Nvidia’s Hugging Face Acquisition Is a $12.9 Billion Bet on Open-Source AI
The long-rumored deal will give the chip giant access to—and help it promote—a huge repository of open-source AI models and data sets.
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The Download: rethinking child safety and fossil-fueled farming
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Child-monitoring apps might need a reboot Digital harms have become the defining fear of American parents. In response, they’re increasingly turning to content-monitoring apps that scan their children’s texts, photos, emails,…
TikTok comments are getting more interactive with voice comments, polls, and more
TikTok’s comments section is getting an upgrade. The social network announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out new features for its comment sections, including voice comments, comment polls, photo carousel comments, and Live Photo comments. With the additions, the app is borrowing features from messaging apps as it looks to deepen engagement on its platform.…
Volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit in Boston
Our rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event happen. If you are interested in finding out what goes into building tech events, apply to volunteer. If you are selected, not only will you get…
Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion
Nvidia said Hugging Face hosts over 3 million models and is used by over 18 million developers.
'Breeze Comet' Tears Into Brazilian & Global Financial Systems
Brazil’s most sophisticated threat group is making light work of the country’s financial systems, putting money directly into its own pocket.
PlayStation VR2 vs Meta Quest 3 vs Pico 4 Ultra: $100 Price Gap [2026]
Six years after Sony launched PSVR2 and three years after Meta shipped Quest 3, gaming’s VR hardware race has gone quiet at the top. Meta shelved its Quest 4 prototypes and pushed the real successor to the second half of 2027 at the earliest, according to leaked internal memos reported by UploadVR and confirmed indirectly…
Fewer attacks, more force: Link11’s European Cyber Report finds new DDoS records for the first half of 2026
Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland, 3rd September 2026, CyberNewswire The post Fewer attacks, more force: Link11’s European Cyber Report finds new DDoS records for the first half of 2026 first appeared on Tech Startups.
Chinese AI startup Moonshot files for $3 billion Hong Kong IPO at $50 billion valuation
Chinese AI startup Moonshot has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong and is seeking to raise about $3 billion, Reuters reported Thursday. The Beijing-based company, best known for its Kimi large language model, has been valued […] The post Chinese AI startup Moonshot files for $3 billion Hong Kong IPO at…
China’s Moonshot AI Confidentially Filed Hong Kong IPO
China’s Moonshot AI has confidentially submitted an application for an initial public offering to Hong Kong’s stock exchange, people familiar with the matter said.