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arstechnica.com2 months ago
SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.
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arstechnica.com2 months ago
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power.
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Videoarstechnica.com2 months ago
Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today
Pixels will get their OTA in the coming weeks, but don't expect monumental changes.
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arstechnica.com2 months ago
Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress
Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.
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arstechnica.com2 months ago
US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says
Trump admin green-lighting $111B deal "reeks of corruption," Sen. Warren says.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
ChatGPT’s market share slips below 50% for first time
The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users
The Meta-owned social platform announced a series of new features launching today, including a "Your Algo" tool that lets users control what they see in their feeds.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO
The deal is supposed to help SpaceX's struggling AI division. The company told IPO investors it sees a $26 trillion addressable market in AI.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives
Instead of heating metals, Foundation Alloy beats them into submission. The startup has raised $22 million to scale up production of its alloys.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI
Probably wants to prevent hallucinations and factual errors from reaching users, and achieve accuracy on par with deterministic systems.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it
Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood's CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no mention of AI in his note
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers
Plaud is trying to make a mark in a crowded market full of AI-powered meeting notetakers.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’
The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple
African payments infrastructure company Flutterwave has hit a new valuation and landed blockchain company Ripple as an investor and partner.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns
The restrictions include a nationwide ban on Telegram until June 22 and a requirement to disable the app's message-editing feature.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Sixty percent of US consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds
WordPress VIP’s latest survey suggests consumers are wary of AI-generated answers even as companies increasingly view AI search as an important referral channel.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Snap finally debuts its long-awaited AR glasses, Specs, and, oof, they aren’t cheap
For over a decade now, Snap has been working on this device. Now the glasses are finally here. So what stands out on first impression?
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Rivian cuts hundreds of workers after R2 deliveries start
The company said the cuts were part of a restructuring meant to help scale to profitability. Rivian recently pushed back its profitability goal to invest in autonomy.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Mobileye’s US robotaxi launch will put it on both sides of the AV business
Mobileye apparently wants to own some of the robotaxi market, even if that puts it in direct competition with companies it supplies its self-driving system to.
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techcrunch.com2 months ago
Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop that bri
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