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Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup

Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup

Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup ...

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StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community 

StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to cel...

For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and ...

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Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets and credentials, urges users to take action

Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets...

Hugging Face is urging users to rotate any access tokens stored on the platform ...

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Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant

Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators a...

Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for ...

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Phone maker OnePlus says it won’t release new phones in the US and Europe

Phone maker OnePlus says it won’t release new phones in...

OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027.

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Meta now alerts parents if their teen discussed suicide or self-harm with its AI chatbot

Meta now alerts parents if their teen discussed suicide...

The updates come as Meta and other tech companies are facing scrutiny from regul...

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Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you

Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for device...

Aina is going to pilot a new device in the coming weeks.

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Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu

Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Al...

The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important ste...

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Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft

Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI's senior leadership, includi...

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Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’

Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’

Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True...

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Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash

Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram afte...

"Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control ove...

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Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn

Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate cre...

Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her frie...

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US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals

US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident ...

Independent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported in May that a security...

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The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attac...

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Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgrown it.

Netflix invented binge-watching. Now it may have outgro...

A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The b...

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The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine

The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fight...

Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones i...