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A US court finds that Byju's and founder Byju Raveendran's brother violated a fiduciary duty to lenders by fraudulently hiding $533M from them — - Company, brother of Byju's founder wrongly hid $533 million — Ruling is latest loss for Indian tech firm navigating US court
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Recent incidents indicate the US no longer characterizes Russia as a cyber threat; source: CISA analysts were told not to follow or report on Russian threats — Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
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The product lead for Sora, Rohan Sahai, says OpenAI plans to integrate Sora into ChatGPT, but it may not offer the same level of control as Sora's web app — OpenAI intends to eventually integrate its AI video generation tool, Sora, directly into its popular consumer chatbot app, ChatGPT …
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Mimic, which offers a platform to detect, deflect, and facilitate recovery from ransomware attacks, raised a $50M Series A, bringing its total funding to $77M — Enterprise ransomware defense startup Mimic Networks Inc. announced today that it had raised $50 million in new funding to enhance …
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Sources: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the US Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia …
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Source: Amazon plans to expand Haul, the ultracheap Temu-like shopping site it launched in the US in November, to countries in Europe starting this year — Amazon is going global with its counterattack on bargain sellers Temu and Shein. — The e-commerce giant is planning on expanding Haul …
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Memo: Sergey Brin says Google could reach AGI if employees worked harder and were in the office more, saying “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity” — The tech giant's co-founder said that if employees worked harder and were in the office more …
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Mozilla responds to backlash over Firefox's new Terms of Use, which critics have called out for being overly broad, and says it won't use people's data for AI — Mozilla has responded to user backlash over the Firefox web browser's new Terms of Use, which critics have called …
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Sources: General Catalyst is in the very early stages of considering an IPO, which would make it first US VC firm to go public — No bankers, timetable, etc. — Instead, General Catalyst is in rapid expansion mode — trying to build the sort of diversified, fee-generating asset base …
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When asked about UK's order for an iCloud backdoor, Trump says he told PM Keir Starmer that UK “can't do this” and it is something “you hear about with China” — President Trump has chimed in on the UK's attempt to force Apple to add a global backdoor to iCloud …
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Intel delays the opening of its first Ohio chip factory to 2030 due to financial struggles; the $28B project was originally scheduled to begin operating in 2025 — Intel's promised $28 billion semiconductor project in central Ohio has been delayed again, this time by several years.
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Filings: CFPB employees say the agency's Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” the agency — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” …
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Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023 — After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging …
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AMD unveils the $549 Radeon RX 9070 and $599 Radeon 9070 XT GPUs, featuring 16GB of GDDR6 memory, PCIe 5.0, and FSR 4 support, shipping March 6 — AMD is finally ready to compete with Nvidia's new RTX 50-series GPUs. … AMD's answer to Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs is arriving next week …
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Reports of Meta launching standalone Meta AI and Reels apps aren't surprising, as the company has a history of repeatedly bundling and unbundling its products — “There are only two ways to make money in business: One is to bundle; the other is unbundle.” While Jim Barksdale's famous quote …
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Experts say stopping North Korean thefts will require higher security spending by crypto exchanges, more stringent rules, and better government cooperation — - Hackers drained Ether, other tokens from “cold” crypto wallet — Exchanges must step up spending on security, experts say
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Thailand says TikTok plans to spend $8.8B to build AI data centers across the country over the next five years, more than doubling its earlier target — - Social media platform to invest in data-hosting infrastructure — Company recently won approval for $3.8 billion outlay
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Consensys founder Joseph Lubin says the SEC has agreed “in principle” to end its securities enforcement case against Consensys' MetaMask, filed in June 2024 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dropping yet another case against an American crypto company …
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How the NYC subway used Google's experimental, AI-based TrackInspect tool to identify 92% of defect locations on subway tracks later found by human inspectors — New York City's transit authority is one of a few US systems experimenting with using sensors and AI to improve track inspections.
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Chainalysis estimates $40B worth of illicit crypto transactions took place in 2024; criminals shifted from mostly using bitcoin in 2021 to using stablecoins now — Criminals are no longer using BTC, but instead choosing stablecoins, the report revealed. — What to know:
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Sundar Pichai says Waymo logs 200K+ weekly paid robotaxi rides, doubling in a year and 20x in two; Waymo says its self-driving system logs 1M+ miles per week — Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant's subsidiary on X.
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OpenAI says Sora is now available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro users in the EU, the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland — ‘Sora would not exist without its training data,’ said peer Beeban Kidron, citing ‘another level of urgency’ to debate — The artificial intelligence …
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Cross-border payments company Flywire acquires Sertifi, which helps hotels streamline events contracting, group bookings, and related payments, for $330M — Skift Take — Amazon's customer payment system is the picture of modernity, simplicity, and convenience. The travel industry pales in comparison, but that's changing.
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Autodesk plans to cut about 1,350 employees, or ~9% of its workforce, as part of a focus on profitability following pressure from activist fund Starboard Value — - Actions ‘not the result of any third-party pressure,’ CEO says — Reductions to reshape sales process and allow AI investment
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HP CEO Enrique Lores says the company will have shifted 90% of its production for North America outside of China by the end of October 2025 — 'China will continue to be a relevant manufacturing hub for the rest of the world, but specifically for North America, less than 10 percent …
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