Architect Labs, which aims to use AI to cheapen and speed up the process of designing custom chips, raised a $24M seed led by Kindred Ventures (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)

Max A. Cherney / Reuters:
Architect Labs, which aims to use AI to cheapen and speed up the process of designing custom chips, raised a $24M seed led by Kindred Ventures  —  Architect Labs said on Thursday it had raised $24 million in …

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Sources: the EU is set to unveil its preliminary findings that AWS and Azure likely meet the criteria for regulation under the DMA as early as next week (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: the EU is set to unveil its preliminary findings that AWS and Azure likely meet the criteria for regulation under the DMA as early as next week  —  Microsoft Corp.’s Azure and Amazon Web Services are on a collision…

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Moscow uses ‘Russian Houses’ in Africa to lure recruits into war in Ukraine, investigation shows

Ukrainian military intelligence has revealed that Russia’s expanding network of “Russian Houses” functions as a recruitment pipeline for its war, luring young Africans with promises of education and jobs before some are sent to the front lines or into …

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As David Sacks steps back and Sriram Krishnan prepares to leave, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others are leading AI policy in the Trump administration (Maria Curi/Axios)

Maria Curi / Axios:
As David Sacks steps back and Sriram Krishnan prepares to leave, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and others are leading AI policy in the Trump administration  —  Like its AI policy, the Trump administration’s AI …

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Holiday warning as temperatures set to soar to 40C in Spain, Italy and France as heatwave alerts issued across Europe

EMERGENCY weather warnings are in place with a major heatwave set to hit Europe with temperatures on track to reach 40C in the coming days. Spain, France and Italy will all see sweltering heat over the weekend with experts warning of “super tropical ni…

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