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‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think

‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive tha...

There's a lot more code — but it's a lot more expensive and requires a lot more ...

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Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges

Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuatio...

Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round.

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Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation

Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced...

Nicholas Moore hacked into three U.S. government networks using stolen credentia...

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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company cont...

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora an...

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Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.

Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human ver...

World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-cente...

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From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to c...

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossa...

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TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-drivi...

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation a...

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X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts

X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts

X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with ...

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Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smar...

These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple ...

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Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthro...

The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently d...

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Intel signs on to Elon Musk’s Terafab chips project

Intel signs on to Elon Musk’s Terafab chips project

Intel will join SpaceX and Tesla in an effort to build a new U.S. semiconductor ...

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Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation

Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed b...

Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion i...

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Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn

Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrast...

A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have "escalated" ...

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VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups

VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘...

Eclipse will put some of that money towards incubating, or building startups.

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I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee

I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model make...

Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, op...

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A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working)

A new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying s...

Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build somethin...