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Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 12:19
The app would be independent of Meta's other social media offerings, although sources told the NYT that those social sites could direct users to engagement with the app.
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Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 10:00
Anthropic’s new Claude Tag brings an always-on AI teammate to Slack. But beyond productivity, the feature is a strategic play to capture organizational context, institutional knowledge, and enterprise workflows.
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Password manager maker LastPass says hackers stole customer support case data during Klue breach

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 08:12
This is the second data breach to affect LastPass customers in recent years, after one of the password manager's tech partners was recently breached.
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HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 08:09
HaloBraid aims to help salons speed up braiding with its first device, slated to launch later this year, that acts a braiding assistant for professional stylists.
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Meta debuts new, cheaper smart glasses under its own brand

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 07:11
The smart glasses are available in several countries starting today in a variety of color and lens combinations.
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4 days left to save up to $190 on TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 07:00
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Ribbie turns real-time baseball stats into arcade-like, pixel art broadcasts

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 06:58
Ribbie lets you follow along live with MLB games with a delightful, arcade-inspired interface.
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Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 06:00
The hiring process has long been criticized for its inefficiency and opacity. Candidates spend hours writing applications and submitting cover letters, only to disappear into what often feels like a black box. Generative AI has only made things messier, with employers increasingly relying on AI-powered screening systems to sift through an overwhelming number of submissions. […]
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Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 05:30
If you're looking for a fun way to connect with nature while collecting bird species on an app like Pokémon, give this smart feeder a try.
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The Instax Wide 400 builds on instant photography’s simplicity and stretches it, literally

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 04:12
In an AI and digital world, analog instant film and retro-style cameras continue to remain popular, fueled by a mix of both nostalgia and novelty.
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The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 18:27
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
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OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open-source bugs

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 17:11
OpenAI is attempting to tackle the security issues of the open source software community.
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Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 15:59
Whether the Autopilot system was truly active, overridden, or malfunctioning likely won't be resolved until investigators finish combing through the vehicle's data logs.
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Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 15:43
The lawsuit, led by a Detroit pension fund, alleges Uber's board and management has cut too many compliance corners, resulting in thousands of lawsuits.
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The AI world is getting ‘loopy’

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 13:53
The loop takes agentic AI a step further, by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background, endlessly.
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Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 13:37
Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
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AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 13:13
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals? Groq raised money, is leaning into its neocloud business, and hiring new execs.
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Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 13:08
Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center. But it does nothing to address AI's biggest water use — fossil fuel power plants.
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Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 12:25
The incident comes as Tata Electronics expands its role in global technology supply chains.
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A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak 

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 11:50
European offensive cybersecurity company Paradigm Shift released details of a flaw and a technique to exploit it that opens the door for hackers to unlock and break into older iPhones.
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