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The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion; plus, X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only

09 Jan 2026

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In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that "as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United...

Critics pan spyware maker NSO’s transparency claims amid its push to enter US market

09 Jan 2026

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The infamous spyware maker released a new transparency report claiming to be a responsible spyware maker, without providing insight into how the compa...

Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free tech on the way; plus, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Health

08 Jan 2026

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Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology. Also, the new ChatGPT Health feature is expected...

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment; plus, General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over

08 Jan 2026

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Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia's physical AI platform. Also, Calacanis, General Catal...

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’; plus, Wearable health devices could generate a million tons of e-waste by 2050

07 Jan 2026

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The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle t...

Narwal adds AI to its vacuum cleaners; plus, AMD unveils new AI PC processors for gaming

07 Jan 2026

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Narwal's new robo vacuum cleaner switches to quiet mode near a baby's crib. Also, AMD announced the latest version of its AI-powered PC chips designe...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems installs reactor magnet, lands deal with Nvidia; plus, Meta paused expansion of its Ray-Ban Display glasses

06 Jan 2026

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The fusion power frontrunner said that construction on its Sparc reactor was proceeding as planned. Meanwhile, it's building a digital twin to help di...

Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference; plus, Offshore wind developers sue Trump administration

06 Jan 2026

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A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Co...

Luminar claims founder Austin Russell is dodging a subpoena in the bankruptcy case; plus, Can a social app fix the ‘terrible devastation’ of social media?

05 Jan 2026

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Lidar-maker Luminar says its founder and former CEO Austin Russell has been evading requests for information — including a subpoena — that the com...

India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content; plus, Tech billionaires cashed out $16 billion in 2025

05 Jan 2026

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India's IT ministry has given X 72 hours to submit an action-taken report. Also, Jeff Bezos led the way. The Amazon founder sold 25 million shares fo...

In 2026, AI will move from hype to pragmatism

02 Jan 2026

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In 2026, here's what you can expect from the AI industry: new architectures, smaller models, world models, reliable agents, physical AI, and products ...

OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens, plus, European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold

02 Jan 2026

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The form factors may differ, but the thesis is the same: audio is the interface of the future. Every space -- your home, your car, even your face -- i...

Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026

01 Jan 2026

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The exact impact AI will have on the enterprise labor market is unclear but investors predict trends will start to emerge in 2026. Learn more about yo...

The phone is dead. Long live . . . what exactly?

31 Dec 2025

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"We're not going to be using iPhones in 10 years," Callaghan says flatly. "I kind of don't think we'll be using them in five years." Learn more about ...

VCs predict enterprises will spend more on AI in 2026 — through fewer vendors

31 Dec 2025

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Enterprises have been experimenting with AI tools for a few years. Investors predict they will start to pick winners in 2026. Learn more about your ad...

Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about

30 Dec 2025

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Meta Platforms is acquiring Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup that’s become the talk of Silicon Valley since it debuted last spring with a demo vi...

Why the electrical grid needs more software

30 Dec 2025

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The electrical grid is facing unprecedented stress from the addition of new data centers. Software could offer a cost-effective way to boost reliabili...

You’ve been targeted by government spyware. Now what?

29 Dec 2025

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Tech companies are increasingly warning their customers that they have been targeted by governments with advanced government spyware, such as NSO's Pe...

Meet the team that investigates when journalists and activists get hacked with government spyware

29 Dec 2025

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For years, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has been aiding journalists and dissidents who have been targeted with government spyware. This is...

Pirate group Anna’s Archive says it has scraped 86 million songs from Spotify; plus, OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks

23 Dec 2025

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Pirate group Anna’s Archive says it has scraped 86 million songs from Spotify. Also, OpenAI says prompt injections will always be a risk for AI bro...

Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks; also, Trump admin halts 6 GW of offshore wind leases again

23 Dec 2025

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Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for the data center and clean energy developer. Also, the move is the latest attempt by the ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs RAISE Act to regulate AI safety; plus, Sequoia partner spreads debunked Brown shooting theory

22 Dec 2025

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The bill will require large AI developers to publish information about their safety protocols and report safety incidents to the state within 72 hours...

As EU waters down 2035 EV goals, electric startups express concern

22 Dec 2025

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The future may be electric, but that future is being postponed. The European Commission, citing the need for flexibility, has softened its ambitious p...

Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me; plus, Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release

19 Dec 2025

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The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles. Also, Meta is working on an image and video...

Instacart to pay $60M to settle FTC claims it deceived consumers; plus Apple becomes a debt collector

19 Dec 2025

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The FTC alleged Instacart misled consumers with unlawful tactics, causing them to pay higher fees while also denying refunds. Also, Apple says it ca...

Adobe hit with proposed class-action; plus, Instacart’s AI-driven pricing tool attracted attention from the FTC

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry. Also, in an economy where everyone's feeli...

Jared Isaacman confirmed as next head of NASA; AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org; and YouTube doesn't like Billboard’s ranking formula

18 Dec 2025

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Isaacman will run the space agency at a time when Trump is trying to both downsize it and task it with returning astronauts to the Moon. Also, DeSant...

Skana Robotics helps fleets of underwater robots communicate with each other

17 Dec 2025

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Skana Robotics built a decision-making algorithm that helps unmanned vessels react and adapt to data from other vessels. Also, Amazon reportedly in t...

Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement; plus, Mozilla’s new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox

17 Dec 2025

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Coursera and Udemy, two of the biggest names in online learning, are combining platforms next year. Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its ...

Hacking group says it’s extorting Pornhub after stealing users’ viewing data. plus, Everbloom built an AI to turn chicken feathers into cashmere

16 Dec 2025

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The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking collective stole Pornhub premium users’ data, including email addresses and viewing history. Also, Everbloom ...

Tesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver; also, Netflix responds to concerns about WBD deal

16 Dec 2025

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It's one of the last big steps before the company can truly claim it's operating a robotaxi service, and start to take on Waymo.Industry Also, conce...

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

15 Dec 2025

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TechCrunch's Dominic-Madori Davis writes about women who ran an experiment to see if LinkedIn's new algo was being sexist and thought they proved it. ...

Data center boom bad news for other infrastructure projects; plus, a data breach at 700Credit affects nearly 6 million, and Microsoft buys 3.6M metric tons of carbon removal from bioenergy plant

15 Dec 2025

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-Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates. That’s according to a report fro...

Zevo wants to add robotaxis to its car-share fleet; plus, Reddit argues it isn’t like other social platforms

12 Dec 2025

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As robotaxi adoption continues, wild ideas like personal ownership and renting them out are starting to pop up again. Also, Reddit, one of the world'...

Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2

12 Dec 2025

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For the first time, developers can embed Google's Deep Research tool, based on Gemini 3 Pro, into their own apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Opera wants you to pay $20 a month to use its AI-powered browser; plus, Rivian going big on autonomy

11 Dec 2025

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Following a couple of months' testing, Opera has finally made its AI-powered browser, Neon, available to the public — though you'll have to shell ou...

Overview Energy wants to beam energy from space to existing solar farms; plus Nvidia is reportedly testing tracking software

11 Dec 2025

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The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers. A new software option could...

Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools

10 Dec 2025

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Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services “agent-ready by design,” starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy ...

Three in ten U.S. teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing; also, Why Cursor’s CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won’t crush his startup

10 Dec 2025

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While teenagers may start out using AI chatbots for basic questions, their relationship with chatbot platforms has the potential to turn addictive. P...

Google’s first AI glasses expected next year; plus, Ford and Renault team up on cheaper EVs and Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls

09 Dec 2025

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Google will compete with Meta with its own line of AI-powered smart glasses. Also, Ford and Renault in a ‘fight for our lives.’ The automakers w...

FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman

09 Dec 2025

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Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business. Learn more about your ad choic...

‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an EO blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback; also, Paramount's hostile bid for WBD

08 Dec 2025

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“I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every ti...

How would the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal reshape Hollywood?

08 Dec 2025

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The $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., and the acquisition has already been described as sending Hollywood into “full-blown panic mode,” ...

The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement; while Meta signs commercial AI data agreements with publishers to offer real-time news on Meta AI

05 Dec 2025

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The New York Times filed a copyright lawsuit against Perplexity, joining other publishers using legal action as leverage to force AI companies into li...

Musk says new Tesla software allows texting and driving, which is illegal in most states; plus, Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin

05 Dec 2025

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Texting while driving is banned in nearly every state, even with the use of advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervi...

California’s ban on self-driving trucks could soon be over; also, Amazon may drop USPS and build a competing service

04 Dec 2025

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Revised rules in California would allow self-driving trucks to test on public highways. The rules also close a loophole allowing police to issue ticke...

Andy Jassy says Amazon’s Nvidia competitor chip is already a multi-billion-dollar business

04 Dec 2025

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Can any company, big or small, really topple Nvidia's AI chip dominance? Maybe not entirely but Amazon is already making big bucks trying. Learn more ...

Another bid to block state AI regulation has failed…for now; plus, Autolane is building ‘air traffic control’ for AVs

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The latest bid to squeeze a ban on states regulating AI into an annual defense bill has reportedly been rejected after facing bipartisan pushback. A...

A data breach at analytics giant Mixpanel leaves a lot of open questions

03 Dec 2025

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We sent over a dozen questions to Mixpanel's CEO about the company's data breach. Here's what we want to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Amazon releases an impressive new AI chip and teases a Nvidia-friendly roadmap; also, India plans to verify and record every smartphone in circulation

02 Dec 2025

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Amazon Web Services, which has been building its own AI training chips for years now, just introduced a new version known as Trainium three that comes...

Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom; also, Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The AI boom is proving to be a windfall for construction workers building the massive data centers that power it all. According to The Wall Street Jou...

Amazon’s AI chatbot Rufus drove sales on Black Friday; plus, James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’

01 Dec 2025

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On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when ...

AI No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is anyway

01 Dec 2025

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Though LLMs might not use explicitly biased language, they may infer your demographic data and display implicit biases, researchers say. Learn more ab...

Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless; plus, a bug in jury systems used by several US states exposed sensitive personal data

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The commercial robotaxi service launched last year. Now, the human safety operator is gone. Also, an easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a jury system m...

Character AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat; plus, OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features. Also, startup founders building AI shopping tools thi...

Altman describes OpenAI’s forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone; plus, DOGE days are over

25 Nov 2025

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Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years. Also, DOGE members are reportedly worr...

Roblox CEO interview gets heated over child safety; X’s new About This Account feature is going great; and AI is too risky to insure

25 Nov 2025

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-Roblox CEO Dave Baszuki joined the Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed to get frustra...

Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after all; plus Waymo expanding across Bay Area and SoCal; and Meta wants to get into the electricity trading business

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reuters reports that the executive order has been put on hold. If signed, the order would probably face significant opposition, including from Republi...

CrowdStrike fires ‘suspicious insider,’ X rolling out the ‘About this account’ feature, and Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules

21 Nov 2025

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-Cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike denied it had been hacked following claims from a hacker group, which leaked screenshots from inside CrowdStrike's ne...

Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani

21 Nov 2025

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According to Grok, Elon Musk can out slug the MLB's greatest power hitters... except Ohtani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...

Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model; and another fire broke out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford

20 Nov 2025

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Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the...

How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago

20 Nov 2025

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Written by: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments...

The Epstein files have claimed their first OpenAI victim; plus Target joins OpenAI’s growing list of retail apps

19 Nov 2025

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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board days after Congress released an extensive cache of emails with convicted se...

DOE gives Microsoft partner $1B loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor; plus, Hugging Face CEO says we’re in an ‘LLM bubble,’ not an AI bubble

19 Nov 2025

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Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 202...

Zap Energy ramps up the pressure in its latest fusion device; plus, Stack Overflow is remaking itself into an AI data provider

18 Nov 2025

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Zap’s Fuze-3 device has been firing pulses of plasma at the company’s headquarters in Seattle, and the results of those experiments will ultimatel...

Ford turns to Amazon to give used cars sales a boost; plus, Meta releases a new tool to protect reels creators from having their work stolen

18 Nov 2025

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One year ago, e-commerce giant Amazon kicked off its new online car sales business with Hyundai. Now, Ford is joining in with a certified used car twi...

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone

17 Nov 2025

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As Nigel Morris watches his BNPL investments from the other side of the table, he seems to understand the warning signs better than most. Learn more a...

Amazon satellite network gets a rebrand and drops its affordability pitch; plus, a jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The company has been quietly changing how it talks about who its internet customers will be before it announced a big name change last week. Also, a ...

ChatGPT launched pilot group chats across Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; plus, newsletter platform beehiiv adds AI website building, creator tools in major expansion

14 Nov 2025

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The group chat is available to Free, Plus, and Team users on both mobile and web platforms. OpenAI says the pilot is designed to explore how people us...

‘Chad: The Brainrot IDE’ is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake ; plus, after 5 months, the $1,200 bottles of Besties All-In tequila are finally starting to ship

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chad: the Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games. Also, orders of the Best...

Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive

13 Nov 2025

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Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of 6-second, looping videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Why a researcher is building robots that look and act like bats; plus Productivity app Hero announces an SDK that will complete your AI prompts for you

13 Nov 2025

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These palm-sized robots use ultrasound signals to navigate harsh conditions in search and rescue missions. Also, the autocomplete will help users c...

The global race for the AI app layer is still on; plus Australian spy chief warns Chinese hackers are ‘probing’ critical networks for espionage and sabotage

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The U.S. is far ahead of Europe in the race for large AI models, at least in funding. But the picture is different for the application layer, global V...

Robyn is an empathetic AI companion chatbot; plus Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app. Also, Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is ...

Lovable says it’s nearing 8 million users as the year-old AI coding startup eyes more corporate employees

11 Nov 2025

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The platform has attracted an eclectic user base. More than half of Fortune 500 companies are using Lovable to "supercharge creativity," according to ...

Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware, plus a better way of thinking about the AI bubble

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and seri...

Elon Musk uses Grok to imagine the possibility of love, plus, ‘Pluribus’ was emphatically ‘made by humans,’ not AI

10 Nov 2025

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After Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package that could be worth $1 trillion, CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating with a normal we...

OpenAI asked Trump administration to expand Chips Act tax credit to cover data centers, plus is Wall Street losing faith in AI? and Apple new iPhone features

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A recent letter from OpenAI reveals more details about how the company is hoping the federal government can support the company's ambitious plans for ...

‘Landfall’ spyware abused zero-day to hack Samsung Galaxy phones; plus CBO confirms it was hacked

07 Nov 2025

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A newly identified Android spyware targeted Galaxy devices for close to a year, including users in the Middle East, researchers exclusively tell TechC...

Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s $1T pay package; plus, Tesla to begin Cybercab production in April, says Musk

07 Nov 2025

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The proposal received more than 75% approval. Musk can earn the $1 trillion in shares over the next 10 years if Tesla hits a number of milestones. Pl...

Peloton recalls 833,000 bikes after reports of injuries; plus, Perplexity to pay Snap $400M to power search in Snapchat

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning Peloton users to stop using the affected bikes immediately. Also, Snap said today that it has signe...

Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom, plus Apple nears deal to pay Google $1B and Blue Origin plans second launch of New Glenn

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day. Apple is...

Microsoft built a fake marketplace to test AI agents. It failed in surprising ways; plus Penn confirms hacker stole data during cyberattack

05 Nov 2025

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Researchers at Microsoft have developed a new simulation environment for testing AI agents, revealing surprising weaknesses in the current state-of-th...

