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AI datacenter startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report

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Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites

Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos

London gets closer to its first robotaxi service as Waymo begins testing

YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement to protect the vibe

Max Hodak’s Science Corp. is preparing to place its first sensor in a human brain

Google adds AI Skills to Chrome to help you save favorite workflows

How the rewards app Freecash scammed its way to the top of the app stores

Financial risk management platform Pillar raises $20M seed in round led by a16z

In just a couple weeks, StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together

Google brings its Gemini Personal Intelligence feature to India

Adobe fixes PDF zero-day security bug that hackers have exploited for months

Tesla adds ‘streaks,’ other stats to track how often drivers use Full Self-Driving software

Instacart acquires Instaleap to expand its enterprise platform internationally

How vibe-coding app Anything is rebuilding after getting booted from the App Store twice

Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.57B in bid to flesh out its satellite biz

Lucid Motors names new CEO, lands more money from Uber and Saudis

Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments

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An Amazon warehouse worker died on the job at Oregon facility

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OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro

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Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco

Microsoft is officially killing its Outlook Lite app next month

Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive — listen now

IBM pays $17M fine to end DOJ suit over DEI programs

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent

Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else

FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims

Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers’ data

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge

Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion

Slate Auto raises $650M to fund its affordable EV truck plans

Roblox introduces ‘Kids’ and ‘Select’ accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat

The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business

Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude

Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup

Walmart-owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India’s quick-commerce startups

Kalshi wins temporary pause in Arizona criminal case

AMC will stream ‘The Audacity’ premiere in 21 parts on TikTok

Sam Altman responds to ‘incendiary’ New Yorker article after attack on his home

Nvidia-backed SiFive hits $3.65B valuation for open AI chips

NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean in ‘perfect’ landing for moon mission

How to watch NASA’s Artemis II splash back down to Earth

Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude

Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy

Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings