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Apple quietly reveals how its Maps ads will differ from Google’s

Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Google’s. The new rules prohibit home services businesses like plumbers, electricians, locksmiths, and roofers from advertising on Apple Maps, along with several other sensitive...

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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SpaceX slips below its $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.

Sean O'Kane 1 month ago

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Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

Connie Loizos 1 month ago

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Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations

OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant

Google's biggest solar and battery project stands in sharp contrast with xAI's nearby unpermitted power plant.

Tim De Chant 1 month ago

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Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data

The hacker used an employee's credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.

Amanda Silberling 1 month ago

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Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations

Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.

Lauren Forristal 1 month ago

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Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI

Microsoft's monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company's product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.

Zack Whittaker 1 month ago

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Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for around $53.4B

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint bid to acquire PayPal in a deal valued at approximately $53.4 billion.  Reuters reports that the offer was submitted earlier this month and is backed by roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing. Under t...

Lauren Forristal 1 month ago

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Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

Apple Intelligence is headed to China after regulators approved Apple’s AI services through a partnership with Alibaba. The long-rumored deal will bring Alibaba’s Qwen AI models to Apple’s operating systems, marking a major expansion of the company’s generative AI platform into one of its most impor...

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise

Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants? That’s the bet behind Ode with Anthropic — the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms, backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs...

Theresa Loconsolo 1 month ago

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Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to users on its free tier

The feature was previously only available to paid subscribers.

Aisha Malik 1 month ago

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India bets billions on breaking China’s grip on smartphone manufacturing

New Delhi announced a $6.5 billion smartphone manufacturing program and a $13.3 billion semiconductor push to deepen India's electronics supply chain.

Jagmeet Singh 1 month ago

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US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims

The 2024 indictment, now unsealed, accuses three Russians and two web hosts of aiding hackers and profiting from cybercrime.

Zack Whittaker 1 month ago

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Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models

Anthropic-backed Ode launches as AI labs bet that embedding forward-deployed engineers inside enterprises is the key to accelerating enterprise AI adoption.

Rebecca Bellan 1 month ago

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Rime picks up $24M Series A to help enterprises field customer calls

Rime is handling over 100 million calls each month across multiple companies

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media

The app is designed for people who want to create social content, but find traditional video editing tools too complex or time-consuming.

Aisha Malik 1 month ago

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Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C

The startup has reached a $120 million annualized revenue run rate and more than 200,000 paying customers.

Jagmeet Singh 1 month ago

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Vint Cerf is working on a plan to unleash AI agents on the open internet

The guy behind TCP/IP is working on a standard for identifying AI agents in the wild.

Tim Fernholz 1 month ago

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Why Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory

An old Oscar Mayer factory in Wisconsin will become America's latest fusion power research and development hub.

Tim De Chant 1 month ago

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Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse

Cofounded by senior entrepreneur Shai Morag, Israeli identity management startup Oak is emerging out of stealth with $60 million in seed funding. 

Anna Heim 1 month ago

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A SpaceX vet raised $65M to pull wire harnesses out of the Cold War era

Someone has to bundle all the wires that go into rockets, missiles, and satellites.

Tim Fernholz 1 month ago

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OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B

Lightspeed is in discussions to lead the funding round, sources say.

Marina Temkin 1 month ago

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Lorde says AI glasses are “not sexy”

"Increasingly in our world, it gets harder and harder to know what is real," Lorde said on stage.

Amanda Silberling 1 month ago

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