New York Times:
Sources: Discord is in early talks with bankers about a potential IPO that could come as soon as in 2025; Discord was last valued by investors in 2021 at ~$15B — The app has become a mainstay of the video game community and young internet users. — Discord, the social chat app popular …
Avride partners with Hyundai to jointly develop fully driverless cars for autonomous ride-hailing and aims to deploy 100 driverless Ioniq 5 SUVs this year (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Avride partners with Hyundai to jointly develop fully driverless cars for autonomous ride-hailing and aims to deploy 100 driverless Ioniq 5 SUVs this year — The autonomous vehicle operator is aiming to build 100 driverless Ioniq 5s this year.
Marvell reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.82B, vs. $1.8B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue of ~$1.88B, below the highest estimates; MRVL drops 13%+ after hours (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Marvell reports Q4 revenue up 27% YoY to $1.82B, vs. $1.8B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue of ~$1.88B, below the highest estimates; MRVL drops 13%+ after hours — Marvell Technology Inc. declined in late trading after delivering a revenue forecast that fell short of the highest estimates …
Amazon announces an “AI-aided dubbing” pilot program on Prime Video, starting with dubbing in English and Latin American Spanish on 12 movies and series (Ian Carlos Campbell/Engadget)
Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget:
Amazon announces an “AI-aided dubbing” pilot program on Prime Video, starting with dubbing in English and Latin American Spanish on 12 movies and series — To start, AI dubbing will only occur in English and Latin American Spanish. — In an effort to make movies and TV shows …
Bolt says Ryan Breslow had been reinstated as CEO with the board’s “unanimous approval”; Justin Grooms, interim CEO since last March, will serve as president (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Bolt says Ryan Breslow had been reinstated as CEO with the board’s “unanimous approval”; Justin Grooms, interim CEO since last March, will serve as president — Ryan Breslow is once again the CEO of Bolt, the fintech company told TechCrunch on Wednesday.
Sources: Italy is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5B deal with Starlink in light of the US pullback from commitments to European security (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Italy is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5B deal with Starlink in light of the US pullback from commitments to European security — The Italian government is having growing doubts about closing a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink in light …
Anthropic quietly removes Biden-era AI policy commitments from its site, including pledges to research AI discrimination and share info on managing AI risks (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic quietly removes Biden-era AI policy commitments from its site, including pledges to research AI discrimination and share info on managing AI risks — Anthropic has quietly removed from its website several voluntary commitments the company made in conjunction with the Biden Administration …
Coinbase is reviving ambitions to introduce security tokens, digital assets that represent venture investments, amid a relaxed regulatory environment (Jason Shubnell/The Block)
Jason Shubnell / The Block:
Coinbase is reviving ambitions to introduce security tokens, digital assets that represent venture investments, amid a relaxed regulatory environment — – Coinbase Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas expressed optimism about renewed discussions with the SEC’s crypto task force …
The DOJ charges 12 Chinese nationals, including PRC staff, alleging an espionage campaign hit US state and federal agencies, like the Treasury, and other orgs (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
The DOJ charges 12 Chinese nationals, including PRC staff, alleging an espionage campaign hit US state and federal agencies, like the Treasury, and other orgs — The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two eChinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around …
Google announces an experimental AI Mode in Search that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions, rolling out to Google One AI Premium subscribers (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google announces an experimental AI Mode in Search that lets users ask complex, multi-part questions, rolling out to Google One AI Premium subscribers — Google is launching a new “AI Mode” experimental feature in Search that looks to take on popular services like Perplexity AI and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search.
