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OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned

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OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has enlisted an outside law firm to work through its options.

Connie Loizos 3 months ago

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Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard

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Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard

A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.

Sarah Perez 3 months ago

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YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of Shorts on TVs each month

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YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of Shorts on TVs each month

Short-form video is built for mobile, so it may seem counterintuitive, but it's true: YouTube Shorts are becoming quite popular on the big screen.

Amanda Silberling 3 months ago

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Cerebras raises $5.5B, kicking off 2026’s IPO season with a bang

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Cerebras raises $5.5B, kicking off 2026’s IPO season with a bang

A year ago, it looked like this day would never happen for Cerebras.

Julie Bort 3 months ago

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OpenAI says hackers stole some data after latest code security issue

OpenAI said the damage was limited to the employees’ devices, and did not affect user data nor its production systems, and none of its intellectual property was stolen.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 3 months ago

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Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution

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Spotify to adopt Apple’s new video podcast tech, offering creators easier cross-platform distribution

Spotify will let creators distribute and monetize video podcasts on Apple Podcasts using Apple’s HLS streaming technology, without changing their existing workflows.

Lauren Forristal 3 months ago

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Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded

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Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded

Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.

Marina Temkin 3 months ago

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How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants feature and retract photos you accidentally shared

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How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants feature and retract photos you accidentally shared

While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, many users are looking for a way to turn off the feature, especially those who have ended up accidentally sending images to others not fully understanding how the feature works.

Aisha Malik 3 months ago

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A spyware investigator exposed Russian government hackers trying to hijack Signal accounts

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A spyware investigator exposed Russian government hackers trying to hijack Signal accounts

A group of likely Russian government hackers tried to hack a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks. He was then able to turn the tables on the hackers and reveal details of their espionage campaign.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 3 months ago

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Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’

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Cisco cuts nearly 4,000 jobs to spend more on AI, reports ‘record quarterly revenue’

This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth.

Zack Whittaker 3 months ago

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Wirestock raises $23M to supply creative multi-modal data to AI labs

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Wirestock raises $23M to supply creative multi-modal data to AI labs

Wirestock has over 700,000 creators on its platform, which supplies photos, videos and 3D content to AI labs.

Ivan Mehta 3 months ago

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Two weeks left: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27

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Two weeks left: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27

Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K equity-free funding is running out. Deadline to apply is May 27. Apply now.

TechCrunch Events 3 months ago

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Uber to open 2 campuses in India to support product development, operations

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Uber to open 2 campuses in India to support product development, operations

Uber plans to open two new engineering campuses with a capacity of nearly 10,000 people in India by the end of 2027.

Jagmeet Singh 3 months ago

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Who decides what AI tells you? Campbell Brown, once Meta’s news chief, has thoughts

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Who decides what AI tells you? Campbell Brown, once Meta’s news chief, has thoughts

"The conversation is sort of happening in Silicon Valley around one thing, and a totally different conversation is happening among consumers."

Connie Loizos 3 months ago

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Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante

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Clio’s $500M milestone arrives just as Anthropic ups the ante

Legal tech startups, including Clio, which just hit $500 million in ARR, are seeing massive customer adoption.

Marina Temkin 3 months ago

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Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents

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Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents

Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic productivity software.

Sarah Perez 3 months ago

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Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center

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Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center

Gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as power plants.

Tim De Chant 3 months ago

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Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are

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Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are

The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.

Lucas Ropek 3 months ago

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This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives

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This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives

What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top of the other?

Zack Whittaker 3 months ago

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Geothermal startup Fervo Energy pops 33% in IPO debut fueled by AI data center demand

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Geothermal startup Fervo Energy pops 33% in IPO debut fueled by AI data center demand

Fervo Energy's IPO was upsized several times after potential investors asked why the enhanced geothermal startup wasn't raising more money.

Tim De Chant 3 months ago

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X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles

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X launches a History tab for bookmarks, likes, videos, and articles

X’s new History tab combines bookmarks, likes, watched videos, and read articles into a single place, expanding the app’s role as a save-it-for-later tool.

Sarah Perez 3 months ago

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Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal

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Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal

The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.

Aisha Malik 3 months ago

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