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World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features
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Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its "real human network."
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Stanford’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money-soaked’ startup culture
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His reporting on a Stanford University president put Theo Baker on the map, but his upcoming book may cement his reputation as the rare young journalist willing to challenge Silicon Valley's startup...
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Most VCs have never raised a fund themselves. Leslie Feinzaig explains why GPs like her and Ross Fubini, who've been in founders' shoes, can better help their portfolio companies make smart partnership decisions. Listen to this week’s full episode of Build Mode with
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Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2
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For the first time, developers can embed Google's Deep Research tool, based on Gemini 3 Pro, into their own apps.
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1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehouses
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Despite launching as a humanoid robot designed to help consumers around the house, 1X's Neo robots are heading to industrial use cases.
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The market has ‘switched’ and founders have the power now, VCs say
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Graham & Walker’s Leslie Feinzaig and XYZ Venture’s Ross Fubini share the secrets for founders — and VCs — to make the most of the current fast pace of dealmaking.
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Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS
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The game is back on the Google Play Store, but another court decision is rolling back some of the developer-friendly changes on iOS.
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Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement
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Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.
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Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie
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In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now they can use a selfie and Nano Banana will generate a full-body digital version of them.
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OpenAI fires back at Google with GPT-5.2 after ‘code red’ memo
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OpenAI just launched GPT-5.2, a frontier model aimed at developers and professionals, pushing reasoning and coding benchmarks as it races Google’s Gemini 3 while grappling with compute costs and no...
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Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs
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Google Labs is testing a product that will work with your browser tabs to make web apps for you.
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Rivian’s AI assistant is coming to its EVs in early 2026
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And when it does, the AI assistant will roll out to every existing EV in its lineup, not just the next-generation versions of its R1T truck and R1S SUV.
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Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis
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CEO RJ Scaringe laid out his plan for how Rivian's vehicles will increasingly drive themselves, in a bid to match or exceed the capabilities of rival automakers and AV companies.
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Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model
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Runway debuts a physics-aware world model that simulates reality to train agents and power video, robotics, and avatar applications.
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Ford and SK On are ending their U.S. battery joint venture
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The factories live on; the joint venture will not.
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Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters
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Disney says that alongside the agreement, it will "become a major customer of OpenAI," as it will use its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+.
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On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry
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On Me raises $6 million for its digital gift card platform that lets users purchase cards categorized by interests rather than being restricted to specific retailers.
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TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year
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TIME Magazine has named the 'Architects of AI' its Person of the Year, who include Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and Fei-Fei Li
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Security flaws in Freedom Chat app exposed users’ phone numbers and PINs
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The founder of Freedom Chat said the company has reset user PINs and released a new version to app stores.
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Interest in Spoor’s bird monitoring AI software is soaring
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Spoor's computer vision software can help wind farms, and other industries, track bird populations and migration patterns.
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