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Adam Neumann’s startup Flow opens co-living community in Saudi Arabia

Adam Neumann’s startup Flow opens co-living community in...

Flow, Adam Neumann’s co-living startup, opened a compound with 238 apartments in...

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Grok’s image generator, Black Forest Labs, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation, say sources

Grok’s image generator, Black Forest Labs, is raising $100M...

Black Forest Labs, an image GenAI startup that only came out of stealth two months...

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Elon Musk threatened with SEC sanctions for failing to appear in court

Elon Musk threatened with SEC sanctions for failing to...

Elon Musk, the CEO of X and various other companies with the letter “X” in their...

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Plaud’s $169 ChatGPT-powered NotePin has a permanent place in my travel bag

Plaud’s $169 ChatGPT-powered NotePin has a permanent place...

The $169 Plaud NotePin is a tiny magnetic recording device. Recordings are transcribed...

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M&As and AI are in the spotlight, but there’s still capital left for quick commerce and more

M&As and AI are in the spotlight, but there’s still capital...

This week brought reassuring signs that dealmaking is still happening on both sides...

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Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 ‘non-democratic’ countries

Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56...

Sandvine sold its internet surveillance products to authoritarian regimes, including...

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The iPhone 16 launches today, without its most hyped feature: Apple Intelligence

The iPhone 16 launches today, without its most hyped feature:...

The iPhone 16 officially goes on sale Friday. But for its earliest adopters, it...

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She sat down in the COVID lockdown and started coding — now she’s taking on Bolt

She sat down in the COVID lockdown and started coding —...

Sitting in Athens during the first Covid-19 lockdown, entrepreneur Rania Lamprou...

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Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI

Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power...

The data centers that train the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable...

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Ticket Reboot Week: TechCrunch Disrupt 2024’s last sale has begun

Ticket Reboot Week: TechCrunch Disrupt 2024’s last sale...

We’ve rebooted regular ticket prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, giving you one...

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Health insurance startup Alan reaches $4.5B valuation with new $193M funding round

Health insurance startup Alan reaches $4.5B valuation with...

Belfius is leading Alan’s Series F funding round of €173 million (around $193 million...

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John Mulaney skewers San Francisco tech crowd at Dreamforce

John Mulaney skewers San Francisco tech crowd at Dreamforce

Attendees of the giant, annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco love being...

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India’s Physics Wallah raises $210M at $2.8B valuation even as edtech funding remains scarce

India’s Physics Wallah raises $210M at $2.8B valuation...

An Indian edtech startup has secured $210 million in fresh financing amid a tough...

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MIT develops recyclable 3D-printed glass blocks for construction

MIT develops recyclable 3D-printed glass blocks for construction

The team points to glass’ optical properties and its “infinite recyclability” as...

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Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law

Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not...

California’s newest law could land social media users who post, or repost, AI deepfakes...

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Chipmaker Qualcomm lays off hundreds of workers in San Diego

Chipmaker Qualcomm lays off hundreds of workers in San...

This is the chipmaker's second round of layoffs over the past year, while the company...

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