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Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other

For most of its life, Airwallex and Stripe have mostly operated in different geographies, selling to different buyers. That's changing.

Connie Loizos 7 hours ago

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Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.

World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-centered anonymous verification project, is looking to expand its influence via a bevy of new partnerships.

Lucas Ropek 14 hours ago

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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team, signaling a sharp pivot away from consumer moonshots toward enterprise AI.

Rebecca Bellan 16 hours ago

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Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation

Nicholas Moore hacked into three U.S. government networks using stolen credentials, and then bragged about it and posted victims' personal data on Instagram under the handle @ihackedthegovernment.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 16 hours ago

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Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges

Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.

Marina Temkin 17 hours ago

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“Tokenmaxxing” is making developers less productive than they think

There's a lot more code—but it's a lot more expensive and requires a lot more rewriting.

Tim Fernholz 18 hours ago

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Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations

A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to exploit them. Now, hackers are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in real-life attacks, according to a cybersecurity firm.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 19 hours ago

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Zoom teams up with World to verify humans in meeting

Zoom will show a badge on verified participants' tile.

Ivan Mehta 19 hours ago

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Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive

New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, memories, and more.

Sarah Perez 20 hours ago

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Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why

The company, which deploys AI-guided robot arms for food production, says it is looking to expand its services to provide for a broader array of customers.

Lucas Ropek 20 hours ago

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Uber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep

The new returns feature is the company's latest effort to become an everything app.

Kirsten Korosec 22 hours ago

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Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals

The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily. 

Aisha Malik 22 hours ago

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With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance

Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations. But even if the spy law known as Section 702 expires in April, the government's spy powers will not automatically lapse.

Zack Whittaker 23 hours ago

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Google’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby

Although you can already track hotel prices at the city level, the new update lets you do so for a specific hotel that you're interested in.

Aisha Malik 23 hours ago

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Netflix plans to add a vertical video feed, use AI for recommendations

Netflix is going to launch a TikTok-like vertical video feed within its apps this month, and plans to use AI broadly for content creation and recommendations.

Ivan Mehta 23 hours ago

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Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions

The San Francisco startup closed a Series C funding round led by Antonio Gracias' firm Valor, which is a major backer of xAI.

Sean O'Kane 1 day ago

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SaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to restore users’ trust in news

Users are fed up with misinformation and AI slop cluttering their feeds. SaySo is a new short-form video app that delivers news from vetted creators and journalists.

Lauren Forristal 1 day ago

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Are we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere?

The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance apps to talk shows, a certain shoe company just rebranded as an AI infrastructure p...

Theresa Loconsolo 1 day ago

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New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets

The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia's new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm.

Connie Loizos 1 day ago

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Factory hits $1.5B valuation to build AI coding for enterprises

The three-year-old startup raised $150 million led by Khosla Ventures.

Marina Temkin 1 day ago

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Luma launches AI-powered production studio with faith-focused Wonder Project

The studio's first project will be about Moses and star Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley, to be released this spring on Prime Video.

Rebecca Bellan 1 day ago

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Netflix co-founder and chair Reed Hastings to leave board

Hastings helped to transform the video rental industry — first with physical, then digital, delivery.

Lucas Ropek 1 day ago

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Upscale AI in talks to raise at $2B valuation, says report

AI infrastructure company Upscale AI is reportedly in talks to raise its third funding round since launching just seven months ago.

Dominic-Madori Davis 1 day ago

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Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught

The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.

Connie Loizos 1 day ago

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