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Hindustan Unilever in talks to acquire Peak XV-backed Minimalist for up to $350M
Main points:
- Hindustan Unilever is in talks to acquire Minimalist, a skincare startup, for up to $350 million.
- The acquisition would expand HUL's skincare portfolio and add to its buying spree in India.
Supporting details:
- Minimalist saw 89% revenue growth to $40.8 million in FY2024 and claims to be profitable.
- HUL already has a stake in Minimalist through Unilever Ventures, its venture arm.
Cloudflare’s VPN app among half-dozen pulled from Indian app stores
**Main points:**
- India has removed several VPN apps, including Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1, from Apple App Store and Google Play Store due to government intervention.
- The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs issued removal orders, citing contravention of Indian law.
**Supporting details:**
- Affected apps include Hide.me and PrivadoVPN, with Apple citing a "demand" from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center.
- This enforcement action marks the first significant implementation of India's 2022 regulatory framework governing VPN apps, which requires maintaining customer records for 5 years.
AI解码动物语言：自然界的交流模式新发现
研究人员利用人工智能（AI）来解码动物的语言，如鲸鱼的口哨声、大象的隆隆声和鸟鸣的颤音。通过AI的帮助，科学家发现：
- 鲸鱼有特定的“方言”和声音模式来交流。
- 大象使用低沉的隆隆声来传递个体信息，如性别、年龄和生理状况。
- 其他动物，如狨猴和象海豹，也有自己的“真名”。
AI技术使得对动物语言的理解更深入，从而有助于保护濒危物种，并可能揭示动物智能和意识的新层面。
元始智能RWKV获数千万天使轮融资，力求打破Transformer架构的限制
元始智能（RWKV）完成数千万人民币天使轮融资，估值翻倍。RWKV 是对传统 Transformer 架构的挑战，通过结合 RNN 优点，实现效率和语言建模能力突破。其优势在于有限状态空间处理信息，通过强化学习判断何时回顾前文，提升记忆能力。RWKV 在基准测试中表现优越，计划推出 70B 及以上参数的模型，并探索新型推理框架和芯片。同时，RWKV 进行商业化布局，涉及 AI 音乐生成和企业合作。
Electra found a cheap, clean way to purify iron, and it’s raising $257M to make it happen
Main points:
- Electra raises $76.3 million to develop cleaner ironmaking method
- Novel electrowinning process uses electricity to extract pure iron from low-grade ores
- Aims to reduce steelmaking's 7% global carbon emissions contribution
Supporting details:
- Electrowinning uses electric current to draw metal from liquid solution
- Electra's acid-based process handles lower-grade ores, ideal for electric-arc furnaces and renewable energy.
Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people’s identity documents
Main points:
- A U.S. online gift card store, MyGiftCardSupply, exposed hundreds of thousands of customer government-issued identity documents online.
- The storage server, hosted on Microsoft's Azure cloud, contained over 600,000 images of identity documents and 200,000 customer selfies.
- The server had no password, allowing public access to the data, which included driving licenses, passports, and other documents.
Supporting details:
- The exposure was discovered by security researcher JayeLTee, who alerted TechCrunch after MyGiftCardSupply failed to respond.
- MyGiftCardSupply has since secured the server and is auditing its KYC verification procedure.
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