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Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

Swedish electric and autonomous trucking company Einride has agreed to acquire EV charging startup Flipturn in an all-stock deal worth $38 million.

The acquisition — Einride’s first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business. The deal is expected to close this month. Flipturn, which employs 17 people, will continue operating with the same team, a company spokesperson confirmed.

Flipturn, founded in 2022, raised $15.5 million in venture capital to build an EV charging software platform that can communicate with any EV charger over the Open Charge Point Protocol, the industry standard for communication between EV chargers and management systems. The software monitors the health of charging infrastructure, pulls in data such as vehicle battery levels, driving history, and routes to help companies better manage charging, and integrates with on-site solar and energy storage systems.

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OpenAI says Hugging Face was breached by its own pre-release models

OpenAI admitted Tuesday that one of its AI models breached Hugging Face’s systems during an internal cybersecurity test that went awry. Hugging Face initially attributed the breach to an “external AI agent.” In a blog post published Tuesday afternoon, OpenAI detailed the steps that led the models to compromise

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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Over the past months, many countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, setting a precedent that other countries are now closely watching. France is now the latest country to announce

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Super Micro says Q4 orders have topped $60B and expects gross margins of 15% to 17%, up from its prior forecast of 8.2% to 8.4%; SMCI jumps 13%+ after hours

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Super Micro says Q4 orders have topped $60B and expects gross margins of 15% to 17%, up from its prior forecast of 8.2% to 8.4%; SMCI jumps 13%+ after hours