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February 14, 2025news

Sources: the White House plans to renegotiate some Chips Act awards after reassessing requirements, and has signaled delays to some upcoming disbursements (Reuters)

Sources: the White House plans to renegotiate some Chips Act awards after reassessing requirements, and has signaled delays to some upcoming disbursements […]

February 13, 2025news

Sources: Italian spyware maker SIO created malicious Android apps that masquerade as WhatsApp and other apps; a researcher says they were likely used in Italy (Lorenzo Franceschi

Italian company SIO, which sells to government customers, is behind an Android spyware campaign called Spyrtacus that spoofed popular apps like WhatsApp, […]

February 13, 2025news

Slow Ventures raised $60M+ for a fund to invest in creators who are authorities on niche areas like automotive; the fund appears to be the first of its kind (Dan Primack/Axios)

February 13, 2025news

Tim Cook teases an announcement of “the newest member of the family” on February 19; Mark Gurman reported Apple would update the iPhone SE (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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February 13, 2025news

After Meta laid off 3,600 of its “lowest performers” on February 10, some say they had good performance reviews, and experts say the label is highly subjective (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

Meta says it’s most recent round of layoffs was aimed at ‘low performers’—not everyone agrees. Read More »

February 13, 2025news

Identity security company CyberArk acquires identity governance and administration platform Zilla Security for $165M in cash and an additional $10M “earn

CyberArk has acquired identity access and governance platform Zilla Security in a deal worth up to $175 million. Read More »

February 13, 2025news

YouTube updates Shorts to integrate Google DeepMind’s latest video model Veo 2, letting creators generate AI video clips to add to any of their Shorts (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

YouTube Shorts is integrating with Google DeepMind’s latest video model, Veo 2, allowing creators to generate AI video clips for their posts. […]

February 13, 2025news

Germany’s Bundeskartellamt charges Apple with abusing its market power via App Tracking Transparency, giving itself preferential treatment, and requires changes (Reuters)

Germany’s Bundeskartellamt charges Apple with abusing its market power via App Tracking Transparency, giving itself preferential treatment, and requires changes (Reuters) Read […]

February 13, 2025news