Zuckerberg says that Meta’s Llama models have hit 1B downloads
In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion
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WhatsApp
whatsapp business
WhatsApp will soon limit number of broadcast messages
Chat platform WhatsApp said today that it will limit the number of broadcast messages individual users and businesses can send to curb spam
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mental health apps
Startups
Exist, a new social wellness app that helps middle-age users
A new iOS social wellness app called Exist wants to help middle-aged consumers connect and build meaningful communities with one another as they
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Nerdio
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Nerdio nabs $500M to power virtual desktops on Azure
Nerdio, a platform designed to simplify how companies deploy and manage Microsoft cloud technologies, has raised $500 million in a Series C round
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cloud security
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Google
Security
wiz
Google is buying Wiz for up to $33B to beef up in cloud security
Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is buying Wiz, the cloud security startup, for $32
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apple fco appeal
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In Brief
Apple loses appeal against Germany’s special abuse control
Being a staggeringly successful big tech company does have some downsides: Apple has lost an appeal against a special abuse control regime that
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TurinTech reveals $20M in backing to fix problems in ‘vibe coding’
TurinTech. So-called “vibe coding” with LLM-driven tools like Cursor Composer — a term coined by renowned computer scientist Andrej Karpathy — describes a
AI
drug discovery
Google
txgemma
Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery
During a health-focused event in New York on Tuesday, Google announced that it’s developing a collection of “open” AI models for drug discovery
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Android
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Google
Google Search
healthcare
Google launches new healthcare features for Search, Android
Google on Tuesday announced new products aimed at healthcare features use cases, including improved overviews in Google Search for health queries, medical records
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GrubMarket
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GrubMarket raises $50M at a $3.5B+ valuation to build AI
U.S. President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging tariff hikes are already resulting in growth forecasts being cut amid an uncertain public mood — all of