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Origin Lab raises $8M to help video game companies sell data to world-model builders

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Origin Lab raises $8M to help video game companies sell data to world-model builders

Origin Lab will serve as a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data, and video-game companies can sell it.

Russell Brandom 3 months ago

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Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners

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Anthropic courts a new kind of customer: small business owners

For founders and investors, Anthropic's new offering signals that the AI platform wars are expanding downmarket and that the next major battleground for user acquisition isn't the Fortune 500; it's the 36 million small businesses that make up the backbone of the U.S. economy.

Lucas Ropek 3 months ago

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Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia

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Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia

A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for hacking the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, and is attempting to extort the company.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 3 months ago

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Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+

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Amazon launches an AI shopping assistant for the search bar, powered by Alexa+

Alexa for Shopping is a new personalized AI shopping assistant in the Amazon search bar that replaces its Rufus assistant.

Lauren Forristal 3 months ago

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Anduril raises $5B, doubles valuation to $61B

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Anduril raises $5B, doubles valuation to $61B

After achieving $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, the defense tech startup has raised another massive round, led by Thrive and a16z, it says.

Julie Bort 3 months ago

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r/WallStreetBets really hates the SEC’s proposal to weaken quarterly reporting

The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator's idea of letting companies report twice per year.

Sean O'Kane 3 months ago

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US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches

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US lawmakers demand answers from Instructure after Canvas data breaches

U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data from students who use the company's flagship student data software Canvas.

Zack Whittaker 3 months ago

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Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data

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Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data

For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp.

Russell Brandom 3 months ago

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Introducing the 6 stages at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — built for today’s tougher startup market

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Introducing the 6 stages at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — built for today’s tougher startup market

From October 13-15, TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will feature 200+ sessions across six stages, led by 250+ tech leaders shaping the industry today. Register now to save up to $410, plus 50% off a second pass.

TechCrunch Events 3 months ago

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WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats

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WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats

Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

Ivan Mehta 3 months ago

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Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

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Poppy debuts a proactive AI assistant to help organize your digital life

Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on what’s happening in your life.

Sarah Perez 3 months ago

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Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves

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Adaption aims big with AutoScientist, an AI tool that helps models train themselves

Adaption's new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.

Russell Brandom 3 months ago

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Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea

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Medicare’s new payment model is built for AI, and most of the tech world has no idea

There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.

Connie Loizos 3 months ago

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Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million

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Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million

Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.

Dominic-Madori Davis 3 months ago

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Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup

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Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup

Sadi Thermal Machines is Drew Baglino's second startup since leaving Tesla in 2024.

Tim De Chant 3 months ago

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Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies

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Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies

OpenAI's CEO recalls a "particularly hair-raising" conversation with the SpaceX founder.

Tim Fernholz 3 months ago

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Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares

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Anthropic warns investors against secondary platforms offering access to its shares

The company named Open Doors Partners, Unicorns Exchange, Pachamama Capital, Lionheart Ventures, Hiive, Forge Global, Sydecar and Upmarket as companies that are not authorized to provide access to buy or sell its shares.

Ram Iyer 3 months ago

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Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit

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Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit

Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.

Rebecca Bellan 3 months ago

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Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets

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Everything Google announced at its Android Show, from Googlebooks to vibe-coded widgets

Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.

Sarah Perez, Ivan Mehta, Aisha Malik 3 months ago

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The AI legal services industry is heating up. Anthropic is getting in on the action.

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The AI legal services industry is heating up. Anthropic is getting in on the action.

As the AI legal services industry heats up, Anthropic is launching its own suite of features designed to assist law firms.

Lucas Ropek 3 months ago

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Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling

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Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling

Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.

Sarah Perez 3 months ago

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Google unveils Googlebooks, a new line of AI-native laptops

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Google unveils Googlebooks, a new line of AI-native laptops

The company says Googlebooks, which are launching this fall, are the first laptops designed from the ground up for Gemini Intelligence to offer personal and proactive help.

Aisha Malik 3 months ago

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