Welcome every week in the review! Elon Musk said XAI bought X from all stock trading. The 11x A16Z support made some customers fake. Lumon Terminal Pro pops up on the Apple website. And much more. Let’s dig!
The topic is purchased X. X owner Elon Musk announced on Friday X that XAI acquired X from all stock trading. This combination is $ 80 billion for XAI and $ 33 billion in X. MUSK said, “Today we formally combine data, models, calculations, distribution and talents.
Sprinkle the number: More than 20 sources, including investors and current and former employees, said that most of the A16Z-and Benchmark Support 11x on TechCrunch experienced financial difficulties in their own production. One employee said, “We have absolutely massaged the numbers internally about growth and departure.”
Block dismissal: According to the leaked message from TechCrunch, the leaked message of the Block CEO JACK DORSEY, the company owned the cash app and square is that 931 or 8%of the company is released as part of the “organizational restructuring.” Dorsey’s email refuses that dismissal should be replaced by financial reasons or replacing workers with AI.
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“What, am I buying?” The White House confirmed Tech Crunch on Friday that President Trump forgive Trevor Milton, the founder of the bankruptcy truck startup Nicola, who was convicted of fraud. The slopes are only a few weeks after Nikola applied for bankruptcy.
Speaking of leaks: According to the leaked database with TechCrunch, China has already developed an AI system that has already overlooked a tightening censorship and has expanded beyond traditional taboos, such as the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Skunkworks rotation: Rivian’s SkunkWorks project was separated from the company with the new name of Eclipse Ventures and $ 150 million. Startups will also exist as a standalone company in Rivian.
Computer preparation: Apple announced that Worldwide Developers Conference 2025 will begin on June 9th. According to the report, Apple has prepared a dramatic software check on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Also, according to Bloomberg, iOS 19 is expected to be the “biggest modification since iOS 7”.
DNA destruction: DNA test company 23andme applied for bankruptcy this week. Anne Wojcicki, co -founder and CEO of the company, said she is leaving to be an independent bidder for the company. Your data may not be safe, so there are some ways to delete.
Parliamentary behavior: After Elon Musk sued the company, Kat Abughazaleh, 26 of the people fired in the media problem, announced that she will run for Congress this week. TechCrunch said, “I’m really trying to make a run in the office, because I think it’s this black hole that looks much more difficult than the black hole.
“Retirement” sculpture: I haven’t seen the season of “retirement”, and based on everyone in the world, I’m absolutely missing. My fellow Sarah is one of those people, and she found Lumon Terminal Pro (machine used in the show) on Apple’s website.
Backdoor to China: SPACEX, a defense contractor of the Ministry of Defense, has allowed Chinese investors to purchase stocks as long as funds are routed through the K -Man Islands or other overseas hubs.
Switch 2 is coming! Nintendo Direct also announced that the company is working on a virtual game card so that players can use the downloaded games on other devices.
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The new image generator of CHATGPT was released this week, and an image based on ART posted by Studio Ghibli online. This is a terrible debate (Studio Ghibli co -founder Hayao Miyazaki once said that it was “AI insults for life itself,” but one thing is emphasized. In the art of Studio Ghibli, the model of the model is operated in the legitimate “gray area”.
Evan Brown, an intellectual property lawyer, told Techcrunch, “I think this is the same question as we have asked for themselves for several years.” What is the effect of copyright infringement that crawls the web and copies these databases?
