US firms are testing China’s DeepSeek as Silicon Valley AI costs rise, raising questions about savings, data residency, and risk. The post US Firms Try DeepSeek as Silicon Valley AI Costs Rise appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: Honeycomb, which offers an AI-powered insurance platform for multi-unit residential properties, raised $40M led by Zeev, bringing its total funding to $95M  —  Itai Ben-Zaken might be one of the only insurance tech founders who doesn't need investors' money—but he'll still take it.

John Kruzel / Reuters: SCOTUS sides with the FCC in its clash with wireless carriers, upholding the agency's in-house system for levying fines for regulatory violations  —  The U.S. Supreme Court backed the Federal Communications Commission's system for levying fines, ruling on Thursday against wireless carriers AT&T …

When images, mosaics, and data cubes exist in abundance, but field labels are expensive, rare, and imperfect. The post Small Data, Big Maps: Training Geospatial ML Models When Samples Are Scarce appeared first on Towards Data Science.

The advisory warns that Chinese spies are using public job search platforms to recruit people with access to non-public information.

Aircall acquired Piper AI to add revenue intelligence, CRM automation, and sales workflow tools to its customer communications platform. The post Aircall Acquires Piper AI to Automate CRM Updates, Sales Follow-Ups appeared first on TechRepublic.

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The model, released under the Apache 2.0 license, is another example of how cloud providers are enabling enterprises to run models on local devices for agentic workflows.

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Robinhood plans to route some 2026 soccer World Cup bets to Rothera, shifting away from Kalshi as it seeks to diversify its prediction markets providers  —  Robinhood Markets Inc. is kickstarting a shift away from its longstanding prediction markets partner Kalshi Inc., using the World Cup to road test its own infrastructure.

“It's striking, concerning, disappointing, and saddening to think that members of the bar would forward cases to a court that don't exist, and to think that the lawyers on the other side of that didn’t read it for whatever reason, didn’t check it.”

Apple’s Mac mini and Mac Studio shortages are fueling M5 refresh rumors, but AI demand and supply constraints may complicate launch timing. The post Mac Studio 2026: Apple’s Next Desktop Macs May Arrive Later Than Expected appeared first on TechRepublic.

Organizations are growing serious about what nation’s rules apply to their data. Experts point to geopolitical tensions as a main contributing factor.

SafeBreach found a now-fixed Gemini Android flaw that let malicious WhatsApp and Slack alerts manipulate AI responses and tools. The post Malicious WhatsApp, Slack Alerts Could Have Exposed Millions of Android Users appeared first on TechRepublic.

Hyperscalers have come under scrutiny for their impact on water quality and availability.

Apple's App Store generated $1.4 trillion in sales, up from $1.3 trillion last year, with $149 billion in sales for digital goods.

Columbia admits last year’s data breach exposed victims beyond its students, staff.

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Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated. The people who write that code say the AI they’re using is overhyped.