Tiger Global plans cautious venture future with a new $2.2B fund
Tiger's last fund did well with investmetments in OpenAI, Waymo and Databricks. But it warns investors that AI valuations are already 'elevated.'
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Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction
More than 230 organizations signed a public letter urging members of Congress to take action.
Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds
Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It's part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows.
When Is My Birthday?
Google seems a little confused.It was even confused about my age the other day, but at least it has that right now. It was a little confused on December 1st.I mean, c’mon Google. Use all those chips you have to get it right!The post When Is My Birthday? appeared first on Feld Thoughts.
Anthropic's Claude Code can now read your Slack messages and write code for you
Anthropic on Monday launched a beta integration that connects its fast-growing Claude Code programming agent directly to Slack, allowing software engineers to delegate coding tasks without leaving the workplace messaging platform where much of their daily communication already happens.The release, which Anthropic describes as a "research preview," is the AI safety company's latest move to embed its technology deeper into enterprise workflows — and comes as Claude Code has emerged
Google details security measures for Chrome’s agentic features
Google details how it is enacting security guardrails before rolling out agentic capabilities on Chrome.
You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT
Shoppers will be able to go from recipe planning to checkout within the ChatGPT window.
Elon Musk says AI will make most skills obsolete — but his kids can still go to college if they want
Elon Musk said AI will make most job skills obsolete, but college remains useful for social growth and broad learning opportunities.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Remark to Joe Rogan Appears in Court Papers
Musk’s podcast remark is now evidence in a lawsuit probing whether DOGE kept operating despite the government’s claims.
Elon Musk sniggers over 'causing trouble' with Stephen Miller's wife
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk giggled like a schoolgirl about “causing trouble” during an interview with Stephen Miller’s ...
Starlink in India: Here’s how much Elon Musk’s satellite internet will cost at launch
Starlink is finally gearing up for its India debut, with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service revealing its expected launch ...
Inside Elon Musk's record wealth plunge: The surprising numbers
Key Takeaways According to Guinness World Records, between 2021 and 2023 Elon Musk suffered the greatest loss of a personal ...
TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’
Shared Feeds will surface new content tailored to both users' tastes, such as sports or winter activities, and their favorite creators.
Petco’s security lapse affected customers’ SSNs, driver’s licenses, and more
Petco said the exposure was due to an error in an application and that it is notifying victims whose data was affected.
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.
‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback
“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.”
Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid
Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion.
Booking.com’s agent strategy: Disciplined, modular and already delivering 2× accuracy
When many enterprises weren’t even thinking about agentic behaviors or infrastructures, Booking.com had already “stumbled” into them with its homegrown conversational recommendation system. This early experimentation has allowed the company to take a step back and avoid getting swept up in the frantic AI agent hype. Instead, it is taking a disciplined, layered, modular approach to model development: small, travel-specific models for cheap, fast inference; larger large language models (LLMs) for
IBM to acquire Confluent for $11B as it seeks to bolster its data offerings
IBM is buying data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash in a bid to bolster its data and automation products as ever more companies move their tech operations to the cloud and deploy AI technology.
Hinge’s new AI feature helps daters move beyond boring small talk
Hinge launched “Convo Starters,” a feature powered by AI that provides personalized tips for initiating meaningful conversations.