Author: Able Jam
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is reportedly planning to raise up to 50 billion yuan in a fresh funding round
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is planning to launch a fresh fundraising round at a valuation of about 500 billion yuan ($74 billion) ahead of a potential mainland initial public offering.The plan comes just weeks after the Hangzhou-based company, which drew global attention with its low-cost AI models in 2025, raised about $7.4 billion in June
The new macOS malware
Mac users are at a major risk because of a new macOS Infostealer dubbed ClickLock Stealer. It answers victims’ refusal by killing all their applications in a loop until they give in their login password. It comes as a command pasted into Terminal, asks for the password behind a fake system dialogue, and when the
X (Twitter) outage
Twitter has been facing a major downtime on a global scale with a lot of users not able to access their accounts for different purposes.And the complaints are continuously going up in terms of scale as the latest update is that the complaints have already crossed the mark of 1500. At the time of testing
Netflix used generative AI on 300 titles this year
About 300 movies and TV shows released on the platform this year were made using generative AI technology – mostly in the post-production process. The co-CEO of Netflix, Ted Sarandos, puts this into the category of a cost and time-saving achievement – shots that would have been left out, now produced twice as quickly and
Indonesia’s copyright rewrite puts Google, AI platforms on notice
Indonesia is preparing sweeping changes to its copyright law, including granting copyright privileges to people who use artificial intelligence to help them generate content, a draft bill reviewed by Reuters showed, setting up a potential showdown between the government and major tech platforms. If passed, Indonesia could become the first country in Southeast Asia to
EU orders Google to open services to AI
Alphabet’s Google will have to help OpenAI and other AI rivals as well as online search engine competitors access its services to comply with EU rules curbing the power of Big Tech, EU regulators said as they set out the details of the requirements. The move by the European Commission, which acts as the EU
1M1B and Microsoft launches Uttar Pradesh’s First Centre
As Artificial Intelligence reshapes industries and the transition to a green economy accelerates, 1M1B Foundation (One Million for One Billion), in partnership with Microsoft, MeitY Startup Hub, and the Government of Uttar Pradesh, on Friday inaugurated the state’s first Centre for Green Skills & Applied AI at the University of Lucknow Main Campus. The Centre
SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch
SpaceX called off the launch of its Starship Flight 13 test mission just seconds before liftoff on Thursday, after an issue occurred during the ignition sequence of the rocket’s first-stage engines. The launch attempt from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas was scheduled for 6.45 pm EDT (04.15 am IST Friday) at the start
AI chatbots are at risk of spreading government restrictions on online speech
AI models extend state influence beyond borders. The oversight board, which has been working on state influence on tech companies and the impact on freedom of expression, came up with seven questions related to political criticism to pose to chatbots about both restrictive and permissive governments. The study picked 10 commercial large language models by
Uber to acquire German food delivery group Delivery Hero
German food delivery group Delivery Hero said Thursday it has agreed to be taken over by US ride-hailing giant Uber in a €12.7 billion (RM59.3 billion) deal. Founded in 2011, the German firm now operates in over 60 markets and is one of the world’s biggest food delivery groups. It has also expanded beyond its