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This R-Rated Film Studio Wants to Be the HBO of AI
Rogue Studios, a new cinematic adult AI-generator, is betting big on the future of “sophisticated” spicy content.
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As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
"Network effect" can run in reverse.
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Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine
Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn't illegal.
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Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startu
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Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks
Spotify launches a new feature that gives users a chance to explain the stories and reasoning behind their favorite music. Editors will be u
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Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B
Higgsfield, founded by former Snap exec Alex Mashrabov, lets users create AI images and videos.
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Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage
Petlibro says feeders perform scheduled feedings offline. Users report otherwise.
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Reddit begins testing a new audio and video experience, similar to popular TikTok videos
Reddit is beginning to test video and audio versions of popular posts, allowing users to watch or listen to Reddit stories instead of just r
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Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic
Sonic Fire Protection raised its new funding to help get its sound-powered fire protection system into everything from commercial kitchens t
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Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
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YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing
The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.
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Feedly attributes weeklong slowdown to bug, not its AI pivot
Feedly says a bug is behind the performance issues that have made its web app nearly "unusable" for some users, while complaints about its m
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Claude to start watermarking AI-generated text – but will it make quality worse?
Anthropic says it will change way chatbot makes small, random choices, to comply with EU regulationThe world is familiar by now with the usu
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Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models
Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.
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Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud
Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered
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Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project
Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.
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Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South
African defense tech company Terra Industries announced an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $52 million.
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This sub-$7,000 sportscar might be just what the future needs
The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too.
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WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan
WordPress.com Education lets teachers offer their students free domains, plugin support and professional website-building tools.
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Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX
Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers.
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Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history
"It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare," said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry.
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Sainsbury’s store pauses AI scanning after false shoplifting accusation
Supermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customerSainsbury’s has paused the use of AI fac
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Uber adds Zipline drones to its Eats delivery network
Uber is also making investing in Zipline as part of the tie-up.
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Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation
Wispr’s total funding is now over $361 million.
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