双语科技快报 | 2026-08-07 | 12:40 速览
1. Sydney-based AI data center company Firmus raised $2B in funding from Coatue, Nvidia, and others at a $10.5B post-money valuation, up from $5.5B in April
来源: Nichiket Sunil / Reuters
时间: 11:55 PM
总部位于悉尼的人工智能数据中心公司Firmus从Coatue、英伟达等投资方筹集了20亿美元资金，投后估值达到105亿美元，较4月份的55亿美元有所提升。
2. Sources: Canva cut its revenue growth forecast as popular new AI features drove up costs, forced it to slow their rollout, and more Canva users moved to ChatGPT
来源: The Information
时间: 6:01 PM
消息人士称，Canva下调了营收增长预期，因为广受欢迎的新AI功能推高了成本，迫使其放慢推出速度，且更多Canva用户转向了ChatGPT。
3. AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon with the promise to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum
来源: Tobias Mann / The Register
时间: 4:20 PM
AMD收购总部位于多伦多的Taalas公司，该公司将模型权重直接集成到硅片中，承诺提升推理性能，交易金额未披露。
4. Sources: OpenAI's new device, slated for 2027, is a hockey puck-sized smart speaker with moving parts that help give it personality and will likely cost $300+
来源: Mark Gurman / Bloomberg
时间: 4:10 PM
消息来源：OpenAI的新设备预计于2027年发布，是一款冰球大小的智能音箱，配备可活动部件，为其增添个性，售价可能超过300美元。
5. Sources: the US is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon, a material critical to chips, later this month, in a bid to counter China
来源: Reuters
时间: 12:30 PM
消息人士称，美国正准备于本月晚些时候对多晶硅（一种对芯片至关重要的材料）设定价格下限并征收关税，以应对中国。
6. The DOJ secures a $3.2M settlement from OpenAI to resolve allegations it discriminated against US workers by preferring workers with temporary employment visas
来源: Jimmy Jenkins / Bloomberg
时间: 12:10 PM
美国司法部与OpenAI达成320万美元和解，以解决其因偏爱持临时工作签证的员工而歧视美国工人的指控。
7. Researchers: ChainDrop, a Shai-Hulud-based worm, has compromised 1,300+ npm packages, like Keyv, Cacheable, and flat-cache, with a combined 2B monthly downloads
来源: Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer
时间: 11:45 AM
研究人员：一种基于Shai-Hulud的蠕虫ChainDrop已感染超过1300个npm软件包，如Keyv、Cacheable和flat-cache，每月合计下载量达20亿次。
8. Oligo, which offers runtime security tools, raised $60M from Ballistic Ventures, Canon Capital, and others, bringing its total funding to $140M
来源: Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE
时间: 11:40 AM
Oligo，一家提供运行时安全工具的公司，从Ballistic Ventures、Canon Capital等机构筹集了6000万美元，使其总融资额达到1.4亿美元。
9. Nvidia makes Alpamayo 2 Super, its frontier open reasoning model for robotaxis and AVs, available for commercial use under the OpenMDW-1.1 license
来源: Jessica Soares / NVIDIA
时间: 11:35 AM
英伟达将其前沿开放推理模型Alpamayo 2 Super（专为机器人出租车和自动驾驶汽车设计）在OpenMDW-1.1许可下开放商业使用。
10. Ambrook, which offers accounting software, raised a $30M Series B led by Lachy Groom as it expands beyond farming into trucking, construction, and real estate
来源: Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media
时间: 11:30 AM
提供会计软件的Ambrook公司，完成了由Lachy Groom领投的3000万美元B轮融资，并将其业务从农业扩展到卡车运输、建筑和房地产领域。
11. New Jersey files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, alleging it abuses its dominance to impose low pay and poor conditions on independent delivery drivers
来源: Jody Godoy / Reuters
时间: 11:05 AM
新泽西州对亚马逊提起反垄断诉讼，指控其滥用市场主导地位，对独立配送司机施加低薪和恶劣工作条件。
12. A World Bank report says developing economies stand to benefit more from AI boosting their workers' output than they will lose in jobs being replaced by AI
来源: Joseph Cotterill / Financial Times
时间: 10:25 AM
世界银行的一份报告指出，发展中经济体在人工智能提升工人产出方面的获益，将超过因AI取代岗位而遭受的损失。
13. Convex, which provides an AI-optimized application backend for developers, raised a $57M Series B led by Insight Partners, taking its total funding to $110.5M
来源: Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE
时间: 10:20 AM
Convex，为开发者提供AI优化应用后端的公司，完成了由Insight Partners领投的5700万美元B轮融资，使其总融资额达到1.105亿美元。
14. Analysis: in 2026 so far, US police arrested at least 37 people in connection to data center protests and intervened to prevent confrontations in 12 more cases
来源: Joe Wilkins / Futurism
时间: 9:55 AM
分析：2026年至今，美国警方已逮捕至少37名与数据中心抗议相关的人员，并在另外12起案件中干预以防止冲突发生。
15. Obsidian Security, which helps companies secure AI agents, raised an $85M Series D at a $1.1B valuation, after raising a $90M Series C in April 2022
来源: Akash Sriram / Reuters
时间: 9:15 AM
Obsidian Security，一家帮助企业保护AI智能体的公司，在2022年4月完成9000万美元C轮融资后，现以11亿美元估值筹集了8500万美元D轮融资。