Tech
AI Summary
- AI development continues its rapid pace, with major players like Meta releasing new agents (Muse) and significant funding rounds for AI coding startups (Cognition) and sovereign AI initiatives (Mistral), although concerns about AI's potential for misuse and bias are also surfacing.
- The race to dominate AI deployment is intensifying, evidenced by Google Cloud's partnership with Accenture, while AI's impact on various fields, including math research and even gaming, is becoming increasingly apparent.
- The space industry is seeing substantial investment, with companies like The Exploration Company and Stoke Space raising significant capital to challenge established players like SpaceX and advance reusable rocket technology.
- Gaming and entertainment tech are evolving, with updates to popular software like DaVinci Resolve and ongoing discussions about new hardware from Apple and Sony, alongside controversies surrounding AI in content creation and platform moderation.
- Cybersecurity remains a critical concern, as highlighted by recent hacks targeting AI tokens and significant cryptocurrency heists, while browser security, like Chrome's faster update cycles, is adapting to the changing threat landscape.
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TechCrunch
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White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game after the Tetris Company complains
2 hours ago
by Lucas Ropek
Gaming, TCThe Trump administration's short-lived arcade game "Build the Wall" is now nowhere to be found after the Tetris Company posted that it takes "copyright infringement very seriously."
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Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers
4 hours ago
by Julie Bort
AI, TC, Anthropic, hackersLast month, a Claude user noticed his account was consuming tokens even though he wasn't working. Anthropic has since warned users about hackers.
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Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market
4 hours ago
by Marina Temkin
Startups, AI, Valuations, cursor, coding assistants, cognitionCognition's valuation multiple is higher than Cursor's was before selling to SpaceX.
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The Exploration Company nabs $450 million to challenge SpaceX
4 hours ago
by Anna Heim
Fundraising, Space, SpaceX, The Exploration CompanyThe Exploration Company (TEC) has raised $450 million to build reusable spacecraft, in what it describes as “the largest-ever Series C by a European space company.”
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Meta debuts its Muse AI agent. Will consumers trust it?
6 hours ago
by Sarah Perez
TC, AI, Apps, Social, Meta, ai apps, consumer appsMeta's new personal AI agent Muse wants access to users' email, calendars, payments, health services, and more — making the company's biggest consumer AI bet yet a major test of whether people still trust Meta with their data.
Hacker News
- Large language models develop novel social biases through adaptive exploration 3 hours ago
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- Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] 19 hours ago
The Verge
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Sony isn’t phasing out discs quite as quickly as we thought
3 hours ago
by Sean Hollister
Gaming, News, PlayStationSony isn't backing away from its decision to kill the video game disc in January 2028. But Sony isn't shutting down production as quickly as we thought, either. Two months after reports that Sony's last discmaking plant was already being repurposed , the company's discmaking division now says that one widely reported detail was wrong. Originally, it sounded like the division's president said the Thalgau plant would produce 90 percent fewer discs in 2028 - but the reality is it will only produce 10 percent fewer discs in 2028, an unnamed Sony DADC spokesperson told Game journalist Brian Crecente .
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Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone
4 hours ago
by Emma Roth
AI, News, OpenAIOpenAI says it found a solution to a major math problem that has remained unsolved for around 90 years, as reported earlier by The New York Times and Wired . In a blog post on Tuesday , OpenAI announced that it discovered a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem - which relates to the flow of liquid and gas - using an internal AI model more powerful than the newly released GPT-6 Astra alongside 10,000 concurrent agents. The Navier-Stokes problem is one of seven Millennium Prize Problems , each of which comes with a $1 million reward for solving. OpenAI says
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Rivian’s Also apologizes for delays in shipping futuristic e-bikes
4 hours ago
by Andrew J. Hawkins
Electric Bikes, News, Rideables, TransportationRivian's futuristic e-bike is delayed, and customers are not happy. Last year, Rivian's micromobility spinoff Also unveiled a new, software-controlled electric bike called the TM-B that immediately set the e-bike world ablaze. With USB-C chargeable battery, removable seat post, and software-controlled pedal-by-wire system, the TM-B set itself apart with a totally unique approach to electric bicycle design. It's not an exaggeration to say that nothing else looked like this bike. But that list of high-tech features is creating unexpected bottlenecks for Also's product team. The company had originally said customer deliveries would start in … Read the full story at
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Razer’s ANC-equipped gaming headset for PS5 and Xbox is almost $100 off
4 hours ago
by Brad Bourque
Deals, Gadgets, Gaming, PC Gaming, Verge ShoppingRazer’s BlackShark V3 Pro are up to $100 off. | Image: Razer It’s rare to find high-end features like active noise cancellation in a gaming headset under $200, so we’re thrilled that the Razer BlackShark V3 Pro on sale at Woot for $164.99. There are specific models marketed to Xbox and PlayStation, but the Xbox version is the best choice because it also supports PlayStation, PC, Nintendo Switch and mobile. At just $35 more than current sale price for the BlackShark V2 Pro, the newer headset adds ANC and simultaneous audio between the 2.4GHz and Bluetooth connections, although you only
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ChatGPT Sketch turns your bad drawings into detailed AI images
5 hours ago
by Jay Peters
AI, News, OpenAII used ChatGPT and its Sketch tool to make this AI-generated image of a cat. OpenAI announced ChatGPT Images 2.5 on Tuesday and is adding a new way to tell ChatGPT what you want it to make an image of: by drawing a doodle. With a new feature called Sketch, you can just draw something right inside ChatGPT and then tell ChatGPT how you want it to make an image based on that sketch. You can activate the Sketch feature by typing @Sketch into your chat box, and a window will pop up where you can make your drawing. I
Wired
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Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026
4 hours ago
by Jorge Garay
Science, Strange, StudiesEvery year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
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Muse, Meta’s New Personal AI Agent, Needs You to Trust It
5 hours ago
by Lily Hay Newman, Maxwell Zeff
Security, Security / Privacy, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Pivot, to, PrivacyDesigned to compete with OpenClaw and Instinct, the company says Muse can do everything from sell your car to book you a plane ticket.
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Apple and Google Miss Deadline to Block Child Nudity on Their Phones in the UK
7 hours ago
by Isabella Ward
Business, Business / Big Tech, Big, FailNow the UK government plans to introduce new legislation that would see companies face fines and potential criminal liability, and signaled similar plans could extend to Snapchat and Instagram.
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OpenAI Just Claimed a Huge Math Discovery. Some Academics Are Crying Foul
8 hours ago
by Will Knight, Maxwell Zeff
Business, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Math, ProblemA landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety.
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Here’s Samsung’s Advice for Apple and Its Upcoming Folding iPhone
9 hours ago
by Julian Chokkattu
Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Gear / Products / Phones, Into, the, FoldThe competition is “absolutely welcome” by the pioneering Korean giant, but Samsung warns that the device’s “weight” is crucial.