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Elon Musk's xAI is undergoing a major personnel overhaul, with only two of 11 co-founders remaining, as it struggles to compete with rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in AI coding tools, seen as key for revenue. 1 post
Lawyer Jay Edelson warns of rising AI-induced mass casualty risks, citing cases where chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini allegedly validated violent delusions, with weak safety guardrails enabling attack planning. 1 post
Digg lays off staff and shuts down its app due to overwhelming bot spam, highlighting broader internet challenges with AI agents and automated accounts undermining content authenticity. 1 post
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Walmart-backed Flipkart expands quick-commerce push as Amazon ramps up in India
As quick commerce becomes India’s next e-commerce battleground, Walmart-backed Flipkart said Wednesday that its Minutes service has built a network of 1,000 micro-fulfillment centers — small, strategically located warehouses designed to enable deliveries in minutes — less than two years after launch
India’s MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents
Indian customer engagement software firm MoEngage, which serves brands across global markets, has acquired San Francisco-based startup Aampe in an all-cash deal, betting that AI agents that make decisions for individual customers will become the future of marketing. MoEngage did not disclose the fin
Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero
GPTZero, the three-year-old AI detection startup that Princeton grad Edward Tian first built as a senior thesis project, has been acquired by Superhuman, the companies announced on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Tian told Business Insider that GPTZero amassed more than 19 mill
After betting the firm on Anthropic, Menlo Ventures raises victorious $3B fund
Menlo Ventures announced $3 billion in funds on Tuesday, the largest raise in its 50-year history, driven in large part by its AI portfolio, especially Anthropic. Its stake in the model maker is now worth about $14 billion, sources told Bloomberg. To hear the folks at Menlo talk about it, they were
Klue says hackers stole credential from 2022 that led to customer data breaches
Market research company Klue has confirmed that a credential dating back to 2022, which was part of a limited pilot, was used by hackers earlier this month to steal reams of data from its corporate customers, including several cybersecurity companies. The new detail suggests that Klue may have had y
Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market
Mark Zuckerberg is betting that prediction markets are the future. The New York Times reports that Zuck wants Meta to have its own Polymarket-like smartphone app and has given the go-ahead to develop one, internally calling it “Arena.” The app would be independent of Meta’s other social media offer
Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time
Anthropic is introducing a new service called Claude Tag, an “always-on Claude” that lives in Slack and acts as an AI teammate. The new feature — which allows users to tag @Claude to provide insights in chats and assign tasks — will be available in beta for Slack for Claude Enterprise and Claude Tea
A guide to choosing the right Apple Watch
Last year, Apple released three new Apple Watch models: the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3. Whether you’re looking to get one for yourself, buying a last-minute holiday gift, or exploring the different models, we can help point you in the right direction. With its $
Password manager maker LastPass says hackers stole customer support case data during Klue breach
Password manager maker LastPass is notifying customers that their personal information and customer support case records were stolen during a recent hack at one of its technology partners, marking the company’s latest data breach in recent years. In an email shared with TechCrunch from an affected c
HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment
Box. Boho. Knotless. Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: braided hairstyles. The thousand-year-old ritual is practically a rite of passage, and many Black women and girls even today sit in salon chairs, up to 12 hours at a stretch, as a stylist weaves patterns into their h
6 kitchen gadgets that make adulting feel easier
Recently, the biggest trend in kitchen gadgets has been “hands-free” and AI-powered devices that act as automated countertop assistants. There are plenty of devices that exist now for people who want to cook more (or at least look like someone who has their life together) but don’t always have the e
Meta debuts new, cheaper smart glasses under its own brand
Meta on Tuesday said it’s launching a new line of smart glasses, dubbed Meta Glasses, starting at $299. These glasses are being made in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, but unlike the tech giant’s other smart glasses, they don’t carry Ray-Ban or Oakley branding. The Meta Glasses are available in s
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Ribbie turns real-time baseball stats into arcade-like, pixel-art broadcasts
Whether you’re a baseball fan or not, there’s a lot to love about Ribbie, a vibe-coded website that turns real-time Major League Baseball (MLB) data into 8-bit broadcasts with arcade-style, animated pixel art. “I love how much data is available to baseball fans […] but when I try to follow a game wi
Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates
The hiring process has long been criticized for its inefficiency and opacity. Candidates spend hours writing applications and submitting cover letters, only to disappear into what often feels like a black box. Generative AI has only made things messier, with employers increasingly relying on AI-powe
The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI
Oracle disclosed Monday that it has reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees over the past 12 months, a decline of 13%, which means more cuts than was previously known, including because of AI. “The adoption and deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to
OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open source bugs
OpenAI announced a new initiative on Monday designed to help the open source community improve its cybersecurity game and ward off bugs. “Patch the Planet” (which is a not-so-subtle allusion to “Hack the Planet,” the iconic catchphrase from the 1995 movie “Hackers”) will see OpenAI team up with the
Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash
A fatal crash in which a Tesla plowed through a brick home in Katy, Texas, killing a 76-year-old woman, set off alarms about the company’s driver-assistance technology. By Monday afternoon, Tesla was fighting back against the framing. The crash occurred Friday night when a Tesla Model 3, driven by M
Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents
A lawsuit led by a Detroit pension fund accuses Uber management and its board of putting profits ahead of compliance and safety, decisions that have exposed the company and its shareholders to risk. The lawsuit, which was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Californi
The AI world is getting ‘loopy’
On Friday, Claude Code creator Boris Cherny made an appearance at Meta’s @Scale conference and, surprisingly, the first question from the audience was about loops. “Are loops the next hype cycle,” the questioner asked, “or are they for real?” Cherny’s answer was an emphatic, “Yes, they’re for real.”
Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US
Microsoft and Chevron announced plans on Monday to develop a 2.67-gigawatt natural gas power plant in West Texas to serve the tech company’s AI and cloud data centers. Under the 20-year power purchase agreement, the plant will provide dedicated electricity to a Microsoft-operated data center. Two l
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals, where a rival pays investors a hefty IP “licensing” fee while poaching its critical talent? For AI chipmaker Groq, the answer appears to be raise more money from investors — who were said to have profited handsomely after a deal wit
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem
Nvidia just announced a warm-water cooling system that it says can dramatically reduce the amount of water a data center uses — eliminating “pretty much all water usage” inside the data center, according to an Nvidia executive in a press release. “The water consumption challenge for data centers i
Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach
Tata Electronics, an Indian electronics and semiconductor manufacturer and a key supplier to Apple and Tesla, among other tech giants, confirmed a data breach weeks after files purportedly obtained from the company appeared on a hacker forum. The confirmation comes as the hacker forum listing claims
A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak
A company that sells spyware and hacking tools to government agencies has published details of a vulnerability in Apple chips that can potentially help hackers unlock older iPhones. This release opens the door for other researchers who specialize in finding iOS vulnerabilities, such as those working