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Telehealth giant Hims & Hers says its customer support system was hacked

The U.S. telehealth giant says hackers stole customer support ticket data over the course of several days in February.

3 Apr 2026 2:56 am
Artemis II is NASAs last Moon mission without Silicon Valley

Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin.

3 Apr 2026 1:36 am
Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II

Gateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II.

3 Apr 2026 1:15 am
OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show

TBPN, Silicon Valley's cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it's overseen by chief political operative Chris Lehane.

3 Apr 2026 12:51 am
Flipboards new social websites help publishers and creators tap into the open social web

Flipboard's social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.

3 Apr 2026 12:48 am
ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music-generation app

ElevenMusic lets users create and remix songs using text prompts. The new app suggests ElevenLabs wants to be more than just a voice model company.

3 Apr 2026 12:28 am
NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

2 Apr 2026 11:49 pm
Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models

MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.

2 Apr 2026 10:18 pm
Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of drivers licenses and passports to the open web

An exposed Amazon-hosted server allowed anyone to access reams of customer data without needing a password.

2 Apr 2026 9:59 pm
Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app

Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app.

2 Apr 2026 9:30 pm
ICE says it bought Paragons spyware to use in drug trafficking cases

The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told lawmakers that the use of Paragon spyware is necessary to counter terrorists thriving exploitation of encrypted communications platforms.

2 Apr 2026 9:09 pm
Uniteds mobile app now shows TSA wait times at select airports

The TSA wait times feature is one of many new additions to the United app, including automatic rebooking assistance and real-time time weather radar maps.

2 Apr 2026 8:14 pm
Teslas cheaper vehicles arent helping its declining sales

The company's deliveries in the first quarter were just 6% higher than last year, and Tesla now faces a third straight year of falling sales.

2 Apr 2026 7:48 pm
Commonwealth Fusion Systems leans on magnets for near-term revenue

Realta Fusion is buying magnets from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, providing a revenue stop gap.

2 Apr 2026 7:45 pm
Diverse teams start with diverse VCs

It is the path of least resistance for a growth-stage company to hire from the familiar Silicon Valley pipelines but if a founder wants a diverse team, that value has to be put into practice from the very first hire.

2 Apr 2026 7:15 pm
Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon

One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

2 Apr 2026 6:20 pm
De-fi platform Drift suspends deposits and withdrawals after millions in crypto stolen in hack

Blockchain trackers put the cryptocurrency heist in the hundreds of millions of dollars and is already on track to be the largest crypto theft in 2026 so far.

2 Apr 2026 4:28 am
Anthropic took down thousands of GitHub repos trying to yank its leaked source code a move the company says was an accident

Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices.

2 Apr 2026 3:42 am
The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse

Delve faces new allegations that it violated the open source license of its customer, Sim.ai, by taking the customers's tool and passing it off as its own.

2 Apr 2026 2:53 am
System failure paralyzes Baidu robotaxis in China

Passengers in Baidu's robotaxis were trapped for up to two hours.

2 Apr 2026 2:42 am
A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and its working)

Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage. Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn.

2 Apr 2026 2:16 am
Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity

Cameo launched a new TikTok integration that allows U.S. creators to offer personalized videos through the app.

1 Apr 2026 10:41 pm
WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app made by government spyware maker

The Meta-owned company said it identified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a fake version of WhatsApp that was actually Italian-made spyware.

1 Apr 2026 10:04 pm
Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60M to try

The firm says it can can reduce the cost of chip development by more than 75% and cut the timeline by more than half.

1 Apr 2026 9:30 pm
Less than a month: StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together

StrictlyVC San Francisco brings leaders from TDK Ventures, Replit, and more together on April 30. Space is limited. Register here for your pass.

1 Apr 2026 7:30 pm
Lucid Motors recalls over 4,000 Gravity SUVs citing improperly welded seat belts

The company struggled with quality issues when Gravity production started last year, and the new recall shows it's not out of the woods yet.

1 Apr 2026 7:10 pm
Nothings AI devices plan reportedly contains smart glasses and earbuds

The glasses will reportedly feature cameras, microphones and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries.

