Inside Microsoft’s Xbox Leadership Shake-Up
John Gruber / theverge - Tom Warren, reporting for The Verge (gift link): With Spencer’s retirement official, Microsoft is hitting the resetbutton on Bond’s Xbox strategy instead of embracing it further.Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma is now promising “the return ofXbox,” in a c…
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PlayStation confirms September release for Marvel’s Wolverine
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - PlayStation has announced that Marvel’s Wolverine will launch exclusively on PS5 on September 15, 2026. The gaming giant had previously confirmed a fall 2026 window when it showed off the first-ever gameplay for the highly-anticipated superhero game last …
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AI accounting startup Basis raises $100M at $1.15B valuation from Accel, GV to automate Big Four drudgery
Vignesh R / techfundingnews - Artificial intelligence is no longer just a back-office tool in finance. It is now directly affecting how accounting…
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How an AI doomsday Substack post caused a mini market crash
Catherine Baab / qz - After a Substack post laid out a striking economic warning, major indexes and a handful of individual stocks sank. The response was telling
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Nimble raises $47M to scale agentic web search platform for enterprise AI
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Nimble announced today that it has raised $47 million in new funding to accelerate development of its agentic web search platform, expand its multi-agent research capabilities and scale up its governed real-time web data infrastructure for enterprise arti…
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US gov't warned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and Lisa Su that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 — Apple CEO reportedly said he sleeps 'with one eye open'
tomshardware - A new investigative report from The New York Times reveals that, in July 2023, senior US intelligence officials privately briefed some of the tech industry's most powerful executives on classified assessments regarding China and Taiwan.
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Ethereum Foundation begins staking part of ether treasury, plans to deploy about 70,000 ETH to generate yield
James Hunt / theblock - The Ethereum Foundation has begun staking a portion of its ether treasury, targeting about 70,000 ETH to generate rewards for operations.
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Apple Hits Record 27% Market Share in Europe as Smartphone Sales Decline [Report]
iclarified - Apple captured a record 27 percent of Europe's smartphone market last year, even as overall industry shipments slipped. The broader European market dipped by 1 percent to 134.2 million units in 2025, weighed down by sluggish consumer demand and a messy tr…
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Stripe Reaches Record Valuation as Global Volume Hits $1.9 Trillion
PYMNTS / pymnts - Stripe was valued at $159 billion in a tender offer designed to provide liquidity to current and former employees, the programmable financial services company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 24) update. The figure is up from the $106.7 billion valuation the compa…
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Dutch AI inference chipmaker Axelera AI raises $250M
John Reynolds / tech - A Dutch chipmaker which designs and manufactures chips for AI inference use has raised more than $250m, with backing from new investor BlackRock.Innovation Industries, the European VC fund, is the lea...
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Apple will start manufacturing the Mac mini in the US later this year
Reece Bithrey / theshortcut - With a brand new 220,000 square foot plant
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Waymo robotaxis are now operating in 10 US cities
Kirsten Korosec / techcrunch - Waymo launched services today in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando.
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Anthropic launches new push for enterprise agents with plugins for finance, engineering, and design
Russell Brandom / techcrunch - It's a major opportunity to grow Anthropic’s enterprise client base — and a significant threat to SaaS products currently performing those functions.
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Hong Kong's RedotPay said to plan blockbuster $1 billion IPO in New York: Bloomberg
Omkar Godbole / coindesk - The stablecoin payments company has hired JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, according to Bloomberg.
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ASML Pushes EUV Light Source to 1,000 Watts, Targets 50% More Chip Output by 2030
Maria Garcia / implicator - ASML boosted its EUV light source to 1,000 watts by doubling tin droplet rates, targeting 50% more chip output per machine by 2030.
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Tewke raises £1.5M to expand its AI-driven home energy platform
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based Tewke, a company focused on energy optimisation and home automation, has raised £1.5 million in its second funding round. Investors in the round include JamJar Investments, Cur8 Capital, Energy Mix Ventures, Project Ventures, and angel invest…
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Brainomix Extends Series C Funding to $25.4M
FinSMEs / finsmes - Brainomix, an Oxford, UK-based company developing AI-powered imaging tools in stroke and lung fibrosis, raised $6.5M in Series Series C extension funding. The round was led by Parkwalk and Hostplus via the IP Group Hostplus Innovation Fund, with participa…
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AMD and Meta strike $100 billion AI deal that includes 10% stock deal — 6 gigawatt agreement includes up to 160 million AMD shares
tomshardware - AMD and Meta have announced an AI chips deal thought to be worth more than $100 billion.
- Analysts warn: circular financing and heavy dilution risks for AMD (3)
- Chips-for-equity: warrants could give Meta up to 10% (4)
- Meta diversifies from Nvidia; AMD emerges as key rival (2)
- Meta-AMD deal: 6GW MI450 deployment, shipments starting H2 2026 (7)
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Analysts warn: circular financing and heavy dilution risks for AMD
Chips-for-equity: warrants could give Meta up to 10%
Meta diversifies from Nvidia; AMD emerges as key rival
Meta-AMD deal: 6GW MI450 deployment, shipments starting H2 2026
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Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Catalyst and others
Ekemini / ventureburn - Xflow, an Indian startup focused on cross-border payments, just raised $16.6 million in Series A funding. General Catalyst led the round, and PayPal Ventures joined in, along with Lightspeed, Stripe,The post Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Cataly…
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SambaNova steps up its challenge to Nvidia with new chip, $350M funding and a powerful ally in Intel
Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Chipmaker SambaNova Systems Inc. unveiled its most advanced artificial intelligence processor today as it closed on a bumper $350 million late-stage round of funding from Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital and others. Alongside the funding, SambaNova …
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