… After SpaceX’s acquisition is finalized later this year, Cursor hopes to continue operating its AI coding product as a platform—serving models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI labs alongside its own—according to people close to Cursor. …
… Amon recently said the company has been working on 40 different chip designs for AI gadgets, including smart glasses, jewelry, earbuds, pins, and watches. But Qualcomm has also been making a big push into the data center market, which requires more powerful chips. …
… As part of Google's acquisition of Fitbit, the company was not allowed to use Fitbit health data for Google Ads, and Fitbit user data must be siloed, separated from other Google data used for advertising. …
… Francisco Jeronimo, vice president for data and analytics at research firm IDC, says Vertu’s opaque private ownership raises eyebrows. “I think the current business is very different from the original one, which was targeting wealthy individuals who wanted a device in line with their status, and th… …
… Still, I found the Air does a good job of letting you opt out of features and ignore the check-ins without persistent nudges. The company also emphasizes data autonomy: You can export or delete your health data at any time through your Google account settings. …
… Its recent acquisition of xAI means it is also the first of the big three AI startups in the US to go public, with Anthropic and OpenAI following close behind. The company raised $75 billion, valuing it at $1.75 trillion, which would make it the biggest IPO ever by a sizable margin. …
… In its press release, Amazon said the company and Apple “signed an agreement to provide satellite connectivity for current and future iPhone and Apple Watch features.” It will be interesting to see how Apple, which has used privacy as a strong selling point, will square using a location-aware servi… …
… It's obviously tied to AI. Some predicting an AI winter, domestic terrorism targeting data centers, criminal defendants choosing AI lawyers over public defenders. …
… TIRED: Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter, $10 billion, snore, heard it, whatever. WIRED is Midjourney, the AI image generator acquiring Co-Star, the astrology app. I was— Leah Feiger: So, funny. Zoë Schiffer: We don't know the terms of the deal. I'm waiting, someone tell me. …
… The company was cofounded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. Data aggregation analysis tool powers everything from businesses to the US military's targeting systems, and more recently, that's meant like targeting systems specifically on immigrants. …