technology
Alphabet won’t talk about the Google-Apple AI deal, even to investors
Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst’s question about Apple on the company’s earnings call. Source link
Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users
Google revealed a significant milestone for it’s Gemini app, announcing over 750 million monthly active users as it competes with ChatGPT and Meta AI. Source link
The Wayback Machine debuts a new plugin designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem
WordPress is helping the non-profit fight the scourge of “link rot.” Source link
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is getting a police department
The new department will have up to eight police officers and could be up and running in a few months. Source link
Meet Gizmo: A TikTok for interactive, vibe-coded mini apps
Gizmo’s app is like a TikTok for vibe-coded mini apps… and it’s a lot of fun. Source link
AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise, unicorn valuation
The two-year-old startup confirms that it closed a Series A led by Lightspeed at $1 billion valuation. Source link
Amazon to begin testing AI tools for film and TV production next month
Amazon MGM Studios will reportedly begin a closed beta program in March to test its AI tools to help with film and TV production. Source link
A16z just raised $1.7B for AI infrastructure. Here’s where it’s going.
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Ideogram, Fal and dozens of others. A16z general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking […]
Tinder looks to AI to help fight ‘swipe fatigue’ and dating app burnout
Tinder is testing AI recommendations and insight from your Camera Roll for better matches. Source link
Lunar Energy raises $232M to deploy home batteries that prop up the grid
The startup has raised more than $500 million, to date, from investors to build a massive, distributed power plant supported by residential batteries. Source link