AI Developments
Google's AI Model Gemma Can Now Run Locally on Your Phones
Alongside Gemma 3n, Google introduced MedGemma, designed for health-related text and image analysis
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AI News
Yotta's GPUs are Now Available on NVIDIA's GPU Marketplace Lepton
At Computex, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduced Lepton, a new AI platform designed to link developers with a global marketplace of GPU compute resources
Chips
Kaynes Semicon Opens International Chip Design Centre in Oman
The new VLSI design centre will focus on both front-end and back-end chip design
Chips
TSMC Rejects Proposal to Build Fab in India
TSMC is focusing its overseas expansion on the United States, Japan, and Germany
Cybersecurity
CloudSEK Raises $19 mn in Series B1 to Scale Predictive Cybersecurity Platform
The startup will use the funds to continue product innovation and global expansion
Open Source
Microsoft Open Sources Windows Subsystem for Linux After Nearly a Decade
The code is now live on GitHub under the Microsoft/WSL repository
Drones
Zuppa Raises INR 5 Cr to Scale its Kamikaze Drone Ajeet
The drones are deployed by the Indian Army at multiple locations
Open Source
Microsoft Open Sources GitHub Copilot in VS Code
The AI-powered Copilot extensions will now be part of the official Visual Studio Code open-source repository
Partnerships
Microsoft Expands Hugging Face Partnership to Bring 10,000+ AI Models to Azure
The partnership will also enable Azure AI Foundry to offer the latest models from top providers on the same day they launch on Hugging Face.
AI Developments
GitHub Unveils AI Agent That Autonomously Writes and Fixes Code
The AI agent is powered by Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Leadership Moves
HCLTech Names Kiran Cherukuri as Global GCC Practice Leader
Kiran will drive the growth of HCLTech’s GCC practice, helping clients leverage the company’s broad portfolio of services, technologies, and corporate functions
Big Tech
Google Launches NotebookLM App for Android and iOS
Recently, Google made Notebook Audio Overviews available in more than 50 languages