Monthly Archives: August 2025

TikTok’s latest feature lets college students find and connect with classmates

In a move reminiscent of Facebook’s early days, TikTok is launching a new feature that allows college students to find and connect with others on their campus.

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Silicon Valley’s AI deals are creating zombie startups: ‘You hollowed out the organization’

Unable to make big AI purchases because of regulatory hurdles, tech giants have spent billions to buy top talent from startups, leaving behind shell companies.

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Nvidia said to be developing new, more powerful AI chip for sale in China

Nvidia is apparently putting together a new AI chip meant for sale in China that’s half as powerful as its flagship B300 Blackwell GPU. The new chip would be more powerful than the H20 GPUs the company is currently allowed … Continue reading

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Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC’s Tech Scene Is Not

New York City tech leaders aren’t rattled by the prospect of a Mayor Mamdani. In fact, many of them welcome it.

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Apple just landed a key win for the global encryption fight

The U.S. government announced the U.K. would drop its demand for Apple to provide a “back door” to user data, in a key victory for end-to-end encryption.

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Figure’s IPO filing marks Mike Cagney’s return to public markets

Figure Technology, a seven-year-old blockchain-based lending company, has filed a registration statement with the SEC for an IPO of its Class A common stock. The filing offers a chance at vindication for Figure co-founder Mike Cagney.

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AI crawler Firecrawl raises $14.5M, is still looking to hire agents as employees

Firecrawl nabbed Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke as an investor from a gutsy email after they discovered he was using the product.

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Spotify’s latest feature lets you add your own transitions to playlists

The new options are designed to appeal to playlist experts and other music fans, who have collectively created nearly 9 billion playlists on Spotify’s platform to date.

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Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand its AI-powered sleep tech

The sleep tech company raised from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and big F1 names like Charles Leclerc and Zak Brown.

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US says UK has withdrawn demand to access Apple users’ encrypted data

UK authorities have demanded access to Apple users’ protected files when required for investigations.

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