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Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught

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Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught

The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.

Connie Loizos 1 day ago

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From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product

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From the Startup Battlefield stage to the International Space Station: geCKo Materials built a sticky product

This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen speaks with Capella Kerst, founder and CEO of geCKo Materials.

Maggie Nye, Isabelle Johannessen 1 day ago

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Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation

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Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation

Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.

Julie Bort 1 day ago

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OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop

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OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop

OpenAI's agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.

Lucas Ropek 1 day ago

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European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks

Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1 day ago

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Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product

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Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product

Krieger's departure and any forthcoming design tools will be another data point for investors who fear the SaaSpocalypse — that the largest AI labs will come to dominate software businesses, a thesis that has rocked public markets at times this year.

Tim Fernholz 1 day ago

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It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down

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It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down

Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET.

Sarah Perez 1 day ago

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Everything we like is a psyop

If culture is shaped by TikTok's algorithmic feed, then it's time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking.

Amanda Silberling 1 day ago

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Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode

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Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode

Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the webpage side-by-side with AI Mode.

Aisha Malik 1 day ago

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Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme

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Two Americans sentenced for helping North Korea steal $5 million in fake IT worker scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that two Americans were sentenced to years in prison for helping the North Korean government place fake IT workers in U.S. companies.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1 day ago

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InsightFinder raises $15M to help companies figure out where AI agents go wrong

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InsightFinder raises $15M to help companies figure out where AI agents go wrong

According to CEO Helen Gu, the biggest problem facing the industry today is not just monitoring and diagnosing where AI models go wrong, it's diagnosing how the entire tech stack operates now that AI is a part of it.

Ram Iyer 1 day ago

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AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too

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AI traffic to US retailers rose 393% in Q1, and it’s boosting their revenue too

Adobe says AI traffic to U.S. retail sites also jumped 269% in March, with visitors converting better and generating more revenue than non-AI shoppers.

Sarah Perez 1 day ago

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Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence

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Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s Personal Intelligence

The feature will be initially available to paid users in the U.S.

Ivan Mehta 1 day ago

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Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games

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Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games

The new new tools are designed to help creators throughout the entire development process.

Aisha Malik 1 day ago

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Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors

Google blocked 8.3 billion ads in 2025 but suspended fewer advertisers.

Jagmeet Singh 1 day ago

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You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.

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You’ve heard of hybrid cars. Now meet a hybrid cement plant.

Why choose fossil fuels or electricity when you can have both? NOC Energy has figured out how to hybridize heavy industry.

Tim De Chant 1 day ago

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Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster

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Runway CEO says AI could help Hollywood make 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster

Runway’s CEO says AI could help studios make dozens of films for the cost of one, betting volume will boost hit-making odds.

Sarah Perez 2 days ago

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Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage

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Meta raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S prices due to RAM shortage

Starting April 19, the price of the Meta Quest 3S (128GB) and Meta Quest 3S (256GB) will go up by $50 to $349.99 and $449.99, respectively. The price of the Meta Quest 3 is going up by $100 to $599.99.

Aisha Malik 2 days ago

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Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you

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Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you

The latest version of Canva's AI assistant lets users create editable designs with text prompts.

Ivan Mehta 2 days ago

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Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet

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Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet

Retail giant Express was publicly spilling customer information to the open web. The bug is now fixed after TechCrunch alerted Express, but the company would not say if it plans to notify customers.

Zack Whittaker 2 days ago

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