1 Apr 2026 6:03 pm
Anthropic is having a month

A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week.

1 Apr 2026 5:28 am
1 Apr 2026 4:16 am
Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help

Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey's recent investigation.

1 Apr 2026 3:05 am
OpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raise

OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO.

1 Apr 2026 2:55 am
Its not your imagination: AI seed startups are commanding higher valuations

Among the most recent Y Combinator cohort, many startups were commanding $40 million valuations. But with more money comes higher expectations.

1 Apr 2026 2:30 am
Yupp.ai shuts down after raising $33M from a16z cryptos Chris Dixon

Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp.ai is closing its business, the company said Tuesday.

1 Apr 2026 1:31 am
Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what?

Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing childrens online safety, some heavily criticized.

1 Apr 2026 1:02 am
Go play this secret game in your TikTok DMs

The game is available globally and can be accessed in both one-on-one DM chats and in group chats.

1 Apr 2026 12:17 am
Caller ID app Truecaller hits 500 million monthly users

Truecaller now has more than 4 million paying users across the world.

1 Apr 2026 12:10 am
Social gaming platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5B, is shutting down

Rec Room, the social platform for user-generated games and virtual experiences, will shutter on June 1.

31 Mar 2026 11:35 pm
Alexa+ gets new food ordering experiences with Uber Eats and Grubhub

You can now order from Uber Eats and Grubhub using Alexa+, an experience Amazon says will be similar to chatting with a waiter at a restaurant or placing an order at a drive-thru.

31 Mar 2026 11:11 pm
Whoops valuation just tripled to $10 billion

The fitness tracking startup just closed a $575 million Series G with Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James among its investors. The obvious question looming over a round of this size at this valuation: Is an IPO coming?

31 Mar 2026 10:28 pm
Uber increases stake in WeRide as robotaxi partnership ramps up in Dubai

Uber and WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East.

31 Mar 2026 9:56 pm
Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware

A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.

31 Mar 2026 9:31 pm
FedEx chooses partnerships over proprietary tech for its automation strategy

FedEx recently announced a partnership with Berkshire Gray as the company works with external players to develop its automation tech.

31 Mar 2026 9:16 pm
Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles

The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.

31 Mar 2026 8:30 pm
Health data giant CareCloud says hackers accessed patients medical records

CareCloud, a major provider of medical records storage, said hackers accessed one of its repositories of patient data earlier in March. It provides technology for more than 45,000 providers covering millions of patients.

31 Mar 2026 8:20 pm
Rivian spinoff Also will build autonomous delivery vehicles for DoorDash

DoorDash joins Greenoaks Capital in another $200 million funding round for Also, bringing its total funding to more than $500 million.

31 Mar 2026 8:02 pm
Roku launches a standalone app for Howdy, its $2.99 streaming service

With this new app, Roku says subscribers can access Howdy's library of content on the go.

31 Mar 2026 7:53 pm
Meta launches two new Ray-Ban glasses designed for prescription wearers

Meta says these glasses are the most comfortable ones it has ever designed, as they're made for all-day comfort.

31 Mar 2026 7:45 pm
The company behind ClassPass and Mindbody just got a lot bigger with a $7.5B merger

The merger is a sign that the fitness industry is continuing to move toward consolidation to compete at a larger scale. Recent moves include MyFitnessPal acquiring Cal AI, an AI calorie counting app, and Strava buying two apps: cycling app The Breakaway and running app Runna.

31 Mar 2026 7:30 pm
Exclusive: Runway launches $10M fund, Builders program to support early stage AI startups

Runway is launching a $10 million fund and startup program to back companies building with its AI video models, as it pushes toward interactive, real-time video intelligence applications.

31 Mar 2026 7:30 pm
Waymo starts robotaxi services at San Antonio International Airport

It's the fourth airport Waymo is serving, adding to Phoenix Sky Harbor, San Francisco, and San Jose International airports.

31 Mar 2026 6:55 pm