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Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’

Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265M Fund V.

Einride strikes deal to add 500 Tesla Semis to its fleet

Einride will buy the Tesla Semis, which will be made to Amazon and other customers.

Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans

The company has shifted from making van-life builds to custom outfitting vehicles for small businesses, all while the EV landscape in the US changed dramatically.

Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B

The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.

AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team

"We have some really ambitious plans to help you work with AI in Chrome to get things done, and I’ll have more to share soon," Jacob Bank, Relay founder and CEO, said.

‘Unprecedented’ number of Apple users received recent spyware alert, say investigators

Cybersecurity experts who investigate spyware attacks say the number of people who received a recent threat notification from Apple is unusually high.

Oops! My cat is an iPad kid

Pets, like children, come with the responsibility to keep them happy, healthy, and mentally stimulated - obligations I readily committed to before getting my cat, Trevor. I work from home, so he's never lonely, and pl…

How I turned my fish tank high tech

When I was a kid, I owned two goldfish that eventually outgrew the size of their tank. At the time, I didn't realize just how much actually goes into having fish and keeping them healthy. I've learned a lot over the p…

Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US

The Fairphone 6 Plus is a minor hardware refresh, but a major launch for the company: It's the first phone that Fairphone is selling directly in the US. It's on sale now for $649.99, available through Fairphone's webs…

Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit

On August 6th, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center lost radar and communications for around two hours. The outage disrupted more than 1,100 flights across the center's 330,000 square mile, nine-state airs…

ChatGPT is getting a dedicated mode for teens

OpenAI is introducing a dedicated ChatGPT mode for teenagers, combining existing youth safeguards and new safety features under one roof. The launch comes amid mounting public scrutiny over how AI tools affect younger…

Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video

We may have our first glimpse of Apple's rumored camera-equipped AirPods, thanks to a video that MacRumors found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate. The short video clip features a man - who is wearing the new …

Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time

Practices shifted from individuals buried in coffins to reusing sites for later mummy interments.

US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows

Again, the CDC did not publish a full report and instead simply put the data online.

Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts

“We're not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.”

The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it

Here's what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid.

As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value

"Network effect" can run in reverse.

Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine

Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn't illegal.