Automattic begins layoffs following board upheaval and executive departures
Sources say more cuts could follow as the company looks to improve its finances.
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GM is betting compute and AI will help it compete with Chinese automakers
To compete with Tesla, Rivian, and a host of Chinese automakers, GM’s fourth-gen EV platform will roll out a new…
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Meta ordered to pay $25B in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal
The payout is related to a recent trial involving the social media giant that revolved around its data privacy…
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While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat
As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new…
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The internet is having a very bad cybersecurity day
From AI-discovered PHP vulnerabilities to flaws in Node.js and popular AI tool LiteLLM, cybersecurity teams have plenty…
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Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation
Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion.
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GM is giving OnStar an AI makeover
It's one of the biggest overhauls ever to the 30-year-old connected car product.
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PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet
This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.
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Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C
Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series…
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Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport
Waymo only just started offering rides to the public in Las Vegas in September but is already serving a 24-square-mile…
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Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition
Foursquare raised $411 million in funding according to PitchBook data, but its equity holders saw no returns from its…
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AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now
More than 50% of managers say they're finding it harder to evaluate employees' work after adopting AI, according to a…
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Heat pump tech is 170 years old — Pascal thinks it’s time for an update
Refrigerants startup Pascal has a new take on heat pump and cooling tech using a sponge-like material that promises to…
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Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software
The startup initially set out to build better, faster, and cheaper surveying hardware in 2021.
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Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a model if 50+ people could be killed
The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI running amok but actually forbids federal agencies from…
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SpaceX and Tesla boards form special committees to review merger
Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.
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Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix’s OpenAI hack documentary isn’t accurate
Before you share the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue," take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face's co-founder who is…
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Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy
Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a…
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SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations
SpaceX hit profitability in the third quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.
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OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio to beef up its biotech business
OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research,…
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Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car
Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information…
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GM to close Detroit battery-assembly plant, but not for reasons you might think
GM is shuttering the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant, though the closure has nothing to do with the automaker's…
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Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off…
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ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats
The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning…
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Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
Eric Schmidt’s fortune is about to get even bigger.
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Meta’s Muse hits 10M US downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps
New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher rates than its AI rivals.
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Ex-Nvidia-turned-VC Amulya Vishwanath: ‘Physical AI is in its LEGO era’
It’s the moment everyone is waiting for — the ChatGPT moment for robotics, Amulya Vishwanath explained to TechCrunch’s…
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Streaming guide JustWatch becomes a streamer itself
JustWatch, the popular streaming search guide used by 50 million people, is launching its own streaming service,…
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Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle…
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TikTok staff raised child safety concerns, but executives reportedly failed to act
Court documents show TikTok employees were frustrated with how executives responded to their concerns about risks to…
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Figma co-founder Dylan Field thinks MCP is not a perfect protocol
Figma said it plans to support as many standards as possible without exposing all of its data.
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SpaceX alum’s aviation startup, Reliable Robotics, lands $115M, topping $1B valuation
Reliable Robotics extended its Series D round with $115 million in equity and $25 million in debt.
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US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems
The U.S. has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its…
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Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving
Eka Robotics may be the first robotic arm that is actually good at picking up a wide range of objects, and it is so…
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Inspired Capital closes $450M fourth fund as New York pushes back on Silicon Valley’s gravitational pull
The raise comes as venture dollars pile up on the West Coast.
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Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content
Spotify's new paid memberships let podcasters offer fans exclusive perks, including ad-free listening, early access,…
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