Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has been hit with what could be the biggest crypto heist to date. Hackers stole around $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum after breaching one of the company’s cold wallets. The attackers transferred approximately 401,000 ETH to […]

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After months of pushing back, Apple finally surrendered to the UK Labour government and removed the highest level data security tool for Apple users in the UK. This means that the UK government now has access to its citizens’ messages and […]

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It’s February, barely two months into 2025, and artificial intelligence is already the hottest topic in tech. AI startups are all over it, racing to innovate, and people are Googling like crazy to figure out what’s next. We teamed up […]

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Two weeks after splitting from OpenAI, humanoid robot maker Figure has unveiled its latest breakthrough—an AI system that enables robots to understand speech and handle objects they’ve never encountered before. On Thursday, Figure introduced Helix, a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model that […]

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Just hours after Grok 3 took the top spot from ChatGPT in the Apple App Store, OpenAI’s rapid growth suggests the world’s most popular AI company isn’t slowing down, even with competition heating up from China’s DeepSeek and Elon Musk’s […]

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It’s been a while since we last rounded up the day’s biggest tech funding deals, but we think we’re back for good this time. Let’s see how long that lasts. And if we do fall off again? Well, we’ll just […]

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Healthcare AI startup OpenEvidence has secured $75 million in new funding to expand its chatbot designed for doctors. The Series A round, led by Sequoia, pushes the company’s valuation to $1 billion, placing it in unicorn territory. Based in Cambridge, […]

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok 3, has surged to the top of Apple’s App Store, surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The milestone comes just three days after xAI rolled out the latest version of Grok, which Musk has called the “smartest AI […]

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just hinted at something big. “If you thought AI-generated text, images, and video were cool, just wait until AI starts creating entire interactive environments like games.” That’s exactly what Microsoft is attempting with Muse, a generative […]

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Less than a month after blaming high error rates for API and Sora for ChatGPT outages, OpenAI announced this morning that its AI chatbot app is experiencing an “elevated Error Rate for ChatGPT a Users of ChatGPT have reported difficulties accessing […]

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Elon Musk’s social media platform X is reportedly in talks to secure new funding at a $44 billion valuation amid investor optimism, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. If successful, the funding round could signal a major comeback for the company […]

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AI startups are raising billions, but most of that money is pouring into model training. What happens after a model is trained? It needs to run in production—fast, reliably, and without costing a fortune. That’s where Baseten comes in. The […]

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Nikola Corporation, once a promising name in electric trucking, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. The Phoenix-based company, known for its battery-electric and hydrogen-powered trucks, made the filing on Wednesday, marking another collapse in the struggling EV […]

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Humane, the startup that once promised to redefine how people interact with AI, is calling it quits. According to an exclusive report from Bloomberg, the startup is shutting down its AI Pin business and selling its assets to HP for […]

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Forto, a Germany-based freight forwarding startup that was last valued at $2.1 billion, is working with investment bank Moelis & Co. to explore options, including a potential merger or sale, The Information reported, citing a person involved in the discussions. […]

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UK-based legal tech startup Luminance has secured $75 million in a Series C funding round, marking one of the biggest investments in a specialized legal AI firm across the UK and Europe. The round was led by Point72 Private Investments, […]

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok 3, has surged past DeepSeek to claim the number two spot among free apps on Apple’s U.S. App Store. This leap happened in just 12 hours after its successful launch, thanks in part to Musk’s […]

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Browsers have become the front line for cyber threats, with attacks like man-in-the-browser becoming more common. Now, San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup focused on securing web applications MirrorTab has just secured new funding to take on this battle. Today, MirrorTab announced […]

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Huawei is taking its trifold phone global just six months after its successful debut in China. On Tuesday, the company announced the international launch of the Mate XT, priced at 3,499 euros ($3,660), as part of its push to reclaim […]

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After weeks of anticipation, Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is unveiling its latest chatbot, Grok 3. The live demo will take place today at 8 p.m. Pacific Time (11 p.m. Eastern), giving everyone a chance to see what Musk has […]

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