Winamp is preparing to relaunch with a Deezer-powered premium music service, betting its nostalgic brand and a new all-in-one music player can stand out in today’s crowded streaming market.

Apple now expects to spend over $30 billion on Broadcom till 2031 to realize its lofty ambitions vis-à-vis the so-called Baltra ASIC, while securing preferential access to advanced radio frequency and wireless components. The deal is the biggest component of Apple's $600 billion American Manufacturing Program (AMP) so far. Tim Cook: "[This is] our largest ever American Manufacturing Program commitment and an important step in our work to build an end-to-end silicon supply chain in the US" For the benefit of those who might not be aware, Apple is investing around $600 billion in the US over the coming 4 […]

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"There were employees doing things like, 'Claude is so helpful for me — it analyzes my calendar and my email and puts together a plan for me,'" he says. "That person was spending at a run rate of $30,000 a year for this."

After 18 years of focusing on Europe, early-stage investor Seedcamp said that it has raised $320 million for its latest fund, which will see it expanding its presence in the United States.

Anthropic's popularity with business users is growing so well that the latest beef with the government might actually boost it, data from Ramp suggests.

The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.

Ramp has nearly tripled its valuation over the past year as investors scramble to grab a part of the fast-growing startup.

A survey compiled from fintech firm Ramp’s clients’ expense data shows 34.4% of participating businesses are paying for Anthropic services, more than any other AI lab, while only 32.3% pay for OpenAI.

The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in November at $32 billion.

Yesterday, we reported on accusations from former and current workers of Gunzilla Games that the studio had not been paying its workers, in some cases, "for many months." Several developers came forward to share that they are still waiting on pay owed for work they did, calling out the studio's leadership for trying to convince them to work for free to work towards 'an idea.' Well, the studio's leadership, chief executive officer Vlad Korolev has responded in a lengthy post on X (formerly Twitter), denying the accusations and calling them "a new narrative from haters." A brief reminder, Gunzilla Games […]

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Gunzilla Games is the studio behind Off the Grid, an NFT battle royale title that arrived in early access back in October 2024. It's also the studio backed by District 9 and Gran Turismo film director Neil Blomkamp (who is listed as its chief creative officer), and last year it also became known as the studio that 'saved' long-running publication Game Informer after it was unceremoniously shuttered by GameStop. Now, however, the studio has been accused of not paying its workers "for many months." The accusations come from former and current Gunzilla Games employees, who shared the accusations on their […]

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