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Meet the Arc spacecraft: it aims to deliver cargo anywhere in the world in an hour
"The key discriminator is, does this make a difference in the moment it's needed?"
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Visa crackdowns are blocking students’ study-abroad dreams, so India’s Leverage Edu is rerouting them
Leverage Edu places over 10,000 students annually into universities across 11 countries.
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The Vergetech
Trump admin adds banner attacking ‘Radical Left Democrats’ to government websites
The Trump administration has put up banners across federal websites blaming Democrats for the government shutdown, and in some cases, blatantly campaigning for President Donald Trump. One banner on the US Department of Agriculture’s site says, “The Radical Left Democrats shut dow
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The Vergetech
Apple sidelines lighter Vision Pro to prioritize smart glasses
Apple is speeding up work on smart glasses that would compete with similar offerings from Meta and halting plans for a lighter Vision Pro headset, Bloomberg reports. The company is apparently working on at least two different versions: a pair without a display that it could revea
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The Vergetech
Amazon says its AI will let NBA fans track brand-new stats
New analysis of basketball players and games is coming to NBA fans live and online this 2025–2026 season thanks to Amazon Web Services’ AI and some seriously detailed movement tracking. The new stats come as part of the rollout of a new basketball intelligence platform called “NB
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TechCrunchtech
Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)
The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users' phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory -- and one that the company has disputed before.
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Ars Technicatech
That annoying SMS phish you just got may have come from a box like this
Smishers looking for new infrastructure are getting creative.
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TechCrunchtech
Self-driving trucks startup Einride raises $100M
Einride raised the funds five months after founder Robert Falck left the CEO role and took over as executive chairman of the board.
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Ars Technicatech
Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters
Giant sloths are extinct in part because they were tasty and nutritious.
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The Vergetech
Instagram tests opening right onto Reels
Instagram is testing a potentially major change to the app: making Reels the home tab of the app. As part of an opt-in test in India, Meta is making Reels and DMs the first two tabs on the app, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Mosseri says that Reels and DMs have been a
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TechCrunchtech
OpenAI staff grapples with the company’s social media push
Current and former OpenAI researchers seem torn over how the company's Sora app fits in with its broader mission.
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Ars Technicatech
OpenAI mocks Musk’s math in suit over iPhone/ChatGPT integration
xAI's claim that Apple gave ChatGPT a monopoly on prompts is “baseless,” OpenAI says.
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TechCrunchtech
Better Tomorrow Ventures closes $140M, remains bullish on fintech
The six-year-old firm's third fund is nearly the size of it previous fund raised during the fintech boom in early 2022.
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TechCrunchtech
What founders need to know before choosing their exit — straight from Roseanne Wincek, Jai Das, and Dan Springer — at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Hear from Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), and Roseanne Wincek (Renegade Partners), and Dan Springer (Ironclad, and formerly Docusign) on how founders can prep for an exit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Register here to save.
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Ars Technicatech
Hyundai gives the Ioniq 5 a huge price cut for model-year 2026
The Korean automaker's price cut comes in as the clean vehicle tax credit dies.
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TechCrunchtech
Anker offered to pay Eufy camera owners to share videos for training its AI
Hundreds of Eufy customers have donated hundreds of thousands of videos to train the company’s AI systems.
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TechCrunchtech
California’s new AI safety law shows regulation and innovation don’t have to clash
“Are bills like SB 53 the thing that will stop us from beating China? No,” said Adam Billen, vice president of public policy at youth-led advocacy group Encode AI. “I think it is just genuinely intellectually dishonest to say that that is the thing that will stop us in the race.”
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The Vergetech
Trump’s solution for high drug prices is a discount portal called TrumpRx
President Donald Trump is launching a new government-run website that he says will let Americans buy medications at lower prices. The new website, called TrumpRx, is expected to launch in 2026 and will direct consumers to discounts on drugmakers’ online stores, including Pfizer’s
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TechCrunchtech
Hollywood is not taking kindly to the AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood
Tilly Norwood is not real, but the company that created her hopes that she's the first of many AI-generated stars.
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The Vergetech
Behold: The Lego Game Boy has already been modded to play games for real
Today, the Lego Game Boy officially goes on sale. It’s surprisingly good. But in Australia, one woman has already created a more amazing version. Natalie the Nerd, the self-taught circuit board designer and Game Boy modder whose gorgeous transparent Game Boy we featured in August
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Ars Technicatech
Cable nostalgia persists as streaming gets more expensive, fragmented
Cord reviving isn't common but points to discontent with today's streaming options.
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