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Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South
African defense tech company Terra Industries on Monday announced an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $52 million. Investors in the round include Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Silen...
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Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work
Anthropic published a blog post Friday seeking to answer some basic questions about how it will watermark the text generated by its chatbot Claude. Such as: How will the watermarking actually work? Ca...
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7 desk gadgets that can make your workday better
We spend dozens of hours at our desks each week (if not more), so it’s worth creating a workspace that’s productive and enjoyable. The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and...
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SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX, according to an announcement on the Cursor blog. Elon Musk’s SpaceX — which also acquired Musk’s xAI earlier this year — announced a deal...
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How to tell if your AI platforms’ accounts have been hacked
Just like any other online service, hackers can target and break into your accounts on popular AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. TechCrunch has created a comprehensive guide to he...
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Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines....
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Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up
PayPal CEO Enrique Lores’ turnaround plan for the fintech company could include a sale — of itself. The prospect first popped in July when Stripe and private equity giant Advent offered to buy PayPal...
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Self-driving trucks are officially testing on California highways
Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test their autonomous vehicle technology on pub...
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Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria
In Thrive Capital’s first-ever investor letter, founder Joshua Kushner has some unexpected things to say about his venture capital rivals on the West Coast. “It is difficult to overstate the magnitud...
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Read-it-later app Pocket shut down down — here are the best alternatives
In May 2025, Mozilla announced that it was shutting down the popular read-it-later app Pocket, which it had acquired back in 2017 for an undisclosed amount. That led to a growing demand for alternativ...
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Uber Freight reportedly investigating after hacking group claims data breach
A hacking and extortion gang has taken credit for a cyberattack and data breach at Uber Freight, the ride-sharing giant’s logistics subsidiary. A spokesperson for Uber Freight told Reuters, which fir...
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AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year
As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all that code. Blacksmith has raised a new $45 million round to capitalize on that shif...
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