Tech
AI Summary
- Lawmakers are urging the US government to consider banning several hack-for-hire firms, signaling a growing concern over cybersecurity and potentially illicit digital activities.
- AI continues its rapid integration into consumer products, with Instacart launching Clementine, an AI grocery shopping assistant, and Meta debuting its Muse AI agent, though consumer trust remains a question.
- The burgeoning field of AI is facing significant legal and ethical challenges, highlighted by Suno replacing its AI models due to copyright issues, and concerns over hackers stealing Claude tokens and AI's role in potentially propagating harmful content.
- Significant venture capital continues to flow into AI-driven companies, with Cognition achieving a $48 billion valuation and Mistral raising €3 billion, underscoring the investor confidence in AI's transformative potential.
- Cutting-edge technological advancements are pushing boundaries, from Besxar's plans for an orbital semiconductor factory to Google DeepMind alumni developing tools for fusion power, indicating a drive towards ambitious, long-term technological solutions.
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TechCrunch
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Group of bipartisan lawmakers ask US government to ban several hack-for-hire firms
an hour ago
by Zack Whittaker
Security, Government & Policy, Exclusive, Ron Wyden, cybersecurity, cyberattack, Commerce DepartmentThe three Indian companies are accused of using hackers to steal information used to sway litigation.
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Instacart launches an AI grocery shopping assistant called Clementine
an hour ago
by Aisha Malik
AI, AppsInstacart is the latest app to bake a conversational AI assistant into its platform.
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Autonomy pivots to gas vehicles to keep the dream of car subscriptions alive
an hour ago
by Sean O'Kane
Transportation, Autonomy, electric vehicles, EVs, scott painter, Exclusive, vehicle subscriptionsScott Painter, founder of TrueCar, is still trying to build a business around vehicle subscriptions, where you can cancel at any time.
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Sequoia doubles down on Cymphony as AI agents create new enterprise security risks
an hour ago
by Jagmeet Singh
Enterprise, Startups, Security, AICymphony was valued at more than $100 million in a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund.
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Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time
2 hours ago
by Tim Fernholz
Space, AIIf you want to manufacture in space—and bring the products back again—there’s a limited set of options: Wait to go to the International Space Station, or partner with a handful of start-ups launching spacecraft that spend time in orbit before they return to Earth. But the vehicle that goes to space and comes back to […]
Hacker News
- Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit 3 hours ago
- Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify 43 minutes ago
- Desert Ant Labs: local, fast models that run on device 3 hours ago
- I advertise malicious software on Google Ads 2 hours ago
- Claude, change the "Add to Cart" button to blue 5 hours ago
The Verge
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Amazon Prime Video’s new AI tech matches lips to dubbed audio
an hour ago
by Emma Roth
AI, Amazon, News, Streaming, TechMaxton Hall. | Image: Prime Video Amazon's Prime Video is launching a new AI-powered feature that lines up an actor's mouth with "human-dubbed" audio. The feature is only available with the English dub of the German series Maxton Hall for now, but Prime Video plans to expand it to "additional titles" in the future. In its announcement, Prime Video says it uses a combination of AI and visual effects technologies to make lip movements match up with translated speech. Meta and YouTube recently launched an AI-powered auto-dubbing feature for creators, while allowing them to turn on a "lip sync" option
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How to watch Apple’s September 9th launch event
2 hours ago
by Stevie Bonifield
Apple, Apple Event 2026, Apple Rumors, News, TechApple's September 9th launch event could be one of its biggest in years. It will be Apple's first event since John Ternus took over as CEO on September 1st, stepping in for Tim Cook, and will likely feature the first models in Apple's iPhone 18 lineup. That could include the long-rumored foldable "iPhone Duo," coming just a couple months after Samsung debuted its own passport-style foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 8. Here's how you can watch the event live, and a few possible highlights to keep an eye out for. How to watch Apple's September launch event Apple's "Surprise and
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Students who use AI generally score worse at school
2 hours ago
by Dominic Preston
AI, NewsStudents who use AI to help them study tend to perform worse at school than those who don't, according to data from a global OECD educational report. The situation is more complex than it sounds though, with certain types of AI use giving learners a slight boost, especially among students taught to critically assess how well the AI tools perform. The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) takes data from countries around the world every few years. This year's study, based on data collected in 2025, is the first to be carried out since AI use went truly mainstream.
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Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’
4 hours ago
by Robert Hart
AI, Anthropic, News, TechA senior Anthropic safety researcher has said there is more than a 10 percent chance artificial intelligence "could kill all humans" by the end of the decade, just hours after a colleague resigned over fears the AI lab and its rivals are carelessly racing to build "superhuman systems" they cannot control. In a post on X announcing his departure, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who has trained AI systems at Anthropic, said he had quit the company over its lax approach to safety. Coxon, who previously trained systems for OpenAI, accused the two AI companies of "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence
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Apple’s foldable ‘iPhone Duo’ will reportedly start at $2,000
9 hours ago
by Richard Lawler
Apple, Apple Event 2026, Apple Rumors, Foldable Phones, iPhone, Mobile, News, TechWith only a few hours left until the first iPhone launch event since John Ternus took over as the CEO of Apple, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says the name of the company's long-rumored folding phone is the iPhone Duo. The midnight report suggests it will have a price starting at $2,000 for a model with 256GB of storage, or around $3,000 for up to 2TB. Shipping is said to start as soon as October in two colors: white and dark blue. So far, the rumored foldable has been mostly referred to as the iPhone Ultra, while the Duo name would
Wired
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A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage
an hour ago
by Lauren Goode
Business, Business / Startups, Chip, StackKepler Computing claims a new approach to chip design—and a proprietary material—can help end the supply bottlenecks that have sent memory prices surging.
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Apple Event Live Blog: Folding iPhone, Apple Watch Series 12, AirPods, and More
3 hours ago
by Condé Nast
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Live, BlogGet all the news when it happens, as our reporters bring you live updates from Apple Park, the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.
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MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom
4 hours ago
by Katie Drummond
The Big Story, Big, InterviewThe cable news network’s president, Rebecca Kutler, wants to leverage its massive online and TV audience to create a fan community. First up: letting you chat with Rachel Maddow.
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Lyft Sees a Future for Its Drivers in a Driverless World: Servicing Waymos
4 hours ago
by Aarian Marshall
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, wheels, upA team-up with Waymo in Nashville has former Lyft drivers maintaining self-driving cars. What’s next?
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A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
4 hours ago
by Vittoria Elliott, David Gilbert
Politics, Bad, DataTrump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.