Journals

Alyssa Boyle / AdExchanger: Vibe.co, a self-serve platform that lets SMBs buy video ads on streamers, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Singular, bringing its total funding to around $30M  —  Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) want to capitalize… Read More »Vibe.co, a self-serve platform that lets SMBs buy video ads on streamers, raised a $22.5M Series A led by Singular, bringing its total funding to around $30M (Alyssa Boyle/AdExchanger)

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: Source: Embracer will sell its subsidiary Saber Interactive to private investors in a $500M deal, making Saber a privately owned company with ~3,500 staff  —  Saber will continue developing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic … Read More »Source: Embracer will sell its subsidiary Saber Interactive to private investors in a $500M deal, making Saber a privately owned company with ~3,500 staff (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Brave launches its AI-powered assistant Leo, which can create real-time summaries of webpages or videos, generate long form content, and more, on Android  —  Brave is launching its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all Android users.  The… Read More »Brave launches its AI-powered assistant Leo, which can create real-time summaries of webpages or videos, generate long form content, and more, on Android (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft launches a Copilot for Finance in public preview; the chatbot can perform some common role-specific actions in Excel and Outlook  —  – Microsoft is launching a Copilot for Finance, which it said will be able… Read More »Microsoft launches a Copilot for Finance in public preview; the chatbot can perform some common role-specific actions in Excel and Outlook (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Change Healthcare confirms that the ransomware group BlackCat is behind the ongoing attack that caused widespread disruptions to pharmacies across the US  —  – Change Healthcare on Thursday confirmed that the ransomware group Blackcat is behind… Read More »Change Healthcare confirms that the ransomware group BlackCat is behind the ongoing attack that caused widespread disruptions to pharmacies across the US (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Washington Post: A review of court records shows US federal investigators used push alert tokens in at least four cases to arrest suspects in cases related to CSAM and murder  —  The ubiquitous phone feature has powered a surveillance technique… Read More »A review of court records shows US federal investigators used push alert tokens in at least four cases to arrest suspects in cases related to CSAM and murder (Washington Post)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Microsoft outlines the new DirectSR API, which lets game developers integrate super resolution AI-upscaling features from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel  —  Microsoft has outlined a new Windows API designed to offer a seamless way for… Read More »Microsoft outlines the new DirectSR API, which lets game developers integrate super resolution AI-upscaling features from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Stack Overflow launches OverflowAPI to give AI companies access to its knowledge base, starting with Google, which will use the data for Gemini for Google Cloud  —  Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow is launching a new… Read More »Stack Overflow launches OverflowAPI to give AI companies access to its knowledge base, starting with Google, which will use the data for Gemini for Google Cloud (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: The US launches a probe into possible security risks of Chinese-manufactured vehicles, saying modern cars are like smartphones and could be used for espionage  —  The Biden administration says software and digital connections in modern… Read More »The US launches a probe into possible security risks of Chinese-manufactured vehicles, saying modern cars are like smartphones and could be used for espionage (Jeanne Whalen/Washington Post)

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Humanoid robot maker Figure AI confirms it has raised $675M at a $2.6B valuation and shows off a general-purpose robot called Figure 01  —  – Figure AI raised $675 million from investors including Jeff Bezos, Nvidia,… Read More »Humanoid robot maker Figure AI confirms it has raised $675M at a $2.6B valuation and shows off a general-purpose robot called Figure 01 (Annie Palmer/CNBC)