Monthly Archives: September 2025

Koah raises $5M to bring ads into AI apps

One investor says Koah is “building the essential monetization layer for consumer AI.”

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Hyundai’s eVTOL startup Supernal pauses work following CEO and CTO departures

The shakeup comes as the startup was still struggling to get its test vehicle off the ground — literally. The first flight was only in March.

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The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road

Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and unexpected comeback after President Trump pardoned him in January.

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Would Anyone Use a Chinese Stablecoin?

A new law in Hong Kong could pave the way for digital currencies tied to China.

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Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors

The settlement is the largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases and could lead more A.I. companies to pay rights holders for use of their works.

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Microsoft cloud services disrupted by Red Sea cable cuts

Unexplained damage to the cables is causing delays in traffic going through the Middle East, the tech giant says.

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Microsoft says Azure affected after cables cut in the Red Sea

It’s not clear who cut the cables or why.

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Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules

Researchers convinced large language model chatbots to comply with “forbidden” requests using a variety of conversational tactics.

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Why is an Amazon-backed AI startup making Orson Welles fan fiction?

This is a bad idea.

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EU fines Google $3.5B over adtech ‘abuse’

This is the EU’s largest antitrust penalty ever — and Trump has already threatened to “nullify” it.

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