Journals

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Science-centric streamer CuriosityStream’s Q3 revenue rose 46% YoY to $18.4M, driven by IP licensing deals for AI training that generated $23.4M through Sept.  —  We all know streaming services’ usual tricks for making more money:… Read More »Science-centric streamer CuriosityStream’s Q3 revenue rose 46% YoY to $18.4M, driven by IP licensing deals for AI training that generated $23.4M through Sept. (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)

Jeff Horwitz / Reuters: Filing: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the “media narrative”  —  – Plaintiffs allege Meta hid product risks from… Read More »Filing: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the “media narrative” (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)

Jack Revell / The Daily Beast: X’s new About This Account feature reveals that some top accounts, including many MAGA influencers, are based in countries like Russia, India, and Nigeria  —  ROLE PLAY  —  A new feature on Elon Musk’s… Read More »X’s new About This Account feature reveals that some top accounts, including many MAGA influencers, are based in countries like Russia, India, and Nigeria (Jack Revell/The Daily Beast)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: iOS 27 will be a Snow Leopard-style update focused on bug fixes and performance, plus new AI features; FT’s retirement report on Tim Cook was premature  —  Apple’s next major iPhone software update — iOS… Read More »Sources: iOS 27 will be a Snow Leopard-style update focused on bug fixes and performance, plus new AI features; FT’s retirement report on Tim Cook was premature (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: A researcher details an LLM-based AI agent that “demonstrated a near-flawless ability” to bypass bot detection methods while answering online survey questions  —  We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real… Read More »A researcher details an LLM-based AI agent that “demonstrated a near-flawless ability” to bypass bot detection methods while answering online survey questions (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

June Yoon / Financial Times: Chip companies in South Korea, Taiwan, and China have been raising pay and bonuses as global competition intensifies for a limited pool of chip engineers  —  The same limited pool of young talent will keep… Read More »Chip companies in South Korea, Taiwan, and China have been raising pay and bonuses as global competition intensifies for a limited pool of chip engineers (June Yoon/Financial Times)

James Vincent / Harper’s: An in-depth look at the humanoid robotics industry, which currently relies heavily on hype to rally interest and investors, as AI fuels the humanoid boom  —  Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine Humanoids and the tech-industry… Read More »An in-depth look at the humanoid robotics industry, which currently relies heavily on hype to rally interest and investors, as AI fuels the humanoid boom (James Vincent/Harper’s)

Chris Metinko / Axios: Bedrock Data, which has debuted ArgusAI to show enterprises what data their AI models access during training and to prevent data leakage, raised a $25M Series A  —  Data management platform Bedrock Data raised a $25… Read More »Bedrock Data, which has debuted ArgusAI to show enterprises what data their AI models access during training and to prevent data leakage, raised a $25M Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)

Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: Deblock, an app that lets users manage fiat and digital assets in one place by linking a bank account with a self-owned crypto wallet, raised a €30M Series A  —  Deblock is expanding into Germany to… Read More »Deblock, an app that lets users manage fiat and digital assets in one place by linking a bank account with a self-owned crypto wallet, raised a €30M Series A (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

Meir Orbach / CTech: Israel-based Chargeflow, whose AI tech automates chargeback disputes for online merchants, raised a $25M Series A led by Viola Growth, and a $10M debt round  —  Fintech startup secures equity and debt funding as e-commerce fraud… Read More »Israel-based Chargeflow, whose AI tech automates chargeback disputes for online merchants, raised a $25M Series A led by Viola Growth, and a $10M debt round (Meir Orbach/CTech)