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Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips
Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a…
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An Anthropic researcher just gave us a peek at self-improving AI
Given 10 benchmarks for specific misaligned behaviors, the automated systems were able to improve performance on every…
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Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases
The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having…
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Open-weight AI companies are the Valley’s hottest acquisition targets
There's a lot of capital pouring into the business of giving models away.
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How Sweden built one of Europe’s hottest startup ecosystems
Sophia Bendz, general partner at Cherry Ventures, stopped by Equity to break down the latest in the Swedish tech…
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More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey
The backlash against license plate readers comes amid a wave of police abuses of surveillance cameras.
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Friend-focused photo-sharing app Retro snags $21M
Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in…
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Apple TV is raising its subscription prices again
Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from its previous price of $12.99 per month.
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a16z creates a $1.1B ‘Machine Age’ fund to ‘accelerate the physical buildout of AI’
The firm, known for its focus on software, is going to start throwing more money at the hardware behind AI.
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Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration illegally labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk, handing the AI company…
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Meta executive leaves for OpenAI as the social media giant faces growing scrutiny in India
Sandhya Devanathan will oversee some OpenAI operations across Southeast Asia and Australia in her new role.
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As electric two-wheelers gain a foothold, Belgian startup Any bets on cargo space
Launched by Belgian startup Any, LUV1 is a modular electric motorcycle with 120 liters of cargo space that can be used…
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AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10
A boutique StrictlyVC evening returns to New York's West Village on September 10 with Keith Rabois, Craig Shapiro,…
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Anthropic and OpenAI are joining the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few…
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Rivian’s CFO is leaving the company
Claire McDonough is stepping down on October 30 to pursue a new opportunity, the company said in a filing on Thursday.
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Bluesky adds an ‘algorithmic opt-out’ feature for those who don’t want to go viral
Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.
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Buried in Meta’s $18B settlement is a legal pass on kids’ data
Meta’s settlement with 29 states allows it to retain certain data from children under 13 to train and test…
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YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases
The update turns product recommendations into a more direct revenue stream for creators, and for Amazon, the move puts…
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Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder ousted before joining OpenAI, is now at Google
Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief…
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ATF declares ‘major incident’ as ransomware gang claims hack
The ATF is the latest federal government agency in recent years to notify Congress of a "major incident" involving its…
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OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
Some of the world's largest tech companies and AI startups have come together to decry the current state of…
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Google’s new Fitbit Air brings Pokémon Sleep to your wrist
Google teamed up with the Pokémon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep…
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Fashion startup Atorie raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup
Shoppers can visit the Atorie website and buy handbags or clothes made from the same material — and coming from the…
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Hoomanely’s building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick
Hoomanely has developed a smart bowl to measure and record dogs' feeding data, then tells owners if behaviors change.
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Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
The updates indicate that Google is looking to position AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond…
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This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and…
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Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck
Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with…
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Hold up, there’s a new Twitter in town
Former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates said in a LinkedIn post that the company is not trying to re-create…
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Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other…
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Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others
The arrests come after a wave of cyberattacks earlier this year targeting tech companies that rely on high-profile and…
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AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could…
Read at source →Here’s all the times AI has gone rogue and hacked other companies
A recap of all the incidents involving LLMs made by Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI, which went rogue and attacked real…
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Plaud’s new earphones come with an eSIM-enabled case for talking to AI agents
Called Plaud One, these adopt the simple bare-bones style of Apple's AirPods, and can record calls, while their case…
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OpenAI to start showing ads on ChatGPT’s free and Go tiers in India
OpenAI has more than 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users in India, a huge chunk of whom are on the free or the…
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Nvidia closes in on Hugging Face acquisition
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that…
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