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techTechCrunch•5m ago
Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45 billion deal with Nscale
The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic's white-hot compute-gobbling streak.
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techWired•43m ago
Democrats Just Might Win the Senate
Strategists in both parties have long thought that everything would need to go right for Democrats to take over Congress this fall. Their map, though, is becoming more forgiving.
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techWired•47m ago
The Meta Settlement Will Put Limits on Instagram for Teens. They’re Still Vulnerable
Child safety groups and former Meta employees welcome proposed changes to how the company’s platforms will work for teens. They also think states should have demanded more.
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techWired•Today 8:18 PM
Waffle House Teleporter Gregg Phillips Is Still on the Trump Administration’s Payroll
In June, a FEMA official infamous for claiming to have teleported to a Waffle House was reportedly ousted. He’s still employed by the government, though—and meeting with a Trump fixer.
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techTechCrunch•Today 7:37 PM
Googles Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI
Consumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture.
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techTechCrunch•Today 7:34 PM
How do we explain OpenAIs executive exodus?
Was Greg Brockman the right executive all along?
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techWired•Today 7:16 PM
What We Still Don’t Know About OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack
The AI giant acknowledges that it could have done far more to prevent its AI agents from going rogue. But it still fails to explain why it didn't see this fiasco coming.
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techTechCrunch•Today 7:05 PM
OpenAI releases its official report on the Hugging Face breach
The report, which spans several discrete cybersecurity compromises, is the most complete accounting of the incident to date.
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techTechCrunch•Today 6:35 PM
Flipboard acquires Graze, the feed builder working to monetize the open social web
Flipboard is acquiring Bluesky feed-building startup Graze, bringing its privacy-friendly ad technology and creator monetization tools into Flipboard’s growing open social web ecosystem.
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techWired•Today 6:24 PM
There Are No Trans Women in the WNBA, so Right-Wingers Are Making Some Up
As culture warriors continue to stoke the flames of a gender panic in professional sports, wild conspiracy theories are coming into play.
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techTechCrunch•Today 6:23 PM
Medical device maker Boston Scientific says a cyberattack is causing a global disruption to its operations
The company won't say if medical devices are affected or if any customer data was exfiltrated.
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techWired•Today 6:15 PM
The Humanoids at China’s Robot Games Were Faster Than Usain Bolt—but I’m More Impressed by Their Tweezer Mastery
Beijing’s endlessly delightful Robot Games featured tons of impressive stunts. But the most mind-blowing tricks challenged the humanoid’s brain, not its brawn.
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techWired•Today 5:57 PM
FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure
China’s hacking campaign targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, the Justice Department, and more, according to the DOJ.
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techWired•Today 5:13 PM
Candidates Are Signing a Pact Promising Action on Data Centers and AI Safety
More than 15 politicians from across the country have signed on to the AI Pact, vowing to regulate data centers and AI. “We’ve got to get this right,” says Senate candidate Dan Osborn of Nebraska.
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techTechCrunch•Today 5:01 PM
US seizes domains of Chinese botnet used to hack NASA, Justice Department, and the Senate
The Justice Department said that the domain seizures made the botnet and its command and control servers "inoperable," as the domains were hardcoded into the botnet's code and were critical for the botnet's communication and essential operations.
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