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Leaked doc reveals the chaotic politics behind Trump Energy Department cuts

Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.

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Flai is the latest startup bringing AI to car dealerships

The YC-backed startup has raised a $4.5 million seed round as it looks to win over more businesses by replacing cumbersome phone trees with AI-powered software.

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Hacking group claims theft of 1 billion records from Salesforce customer databases

The hacking group claims to have stolen about a billion records from companies, including FedEx, Qantas, and TransUnion, who store their customer and company data in Salesforce.

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New deep tech fund Wave Function Ventures raises $15 million

Former SpaceX Falcon 9 engineer Jamie Gull, who started the fund, has already made nine investments.

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Apple removes ICEBlock and similar tracking apps from the App Store

Apple has removed ICEBlock and other apps from its App Store that allow users to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following pressure from the Trump administration.

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After nine years of grinding, Replit finally found its market. Can it keep it?

While AI coding startups like Cursor raise brow-raising rounds on barely three years of existence, Replit’s path to a $3 billion valuation has been anything but swift.

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Amazon to resume drone delivery following crash in Arizona

Investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are underway.

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Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in mostly blue states

The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states most affected by the cuts voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

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Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure

As part of the change, Anthropic is updating the structure of its core technical group, bringing the company’s product-engineering team into closer contact with the infrastructure and inference teams.

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