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The captive portal economy: how hotel WiFi sign-in pages became both a security vector and a hidden ad channel
Last month I checked into a hotel for a conference. Open laptop. Click WiFi. Hotel network. The familiar splash screen appears: en…
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Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first
“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what…
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Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite
Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI…
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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper way to run agents
Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5, its most agentic mid-tier model yet. It runs close to the flagship Opus 4.8 on many tasks,…
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Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video
A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern …
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Schneider Electric buys industrial-AI firm Cognite for $3.1bn
Schneider Electric is buying Cognite, a Norwegian-founded industrial AI company, for $3.1bn in cash. The French group wants softwa…
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Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chi…
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Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard
Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup's new keyboard for iOS and Android works a…
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Enterprise AI’s Missing Foundation: Why Content Governance May Matter More Than the Next AI Breakthrough
Rob Hanna observes that many enterprise AI initiatives may be losing momentum because organizations continue to treat language lik…
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AWS is spending $1bn to put its engineers inside customers’ offices
Amazon Web Services is committing $1bn to embed its own engineers inside customer companies. It is the first cloud giant to copy a…
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Supreme Court will hear Apple’s appeal over the App Store contempt finding in Epic case
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear Apple’s appeal of the contempt finding in its long-running legal battle with Epic G…
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Meta expands Threads Live Chats to draw users from X
Meta is upgrading its Threads app with real-time chat features to capture a larger share of the social media advertising market cu…
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Anthropic targets research labs with on-premises Claude Science workbench
Anthropic has launched a workflow-focused AI research environment that runs on local lab infrastructure, setting up a three-way ba…
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Blue Origin still doesn’t know why its New Glenn rocket blew up last month
But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.
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Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin
The company may finally be ready to try to deliver on Elon Musk's years-long promise of launching a robotaxi network of its own.
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X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use
X has launched a hosted MCP server, making it easier for developers to connect AI applications with the company’s API.
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Arcturus could halve the grid’s electrical losses using its nano-infused metals
Stealthy startup Arcturus uses lasers to infuse carbon nanomaterials into copper, dramatically improving its ability to conduct el…
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Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game
Users will be able use AI to create newsletters based on their recordings.
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Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic
Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast deployments and customer se…
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Exclusive: Meta and OpenAI alumni seek $400m for new AI lab
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How Revolut alumni are spreading its ‘bet factory’ model
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How Hong Kong can be Europe’s fast track into Asia’s AI boom
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More VC mergers are coming, says P101 founder
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Preventative health startups draw record €822m in European funding
A 162% surge in early-stage funding for preventative digital health companies signals a market shift toward technologies designed …