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The record quarterly fundraise was largely fueled four mega-deals into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. But it also indicates a generally hot market.

The security update protects a raft of older iPhones and iPads from attacks linked to leaked hacking tools called DarkSword.

Meta's upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.

Cameo launched a new TikTok integration that allows U.S. creators to offer personalized videos through the app.

The Meta-owned company said it identified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a fake version of WhatsApp that was actually Italian-made spyware.

The firm says it can reduce the cost of chip development by more than 75% and cut the timeline by more than half. 

The company has also lined up an unusually large number of 21 banks to manage the mega IPO, internally codenamed “Project Apex."

The American toy-making giant noted that it was continuing to "implement measures to secure its business operations," suggesting that the hackers may still be in the company's systems.

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The company struggled with quality issues when Gravity production started last year, and the new recall shows it's not out of the woods yet.

The glasses will reportedly feature cameras, microphones, and speakers, and will connect to a smartphone and the cloud to process AI queries.

The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company's systems.

Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving.

Slack just got a whole lot more useful.

Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey's recent investigation.

OpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO.

Among the most recent Y Combinator cohort, many startups were commanding $40 million valuations. But with more money comes higher expectations.

Less than a year after launching, with checks from some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, crowdsourced AI model feedback startup Yupp is closing its business, the company said Tuesday.

Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized.