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Eric Schmidt-backed Augment, a GitHub Copilot rival, launches out of stealth
AI is supercharging coding — and developers are embracing it. In a recent StackOverflow poll, 44%...
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Snowflake releases a flagship generative AI model of its own
All-around, highly generalizable generative AI models were the name of the game once, and they arguably...
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Fisker Plans More Layoffs and Bankruptcy Looms
Fisker says it’s planning more layoffs less than two months after cutting 15% of its workforce,...
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Tesla Profits Drop 55%
Tesla profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter from the same year-ago period...
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EU opens probe of TikTok Lite, citing concerns about addictive design
The European Union has opened a second formal investigation into TikTok, announcing Monday that it suspects...
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European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for 'lawful access'
In the latest iteration of the never-ending (and always head-scratching) crypto wars, Graeme Biggar, the director...
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Tesla Recalls All Cybertrucks for Faulty Accelerator Pedals
Tesla is recalling all 3,878 Cybertrucks that it has shipped to date, due to a problem...
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Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $300M
Consolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud...
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Hackers threatening to publish a stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlist
A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of...
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Tesla risks losing its lead without an inexpensive EV
Elon Musk’s decision to green-light a robotaxi over an affordable EV might cost the company its...
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Atlas shrugged: Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic humanoid robot
Now that humanoids are all the rage in the robotics industry, Boston Dynamics on Tuesday officially...
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Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the Fediverse
Ghost, the open source alternative to Substack’s newsletter platform, is considering joining the fediverse, the social...
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Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting
Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to enable posting on...
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Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker
Ad blockers might seem like an unlikely defense in the fight against spyware, but new reporting...
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Naval Ravikant's Airchat is a social app built around talk, not text
Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk.” A previous version...
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Google Cloud Next 2024: Everything announced so far
Google’s Cloud Next 2024 event takes place in Las Vegas through Thursday, and that means lots...
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Google goes all in on generative AI at Google Cloud Next
This week in Las Vegas, 30,000 folks came together to hear the latest and greatest from...
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Tesla drops FSD price to $99 per month in US
Tesla has slashed the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software subscription to $99 per month,...
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US says Russian hackers stole government emails during Microsoft cyberattack
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that Russian government-backed hackers stole emails from...
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Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary attacks in new warning
Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that may...
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Checkr, the background-screening platform valued at $5B, cuts 32% of workforce
Checkr, a 10-year-old startup that offers employee background checks and was last valued at $5 billion...
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Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio
Switzerland-based Proton, the privacy-focused firm behind end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) webmail ProtonMail and other apps, has acquired...
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Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is closer to cracking the egg market
In 2023, higher egg prices provided an opportunity for alternative protein companies to show they could...
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Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse
Microsoft has resolved a security lapse that exposed internal company files and credentials to the open...