- Sources: Honeywell is considering a US IPO of its majority-owned quantum computing firm Quantinuum as soon as 2025, and could seek a valuation of about $10B (Bloomberg)
- Chinese self-driving startup WeRide files to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol WRD, reporting a loss of $268M on revenue of $55M in 2023 (Michael Hytha/Bloomberg)
- Freelancer.com, iFixit, and others say Anthropic's crawler has aggressively scraped their websites, potentially breaching their terms of service (George Hammond/Financial Times)
- US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
- A look at the race to build advanced AI robots; PitchBook: robotics startups have raised $6.5B across 552 deals in 2024 vs. $9.7B across 1,256 deals in 2023 (Financial Times)
- Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it is surprised and is "seeking clarity" about X's move to automatically allow user data to train Grok (Financial Times)
- US unions are trying to organize staff at chip firms set to receive CHIPS Act grants; CWA is pushing to organize workers at Intel and other big chip companies (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
- US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network (Jon Brodkin/Wired)
- X activates a default setting that gives it permission to train Grok AI on user's posts; the setting can be turned off on the web but not in the mobile app (Kevin Okemwa/Windows Central)
- Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors (Clare Duffy/CNN)
- How TikTok is trying to fend off a potential US ban, including through ad campaigns, lobbying, and funding lawsuits by creators (Bloomberg)
- An interview with Samsung's mobile chief TM Roh on the Galaxy AI push, monetizing AI, future products in foldables and mixed reality, and more (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
- A profile of, and interview with, Sequoia's Roelof Botha on increasing Sequoia's focus on AI investments, staying politically neutral, and more (Michal Lev-Ram/Fortune)
- The US Commerce Department says it signed a nonbinding preliminary agreement with Amkor for a CHIPS Act award consisting of $400M in grants and $200M in loans (Amy Edelen/Phoenix Business Journal)
- SK Hynix announces plans to invest roughly $6.8B through 2028 on a chip plant in Yongin, South Korea, including a "mini-fab" to process 300mm silicon wafers (Joyce Lee/Reuters)