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As Chinese AI models grow in capability and popularity among U.S. companies, the arguing over what should be done about them has reached a fever pitch.

The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there's no incentive for the other side to actually walk away.

OpenAI will spend the equivalent of Sweden's GDP on infrastructure through 2030.

The new feature lets users wirelessly transfer more data types from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app.

Yope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators and algorithmic feeds, the startup is betting that the future of social networking lies in small, private communities powered by messaging, photo sharing, and AI features designed to strengthen real-world relationships.

"The thing that the space needs is a company making $100 million a year of revenue," Science Corp. CEO Max Hodak said.

OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mistake is what made the AI-powered attack on Hugging Face possible.

"I don't think you get a model this strong and this quickly on the heels of Fable doing strictly distillation," one expert told TechCrunch.

SoundCloud has acquired decentralized music platform Nina Protocol, months after the startup announced it would shut down. The deal brings Nina’s artists, editorial archive, and music discovery tools to SoundCloud as the company continues expanding its platform for independent musicians.

Tesla's 26% boost in revenue wasn't enough to offset rising operating expenses and capital expenditures as it pushes to launch a new generation of products.

Google's cloud business is thriving, as companies adopting its AI and AI infrastructure services help the tech giant to report record profits.

The episode has also intensified a broader debate in Washington over the influx of Chinese open models.

Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it says.

ServiceNow's investment gives BusinessNext a strategic partner to expand its AI-powered banking software globally.

After IBM's stock crashed last week on warnings of poor mainframe sales, the CEO explained that AI wrecked corporate hardware budget, temporarily.

MeBeMe delivers small tasks to help users become their best selves instead of endlessly scrolling.

a16z Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC have invested in Cascade's $3.5 million seed round.

Substack is giving readers a way to estimate how much of a newsletter was written by AI, signaling a broader shift toward transparency around AI-assisted content.

Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.

Ford is the first automaker to use a new set of developer tools that will let it embed Apple Maps navigation and mapping directly into its vehicles' infotainment systems.

A closely watched social media addiction lawsuit that had been set to go to trial next week has been dropped after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against Meta, leaving none of the major tech companies facing trial in the case.

Imagi announced a $4.5 million seed round, with investors including Brighteye Ventures, Day One Capital, and artist Wil.i.am.

Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet wave, not in mobile, not in the first cloud boom. Menlo led Anthropic’s $500M Series D, and Murphy has had a front-row seat as the company went from a pre-revenue, […]

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI Work Platform.

If there's a place in the universe without GPUs, Nvidia is sending them there.

Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners.

Gemini had over 750 million monthly users in February.

WhatsApp on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will let users hear and reply to messages, make calls, view their call history, and access favorite contacts hands-free and right from their car's screen.

Amazon is hoping the addition of games can turn Prime Video into a one-stop entertainment destination, borrowing a strategy from Netflix, which has increasingly embraced party games over the past several years.

Glow is targeting a new class of endpoint risks created by the rapid adoption of AI agents and developer tools inside enterprises.

Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive enterprise training platform where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars that provide feedback, scoring, and analytics to help companies measure training effectiveness.

Anthropic and OpenAI's aggressive 2026 acquisition sprees set the stage for a weekend rumor.

The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.

At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity's oldest pastime: using our imaginations.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

OpenAI has come forward to claim responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, saying it was the result of internal testing gone awry.

Buzz is a group chat platform for the workplace that puts humans and their AI agents in the same conversation.

Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those distinctions are fading, pushing companies like Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and TikTok to become all-purpose entertainment destinations instead.

Sila's fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

The acquisition — Einride's first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business.

The new leasing program is a big change for the hardware company, and comes as it looks to raise prices on many of its products.

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

The company didn't say how many are in each city and has taken a far more cautious approach to scaling the network than CEO Elon Musk had promised.

Google released Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and Flash Cyber, but the continued absence of Gemini 3.5 Pro raises fresh questions about its AI strategy.