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Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private at a ~$1B valuation by Ithaca Holdings, founded recently by two Silicon Valley execs; BMBL jumps 45%+   —  Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd expected to stay involved with company as part of deal  —  Bumble , the dating app founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3yTbGEl

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta says Muse Wonder is available to Muse app subscribers, via Meta Model API, and Muse Code; Wonder Full is available to Muse Code subscribers   —  Meta debuted its latest artificial intelligence model, Muse Wonder, and says it's the most advanced option for powering digital assistants. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Cp5FOv0

James Austin Johnson portrayed Kevin O'Leary on "Saturday Night Live." Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images "Saturday Night Live" took on Kevin O'Leary and his data center. "These things shouldn't be anywhere. That's why I'm building one in Utah," Johnson's O'Leary said. The real O'Leary is backing a giant data center project spanning over 20,000 acres. AI data centers got the "Weekend Update" treatment on "Saturday Night Live" this week. Comedian James Austin Johnson portrayed "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary on the sketch comedy show, during which he addressed the dispute over the real O'Leary's proposed data center in Utah, known as the Stratos Project . "It's very simple. All I want is to buy up 40,000 acres of God's untouched splendor and replace it with a very loud computer that steals your job," Johnson's O'Leary said. "Is it going to take up pre...

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge : How Musk and Benioff pledged to rename SpaceXAI and AIForce, while Nadella and Nvidia adopted “super intelligence”, as Silicon Valley falls in line with Trump   —  Musk, Benioff, Huang, and now Nadella have all capitulated to Trump's ‘super intelligence’ rebrand. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7vBreOV

Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information : A look at the economics of Anthropic's data center leases as analysts estimate a 245 MW site could yield ~$1.3B/mo; sources say it signed a cloud deal with IREN   —  Why is Anthropic driving its partners to speed up the $530 billion of data center leasing deals it has signed? from Techmeme https://ift.tt/1YMThF5

William Langley / Financial Times : IDC: Shenzhen-based DJI and Insta360, accounting for 73% and 20% of global smart camera market in Q2, are vying for the top spot as GoPro's share drops to 3%   —  DJI and Insta360 engaged in ‘civil war’ to become world's top smart camera maker  —  The decline of action camera pioneer GoPro … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ZX8cK3t