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How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago
Written by: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where g...
The Epstein files have claimed their first OpenAI victim; plus Target joins OpenAI’s growing list of retail apps
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI’s board days after Congress released an extensive cache of emails with convicted sex...
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
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
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 ultimately in...
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
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
As Nigel Morris watches his BNPL investments from the other side of the table, he seems to understand the warning signs better than most.
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Amazon satellite network gets a rebrand and drops its affordability pitch; plus, a jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M
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.
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
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
Chad: the Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games.
Also, orders...
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine’s video archive
Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of 6-second, looping videos.
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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
These palm-sized robots use ultrasound signals to navigate harsh conditions in search and rescue missions.
Also, the autoco...
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
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
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...
Lovable says it’s nearing 8 million users as the year-old AI coding startup eyes more corporate employees
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Peloton recalls 833,000 bikes after reports of injuries; plus, Perplexity to pay Snap $400M to power search in Snapchat
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning Peloton users to stop using the affected bikes immediately.
Also, Snap said today that...
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
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
Microsoft built a fake marketplace to test AI agents. It failed in surprising ways; plus Penn confirms hacker stole data during cyberattack
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
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
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...
Alphabet is increasingly launching “moonshot” projects as independent companies — here’s why
Despite the emphasis on detachment from ideas, X employees do have significant skin in the game when projects spin out.
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Meta has an AI product problem
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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
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’...
Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1 billion in Poolside; also, Luminar is cutting jobs, losing its CFO, and warning of a cash shortage
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
“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 isn...
Figma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy; plus Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies
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’
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
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
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
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
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
Fitness app Ladder is debuting a new nutrition tracking feature that lets you snap a photo to input macros.
Also, according to a new re...
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
-The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
-A high school st...
Ford isn’t going to make more F-150 Lightnings for a while ; also, big tech is paying for Trump’s White House ballroom
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 b...
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
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.
As China’s 996 culture spreads, South Korea’s tech sector grapples with 52-hour limit
South Korea's 52-hour workweek cap is stricter than the U.S. and Singapore but more flexible than much of Europe. Still deep tech founders and investo...