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Rani Molla4/9/24

How Elon Musk’s Starlinks are getting to US foes

When Elon Musk isn’t getting involved in messy social politics on Twitter, he’s getting involved in messy geopolitics of war. The Wall Street Journal did a deep dive into how devices from Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink have ended up assisting American foes in war zones in Ukraine and Sudan, where they’re used for secure communications and drone operation.

Starlink can shut off individual devices and make devices unavailable in specific places, but middlemen are smuggling hardware registered in countries where Starlink is allowed, and then using the roam feature to connect to the internet in places where it isn’t. Musk has said he’s perplexed that his seemingly innocuous internet devices ended up being used in warfare, but the Journal found Russian dealers advertising eBay posts for the devices from people in Ohio and New Jersey.

The Black Market That Delivers Elon Musk’s Starlinks to U.S. Foes

The Black Market That Delivers Elon Musk’s Starlinks to U.S. Foes

Starlink can shut off individual devices and make devices unavailable in specific places, but middlemen are smuggling hardware registered in countries where Starlink is allowed, and then using the roam feature to connect to the internet in places where it isn’t. Musk has said he’s perplexed that his seemingly innocuous internet devices ended up being used in warfare, but the Journal found Russian dealers advertising eBay posts for the devices from people in Ohio and New Jersey.

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Anthropic reportedly doubles current fundraising round to $20 billion

Anthropic has doubled its current fundraising round to $20 billion on strong investor demand, according reporting from the Financial Times. The new fundraising round would value the company at a staggering $350 billion. That’s up 91% from September, when it raised at a valuation of $183 billion.

The company reportedly received interest totaling 5x to 6x its original $10 billion fundraising goal, and it’s expected to haul in several billion more than that tally before the current round closes.

Anthropic’s success with enterprise customers and the popularity of its Claude Code product are boosting the company’s momentum as it chases the current valuation leader of the AI startup pack: OpenAI.

Anthropic doubles VC fundraising to $20bn on surging investor demand

Anthropic doubles VC fundraising to $20bn on surging investor demand

The company reportedly received interest totaling 5x to 6x its original $10 billion fundraising goal, and it’s expected to haul in several billion more than that tally before the current round closes.

Anthropic’s success with enterprise customers and the popularity of its Claude Code product are boosting the company’s momentum as it chases the current valuation leader of the AI startup pack: OpenAI.

Produce At Whole Foods Market's Flagship Store

Amazon says it’s doubling down on opening Whole Foods stores. That sounds familiar.

The company says it’ll open 100 Whole Foods locations in the next few years. That sounds similar to plans Whole Foods’ CEO laid out in 2024 for opening 30 stores a year. Since then, it appears to have added 14, total.

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One year after the DeepSeek freak, the AI industry has adjusted and roared back

A look back at how the Chinese startup shattered conventions, changed the way Big Tech thought about AI, and blew a $1 trillion hole in the stock market that got filled right back up... and then soared to new levels.

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Georgia lawmakers introduce data center construction moratorium amid statewide pushback

More and more communities across the US are wrestling with the pros and cons of having a data center come to town. Georgia has become a hotspot of resistance to the data centers planned by Big Tech, according to a new report from The Guardian. The Atlanta metro area led the nation in data center construction in 2024.

Georgia state representatives introduced legislation that would place a one-year moratorium on data center construction in the state. Ten Georgia municipalities have already passed local bans on data centers.

Per the report, at least three other states have seen similar data center moratorium legislation introduced in the last week, including Maryland and Oklahoma.

Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America’s AI boom

Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America’s AI boom

Georgia state representatives introduced legislation that would place a one-year moratorium on data center construction in the state. Ten Georgia municipalities have already passed local bans on data centers.

Per the report, at least three other states have seen similar data center moratorium legislation introduced in the last week, including Maryland and Oklahoma.

Tesla’s Robotaxi is way cheaper than Uber, Lyft, or Waymo — but you’ll have to wait a lot longer for one

New data from ride-share comparison app Obi shows how much cheaper and less available Tesla’s autonomous ride-share service is.

Self Driving Taxi Company Waymo Voluntarily Issues Software Recall Over Cars Not Stopping For School Buses

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