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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax

California's Prop 40, would impose a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires.

Amanda Silberling 1 week ago

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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI

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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" systems Meta AI is building.

Russell Brandom 1 week ago

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Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

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Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class' waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.

Julie Bort 1 week ago

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Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US

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Aptoide becomes the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US

Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores.

Sarah Perez 1 week ago

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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals

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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals

Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.

Amanda Silberling 1 week ago

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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

Aisha Malik 1 week ago

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Clicks’ Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises

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Clicks’ Power Keyboard brings BlackBerry-style typing to any phone — with some compromises

Clicks’ $99 Power Keyboard brings a customizable, slide-out physical keyboard to MagSafe and Qi2 smartphones, but its added heft can make larger phones awkward to use

Sarah Perez 1 week ago

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Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision

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Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s personal intelligence vision

Meta’s new open-weight Muse Glimmer model offers a glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence vision, as well as the emerging divide between AI users can own and access.

Rebecca Bellan 1 week ago

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Sila lands $1.4B Pentagon loan as militaries demand more batteries

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Sila lands $1.4B Pentagon loan as militaries demand more batteries

Battery materials startup Sila will use a $1.4 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Defense to scale production at its factory in Washington State.

Tim De Chant 1 week ago

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Archer buys former rival Wisk Aero

The two companies were once embroiled in a trade secret theft lawsuit. Now, Wisk is being absorbed into Archer.

Kirsten Korosec 1 week ago

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A data breach at shipping giant Ceva Logistics is rippling across banks, retailers, Steam gamers, and beyond

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A data breach at shipping giant Ceva Logistics is rippling across banks, retailers, Steam gamers, and beyond

Companies that rely on Ceva Logistics for shipping their physical goods to customers say their personal data was taken during a recent cyberattack.

Zack Whittaker 1 week ago

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Signed up for Klaviyo? Dozens of advertisers may have seen your password

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Signed up for Klaviyo? Dozens of advertisers may have seen your password

A bug in the tech giant's website mistakenly shared users' sign-up information, including personal data and their password, to third-party companies.

Zack Whittaker 1 week ago

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Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option

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Google Play adds Venmo as a payment option

The ability to add Venmo to Google Play comes as people are spending more money on apps and games.

Ivan Mehta 1 week ago

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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips

Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.

Tim Fernholz 1 week ago

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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

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Embattled hedge fund Situational Awareness invests $400M in chip startup Source Foundry

The AI-focused hedge fund is still making some big bets.

Anthony Ha 2 weeks ago

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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

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Anthropic is turning Claude Code’s auto mode on by default

Programming with Claude Code will soon require even less human oversight.

Anthony Ha 2 weeks ago

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TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

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TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Kirsten Korosec 2 weeks ago

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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

Anthony Ha 2 weeks ago

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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

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The AI safety test is becoming a safety risk

AI agents are escaping cybersecurity testing environments and reaching real-world systems, raising questions about whether safety infrastructure, industry standards and regulation can keep pace with increasingly powerful models.

Rebecca Bellan 2 weeks ago

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This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you

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This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you

A security researcher has designed an algorithm that can create computer-generated patterns capable of hiding people, faces, and vehicles from detection by surveillance cameras.

Zack Whittaker 2 weeks ago

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This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

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This former notorious red-light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs

More than 20 years ago, King's Cross was one of the seediest area's in London. Now it's sprouting something new.

Dominic-Madori Davis 2 weeks ago

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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.

As part of a planned Texas data center, Amazon is investing in an on-site power plant that could reportedly become the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.

Anthony Ha 2 weeks ago

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