Monthly Archives: June 2025

Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook

It’s becoming a little easier to build sophisticated robotics projects at home. Earlier this week, AI dev platform Hugging Face released an open AI model for robotics called SmolVLA. Trained on “compatibly licensed,” community-shared datasets, SmolVLA outperforms much larger models … Continue reading

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Ransomware gang claims responsibility for Kettering Health hack

A group of cybercriminals known as Interlock is advertising stolen data from Kettering Health, which includes patients’ data.

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This California startup is cleaning water and removing CO2 from the atmosphere — all at a reduced cost

Capture6 is a California-based startup with new technology to both clean water and capture carbon from the atmosphere.

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Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegally Using Data From Its Site

In its lawsuit, Reddit said Anthropic had also declined to enter into a licensing agreement for data and had unjustly enriched itself at Reddit’s expense.

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Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data

Reddit is suing Anthropic for allegedly using the site’s data to train AI models without a proper licensing agreement, according to a complaint filed in a Northern California court on Wednesday. Reddit claims in the complaint that Anthropic’s unauthorized use … Continue reading

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Klarna CEO says company will use humans to offer VIP customer service

CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski told the crowd at London SXSW that his company plans to balance employees and AI workers.

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Trumpworld Is Fighting Over ‘Official’ Crypto Wallet

The President’s sons are feuding with the organization behind the Trump memecoin, as both parties claim to be involved in launching Trump-affiliated crypto wallets.

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Reddit sues AI startup Anthropic for breach of contract, ‘unfair competition’

Reddit’s lawsuit against Anthropic is the latest generative AI battle to find its way to the courtroom.

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Unity CTO Steve Collins steps down after six months

Steve Collins, the CTO of the game engine developer Unity, is stepping down, a company representative confirmed to TechCrunch. He joined Unity just six months ago after serving as CTO of King, the mobile gaming company behind Candy Crush. According … Continue reading

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AMD takes aim at Nvidia’s AI hardware dominance with Brium acquisition

AMD’s latest acquisition could help reduce Nvidia’s market dominance when it comes to AI hardware. Semiconductor giant AMD on Wednesday announced it acquired AI software optimization startup Brium. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brium is a startup that … Continue reading

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