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Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump

Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump

Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he's been a Democrat most of his life. In the...

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OpenAI-backed legaltech startup Harvey raises $100M

OpenAI-backed legaltech startup Harvey raises $100M

Harvey, a startup building what it describes as an AI-powered "copilot" for lawyers, has raised $100 million in a Series C round led by GV, Google's...

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Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again

Elon Musk is again suing OpenAI, an organization he helped co-found. This time his lawsuit is asking the court to potentially void OpenAI’s deal with Microsoft.

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Apple, Anthropic and other companies used YouTube videos to train AI

Apple, Anthropic and other companies used YouTube videos to train AI

A dataset of YouTube video subtitles that was used by Apple, Nvidia, and Anthropic to train AI includes material from MrBeast, the BBC, and even The Verge.

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How to protect your startup from email scams

How to protect your startup from email scams

Despite years of claims that the “death of email” is fast approaching, the decades-old communication method continues to thrive in business. An email...

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OpenAI comes for Google with SearchGPT

OpenAI comes for Google with SearchGPT

OpenAI is testing SearchGPT, a new AI search experience to compete directly with Google. The feature aims to elevate search queries with “timely answers...

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GM’s Cruise abandons Origin robotaxi, takes $583 million charge

GM’s Cruise abandons Origin robotaxi, takes $583 million charge

GM’s self-driving car subsidiary Cruise is scrapping plans to build the Origin  — a purpose-built robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals — and will...

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'Model collapse': Scientists warn against letting AI eat its own tail

'Model collapse': Scientists warn against letting AI eat its own tail

It may be the case for AI as well, which according to a new study, may be at risk of "model collapse" after a few rounds of being trained on data it...

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India's EtherealX puts $5M seed toward fully reusable launch vehicles

India's EtherealX puts $5M seed toward fully reusable launch vehicles

EtherealX, an Indian space startup, has raised $5 million in a seed funding round as it plans to develop fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, making...

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CrowdStrike's rivals stand to benefit from its debacle

CrowdStrike's rivals stand to benefit from its debacle

The CrowdStrike debacle — a bug in the company's Windows software that had the disastrous effect of rendering PCs unusable — has disrupted flights, canceled ...

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Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say

Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say

For two days in mid-January, some Ukrainians in the city of Lviv had to live without central heating and suffer freezing temperatures because of a...

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CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect

CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect

Air traffic for many airlines ground to a halt after a buggy update from CrowdStrike took down Windows computers around the world. While the IT outage is...

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Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years, and one of the main reasons...

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Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback

The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week granted Nuro approval to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area...

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Safari’s new ‘Distraction Control’ feature lets you hide annoying cookie popups

Safari’s new ‘Distraction Control’ feature lets you hide annoying cookie popups

Apple’s new “Distraction Control” feature lets you remove distracting things like cookie preference popups while you’re browsing.

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iOS 18 might help you rescue photos you thought were gone forever

iOS 18 might help you rescue photos you thought were gone forever

iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia will add a new “Recovered” album in the Photos app to help you find photos on your device that may have been lost.

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Google solves its Pixel 9 Pro leaks by just showing the phone early

Google solves its Pixel 9 Pro leaks by just showing the phone early

Google has given a first look at the Pixel 9 Pro, which it plans on launching during a hardware event on August 13th.

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Google’s Gemini AI is getting faster with its Flash upgrade

Google’s Gemini AI is getting faster with its Flash upgrade

Google’s Gemini AI chatbot is getting upgraded to the company’s Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model.

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Nvidia’s new app now has display settings, RTX Video HDR sliders, and more

Nvidia’s new app now has display settings, RTX Video HDR sliders, and more

Nvidia’s single app is getting better as the months roll by. The latest beta version includes display settings, RTX Video HDR sliders, and much more.

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Warner Bros. Discovery much wiped the Cartoon Network website

Warner Bros. Discovery much wiped the Cartoon Network website

Warner Bros. Discovery has updated Cartoon Network’s website to remove basically everything and turn it into a page pointing to the Max streaming service.

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