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The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic.

ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.

Deep Care's $350 device is pricy, but it runs offline and helps you improve your posture and movement habits

OpenAI's latest shakeup comes as the company reportedly plans to combine ChatGPT and its programming product Codex.

Cerebras Systems was 2026's biggest tech IPO so far. But years ago, it burned through hundreds of millions working on a chip many believed impossible.

It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.

Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has a knack for raising money. So far, his three startups have raised more than $12.3 billion.

Compulsive X user Andreessen himself couldn't resist responding, many, many times.

The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password.

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.

Newly un-redacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis.

Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments.

Prices have nearly doubled in the largest U.S. grid thanks to surging demand from data centers.

People who travelled to Beijing for a summit between the United States and China had to throw away items they received during the trip before boarding Air Force One, presumably for security reasons.

AI video generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability.

The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale.

Meridian Ventures, the venture firm founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, announced on Friday the raise of a $35 million second fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage companies founded by those who have deferred MBAs.

Osaurus combines local and cloud AI models in a Mac app that keeps users memory, files, and tools on their own hardware.

Rapido has driven its growth by enabling ride-hailing for lower-cost and more flexible modes of transport such as motorbikes and autorickshaws.

Here's what the biggest tech court case of the year is all about.

More than 50 employees have reportedly left Elon Musks newly merged SpaceXAI since February, raising questions about burnout, leadership changes, talent poaching, and whether liquidity events weakened retention incentives.

The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows.

Hardware company Atech raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding, including from a16zs scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers.

Benchmark almost never backs hardware startups. So EricVishria dragged his feet ten years ago before agreeing to hear Cerebras' pitch.

Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely and he insists it will actually ship products.

According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has enlisted an outside law firm to work through its options.

A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.

Short-form video is built for mobile, so it may seem counterintuitive, but it's true: YouTube Shorts are becoming quite popular on the big screen.

A year ago, it looked like this day would never happen for Cerebras.

OpenAI said the damage was limited to the employees devices, and did not affect user data nor its production systems, and none of its intellectual property was stolen.

Spotify will let creators distribute and monetize video podcasts on Apple Podcasts using Apples HLS streaming technology, without changing their existing workflows.

Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.

While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as theyre happening, many users are looking for a way to turn off the feature, especially those who have ended up accidentally sending images to others not fully understanding how the feature works.

A group of likely Russian government hackers tried to hack a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks. He was then able to turn the tables on the hackers and reveal details of their espionage campaign.

This is Cisco's latest layoff in recent years, while the company's chief executive touts record revenue and growth.

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Wirestock has over 700,000 creators on its platform, which supplies photos, videos and 3D content to AI labs.

Uber plans to open two new engineering campuses with a capacity of nearly 10,000 people in India by the end of 2027.