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The EU warns Microsoft it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under DSA after failing to provide risk info about its generative AI tools (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The EU warns Microsoft it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under DSA after failing to provide risk info about its generative AI tools  —  The European Union has warned Microsoft that it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under the

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Hong Kong launches a pilot program enabling digital yuan payments through major Chinese banks, first deployment of China’s currency beyond the mainland (Kiuyan Wong/Bloomberg)

Kiuyan Wong / Bloomberg: Hong Kong launches a pilot program enabling digital yuan payments through major Chinese banks, first deployment of China’s currency beyond the mainland  —  – The launch is the first to take place beyond mainland China  — China is pushing to grow the yuan’s share of global payments

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Betta Aims to Bring Wire EDM to the Desktop

Just as practical nuclear fusion has been “only 20 years away” for the last 80 years or so, the promise of electrical discharge machining (EDM) in the home shop seems to always be just around the corner. It’s hard to understand why this is so — EDM is electrically and mechanically more complicated than traditional

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Cloud GPU provider CoreWeave raised $7.5B in debt financing, two weeks after raising $1.1B equity funding at a $19B valuation; it raised $2.3B in debt in 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Cloud GPU provider CoreWeave raised $7.5B in debt financing, two weeks after raising $1.1B equity funding at a $19B valuation; it raised $2.3B in debt in 2023  —  Deal is one of the largest-ever private debt financings  —  CoreWeave, an artificial-intelligence cloud-computing startup backed by Nvidia …

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Kuo: Apple to use higher energy density battery cells for iPhone 16 Pro Max and stainless steel battery cases for better replaceability, an EU requirement (William Gallagher/AppleInsider)

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Kuo: Apple to use higher energy density battery cells for iPhone 16 Pro Max and stainless steel battery cases for better replaceability, an EU requirement  —  Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that the iPhone 16 Pro Max will get a new battery that has a greater energy density than before …

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