Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg:
Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200M; it raised a €128M Series A2 in 2022 — IQM, a Finnish startup that builds quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200 million ($216 million) …
Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold show a design similar to its predecessor’s; sources: it will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of RAM (Alexander Maxham/Android Headlines)
Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines:
Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold show a design similar to its predecessor’s; sources: it will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of RAM — Update: We’ve updated this article with the dimensions of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. … After having released renders of the Google Pixel 10 …
Circle files for an IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE; Circle is reportedly seeking a valuation between $4B and $5B (CNBC)
CNBC:
Circle files for an IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE; Circle is reportedly seeking a valuation between $4B and $5B — Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has filed for an initial public offering and plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
YouTube suspends two major fake movie trailer channels from its partner program, after a report on how the AI-heavy trailers generated millions in ad revenue (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
YouTube suspends two major fake movie trailer channels from its partner program, after a report on how the AI-heavy trailers generated millions in ad revenue — The Google-owned video-hosting giant has turned off ad revenue on Screen Culture and KH Studio trailers after a Deadline investigation chronicled …
Sources: WH national security adviser Michael Waltz and other National Security Council members have conducted government affairs over personal Gmail accounts (John Hudson/Washington Post)
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Sources: WH national security adviser Michael Waltz and other National Security Council members have conducted government affairs over personal Gmail accounts — Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
Sources: Visa has offered Apple ~$100M to become the network for the Apple Card; Amex is also competing, while Mastercard tries to keep its role as the network (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Visa has offered Apple ~$100M to become the network for the Apple Card; Amex is also competing, while Mastercard tries to keep its role as the network — Visa, Amex and Mastercard are all competing to be the network for Apple’s credit card — Visa has offered Apple …
CoreWeave shares close up 41.8% at $52.57 in their third trading day, bouncing back above the $40 IPO price and bringing the company’s market cap to ~$24.9B (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
CoreWeave shares close up 41.8% at $52.57 in their third trading day, bouncing back above the $40 IPO price and bringing the company’s market cap to ~$24.9B — CoreWeave’s stock popped nearly 42% on Tuesday, bouncing back above its initial public offering price following a lackluster second trading day on the public markets.
Source: Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots led by Peggy Johnson, is raising $400M at a $1.75B pre-money valuation; ~100 of its robots are in the field (Rocket Drew/The Information)
Rocket Drew / The Information:
Source: Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots led by Peggy Johnson, is raising $400M at a $1.75B pre-money valuation; ~100 of its robots are in the field — Agility Robotics, a humanoid robot maker led by former Microsoft executive Peggy Johnson, is raising $400 million …
Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first AR glasses with a display, which could be introduced as early as the end of 2025 and cost between $1K and $1,400 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first AR glasses with a display, which could be introduced as early as the end of 2025 and cost between $1K and $1,400 — The company intends to introduce its first glasses with a screen as early as the end of this year — a product it sees …
Mozilla says it’s developing Thundermail, an email service similar to Gmail but with a focus on privacy, as part of an upcoming premium Thunderbird Pro suite (Jason Evangelho/Forbes)
Jason Evangelho / Forbes:
Mozilla says it’s developing Thundermail, an email service similar to Gmail but with a focus on privacy, as part of an upcoming premium Thunderbird Pro suite — I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. — SaveComment — In case you missed it …