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Cybersecurity firm Deepwatch lays off dozens, citing move to “accelerate” AI investment

Deepwatch’s CEO told TechCrunch that the layoffs allow the company to accelerate investments in “AI and automation.”

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ElevenLabs strike deals with celebs to create AI audio

ElevenLabs struck a deal with actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey to AI-generate their voices.

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Anthropic’s Claude Takes Control of a Robot Dog

Anthropic believes AI models will increasingly reach into the physical world. To understand where things are headed, it asked Claude to program a quadruped.

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Who Pays When A.I. Is Wrong?

New court cases seek to define content created by artificial intelligence as defamatory — a novel concept that has captivated some legal experts.

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Elon Musk’s X botched its security key switchover, locking users out

As part of an effort to retire the old Twitter.com domain, X is requiring passkey and security key users to re-enroll — but are getting stuck in endless loops and unable to finish.

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Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; ordered it to pay damages

A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical work without permission.

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AI startup Code Metal is going beyond vibe coding with the help of $36 million in fresh capital

Code Metal has raised $36.5 million in a funding round led by Accel.

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iOS 26.2 beta adds new Liquid Glass customization, alarms in the Reminders app, and more

Apple released the iOS 26.2 beta 1 last week, introducing the option to adjust the Liquid Glass appearance of the lock screen clock, and more.

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Pace-O-Matic and Miele contest $15.3M award to estate of murdered Pennsylvania clerk

The estate of a murdered Pennsylvanian gaming store clerk has been awarded $15.3 million posthumously. Pace-O-Matic (“POM”), the defendants in the case were found, alongside Miele Manufacturing, to be negligent parties in a case that dated back to 2020, where … Continue reading

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ProphetX applies to the CFTC to launch a new prediction market

ProphetX has applied to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to enter the bustling world of prediction markets. The brand, formerly operating as Prophet Exchange and known for its sweepstakes model across dozens of states, had investors including MIXI … Continue reading

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