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A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media.

The golden age of Microsoft's Github Copilot appears to be at an end.

Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.

Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but its unclear why Google made it a separate product.

If you're 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox but if you're 19, oh my God, this means you're really good; you might already have a Series A [offer], said one, half-kiddingly.

Weve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ovens.

TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.

The ruling drew support from founders, while lawyers said it could force platforms to revisit how they handle trademarked keywords.

The Enhanced Games a singular sporting competition where a majority of the athletes were on performance enhancing drugs may herald a new business model that the tech industry is ready to embrace.

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

The people deciding that AI can replace your job are also the ones least likely to understand what your jobtruly involves, according to Box founder Aaron Levie, who pointed to this as an example ofAI psychosis. Indeed,ClickUprecentlycut 22% of its workforce for AI agents, tech layoffs in 2026 are already nearly matching all of 2025, []

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond to prompted requests, per Axios.

A public spat between Microsoft and an independent security researcher reopens a long-running debate over who is responsible for securing software.

Cognition makes Devin, the first and arguably most successful AI coding agent. But famed coder Wu says it isn't designed to supplant human programmers.

South Korean chip startup Xcena is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory.

The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX.

The enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category.

A new law and AV tracker tool gives the clearest accounting yet of how many robotaxis and self-driving trucks are in Texas.

Startup Battlefield applications are due tomorrow, so now's the time to put the finishing touches on your submission!

Asana will incorporate Stack AI into its growing suite of AI workflow tools.

In its latest update, Bluesky is getting into long-form content.

A new hacking campaign is trying to trick Signal users to give up their secret recovery key, which can be used to access online backups containing past messages.

Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO.

Large exchanges are designing derivative products around AI tokens, which are increasingly being considered less a computational output and more a raw material input, like electricity or bandwidth.

CEO Ariel Katz argues that while AI can replicate workflow SaaS, it can't copy H1s unique doctor data.

Pay Tel secured the publicly exposed data after security researchers discovered the leak containing callers' sensitive ID documents and inmate communications.

Europes startup ecosystem has matured significantly; its founders are increasingly willing to scale companies domestically instead of immediately looking to relocate to the U.S.

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Insurance tech Corgi announced today an $106 million Series B1 raise, valuing the company at $2.6 billion, just three weeks after announcing a $160 million Series B.

The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents.

The launch of the Ojai minivan robotaxi comes after years of development and testing, but arrives amid a challenging time for Waymo.

Enterprise AI is entering a different phase now, one where enterprises are no longer evaluating whether AI is exciting. They are evaluating whether it is safe to deploy broadly.

The update signals YouTube's ongoing efforts to compete with other platforms for podcast audiences.

After overwhelming demand from founders around the world, TechCrunch has extended the Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline to June 8. Nominate a standout startup or apply yours today.

Visa said that over 1,000 employees has been using Replit for prototyping and development

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General Compute is betting SambaNova will be the next breakout chipmaker.

The ring is 40% smaller than its predecessor, and comes with more accurate sensing, enhanced battery life, and more.

Built on top of the open-source Hermes project, Vertu's new foldable combines AI-agent workflows, enterprise integrations, and ultra-premium luxury finishes.

According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google's 2025 Year in Search campaign.

Google is embarrassing itself, again.

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ElevenLabs' new model will let users regenerate a section of a song without affecting rest of the track

With the new scissors icon, you can clip favorite moments from podcasts and share them with your audience.

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SOND, a startup led by Boses former head of sleep products, emerged from stealth with $7M in funding for its AI-powered sleep earbuds.

China's AI boom is producing world-class talent, and Beijing is increasingly reluctant to let them go elsewhere.