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Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep

Microsoft’s data center boom has been imperiling its 2030 carbon negative pledge, so the tech giant is turning to Vaulted Deep, which operates like a reverse oil company.

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Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts

Hadrian wants to revolutionize American manufacturing through automation.

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After raising over $3M, popular VC-backed beauty brand Ami Colé is shuttering

Diarrha N’Diaye-Mbaye, one of the first among the small number of Black women to raise more than $1 million in venture capital, announced on Thursday the closure of her award-winning beauty startup Ami Colé. 

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OpenAI launches a general purpose agent in ChatGPT

OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT agent, which the company claims to be its most capable AI agent product yet.

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Meta appoints generative AI VP to run Threads

Meta appointed Connor Hayes, Meta’s VP of product for generative AI, to become the head of Threads.

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Twitch starts testing vertical video streams

Twitch’s tests are not widespread at this point, as Appsensa’s research only found a handful of references in the app’s code that mentioned the tests would focus on just “a few streamers” for the time being.

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Boulevard raises $80M to power self-care boom driven by Botox and GLP-1 surge

The nine-year-old salon and spa software provider has hit a valuation of nearly $800 million.

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Hackers are trying to steal passwords and sensitive data from users of Signal clone

The bug in the modified messaging app can expose users’ “plaintext usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data,” per GreyNoise.

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Spotify expands audiobook access to family plan members for the first time

Spotify is expanding access to audiobooks with two new plans, one of which offers access to family members.

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North Korean hackers blamed for record spike in crypto thefts in 2025

Chainalysis said crypto thefts during the first half of 2025 were at record levels, thanks in large part to a single breach at a major crypto exchange.

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