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26h ago
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The smartphone era created an attention crisis — slow tech is fixing it
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention...
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19h ago
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Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M
DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago.
techcrunch
29h ago
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Spotify’s reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live
Spotify is launching "Reserved," a new system that will hold two concert tickets for an artist's superfans before they're on sale to the public.
techcrunch
25h ago
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Mivo’s new app takes a mindful approach to managing screen time
Notably, unlike other apps that might just try to pull you away from your phone, Mivo lets the user decide if they want to continue, encouraging users to become more aware of how and why they’re using it instead.
techcrunch
28h ago
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General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medal’s dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.
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37h ago
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NASA picks Eric Schmidt’s rocket company for Mars mission, setting up a race with SpaceX
Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—might just beat SpaceX to Mars.
techcrunch
28h ago
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MapTap, a daily geography game, is my new Wordle
MapTap is a phone game that will make you feel smarter after you play it.
techcrunch
47h ago
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NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI
Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies cut Claude licenses for parts of their org, and Meta killed its internal leaderboard.
techcrunch
18h ago
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Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps
Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.
techcrunch
31h ago
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Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones
The company has identified at least 13 instances where its robotaxis drove into highway sections closed for construction.
techcrunch
28h ago
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A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight
Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom.
techcrunch
26h ago
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Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports
A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over 3 million people in Texas.
techcrunch
22h ago
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AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round
Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush" marches on.
techcrunch
3h ago
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Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
techcrunch
25h ago
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Rivian owners sue over false promises on self-driving features
Plaintiffs in the class action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles.
techcrunch
31h ago
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Pixi’s new iOS app turns text messages into interactive AR experiences
Forget stickers, GIFs, and emoji reactions. Pixi is betting that the next evolution of messaging is interactive augmented reality (AR).