Cognition to buy AI startup Windsurf days after Google poached CEO in $2.4 billion licensing deal

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

AI startup Cognition on Monday said it’s acquiring Windsurf in a deal that will include the coding company’s IP and user base.

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Musk’s xAI faces European scrutiny over Grok’s ‘horrific’ antisemitic posts

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

Grok generated and spread antisemitic hate speech across X and praised Adolf Hitler.

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Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

The UnitedHealth-owned medical coding service was hacked earlier this year by a ransomware gang.

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Meta removes 10 million Facebook profiles in effort to combat spam

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

Meta on Monday said it’s removed about 10 million Facebook profiles for impersonating large content producers so far in 2025, in an effort to reduce spam.

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Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI coding agent Devin, announced in a blog post on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf. The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf’s CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion deal, a […]

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Trump administration to spend $1 billion on ‘offensive’ hacking operations

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

A top Democrat criticized the move to spend a billion on offensive hacking operations as the budget guts a billion from U.S. cyber defense.

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Rocket Lab stock jumps 8%, building on strong two-month rally

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

Since its debut on the Nasdaq in August 2021 under the ticker RKLB, its market value has swelled to over $19 billion.

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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

The DoD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said the awards will help the agency accelerate its adoption of AI solutions.

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Malaysia will require trade permits for U.S. AI chips

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

Malaysia is introducing new export restrictions on U.S. AI chips in an attempt to prevent these chips from being smuggled into China.

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NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic and others

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Techme101

Google is adding notebooks from various authors, publications, researchers, and nonprofits to its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant NotebookLM.

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