Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft plans to invest $3B to build a data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, and train locals, alongside investing in a new AI lab at Wisconsin University — Company has been on a global spending spree, trying to build infrastructure and goodwill for artificial intelligence
Bluesky details its product roadmap: an off-protocol DM system to facilitate one-on-one chats, custom feeds, anti-harassment tools, video support, and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Bluesky details its product roadmap: an off-protocol DM system to facilitate one-on-one chats, custom feeds, anti-harassment tools, video support, and more — Bluesky has launched a new product roadmap for the coming months. The decentralized social network said on Tuesday that it is planning …
Microsoft closes the engineering section of its Africa Development Center in Nigeria, two years after its opening, reportedly impacting 100+ engineers (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Microsoft closes the engineering section of its Africa Development Center in Nigeria, two years after its opening, reportedly impacting 100+ engineers — The Lagos center, one of two on the continent – the other being in Kenya – was opened in 2022 to deliver high-end engineering solutions for Microsoft.
SIA and Boston Consulting Group: the US will triple its domestic chip manufacturing capacity by 2032, boosting its global chip making share to 14% from 10% now (Madeleine Ngo/New York Times)
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
SIA and Boston Consulting Group: the US will triple its domestic chip manufacturing capacity by 2032, boosting its global chip making share to 14% from 10% now — The United States will triple its domestic chip manufacturing capacity by 2032, the largest increase in the world …
UK neobank Monzo raised $190M at a $5.2B valuation, up from $5B in March 2024 after raising $430M, and plans to use the funds for its international expansion (Ryan Browne/CNBC)
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
UK neobank Monzo raised $190M at a $5.2B valuation, up from $5B in March 2024 after raising $430M, and plans to use the funds for its international expansion — Monzo CEO TS Anil. — British neobank Monzo said Wednesday that it’s raised another $190 million, lifting the total it’s raised so far this year to $610 million.
Analysis: Asia Pacific data center deals, which have totaled $840.47M in 2024, or 50%+ of the global total so far, are set to surpass 2023’s $3.45B record high (Reuters)
Reuters:
Analysis: Asia Pacific data center deals, which have totaled $840.47M in 2024, or 50%+ of the global total so far, are set to surpass 2023’s $3.45B record high — Global private equity investors and asset managers are readying for billions of dollars worth of M&A and investments linked …
OpenAI built the gpt2-chatbot, renamed to “im-also-a-good-gpt-chatbot”, per the gpt2-chatbot’s 429 rate limit error message, which appeared in the LMSYS arena (Simon Willison/Simon Willison’s Weblog)
Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog:
OpenAI built the gpt2-chatbot, renamed to “im-also-a-good-gpt-chatbot”, per the gpt2-chatbot’s 429 rate limit error message, which appeared in the LMSYS arena — gpt2-chatbot confirmed as OpenAI (via) The mysterious gpt2-chatbot model that showed up in the LMSYS arena a few days ago …
The UK is investigating “potential failings” at IT contractor SSCL, which was breached by suspected Chinese hackers to expose payroll records for 272K people (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
The UK is investigating “potential failings” at IT contractor SSCL, which was breached by suspected Chinese hackers to expose payroll records for 272K people — Grant Shapps announces investigation into attack by ‘malign actor’ that targeted up to 270,000 military personnel records
Filing: Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar says Tesla was its “largest LiDAR customer in Q1”, contributing 10%+ of its revenue, or ~$2.1M for the quarter (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Filing: Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar says Tesla was its “largest LiDAR customer in Q1”, contributing 10%+ of its revenue, or ~$2.1M for the quarter — Elon Musk previously dismissed the laser sensor as a ‘crutch’ and said that any company relying on lidar to power self-driving was ‘doomed.’
An investigation finds a vast web of fake shops run from China touting designer brands that duped 800K+ people in Europe and the US into sharing personal data (The Guardian)
The Guardian:
An investigation finds a vast web of fake shops run from China touting designer brands that duped 800K+ people in Europe and the US into sharing personal data — Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests
