Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 4/15/24. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 4/15/24. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Apple’s Bold AI Move Stays on Your iPhone
Apple’s diving deeper into AI—without sending your data to the cloud. Starting late 2024, they’ll train AI models directly on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. That means your device learns from how you use it—like how you edit photos or reply to texts—but keeps that info on-device. It’s like giving your phone a private tutor instead of shipping it off to boarding school. Smart, private, and very Apple.
#apple #ai #privacy #smartphones #technology
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Meet GPT-4.1: OpenAI's New Coding Powerhouse
OpenAI just dropped GPT-4.1, a new AI family built to crush coding tasks and follow instructions like a pro. It's not in ChatGPT yet, but you can access it via API. There are three sizes—GPT-4.1, mini, and nano—each cheaper and smaller, with nano running at just 10 cents per million input tokens. They all handle massive context (think: 1 million words at once), making them perfect for developers juggling big codebases.
#openai #gpt4 #codingtools #apiaccess #technology
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Ancient Algae Brought Back to Life After 7,000 Years
Imagine waking up after a 7,000-year nap—German scientists just pulled that off with algae. Trapped in the dark, oxygen-starved mud of the Baltic Sea, these cells were buried so deep they missed the rise and fall of empires. But once revived in the lab, they didn’t just survive—they started multiplying like nothing happened. This unlocks wild “time-jump” experiments to explore how the sea evolved over thousands of years.
#balticsea #sciencenews #ancientlife #biology #technology
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Google’s Pixel Phones Are Now Talking to Dolphins
yep, this is real—google’s using pixel phones and a new AI model called DolphinGemma to chat with dolphins. built from 40 years of dolphin sounds, it’s the tech version of a universal translator. researchers hope it’ll eventually help humans send sounds dolphins actually understand. the model runs directly on pixel devices and drops this summer as open source. imagine: your phone as a tool for interspecies convo.
#ai #google #pixel #dolphins #technology
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Hugging Face Teams Up with Pollen Robotics!
Hugging Face, the go-to for open-source AI, has just acquired Pollen Robotics, bringing them one step closer to their dream of being the open-source DeepMind. This move merges AI and robotics, paving the way for more decentralized innovation. It’s like combining the brains of AI with the hands of a robot—what’s next? Hugging Face continues pushing boundaries, making AI more accessible and interconnected. #huggingface #ai #robotics #opensource #technology
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DolphinGemma: A Breakthrough in Understanding Dolphins
DeepMind has unveiled DolphinGemma, a new language model from Google designed to help scientists decode dolphin communication. This groundbreaking tech could bring us closer to understanding what dolphins are actually saying in their complex, high-pitched "language." If successful, DolphinGemma might open the door to a whole new level of animal communication research, potentially revealing insights we never thought possible.
#dolphins #deeplearning #ai #technology
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Training a Powerful 7B Video Model on a Budget? Here's How ByteDance Did It
ByteDance's new paper reveals how they trained a high-performance 7B parameter video generation model using just 655k H100 hours of computing power. Despite being considered a "modest" budget, the model shows impressive results, especially on tasks that challenge its temporal abilities. This breakthrough proves that you don’t need massive resources to achieve cutting-edge results in video generation.
#machinelearning #videogen #AIresearch #technology
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Revolutionizing Generative Models in Pixel Space
PixelFlow introduces a game-changing approach to generative models by operating directly in pixel space, skipping the need for pre-trained VAEs. By using cascades, it overcomes computational constraints, making it easier to generate high-quality images. This could transform how we create everything from art to realistic images with much less processing power. It's a big leap for AI, bringing us closer to more natural, pixel-perfect generation.
#ai #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #technology
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BREAKING THROUGH THE 3D INTERACTION GAME
InteractVLM is a new model that transforms how we think about human-object interactions in 3D space. By starting with a strong 2D base, it cleverly elevates its reasoning to 3D using multi-view rendering. This leap opens up exciting new possibilities for tech like augmented reality, where understanding human-object contact is key. Think about playing a VR game where you can feel and interact with objects—InteractVLM is making that possible.
#innovation #3dtechnology #ai #technology
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AI in Action: Business Leaders Share Insights
Nine major execs spill the beans on how Google Cloud’s AI is shaping industries. With over 600 real-world use cases, they’re showing how AI tools are sparking innovation everywhere—from healthcare to finance. It’s not just tech hype; companies are seeing serious results. From predicting patient needs to streamlining customer service, AI is transforming the game. Business leaders are leading the charge, and the results speak for themselves.
#ai #googlecloud #innovation #technology
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Google Cloud Next 25: Key AI Breakthroughs
At Google Cloud Next 25, Vertex AI unveiled upgrades to video, image, speech, and music generation tools, boosting creative workflows for businesses. Google AI is also making strides in building specialized AI agents tailored to improve company productivity and security. A major highlight: the introduction of the Agent2Agent Protocol, which lets AI agents securely communicate across different platforms. It’s a game-changer for seamless, cross-platform collaboration.
#ai #googlecloud #technology #innovation
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DeepSeek Opens Its Inference Engine to the World!
DeepSeek just made its inference engine open source! Built on the VLLM framework, it’s been heavily modified for better performance. This move is big news for AI enthusiasts, as it’ll provide more flexibility and innovation for developers. Imagine unlocking a supercharged engine for your car—except in the AI world. Now anyone can tweak, experiment, and improve it, pushing the boundaries of what AI can do.
#deepseek #opensource #aiinnovation #technology
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NVIDIA Brings AI Supercomputers to the U.S.
NVIDIA is shifting AI hardware production to the U.S. with new factories in Texas and Arizona. They’re aiming to manufacture Blackwell chips and AI supercomputers right at home, boosting domestic tech innovation. This move could be a game-changer for U.S. manufacturing and the growing AI industry. With the push for more U.S.-made technology, it’s a big leap toward cutting-edge AI developments being homegrown. A win for local jobs and innovation!
#nvidia #ai #technews #usmanufacturing #technology
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Gemini Revolutionizes Google Classroom with Question Generation
Google Classroom just got smarter with the addition of Gemini's question-generating feature! Educators can now easily create quizzes or questions from any text, saving time and boosting engagement. Imagine pulling a passage from a lesson and instantly turning it into a quiz—how cool is that? This update is a game-changer for teachers who want to streamline their workflows and make lessons more interactive.
#googleclassroom #edtech #geniusupdate #teachersrock #technology
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Nvidia fabricará supercomputadores de IA nos EUA
A Nvidia anunciou que, pela primeira vez, vai fabricar supercomputadores de inteligência artificial (IA) inteiramente nos Estados Unidos.
#technology #nvidia #ai
Segundo a empresa, o projeto será viabilizado em parceria com indústrias que vão construir fábricas no Arizona e no Texas.
"Os motores da infraestrutura de IA do mundo estão sendo construídos nos Estados Unidos pela primeira vez", disse Jensen Huang, fundador e CEO da Nvidia.
A produção dos chips Blackwell, considerados essenciais para sistemas avançados de IA, já começou nas instalações da Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) em Phoenix.
No Texas, fábricas que serão operadas com Foxconn, em Houston, e Wistron, em Dallas, devem entrar em operação em 12 a 15 meses.
A empresa afirma que a fabricação desses supercomputadores depende de uma cadeia de suprimentos altamente especializada, com tecnologias avançadas de empacotamento, montagem e testes.
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https://www.noticiasaominuto.com.br/tech/2275748/nvidia-fabricara-supercomputadores-de-ia-nos-eua-e-preve-producao-de-ate-us-500-bi-em-4-anos
Lembra do carro dos 'Jetsons'? Ele já existe e custa fortuna
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Um evento de aviação na Itália trouxe um modelo bastante curioso e interessante aos olhos do público.
O Jetson One quer transformar a aeronave em veículo pessoal. Trata-se de um movimento contrário ao de empresas nos últimos tempos, que querem transformar aeronaves deste tipo em táxis.
O veículo inclusive tem preço: US$ 128 mil (cerca de R$ 751 mil na cotação atual). Porém, já está esgotado, tanto para 2024 quanto para 2025.
O Jetson One já obteve aprovação oficial de autoridades italianas para fazer viagens não tripuladas. Isso é feito via controle remoto, desde 2023.
O Aero Club d'Italia emitiu a certificação de registro do Jetson One como uma aeronave de decolagem e pouso verticais ultraleve. No momento ela ainda é testada em voos não tripulados em um espaço controlado.
O modelo também voou nos EUA em um teste realizado pelo fundador da Jetson, Tomasz Patan. Ele pretende abrir uma sede nos EUA, com o rapper Will.i.am como embaixador da marca após ter adquirido um modelo.
Link:
https://www.noticiasaominuto.com.br/tech/2276045/lembra-do-carro-dos-jetsons-ele-ja-existe-e-custa-fortuna
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Beyond the update on international expansion, Bunq also on Tuesday reported a 65% year-over-year jump in profit to 85.3 million euros ($97.2 million). That jump was primarily driven by a 55% increase in net interest income, while net fee income also grew 35%.
Similarly to fintech peers such as N26 and Monzo, Bunq has benefited from a high interest rate environment by pocketing yields on customer deposits sat at the central bank.
Bunq's CEO told CNBC that, while high interest rates have certainly helped, more generally Bunq is seeing increased usage of the platform and has been focused on cost efficiency from an operational perspective.
Bunq is coming up against heaps of competition, especially in the U.S. market. America is already served by established consumer banking giants, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup. It's also home to several major fintech brands, such as Chime and Robinhood.
As part of the probe, the Commerce Department will investigate the "feasibility of increasing domestic semiconductors capacity" in order to reduce reliance on imports and whether additional trade measures, including tariffs, are "necessary to protect national security."
The investigation encompasses a wide range of items, including chip components such as silicon wafers, chipmaking equipment, and "downstream products that contain semiconductors."
Semiconductors play a role in essentially every type of modern electronics, giving the investigation massive implications for Trump's global trade war as he seeks to boost U.S. manufacturing.
The Commerce Department will first allow for public comments on the investigation to be submitted no later than 21 days from Wednesday.
However, on Sunday, Trump reportedly said he will be announcing new tariff rates on imported semiconductors over the next week, and that flexibility will be shown to certain companies.
On the same day, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ABC News' "This Week" that separate tariffs for semiconductors and electronic products were coming in "probably a month or two."
Trump's Commerce Department cited the probe under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which can permit the U.S. president to impose tariffs on the grounds of national security.
Nvidia, the chipmaker powering much of the artificial intelligence boom, announced on Monday a plan to design and build factories that, for the first time, will produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S.
Last month, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's largest chip foundry, announced its intention to increase its existing investments in advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. by an additional $100 billion.
It's not the first time Adobe has placed a big bet on a venture-backed startup. It previously tried to acquire design platform Figma for $20 billion, but called the deal off following scrutiny from European Union and U.K. regulators. Adobe is also an active venture investor, backing startups such as Captions and VidMob.
Profitability 'not an immediate focus'
In addition to the investment from Adobe, Synthesia also announced that it hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) — a measure of annual revenue generated from subscriptions that renew each year.
"We've grown approximately 100% year-over-year, driven by strong customer expansion and best-in-class unit economics," Riparbelli said. "Surpassing $100 million in ARR puts us in a very small group of AI-native companies with real commercial
The U.S. is the second largest export destination for South Korea, with exports rising 10.5% year-on-year to $127.8 billion in 2024, reaching a new annual high for the seventh consecutive year.
On Monday, acting South Korean president Han Duck-soo reportedly said that Trump had "apparently" instructed his administration to conduct immediate tariff negotiations with South Korea, according to local media outlet Yonhap.
Daniel Yoo, head of the global investment department at Yuanta Securities, said the move was a "sovereign effort to boost the semiconductor industry," given that Seoul's efforts at shoring up its semiconductor sector were slower compared to other countries.
"Definitely, it is positive news to keep the #1 market share in the memory side of the semiconductor industry," Yoo added.
In an investor presentation last month, the company said it was expecting $390.2 million in 2024 revenue, which would be roughly flat from 2023.
Former Alibaba and Xiaomi manager Wang Anquan founded Webull in 2016, and he remains the company's global CEO. Investors include Coatue, General Atlantic and Lightspeed. The app gained popularity during the Covid pandemic, as U.S. citizens used stimulus checks to invest, Anthony Denier, the company's group president and U.S. CEO, told CNBC in 2021. Webull users are "much more intellectual" than Robinhood's, Denier has said.
In November, the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Denier inquiring about the company's ties to China. The company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Google’s partnership with MediaTek is partly because of the strong relationship between the Taiwanese firm and TSMC.
Recently, Google collaborated with TSMC instead of Samsung to produce the first custom Pixel chip, Tensor G5.
According to reports, Google plans to drop the Korean Samsung in favor of TSMC to launch its fully customized Tensor G5 chip in 2025.
The current power project by Google could support its local operations and its ambition to tap Taiwan’s market for next-generation chips.
Since 2019, Baseload Capital’s subsidiary, Baseload Power Taiwan, has been actively conducting local geothermal resource exploration, engaging closely with local communities, and working with the Taiwan government to improve the regulatory and permitting framework for geothermal energy.
Google’s support of these geothermal projects will help build the local workforce and expertise, supply chain, and infrastructure to unlock lower costs and faster deployment of future projects.
DolphinGemma receives and interprets audio inputs and then predicts likely subsequent sounds for recreation. Then, it partners with the CHAT system installed on the modified Google Pixel smartphones. The CHAT system cannot entirely translate a dolphin’s natural way of communication, but it can help humans establish a more simplified, shared vocabulary.
The goal is to gradually teach members of the WDP’s Atlantic spotted dolphin community a set of artificial whistles, each linked to a favorite object like seagrass, sargassum, or even researchers’ scarves. Eventually, scientists hope the dolphins will learn to use these whistles to request specific items when they want to play.
There’s still a lot of work to be done to bridge this communication gap. The use of LLMs, however, is a beacon of light and another step closer in achieving this purpose.
This innovative approach could offer new insights into how dolphins use sound to communicate desires and form social bonds. If successful, it may also pave the way for more advanced interspecies communication experiments in the future.
Zuckerberg spoke in a monotone as he read aloud old posts and internal emails outlining his thinking ahead of the Instagram acquisition, prompted by FTC attorney Matheson.
The Meta boss also rejected allegations that the 2012 and 2014 acquisitions were aimed at stifling rivals, even as the FTC maintained that the acquisitions helped his company secure an unlawful monopoly over content-sharing apps.
The FTC’s case hinges on internal emails from as early as 2008, where Zuckerberg appeared to suggest it was easier to acquire emerging rivals than compete with them.
At the time of their acquisitions, Instagram had about 30 million users and was bought for $1 billion, while WhatsApp, with around 450 million users, was acquired for $19 billion. Both have since outpaced Facebook’s growth, according to The New York Times.
James Litinsky, executive chairman of MP Materials, underscored the urgency: “Drones and robotics are widely considered the future of warfare… and the critical inputs for our future supply chain are shut down.”
Beijing’s ‘Trump’ card in escalating trade war
Trump has defended the tariffs, saying they are necessary to correct trade imbalances with China. He has also hinted at targeting semiconductors and electronic devices next. His commerce secretary confirmed smartphones and laptops could be included in upcoming rounds.
China, meanwhile, is flexing its dominance in rare earths as a form of economic retaliation. With nearly total control over global supply, Beijing can tighten or sever access whenever it chooses.
“Does the export control or ban potentially have severe effects in the U.S.? Yes,” said Daniel Pickard, who chairs the critical minerals advisory committee for the U.S. government.
Mining has quietly resumed in Longnan, China’s rare earth hub, despite earlier environmental concerns. Processing centers in the region supply global players like Tesla and BYD with precision-engineered magnets and materials.
For now, the shipments remain stuck indefinitely.
According to Hugging Face, with over $395 million raised from investors including Google, Amazon, Nvidia, and Salesforce, it is positioned to bring AI and robotics closer together—empowering a global community of developers to innovate in virtual and physical domains.
“The first robot we’re offering is Reachy 2 — your friendly little lab partner for the AI era that is already in use in labs like Cornell or Carnegie Mellon. It’s a state-of-the-art humanoid robot that is open-source & VR-compatible, built for research, education, and embodied AI experiments. You can already order one for $70,000,” said the firm in a statement.
Bunq, a neobank for 'digital nomads,' accelerates U.S. expansion effort as profit jumps 65%
Dutch digital bank Bunq said Tuesday that it's applied for a broker-dealer license, in an initial step toward securing a full banking license.
Bunq CEO Ali Niknam said the broker-dealer application will be an initial step toward securing a full banking license. He couldn't offer a firm timeline for when Bunq will secure this authorization in the U.S. — but said he's excited for its growth prospects in the country.
Obtaining a broker-dealer license will mean Bunq "can offer our users who have an international footprint — which is the user demography we're aiming for — a great number of our services," Niknam told CNBC. Bunq mainly caters for "digital nomads," individuals who can live and work from anywhere remotely.
Bunq will be able to offer most of its services in the U.S. with the exception of a savings account after securing broker-dealer authorization, Niknam added.
Bunq, which touts itself as a bank for "digital nomads," currently has a banking license in the European Union. It has applied for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in the U.K. Bunq previously had operations in Britain but forced to withdraw from the country in 2020 due to Brexit.
Bunq initially filed for a U.S. Federal bank charter in April 2023. However, it withdrew the application a year later, citing issues between its Dutch regulator and U.S. agencies. The company plans to resubmit its application for a full U.S. banking license later this year.
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Adobe takes stake in Synthesia, startup behind AI clones for corporate videos
Synthesia told CNBC that Adobe's venture capital arm injected an undisclosed amount of funds into the firm in a "strategic" partnership.
Synthesia told CNBC that Adobe's venture capital arm injected an undisclosed amount of funds into the startup as part of a "strategic" partnership, without elaborating further on financial and commercial terms.
The startup, which says it serves more than 70% of the Fortune 100, sells a platform that businesses can use to develop videos with life-like avatars generated by AI. Individuals can make their own AI avatars, either at one of Synthesia's production studios or on a personal device.
South Korea announces over $23 billion for chip sector as Trump tariffs on semiconductor imports loom
The 33 billion won figure was about a quarter more than the 26 trillion committed last year.
This comes after U.S. president Donald Trump reportedly said he would be announcing the tariff rate on imported semiconductors soon, after exempting them from his steep "reciprocal" tariffs last Friday.
In a social media post Monday, Trump vowed to investigate the "whole electronics supply chain" on national security grounds.
The U.S. Department of Commerce also released a notice saying it will initiate an investigation "to determine the effects on national security of imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and their derivative products."
South Korea's funding support was about a quarter more than the 26 trillion committed last year, according to a press release from the finance ministry.
As part of the measures, the government will subsidize the construction of underground power transmission lines to semiconductor clusters, as well as increase the funding ratio for infrastructure in advanced industrial complexes to 50% from 30%.
A total of 20 trillion won of low-interest loans to semiconductor companies will be offered between 2025 and 2027, up from the current 17 trillion won.
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Google to build 10MW geothermal plant to fuel Taiwan chip dream near China’s doorstep
This will be Google’s first geothermal power plant in the Asia Pacific region.
To supply power to its local data centers and offices, Google has announced its first corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with global geothermal developer Baseload Capital to develop a geothermal power plant in Taiwan.
This will be Google’s first geothermal power plant in the Asia Pacific region.
The move comes when Google is preparing to partner with Taiwan’s MediaTek to develop the next version of its AI chips, Tensor Processing Units.
10MW geothermal energy
According to a press release by Google, the partnership’s initial projects will add 10 MW of clean energy to the grid, doubling Taiwan’s current geothermal capacity in commercial operation.
Once operational in 2029, the projects will supply capacity to help power local data center operations and offices.
Google said geothermal energy, which taps into underground heat to generate clean electricity, is an “around-the-clock” energy source with significant potential for places like Taiwan.
With its unique geological position along the Pacific Ring of Fire, the company added that Taiwan has access to substantial geothermal resources, offering stable and reliable baseload power to complement variable renewable energy technologies like solar and wind.
Google’s groundbreaking tech lets humans converse with dolphins in real-time
DolphinGemma – an AI LLM system – is helping humans interact with dolphins.
Artificial Intelligence technology is steadily taking over the globe, affecting numerous industries and helping humans across different sectors.
But, this particular use of AI is sure to have everyone dropping their jaws at the extent of use this technology can achieve.
U.S. tech giant Google has recently achieved an unthinkable feat with AI technology with a new large language model (LLM). This LLM allows humans to converse with Dolphins. Yes, you read that right. Dolphins.
Chatting with dolphins through AI
Known as DolphinGemma, the resarchers are currently testing to see if this LLM and its Cetacean Hearing Augmentation Telemetry (CHAT) system can mimic the vocal behavior of dolphins.
If successful, the breakthrough may represent the culmination of over four decades’ worth of work, documentation, and conservation efforts.
Dolphins are regarded as one of the smartest sea creatures known to mankind. Their complex social interactions have been, in fact, a subject of study for researchers at the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP) for four decades.
Throughout this process, researchers have accumulated a wealth of underwater audio and video documentation about a single community of Atlantic dolphins in the Bahamas.
Zuckerberg testifies as FTC pushes to unwind Meta’s Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
If the agency succeeds, Meta could be forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Monday in the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark competition trial, which seeks to break up his company for allegedly creating a social networking monopoly.
His testimony followed opening arguments from the FTC and Meta in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, culminating in what’s expected to be two days of questioning.
Monday’s opening arguments also capped off a nearly six-year process that began in 2019, when the FTC under then-President Donald Trump first launched its antitrust probe into the tech giant.
The tech mogul is defending his company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, two deals that FTC alleges were strategic moves to eliminate competition and solidify the company’s dominance in the social media space.
FTC lead attorney Daniel Matheson opened by probing Meta’s core mission, pressing Zuckerberg on whether its platforms are primarily designed to connect users with people they already know.
“It’s the case that over time, the ‘interest’ part of that has gotten built out more than the ‘friend’ part,” the 40-year-old social media tycoon said. “(Users are) connected to a lot more groups and other kinds of things. The ‘friend’ part has gone down quite a bit but it’s still something we care about.”
China freezes rare earth exports, choking global tech and defense supply chains
With no export licenses being issued, shipments remain frozen and prices are rising fast.
The U.S.-China trade war has entered a dangerous new phase of geopolitical arm-twisting.
On April 4, China halted exports of key rare earth minerals and magnets in direct retaliation for the latest U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
The freeze threatens to disrupt global supply chains across industries that depend on these critical materials—including semiconductors, electric vehicles, aerospace, and defense.
The new rules require Chinese exporters to obtain licenses to ship rare earths abroad.
China accounts for 90% of global rare earth production, and for certain heavy rare earths like dysprosium and terbium, that number was close to 99% until recently. These elements are crucial for building EV motors, drones, missiles, and a wide range of high-tech components.
According to Reuters, shipments stopped immediately after the new restrictions took effect.
Exporters must now wait weeks or possibly months for licenses from the Ministry of Commerce.
“When asked by my clients when their cargoes will be able to leave China, we give them an estimated time of 60 days but it may actually take longer than that,” one trader told Reuters.
Michael Silver, CEO of American Elements, told The New York Times that his company was advised to expect a 45-day delay. “We increased our inventory last winter in anticipation of a trade war,” he said, though he acknowledged that existing contracts can only be fulfilled for now.
Hugging Face: Ex-Tesla lead humanoid firm gets 3D printing robot power to take on China
Hugging Face to retail Reachy 2, a $70K open-source, VR-ready humanoid robot used in labs like Cornell and Carnegie Mellon.
Hugging Face is making its first big leap into hardware with the acquisition of French startup Pollen Robotics, the creators of the open-source humanoid robot Reachy 2.
Known for its widely used open-source AI model hub, Hugging Face is now expanding into physical robotics, adding around 30 new employees through the deal.
While financial details were not disclosed, the move signals the company’s (including ex-Tesla staff scientist) ambition to compete in the global robotics race, including with China, by combining 3D printing capabilities and AI-driven humanoid tech.
“We believe robotics could be the next frontier unlocked by AI — and it should be open, affordable, and private. Our vision: a future where everyone in the community, from hobbyists to enterprises, can build or use robot assistants or games, starting from open solutions instead of closed, remote controlled, hardware,” said Thomas Wolf, co-founder, and chief scientist at Hugging Face, in a statement.