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Hacked Klue says criminals are deleting stolen customer data, but now other hackers are making threats

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 09:40
Market research company Klue told customers that it believes the hacking group that stole their data is now deleting it. The company, however, warned about a second group of hackers wanting ransom.
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From Fortnite to robots: General Intuition raises $2.3B on bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 09:00
General Intuition has raised $320 million to scale AI trained on millions of hours of gameplay, betting action data can help AI develop something closer to human intuition.
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Parker Conrad knows which employees are worth their AI spend and says Rippling can help you, too

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 09:00
"There were employees doing things like, 'Claude is so helpful for me — it analyzes my calendar and my email and puts together a plan for me,'" he says. "That person was spending at a run rate of $30,000 a year for this."
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Google Finance gets a dedicated app for Android

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 09:00
Users will be able to access their watchlists, real-time market data, live financial news, and Google's AI-powered "Key Moments" feature, which explains why stocks moved.
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Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 07:55
Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it takes to go live.
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Trump admin bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the US

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 07:55
The Department of Commerce declined to give the Chinese-owned automaker a special authorization to keep selling EVs in the U.S.
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Apple raises Mac and iPad prices, spares iPhone for now

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 07:52
Apple raises prices of MacBook Air and Pro along with iPad Air and Pro
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Thu, 06/25/2026 - 07:00
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Trump admin proposes axing brake-pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 06:58
The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake-pedal requirement for vehicles "designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems."
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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 06:30
Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs' tools across its apps.
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Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 05:00
Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country.
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Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 03:00
Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Cellebrite, even after the company said it would stop selling to Putin’s government.
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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 17:08
As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off limits.
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Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 16:26
Backed by Mayfield and Aramco Ventures, Vishal Sikka’s new venture brings together veterans from SAP, Infosys, and VianAI.
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Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 16:09
Right now he's merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.
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Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 15:41
In its first earnings report since going public, the AI chipmaker forecast a narrower gross margin in its core business, scaring investors.
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AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 14:56
While AI dominates the layoff narrative, engineers are actually making up a larger share of new hires, according to SignalFire data.
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AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 14:42
Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google for Anthropic, following departures from top scientists Noam Shazeer and John Jumper.
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The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 14:30
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.
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New website names and shames companies that still don’t offer passkeys to users

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 14:04
According to a new site, 24% of the most popular websites in the world don't offer support for passkeys, which are considered the most secure way to log into apps and services.
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