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OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico

Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models

FDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder

Google’s Gemini AI assistant is hitting the road in millions of vehicles

Google Cloud surpasses $20B but says growth was capacity-constrained

Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix

Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

Amazon launches an AI-powered audio Q&A experience on product pages

Paragon is not collaborating with Italian authorities probing spyware attacks, report says

India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up

Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner

Consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports

OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal

Truecaller faces mounting pressures as its growth matures

The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world . . . will probably read this book and try even harder

Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything

What Tim Cook built

SpeakOn’s dictation device is a good idea marred by platform limitations

Anthropic created a test marketplace for agent-on-agent commerce

Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium

X launches stand-alone XChat app on iOS

Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute

Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now?

Don’t stop hiring humans — stop hiring the wrong humans, Artisan’s founder says

Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8,000 employees, report says

France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs

Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia

Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’

A look at Tim Cook’s 15-year legacy as CEO of Apple

Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries

Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, John Ternus taking over

Google Photos adds new touch-up tools for ‘quick’ fixes

It’s not just one thing — it’s another thing

OpenAI’s existential questions

Robots beat human records at Beijing half-marathon

Blue Origin successfully re-uses a New Glenn rocket for the first time ever

Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston

VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’

AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO

Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation

“Tokenmaxxing” is making developers less productive than they think

Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations

European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks

Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product

Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers

Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac

This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it’s aiming for more

Aloe Blacc’s fame means nothing in biotech (and that’s the point)

AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report

London gets closer to its first robotaxi service as Waymo begins testing

FBI announces takedown of phishing operation that targeted thousands of victims

Roblox introduces ‘Kids’ and ‘Select’ accounts for age-appropriate access to games and chat

The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business

Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup

Walmart-owned Flipkart, Amazon are squeezing India’s quick commerce startups

Kalshi wins temporary pause in Arizona criminal case

AMC will stream ‘The Audacity’ premiere in 21 parts on TikTok

NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean in ‘perfect’ landing for Moon mission

How to watch NASA’s Artemis II splash back down to Earth

Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude

Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy

Is Anthropic limiting the release of Mythos to protect the internet — or Anthropic?

You can now edit your Instagram comments

Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine

Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups

Tubi is the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT

Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation

Apple’s foldable iPhone is on track to launch in September, report says

Apple plans Supreme Court appeal in Epic Games App Store battle — again

The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has some impressive add-ons that make snapping photos really fun

Copilot is ‘for entertainment purposes only,’ according to Microsoft’s terms of use

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help

Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?

In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling the one nobody wants

Embattled startup Delve has ‘parted ways’ with Y Combinator

AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?

People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center

ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app

NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working)

Startup funding shatters all records in Q1

Apple releases security fix for older iPhones and iPads to protect against DarkSword attacks

Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota