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Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

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Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

Instagram head Adam Mosseri believes companies will eventually need to manage AI token spending the same way they manage payroll or other operating expenses, predicting that engineers could soon face limits on how much they spend using AI tools.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery

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Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery

Now, when users navigate to Google Images, they'll see a "For You" gallery of images tailored to their interests and browsing history.

Aisha Malik 1 month ago

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New York State halts construction of all new data centers

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New York State halts construction of all new data centers

New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov. Kathy Hochul argues the AI-driven building boom shouldn’t come at the expense of higher electricity costs, water supplies, or local control.

Tim De Chant 1 month ago

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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate U.S. military in the Middle East, report says

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Iran abused mobile networks’ vulnerabilities to locate U.S. military in the Middle East, report says

The Iranian government exploited well-known flaws in cellphone networks to locate and then strike U.S. military personnel in the build-up and beginning of the war.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1 month ago

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I’m de-influencing you from buying the RingConn 3 (even though it’s pretty)

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I’m de-influencing you from buying the RingConn 3 (even though it’s pretty)

The RingConn 3 actually looks like real jewelry, not a wearable -- but its fitness tracking and headache detection features are disappointing.

Amanda Silberling 1 month ago

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Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius

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Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius

Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion deal to access Nebius' compute. Reflection was founded in 2024 and is developing open source AI technology.

Rebecca Bellan 1 month ago

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The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

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The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership. Do frontier models still matter if most production AI ends up running on open models?

Rebecca Bellan 1 month ago

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Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension

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Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed an outage in a tweet, saying that short-links to the messaging app had "stopped working."

Zack Whittaker 1 month ago

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Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant

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Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant

Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music, podcasts, and audiobooks, and more.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies

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Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies

Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little to no editing in our testing.

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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David Beckham’s health drink startup IM8 takes $1B from General Catalyst’s unusual CVF fund

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David Beckham’s health drink startup IM8 takes $1B from General Catalyst’s unusual CVF fund

General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund doesn't make equity investments. It's providing $1 billion for IM8, known for its longevity vitamin drink.

Julie Bort 1 month ago

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Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids

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Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids

Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay connected without the distractions of a smartphone.

Lauren Forristal 1 month ago

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Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again

They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more.

Connie Loizos 1 month ago

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Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”

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Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”

Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.

Connie Loizos 1 month ago

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Video generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B

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Video generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B

Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse closed a Series C extension on the strength of 15 million monthly active users, it said.

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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X just tweaked its algorithm to make it more friendly, less battleground

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X just tweaked its algorithm to make it more friendly, less battleground

The social media site says it will amplify posts made by users' mutual followers' to give the feed more of a communal feel.

Lucas Ropek 1 month ago

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Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

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Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation

The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors.

Ivan Mehta, Marina Temkin 1 month ago

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Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI

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Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI

In a surprising blog post on Monday, Microsoft CEO is warning enterprises of the dangers of using proprietary models like Anthropic's and OpenAI's.

Julie Bort 1 month ago

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Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI

Apple would not comment on the "security breach," which allegedly allowed a former employee to download sensitive files from Apple's network long after he departed the company for rival OpenAI.

Zack Whittaker 1 month ago

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The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

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The wildest allegations in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple’s systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint’s most eye-catching claims.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe

Responding to Musk accusing him of being a scammer, Altman said, "homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters."

Tim Fernholz 1 month ago

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