Anthropic projects $70B in revenue by 2028, plus Tesla’s Master Plan 4 still lacks specifics ahead of $1T Musk pay vote

05 Nov 2025

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The Information reports that Anthropic expects to generate as much as $70 billion in revenue and $17 billion in cash flow in 2028. The growth projecti...

Wait, people actually use Facebook Dating? plus, ClickUp adds new AI assistant to better compete with Slack and Notion

04 Nov 2025

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Meta said that Facebook Dating has 1.77 million daily active users in the US between ages 18-29. Also, core parts of the ClickUp release were possibl...

Alphabet is increasingly launching “moonshot” projects as independent companies — here’s why

04 Nov 2025

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Despite the emphasis on detachment from ideas, X employees do have significant skin in the game when projects spin out. Learn more about your ad choic...

Meta has an AI product problem

03 Nov 2025

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Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster; also, Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs

03 Nov 2025

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. Also, a majority of consumers say they’re worri...

Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1 billion in Poolside; also, Luminar is cutting jobs, losing its CFO, and warning of a cash shortage

31 Oct 2025

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Semiconductor giant Nvidia is looking to invest at least five hundred million dollars and up to one billion dollars in Poolside which builds AI models...

Digg founder Kevin Rose on the need for trusted social communities in the AI era; plus Canva launches its own design model

31 Oct 2025

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“The dead internet theory is real,” Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told Digg founder Kevin Rose, referring to the idea that much of the internet...

Figma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy; plus Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies

30 Oct 2025

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Design platform Figma said today that it has acquired AI-powered image and video generation company Weavy. The startup will join Figma under a new bra...

NBA champion Tristan Thompson partners with World Mobile to launch community-owned network Uplift, also, San Francisco's mayor: ‘We should be the testbed for emerging tech’

30 Oct 2025

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With Uplift, every subscription will contribute to neighborhood-level network expansion, while local hosts that are known as "AirNode operators" will ...

US signs collaboration agreements with Japan and South Korea for AI, chips and biotech, and more

29 Oct 2025

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The U.S. inked Technology Prosperity Deals (TPD) with Japan and South Korea with an eye towards spurring collaboration on AI, semiconductors, quantum ...

Netflix announces interactive real-time voting for live content; plus, Sam Altman says OpenAI will have a ‘legitimate AI researcher’ by 2028

29 Oct 2025

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Netflix viewers will be able to vote while watching live content to directly influence the outcome of what they're watching on their TV or mobile devi...

Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs; also, OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization

28 Oct 2025

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Amazon said on Tuesday that it plans to reduce its corporate workforce by 14,000 jobs as it seeks to reduce bureaucracy, remove layers and invest more...

New corporate espionage claims emerge, centered on two highly valued 401(k) admin startups

28 Oct 2025

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Two 401(k) management unicorns, Human Interest and Guideline, are squaring off in federal court with allegations so brazen that they're embarrassing. ...

Workout app Ladder launches nutrition-tracking experience; plus ads might be coming to Apple Maps next year

27 Oct 2025

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Fitness app Ladder is debuting a new nutrition tracking feature that lets you snap a photo to input macros. Also, according to a new report from Bl...

Trump and Xi will possibly ‘consummate’ TikTok deal on Thursday, High school’s AI security system confuses Doritos bag for a possible firearm, and OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

-The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. -A high school student in Bal...

Ford isn’t going to make more F-150 Lightnings for a while ; also, big tech is paying for Trump’s White House ballroom

24 Oct 2025

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Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead. Plus, Trump's $250 million White House ballroom will be funded in part by big tech comp...

20-year-old dropouts built AI notetaker Turbo AI to 5 million users; plus, YouTube paid out $8B to the music industry in 12 months

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts, grew an AI note-taker app to five million users and an eight-figure ARR. Also, The ...