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A memo circulated earlier this year reportedly claimed that Chinas Ministry of State Security recruited a female technology executive to spy on Nvidia's CEO.

As parents look for alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, a growing number of companies are building phones designed specifically for kids, from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones.

The announcement comes barely more than a week after hackers stole $6.3 billion worth of cryptocurrency from Binance users.

OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding round that hasn't closed yet but is expected to in the coming weeks.

There are now 100K Duo-optimized apps, says Apple, and thousands more arrive daily.

Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users in coming weeks.

Despite its small size, Underdog's new model can generate both speech and music.

Elon Musk said the company will use the factory space to make more Cybercabs.

The concerns range from privacy to how data is shared (and with whom) to procurement concerns.

Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source.

Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.

Serve Robotics announced alonsgside its third-quarter earnings that it will launch a new business line called Physical AI Services to offer customers its connectivity and data tools.

Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life.

OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure.

A joint U.S. government statement says the hacks are affecting the food, transportation, and healthcare industries after reports of global mass hacks.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman says the company could be ready to go public in 2027, pointing to accelerating enterprise revenue and a turnaround in its business.

Stephen Ward, a former Secret Service agent and Home Depot CISO, is preparing a second fund of roughly $250 million for Brightmind Partners.

With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances.

The Los Angeles-based startup has now raised more than $650 million, and is working on electric trucks, emergency vehicles, and a driverless platform for the military.

Following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion, food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company.

As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startups AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the fields biggest libraries.

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.

Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart.

The app will offer personalized product recommendations, shopping through livestreams and short-form videos, app-exclusive deals, in-app checkout, order tracking, and customer support.

The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents.

ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated using its music models.

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it launched Edits last year.

The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.

Todays portable devices are too hungry to run on traditional solar panels, but RadianX says its perovskite cells promise to make charging obsolete in some cases.

Discovered Materials, a months-old YC startup that uses AI to find chip materials, is offering $200,000 for each solution to five open materials science problems.

Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.

Amazon has made Uber Eats as its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States.