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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI, are now making money for quant hedge funds
Three former DeepMind researchers who created an AI that beat humans at poker have now applied the same technology to…
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The AI jobs debate just got messier
AI-related job loss fears grow each time another company announces a round of layoffs. Through May of 2026, companies…
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Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for U.S. users
Google announced on Monday that the Gemini app is now offering its personalized Nano Banana-powered image generation…
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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short
Bloomberg reports the company’s chief operating officer Kumar Galhotra told journalists that Ford had been “relying…
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TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD
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Govee’s smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury
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Asian AI startups launch Mythos-like models as Anthropic’s export ban drags on
On Wednesday, Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 reportedly unveiled Tulongfeng, an AI tool it says can go head-to-head…
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Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth
India’s digital payment share has increased over the years, with the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) growing to over…
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Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI
In Brief Posted: 9:45 AM PDT · June 27, 2026 Image Credits:Brian Heater Anthony Ha Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly…
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Russian hackers were behind $2.5 billion hack of Jaguar Land Rover: report
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Tesla settles FSD crash lawsuit as federal investigations continue
In Brief Posted: 9:32 AM PDT · June 26, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images Kirsten Korosec Tesla settles FSD crash…
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It’s not about Anthropic vs. OpenAI anymore
The U.S. government is set to take an awful lot of control over which AI models get released. Two weeks after the U.S.…
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TikTok’s road to becoming a super app
Although TikTok is widely described as a social media giant, it’s been gradually moving beyond that category. Over…
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General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
As soon as I entered General Intuition’s R&D floor at its New York office, the company’s 31-year-old co-founder and…
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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
Adobe on Thursday said it is acquiring Topaz Labs, which offers AI models for video and image enhancement, and that it…
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Trump admin proposes axing brake-pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla
The public will now have 30 days to comment on the proposal before the DOT decides whether to approve the changes.…
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Apple raises Mac and iPad prices, spares iPhone for now
Amid a worldwide memory shortage driven by the AI buildout, Apple is raising prices of its Mac and iPad lineups, as…
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Trump admin bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the US
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Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
The AI boom has encouraged everyone and their uncle to launch a data center business. Even if you solve the problem of…
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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…
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Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment
Amazon on Thursday said it would invest an additional $13 billion to expand its AI and cloud footprint in India…
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Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood
That’s because in its first earnings report since going public, the AI chipmaker forecast a narrower gross margin in…
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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
ASML, based in the Netherlands, is Europe’s most valuable company and the only maker in the world of the sophisticated…
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Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status
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Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal
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Password manager maker LastPass says hackers stole customer support case data during Klue breach
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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…
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SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open-source AI lab
Now, open-source AI startup Reflection is tapping SpaceX for its abundant source of AI chips. Reflection AI will pay…
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TechCrunch Mobility: A new robotaxi scorecard shows China’s dominance
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Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27
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Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs
Snap will be spinning off an internal generative AI video team into a separate company. The new company — dubbed Dotmo…
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Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones
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Pixi’s new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences
Pixi is betting that the next evolution of messaging is interactive augmented reality (AR). The startup launched its…
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NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX
Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on…
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AI is hurting Apple in more ways than one: it may force iPhone price increases
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Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition
Anthropic is joining Frontier, the carbon removal collective, contributing to a new $915 million tranche of funding…
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Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking
Stanford graduates Jenny Duan and Abhinav Agarwal want to solve two hard problems: create a good-looking wearable and…
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Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
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Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests
The AI lab finished May by surpassing OpenAI in market share of business spending for the first time, Ramp just…
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Sixty percent of U.S. consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds
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Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple
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This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives
How humans alloy metals is essentially the same today as it was in the Bronze Age: Melt some different metals in a pot…
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SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO
SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor in a $60 billion stock deal, just a few days after the space…
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India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns
India has issued an order to block Telegram until June 22 over concerns that fraudsters are using the messaging…
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Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
In 2017, Respond.io set out to solve a simple problem: businesses couldn’t keep up with customers who had moved to…
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Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models
A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts, including several well-known veterans of the industry, published…
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Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech
Sarvam has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. Bessemer Venture Partners…
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