Top Tech News Today

Top Tech News Today is a daily dose of the latest tech news from around the world. In this article, we will cover the top tech news for February 25th, 2025.

Introduction to Top Tech News

Introduction to Top Tech News The top tech news for today includes Mira Murati's new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, which is aiming to raise $1 billion at a valuation of around $9 billion. Valve's Steam Deck has been dominating the handheld PC gaming market with about 50% market share in 2024, according to IDC.

Mira Murati's New Startup

Mira Murati's new startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is aiming to raise $1 billion at a valuation of around $9 billion. The round is in progress, and details could change. This is a significant development in the tech industry, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Valve's Steam Deck

Valve's Steam Deck domination Valve's Steam Deck has been dominating the handheld PC gaming market with about 50% market share in 2024, according to IDC. This is a significant achievement for Valve, and it will be interesting to see how the company continues to innovate in this space.

Meta's New Data Center Campus

Meta is in talks to build a new data center campus for AI that could cost over $200 billion based on the number of chips and the amount of power for the site. This is a massive investment for Meta, and it shows the company's commitment to AI development.

Flow48's Revenue-Based Financing Solutions

Flow48, which provides revenue-based financing solutions for SMEs, raised a $69 million Series A in debt and equity led by Breega and plans a Saudi Arabia expansion. This is a significant development in the fintech space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Cohesity's Employee Share Sale

Security company Cohesity plans an employee share sale at an $8 billion valuation and expects to generate $2.2 billion in revenue in the 12 months ending in July. This is a significant development in the cybersecurity space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

XAI's New Grok 3 Voice Mode

XAI released a new Grok 3 voice mode featuring different personalities, including an 18+ “Unhinged” option and a “Sexy” one that role-plays sexual scenarios. This is a significant development in the AI space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Trello's New Inbox Feature

Trello's New Inbox Feature Trello with a new inbox feature integrating tasks from email, Slack, Jira, and Siri, currently in beta and rolling out to all users in April. This is a significant development in the productivity space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

YouTube's New Ad Policy

YouTube will show fewer mid-roll ads that interrupt sentences or action sequences, and more ads at “natural break points” like transitions, starting May 12th. This is a significant development in the advertising space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Twitch Channel Claude Plays Pokémon

Twitch Channel Claude Plays Pokémon A Twitch channel called Claude Plays Pokémon is streaming Claude 3.7 Sonnet using its reasoning capabilities to play a game of Pokémon Red. This is a significant development in the gaming space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Coupang's Q4 Revenue

Coupang reports Q4 revenue up 21% year-over-year to $7.97 billion, versus $8.08 billion estimated, and operating income of $312 million, versus $167.8 million est. This is a significant development in the e-commerce space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Super Micro's Delayed Financial Results

Super Micro files its delayed financial results with the US SEC just in time to meet the Nasdaq's listing deadline; SMCI jumps 16%+ after hours. This is a significant development in the financial space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

IBM's Acquisition of DataStax

IBM's Acquisition of DataStax IBM plans to acquire DataStax and its cloud database development platform to expand IBM's Watson X AI portfolio. This is a significant development in the AI space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Instacart's Q4 Revenue

Instacart reports Q4 revenue up 10% year-over-year to $883 million, missing estimates, and forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA below estimates; CART drops 10%+ after hours. This is a significant development in the e-commerce space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Warner Bros. Games' Cost-Cutting Move

Warner Bros. Games kills ‘Wonder Woman’ title, shutters 3 studios in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business. This is a significant development in the gaming space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Apple's Automatic Dictation System

Users reported that Apple's automatic dictation system was transcribing the word “racist” as “Trump”, before correcting itself; Apple says it's working on a fix. This is a significant development in the tech space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

US Chip Situation

The US chip situation is precarious and requires bold moves like ending the China chip ban and building more trailing edge fabs in the US. This is a significant development in the tech space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Uniswap Labs' Probe

Uniswap Labs says the US SEC has closed its probe into the company and will not file enforcement actions, after the SEC dropped OpenSea and Robinhood probes. This is a significant development in the fintech space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Framework's New Laptop

Framework unveils the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 300, priced at $1,099 for a pre-built model, and Framework Laptop 12 with a touch screen, price TBA. This is a significant development in the laptop space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

OpenAI's Deep Research

OpenAI expands Deep Research to ChatGPT Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise users, with 10 queries per month; Pro users now have 120 queries per month, up from 100. This is a significant development in the AI space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Meta's Potential Class Action Lawsuit

A US judge says Meta must face a potential class action lawsuit claiming it prefers cheaper foreign workers over US citizen job applicants, citing Meta's stats. This is a significant development in the tech space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Dow Jones' CEO

Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour says Factiva's AI marketplace for publishers to license their content to corporations now has nearly 5,000 publishing partners. This is a significant development in the publishing space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Sweden-Based Lovable

Sweden-based Lovable, an AI-powered app builder, raised a $15 million pre-Series A led by Creandum following a €6.8 million pre-seed, says it has 500,000 users and $17 million in ARR. This is a significant development in the app-building space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

Microsoft's Unlimited Access

Microsoft rolls out unlimited access to Voice and Think Deeper, powered by OpenAI's o1 model, to all Copilot users for free. This is a significant development in the AI space, and we will be keeping an eye on this story.

UK CMA's Clearance

UK CMA clears IBM's $6.4 billion acquisition of infrastructure software company HashiCorp, 10 months after IBM announced the deal, which still needs US FTC approval. This is a significant development in the tech space, and we will