evaluation, we determined that Google's technology provides the most capable f…

#ai #voice #apple #google #genai #business #ios #assistant #gemini #timcook

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Apple Taps Google's Gemini to Power AI Models After 'Apple Intelligence' Stumbles

7 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

Apple Surrenders. Google Collects.

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Apple turns to Google's Gemini as Siri's technical debt becomes too much to handle

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Siri upgrade confirmations

Apple's big Siri AI upgrade will be powered by Google Gemini

7 wks / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

Apple taps Google Gemini for next-gen AI features, revamped Siri

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Apple turns to Google Gemini to power the future of Apple Intelligence and finally make Siri good

7 wks / betanews / Wayne Williams

Apple will use Google’s Gemini models to power new Siri release

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Google Is Powering Apple’s Biggest Siri Upgrade Yet

7 wks / eweek / J.R. Johnivan

Apple, Rather Quietly and With No Details, Announces Partnership With Google to Use Gemini Technology for Apple Foundation Models, and Presumably, the Year-Overdue More Personalized Siri

7 wks / cnbc / John Gruber

Apple Picks Google Gemini to Power Siri

7 wks / cnet / Imad Khan

Apple Selects Google’s Gemini For New AI-Powered Siri via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

7 wks / searchenginejournal / Matt G. Southern

Apple picks Google Gemini over ChatGPT for Siris AI overhaul

7 wks / mashable

Apple Taps Google Gemini to Give Siri an AI Glow-Up

7 wks / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Apple has confirmed that Siri’s big AI reboot will be powered by Google’s Gemini

7 wks / digitaltrends

Apple says its new AI-powered Siri will use Google’s Gemini language models

7 wks / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Apple Turns to Google’s Gemini to Power AI in Siri

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Apple chooses Google's Gemini AI to power Siri

7 wks / techxplore

Apple Confirms Google Gemini Will Power the Next AI Siri

7 wks / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Apple Officially Selects Google Gemini to Power Next-Gen Siri

7 wks / iclarified

Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Apple confirms Google Gemini will power Siri, says privacy remains a priority

7 wks / bleepingcomputer / Mayank Parmar

Apple Confirms Next-Gen Siri Will Be Powered By Google's Gemini

7 wks / bgr

Apple Officially Confirms Google Gemini Crutch For The Revamped Siri

7 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple Partners With Google on Siri Upgrade, Declares Gemini 'Most Capable Foundation'

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year

7 wks / cnbc

Apple's Siri AI will be powered by Gemini

7 wks / engadget / Kris Holt

Apple Confirms Google Gemini Will Power Next-Generation Siri This Year

7 wks / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade

7 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Apple Adopts Google Gemini to Improve Siri

7 wks / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Apple picks Google's Gemini to power Siri

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Elon Musk Reacts to Apple and Google Teaming on Gemini-Powered Siri

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Apple and Google have confirmed that the next version of Siri will use Gemini and Google Cloud in a multi-year collaboration between the two tech giants.

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Apple Confirms Google Gemini Will Power Next-Generation Siri This Year

7 wks / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Hey Siri, set a timer to turn off ChatGPT www.theverge.com/news/860521/...

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"Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade" www.theverge.com/news/860521/...

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Rosberg Ventures Closes $100M Fund III To Support Nico Rosberg’s Long-Term VC Vision

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Nico Rosberg announced that Rosberg Ventures has closed its $100 million Fund III, calling it “oversubscribed, with unprecedented demand, and capped for performance.” Founded after his 2016 Formula 1 retirement, Rosberg Ventures transitioned Rosberg from …

#startups #innovation #privateequity #business #finance #europe #technology

Rosberg Ventures Closes $100M Fund III To Support Nico Rosberg’s Long-Term VC Vision

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Former F1 champion Nico Rosberg pushes Rosberg Ventures to close third fund at €86 million

7 wks / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Rosberg Ventures closes $100M Fund III as Nico Rosberg bets on long-game venture strategy

7 wks / tech / Cate Lawrence

Former F1 Champ Nico Rosberg Raises $100 Million For VC Firm

7 wks / bloomberg / Yazhou Sun

Canadian ice master makes Olympic history with the Games' 1st indoor temporary speedskating rink

go - Olympic officials have brought on ice master Mark Messer to prepare the speed skating rink for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games

#innovation #science #business #canada #europe #engineering #manufacturing #performance #technology #research

Canadian ice master makes Olympic history with the Games' 1st indoor temporary speedskating rink

7 wks / techxplore

Canadian ice master makes Olympic history with the Games' 1st indoor temporary speedskating rink

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Torq Raises $140M Series D Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Torq, a NYC-based agentic AI security operations provider, raised $140M in Series D funding, at $1.2 Billion valuation. The round was led by Merlin Ventures, with participation from all existing investors, including Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capi…

#ai #startups #cybersecurity #automation #saas #enterprise #infosec #cloudsec #genai #business

Torq Raises $140 Million for Agentic AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platform

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Torq hits $1.2bn valuation for agentic AI-driven security platform

7 wks / techmonitor / Swagath Bandhakavi

Torq Raises $140M Series D Funding

7 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

Israel’s Torq grabs $140M to automate enterprise SOCs

7 wks / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Labels Rome's comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’ Cloudflare’s CEO has threatened to pull the company out of Italy, and to withdraw free services it intends to provide to the Winter Olympic games…

#cloud #techpolicy #cloudsec #government #business #internet #europe #law #telecommunications #cloudflare

Cloudflare Says Winter Olympics Cybersecurity Is at Risk in Spat With Italian Regulators

7 wks / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Cloudflare Threatens Italy Exit After $16.3M Fine For Refusing Piracy Blocks

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Cloudflare’s CEO has threatened to pull the company out of Italy, and to withdraw free services it intends to provide to the Winter Olympic games

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine

7 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

South Korea proposes 5% limit for listed firms’ crypto exposure

Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The proposed guidelines would allow eligible firms to invest in the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market value.

#blockchain #crypto #banking #government #stockmarket #business #asia #economy #regulation

South Korea proposes 5% limit for listed firms’ crypto exposure

7 wks / coindesk / Shaurya Malwa

South Korean authorities seek 5% cap on corporate crypto investments: report

7 wks / theblock / Danny Park

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Viral Chinese App 'Are You Dead?' Checks On Those Who Live Alone

OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M

Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products

Gemini & Siri Integration – Apple's Siri reboots with Gemini’s AI innovation.

Investor Optimism – Investors celebrate transformative AI alliance.

Jensen Huang claims that 'god AI' is a myth — Nvidia chief says 'doomer narrative' is 'extremely hurtful'

Apple Services Hit Record Highs in 2025 as App Store Commerce Tops $1.3 Trillion

BitGo to Go Public, Targets $201 Million in IPO with $1.85B Valuation

Meta Plans To Cut Around 10% of Employees In Reality Labs Division

Nvidia to Invest $1 Billion in AI Drug Laboratory With Eli Lilly

Apple surpasses Samsung to become the worlds number one smartphone maker

VelaFi Raises $20M in Series B Funding

LEGO Finally Reveals Pokémon Sets and Prices Hit $900 in Canada

Paramount won't quit, files suit against Warner Bros. Discovery over rejected bid

Tom Lee's BitMine Buys $76 Million in Ethereum as Analysts Predict ETH Outperforming Bitcoin

Alphabet breaks through $4 trillion market value barrier

Apple Confirms Google Gemini Will Power Next-Generation Siri This Year

Industry and skeptic reactions

Other offbeat and ecosystem takes

Partnership and technical challenges

Siri upgrade confirmations

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Rosberg Ventures Closes $100M Fund III To Support Nico Rosberg’s Long-Term VC Vision

Canadian ice master makes Olympic history with the Games' 1st indoor temporary speedskating rink

Torq Raises $140M Series D Funding

Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine

South Korea proposes 5% limit for listed firms’ crypto exposure

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