**🎉 Today’s Tech & AI News Digest 🎉**

🚀 Elon Musk’s xAI Acquires X
Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform X, marking a significant merger in the tech industry.

Elon Musk says xAI acquired X

📉 Apple’s AI Struggles
Apple continues to face challenges and critiques over its AI initiatives, including delayed releases and ineffective features.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.html

💹 CoreWeave’s IPO Journey
CoreWeave, originating from crypto-mining, raised $1.5 billion in its IPO, marking a significant event in the AI-related market.

CoreWeave co-founder explains how a closet of crypto-mining GPUs led to a $1.5B IPO

🌍 African Startups and Valuations
Despite a decline in mega-deals, funding for African startups is returning to pre-pandemic levels, with a focus on sustainability and profitability.

Here are Africa’s biggest startups based on valuation

🔍 Intel Capital’s New Path
Intel Capital is spinning out from Intel, ending its era as the semiconductor giant’s venture investment arm after 34 years.

A look at Intel Capital before the 34-year-old firm strikes out on its own

📉 Amazon’s Alexa Privacy Concerns
Amazon’s announcement about Alexa sending all voice data to servers has sparked surprise and backlash over privacy concerns.
https://ploum.net/2025-03-28-geeks-naivety.html

🛒 Amazon Spring Sale 2025
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale offers a range of discounts on various products, continuing through the end of March 2025.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/634880/amazon-big-spring-sale-march-2025-prime-day-deals-shop

📘 Sam Altman Firing Drama
A new book excerpt reveals details about the brief firing of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by the nonprofit’s board in 2023.

Sam Altman firing drama detailed in new book excerpt

⚠️ Tesla Takedown Protests
Global protests are being organized against Tesla to object to Elon Musk’s role in slashing government spending, leading to heightened tensions.

‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters are planning a global day of action on March 29, and things might get ugly

🔓 Ubuntu Security Bypasses
Three new bypass methods have been discovered for Ubuntu’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions, raising security concerns.
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q1/253

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