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Meet the new VC firm secretly backed by Volkswagen

Meet the new VC firm secretly backed by Volkswagen

A new venture firm called Leitmotif has been on a quiet blitz for the last 16 mo...

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Reshape Energy is using an acquisition playbook to drive energy upgrades for commercial real estate

Reshape Energy is using an acquisition playbook to driv...

Reshape Energy is betting on a more integrated approach to accelerate the decarb...

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Apple’s next major OS updates will bring the biggest design overhaul in years

Apple’s next major OS updates will bring the biggest de...

Apple’s next set of major updates for the iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems...

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People are using Super Mario to benchmark AI now

People are using Super Mario to benchmark AI now

At least we can watch AI play Mario. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...

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General Catalyst loses three top investors as the firm expands beyond venture, contemplates IPO

General Catalyst loses three top investors as the firm ...

Three key investors have left General Catalyst amidst a series of recent changes...

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Trump Administration cuts may threaten AI research efforts

Trump Administration cuts may threaten AI research efforts

The Trump Administration has fired a number of National Science Foundation emplo...

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Moonwatt secures $8.3M to dial up solar’s staying power with sodium-ion storage

Moonwatt secures $8.3M to dial up solar’s staying power...

The drive to decarbonize our economies through electrification and clean energy ...

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Dutch startup QuantWare seeks to fast-track quantum computing

Dutch startup QuantWare seeks to fast-track quantum com...

Big tech companies aren’t sleeping on quantum chips: Amazon Web Services introdu...

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Web Summit attendees aren’t buying Scale AI CEO’s push for America ‘to win the AI war’

Web Summit attendees aren’t buying Scale AI CEO’s push ...

In a bold move last month, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang took out a full-page ad in...

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UK’s internet watchdog toughens approach to deepfake porn

UK’s internet watchdog toughens approach to deepfake porn

Ofcom, the U.K.’s internet safety regulator, has published another new draft gui...

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1,000 artists release ‘silent’ album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI

1,000 artists release ‘silent’ album to protest UK copy...

The U.K. government is pushing forward with plans to attract more AI companies t...

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Automattic-owned Beeper is releasing redesigned desktop and iOS apps

Automattic-owned Beeper is releasing redesigned desktop...

WordPress.com owner Automattic last year acquired the multi-service messaging ap...

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Fyre Festival 2 is coming, and it already sounds bananas (and not in a good way)

Fyre Festival 2 is coming, and it already sounds banana...

Party promoter Billy McFarland is back with Fyre Festival 2. Scheduled to take p...

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The New York Times has greenlit AI tools for product and edit staff

The New York Times has greenlit AI tools for product an...

The New York Times is now allowing its product and editorial teams to use AI too...

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Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia thinks he can turn things around with AI; he has a lot riding on it

Nextdoor’s Nirav Tolia thinks he can turn things around...

Social media is often about scale, but Nextdoor bet long ago on something differ...

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Are your noise-canceling headphones messing with your head?

Are your noise-canceling headphones messing with your h...

We all know headphones can be bad for your hearing if you listen to sounds too l...