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Cursor-maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot.
Mistral AI, the French company behind AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is officially regarded as one of Frances most promising tech startups and is arguably the only European company that could compete with OpenAI. But compared to its $6 billion valuation, its global market share is still relatively low. However, the recent []
The new SS7 bypass-attack tricks phone operators into disclosing a cell subscriber's location, in some cases down to a few hundred meters.
Perplexity is quietly expanding into India to compete with OpenAI in the next phase of AI adoption.
Solano Foundry is a 2,100-acre manufacturing park that can host 40 million square feet of advanced tech manufacturing space.
Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Codes GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan.
Microsoft's data center boom has been imperiling its 2030 carbon negative pledge, so the tech giant is turning to Vaulted Deep, which operates like a reverse oil company.
Hadrian wants to revolutionize American manufacturing through automation.
Diarrha N'Diaye-Mbaye, one of the first among the small number of Black women to raise more than $1 million in venture capital, hinted that one of the problems was tension between her and investors' expectations of a consumer retail business.
OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT agent, which the company claims to be its most capable AI agent product yet.
Twitch's tests are not widespread at this point, as AppSensa's research only found a handful of references in the app's code that mentioned the tests would focus on just a few streamers for the time being.
Meta appointed Connor Hayes, Meta's VP of product for generative AI, to become the head of Threads.
Emails obtained through a public records request show Rivian has resume the prep work for its planned factory in Georgia.
The New York Times reports that the funding brings Substack's valuation to $1.1 billion, almost 70% higherthan its 2021 valuation of $650 million.
The bug in the modified messaging app can expose users' plaintext usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data, per GreyNoise.
The nine-year-old salon and spa software provider has hit a valuation of nearly $800 million.
The shareholders' lawsuit alleges Facebook execs intentionally violated an FTC agreement by sharing user data with third-party apps without user consent.
French AI lab Mistral introduced a range of new features to its Le Chat chatbot on Thursday that bring it closer to the capabilities of rivals like OpenAI and Google. The new update includes a new deep research mode, native multilingual reasoning, and advanced image editing.
San Francisco-based startup Confident Security wants to be the Signal for AI. The company just came out of stealth with $4.2 million and a tool that wraps around AI models to guarantee data stays private.
Chainalysis said crypto thefts during the first half of 2025 were at record levels, thanks in large part to a single breach at a major crypto exchange.
Spotify is expanding access to audiobooks with two new plans, one of which offers access to family members.
The U.S. is reportedly holding up the deal due to concerns that AI chips could be smuggled to China from the UAE.
Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own robotaxi service.
Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own robotaxi service.
Only eight months after its launch, Sweden's Lovable has raised a $200 million Series A round led by Accel at a $1.8 billion valuation.
Slack is bolstering search on its app with AI features, adding transcription and summaries for huddles, and a way to see recaps of channels and threads.
The move comes as Roblox has come under fire in recent years over child safety concerns.
TikTok is adding a new label to its app, allowing songwriters to highlight their profiles
Jack Dorsey backs nonprofit 'and Other Stuff' with $10M to build open social technology.
Released to coincide with World Emoji Day, the new Emoji Game is part logic, part word game that's inspired by how we use emojis to communicate.
Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer a more secure version that no longer requires use of its own cloud services.
QpiAI, an Indian startup that integrates AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, has raised $32 million in a new funding round co-led by the Indian government.
The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company's technological advances.
GM will send batteries new and old to Redwood Materials, which will assemble them into large packs capable of supporting data centers and the grid.
The company is hiring for the role of Fullstack Engineer - Waifus, or, creating AI-powered anime girls for people to fall in love with.
The new business calling feature uses AI to call local businesses on your behalf, for information about availability and pricing.
Former Waymo engineers have launched an autonomous vehicle startup with $80 million in venture funds.
ChatGPT, OpenAIs text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership []
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
The troubled EV startup, its founder, and the founder's nephew are all in the financial regulator's crosshairs.
The transit software company, is finally taking the step into public markets with an IPO after abandoning the idea in 2021.
Spurred by the performance of its first fund, Cambrian Ventures' $20 million second fund will continue the firm's thesis of focusing on fintech startups.
London-based Seabound has developed a carbon capture system that transforms CO2 from a ship's engine into limestone, which Heidelberg Materials will use to make cement.
The hackers stole the company's member list, which included customer names, addresses, and contact information.
OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will reportedly join Metas new Superintelligence Lab. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, might also join Meta, as the company works to catch up to rivals in the AGI race.
Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool's existence and the risks it poses.
xAI's first AI companions on the Grok app are a lustful anime girl and a homicidal panda.
The fund brings Mantis' assets under management to $225 million.
Amazon is looking to its main competitor to get its next batch of Kuiper satellites to orbit.
Cameron Wagenius had already pleaded guilty to other charges earlier this year.