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🚀 Nvidia CEO says his AI chips are improving faster than Moore’s Law

📈 Silicon Valley startups secure over 50% of global VC funding in 2024

📱 TikTok promotes sister app amid US ban threats

🎮 Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.

🤖 Panasonic unveils an AI wellness coach

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🚀 Nvidia CEO says his AI chips are improving faster than Moore’s Law LINK

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims that the company's AI chips are advancing at a rate faster than Moore’s Law, which historically dictated the doubling of transistors and performance annually.

Huang argues that Nvidia's latest data center superchip, the GB200 NVL72, significantly outperforms previous models, making AI inference workloads 30 to 40 times faster and potentially reducing costs over time.

Despite concerns about the expense of AI models, Huang believes that improvements in chip performance will continue to decrease costs, contributing to the ongoing decline in AI model prices.

📈 Silicon Valley startups secure over 50% of global VC funding in 2024 LINK

In 2024, Silicon Valley startups attracted $90 billion in venture capital, which accounted for 57% of the global $178 billion in venture funding, according to Crunchbase.

Several Bay Area companies, including OpenAI, Databricks, and xAI, were key players in raising significant funds, contributing to the region's dominance in the AI sector and venture investments.

The concentration of tech talent and established infrastructure in San Francisco continues to make it a prime location for startups, with no signs of this trend slowing down in 2025.

📱 TikTok promotes sister app amid US ban threats LINK

ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, is promoting Lemon8 as an alternative for US users amid increasing scrutiny and potential bans on TikTok.

Lemon8 has been boosting its visibility through TikTok-sponsored content, encouraging users to migrate and retain their content, followers, and usernames seamlessly.

Despite being smaller, with over one million daily users, Lemon8's engagement has grown, and ByteDance aims to expand its audience regardless of TikTok's uncertain future.

🎮 Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck. LINK

Lenovo announced the Legion Go S as the first non-Valve portable gaming PC to come with an officially licensed version of SteamOS preinstalled, marking a significant shift from Windows-based gaming devices.

The Legion Go S will be available in two versions: a SteamOS edition starting at $500 in May and a Windows 11 edition starting at $730, with additional configurations available later.

Both models of the Legion Go S will feature a weight of 1.61 lbs, an 8-inch 1200p 120 Hz LCD screen, up to 32GB of RAM, and options for AMD's latest Ryzen Z2 Go chipset or a previous Z1 core.

🤖 Panasonic unveils an AI wellness coach LINK

Panasonic introduced Umi, an AI-powered wellness coach, at CES 2025, developed in collaboration with Anthropic and utilizing the Claude AI model to assist families in caring, coordinating, and connecting with each other.

The AI assistant helps families set and achieve goals, such as spending more time together, through an interactive mobile app that facilitates group chats, goal-setting, routine creation, and task management.

Umi will launch in the U.S. in 2025 and will collaborate with a network of experts to promote healthy habits, involving partners like Aaptiv, Precision Nutrition, and SleepScore Labs, as part of Panasonic Well's initiatives.

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