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🤝 ASML becomes Mistral AI's top shareholder
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- Dutch chipmaker ASML is investing 1.3 billion euros into French AI startup Mistral AI, leading a larger funding round and becoming the company's biggest shareholder with a new board seat.
- The partnership aims to lessen the European Union's dependence on AI models from the United States and China, aiming to secure the region's overall digital sovereignty for the future.
- This deal joins ASML, the exclusive supplier of EUV lithography systems for chip manufacturing, with Mistral AI, a startup often seen as Europe's primary competitor to US tech giants.
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🛰️ SpaceX buys EchoStar spectrum for $17 billion
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- SpaceX is acquiring EchoStar's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for $17 billion, a deal split evenly between cash and an equivalent amount of company stock for its satellite network.
- The newly acquired spectrum enables SpaceX to develop its "Direct to Cell" service, designed to provide broadband-speed internet and optimized 5G protocols directly to mobile phones worldwide.
- This sale follows an FCC inquiry into EchoStar’s spectrum holdings, reportedly after a personal push from President Trump and public encouragement from SpaceX for the company to sell its licenses.
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🎬 OpenAI backs a $30 million AI-made animated film
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- OpenAI is backing "Critterz," a $30 million animated film created with Vertigo Films, aiming to finish the entire project in just nine months to demonstrate its generative AI tools.
- The production uses a hybrid model combining DALL-E for concept art, the Sora model for video generation, and GPT-5 for other tasks, all guided by human writers and artists.
- This project serves as a strategic case study to win over a skeptical Hollywood industry that is currently engaged in major copyright infringement lawsuits against AI developers over training data.
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🔋 iPhone 17 Pro may get a 19% bigger battery
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- Leaked specs suggest the iPhone 17 Pro Max could be the first model to offer a battery capacity above 5,000mAh, with one rumored figure listed specifically at 5,088mAh.
- Several iPhone 17 models might have two different battery capacities, with versions lacking an eSIM slot using the extra space from the SIM card tray for a larger component.
- While most models get bigger batteries, the iPhone 17 Air could see a 33 percent capacity drop compared to the iPhone 16 Plus, a change attributed to its thin frame.
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👀 US weighs annual chip permits for Korean firms
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- The US government may replace the indefinite validated end-user (VEU) status for Samsung and SK hynix with a new annual 'site license' model for importing equipment to their Chinese fabs.
- Under this proposal, Korean firms would apply yearly for a fixed quantity of equipment, a move designed to keep fabs running without allowing for technology upgrades or facility expansions in China.
- South Korean officials worry the annual system is too inflexible, potentially delaying urgent equipment repairs if the necessary parts were not included in the pre-approved application at the start of the year.
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