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How to protect your cell phone number from SIM swap attacks

These carrier security settings can prevent your phone number from being hijacked or stolen.

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Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots

Hugging Face is releasing two versions of its desktop robot meant for designing and coding AI applications.

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European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraine’s war zones

With a fundraising target of €25 million, Darkstar’s goal is to help startups bring battle-tested products to military customers both in Ukraine and throughout Europe.

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Rivian spinoff Also raises another $200M to build e-bikes and more

Also, the micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian this year, was raised $200 million from Greenoaks Capital.

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LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say

AI infrastructure startup LangChain is raising a new round at about $1 billion valuation led by IVP.

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Apple COO Jeff Williams to step down later this month

Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer, is stepping down from his role later this month.

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US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers

Accused hacker and Chinese national Xu Zewei was arrested in Italy at the request of U.S. prosecutors.

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GenAI as a shopping assistant set to explode during Prime Day sales

A new report estimates that AI will be a larger-than-ever part of the online shopping process during Amazon’s Prime Day sale, which began Tuesday morning. Amazon’s annual sale, which this year spans four days (July 8-11), is predicted to drive … Continue reading

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Mistral is reportedly in talks to raise $1B 

French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg.

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SpaceX in talks to raise new funding at $400B valuation

SpaceX is in talks to raise fresh capital at a $400 billion valuation.

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