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Cursor continues acquisition Spree with Graphite deal

Graphite is an AI code review assistant that was last valued at $290 million.

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Elon Musk’s $56B Tesla pay package restored by Delaware Supreme Court

The decision brings to a close a years-long court battle that irked Musk so much he moved Tesla’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas.

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Anonymous messaging app NGL was acquired by ‘EarnPhone’ startup Mode Mobile

Given NGL’s track record of dubious growth hacking, this partnership with Mode Mobile seems like a good match.

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Hundreds of Cisco customers are vulnerable to new Chinese hacking campaign, researchers say

Cisco warned that Chinese government hackers are exploiting a zero-day in some of its products. Researchers now say there are hundreds of vulnerable Cisco customers.

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Yann LeCun confirms his new ‘world model’ startup, reportedly seeks $5B+ valuation

Renowned AI scientist Yann LeCun confirmed on Thursday the worst-kept secret in the tech world: that he had indeed launched a new startup. Although he did say he will not be running the new company as its CEO.

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Netflix is betting on podcasts to become the new daytime talk show

Netflix is making exclusive deals with podcast studios to compete with YouTube, but podcasters have mixed feelings.

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OpenAI adds new teen safety rules to ChatGPT as lawmakers weigh AI standards for minors

OpenAI updated its guidelines for how its AI models should behave with users under 18, and published new AI literacy resources for teens and parents. Still, questions remain about how well policies translate into practice.

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Known uses voice AI to help you go on more in-person dates

In its test phase in San Francisco, Known said it observed 80% of its introductions led to physical dates, which is much higher than swipe-based dating apps.

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Meta is developing a new image and video model for a 2026 release, report says

The company is working on an image and video model and new text-based model, which aids with coding.

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Krafton hikes India bet with new $670M fund

Called the Unicorn Growth Fund, the investment vehicle is a collaboration between Krafton and South Korean internet conglomerate Naver, and investor Mirae Asset. It aims to deploy around $669.3 million over four years.

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