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

Tech Crunch AI

Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.

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Lululemon backs nylon-recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A

Tech Crunch Climate

Syntetica, a French startup that has developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, has already obtained big-name partners and investors.

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A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping

MIT Research

Researchers developed an automated framework that helps AI models generate CAD programs more accurately and efficiently.

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Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more

Tech Crunch Fundraising

By keeping the number of investments to about 25 per fund, Greylock aims to remain what it calls "the most important partner" to its founders.

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Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic

Tech Crunch AI

Microsoft is looking to sell its in-house AI models as more efficient and cost-effective than its competitors' models.

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3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design

MIT Research

Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn describes a new interface that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI's neural network before their chatbot ever says a word.

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Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms

Tech Crunch Transportation

The safety board confirmed Tesla's account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.

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Daniel Ek’s body-scanning startup Neko Health raises another $700M

Tech Crunch Biotech & Health

Neko Health has developed proprietary body-scanning technology, which it couples with bloodwork, to assess a person's health.

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Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

Tech Crunch AI

OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.

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From: yesterday

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II

Tech Crunch Security

The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious game invite.

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AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet

Ai News Business

Babies are tremendous learning machines, and key advances for AI may soon be found in the architecture of their little brains.

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Apple bans home services from its upcoming Maps ads

Tech Crunch Apps

Apple has published the policies governing its upcoming Maps advertising business, revealing a strategy that differs from Google’s. The new rules prohibit home services businesses like plumbers, ele...

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SpaceX falls to $135 IPO price ahead of Starship launch

Tech Crunch AI

The stock has steadily fallen from the euphoric post-IPO high, showing that markets may be sobering up to the promises CEO Elon Musk made before and after SpaceX went public.

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From: yesterday

Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model

Ai News Business

Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.

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Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling

Tech Crunch AI

It's the company's first public proof point after a year and a half spent building AI infrastructure largely out of public view.

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Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations

Tech Crunch Gadgets

OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027

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Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant

Tech Crunch Climate

Google's biggest solar and battery project stands in sharp contrast with xAI's nearby unpermitted power plant.

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Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data

Tech Crunch AI

The hacker used an employee's credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.

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From: yesterday

Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations

Tech Crunch Startups

Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and d...

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Microsoft patches record number of security vulnerabilities, citing its use of AI

Tech Crunch AI

Microsoft's monthly release of security fixes, dubbed Patch Tuesday, resolved a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company's product line, thanks to discoveries with AI.

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Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for around $53.4B

Tech Crunch Apps

If completed, the acquisition would unite two of the biggest names in digital payments.

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Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

Tech Crunch AI

The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple's AI ambitions in a key market.

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Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise

Tech Crunch AI

Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants? That’s the bet behind Ode with Anthropic — the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterp...

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Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to users on its free tier

Tech Crunch Apps

The feature was previously only available to paid subscribers.

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