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Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price

As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.

Amanda Silberling 1 month ago

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South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘ RAMageddon’

The world's two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.

Kate Park 1 month ago

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Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business

The startup, which runs a popular free AI leaderboard, launched its commercial service just last September.

Marina Temkin 1 month ago

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Cursor now has a mobile app for guiding your coding agent on the go

Cursor has launched a new mobile app for remote oversight over coding agents.

Russell Brandom 1 month ago

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Trump administration threatens 92 GW of new electricity supply with red tape

The Trump administration's moves threaten $121 billion in new solar and wind power, two energy sources that are the biggest contributors to new capacity in the U.S.

Tim De Chant 1 month ago

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TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization

TIDAL's new policy will prevent AI-generated music from making money on its service.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights

The Supreme Court's decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright ban.

Zack Whittaker, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1 month ago

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WhatsApp now lets you reserve usernames

WhatsApp username can be between 3 to 35 characters length

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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Rocket Lab continues buying spree by acquiring satellite company Iridium

The all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion, and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX.

Sean O'Kane 1 month ago

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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise

The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.

Sean O'Kane 1 month ago

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Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note-taking devices

Pocket sells a $129 credit card-shaped puck, which sticks to the back of your phone, and promises unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and to-do items.

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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Omen AI’s plan to optimize data centers is all wet

Omen AI raised a $31 million Series A to monitor chip coolant and stop bacterial outbreaks in data centers.

Tim Fernholz 1 month ago

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Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity

Flipper Device's new Busy Bar will retail for $249.

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1

Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.

Anthony Ha 1 month ago

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Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short

"Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.”

Anthony Ha 1 month ago

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Writer Ian Bogost says ‘The Small Stuff’ can help us reclaim our lives from dematerialization

Has Silicon Valley been building the wrong things?

Anthony Ha 1 month ago

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TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

Kirsten Korosec 1 month ago

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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia

Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they've found a winner with Micron.

Kirsten Korosec 1 month ago

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Govee’s smart nugget ice maker makes every iced drink feel like a luxury

For some people, the ice in a beverage is almost as important as the drink itself. That’s the audience Govee had in mind when designing its latest ice maker, the GoveeLife Smart Nugget Ice Maker Pro. This $500 premium smart home gadget is aimed at those who crave what’s called “the...

Aisha Malik 1 month ago

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Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth

Dilip Asbe said that newer UPI apps could be more competitive with a viable commercial model

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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Instagram is testing more ways to customize ‘Your Algorithm’

Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content.

Anthony Ha 1 month ago

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SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype

Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.

Anthony Ha 1 month ago

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Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI

Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team.

Anthony Ha 1 month ago

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The fittest founder in the room got cancer. Here’s how he used AI to fight back.

When confronted with cancer, Connor Christou fed everything tied tied to his regime — blood results, scan data, wearable output, journal entries — into Claude.

Connie Loizos 1 month ago

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