A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.
Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.
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Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million
The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government's claims that the election misinformation programs were used to "target the President."
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Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps
Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install.
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The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets
On a recent episode of Equity, we talked to Arena Private Wealth to explore a growing trend: family offices bypassing VCs to gain direct exposure to AI startups, turning them from passive investors into active participants.
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Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students
Adobe Acrobat Spaces is a free tool for students to use AI and create different kind of study material from documents
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Waymo opens robotaxi service in Nashville, partners with Lyft
Waymo now operates commercial robotaxi services in 11 cities, with various methods to hail.
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Hermeus raises $350M to build autonomous hypersonic fighters
The defense aviation startup is coming off two successful flight demonstrations, and with the next one, it's aiming to go supersonic.
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Spotify’s prompted playlist feature will now work for podcasts, too
Spotify will now allow users to input natural language prompts to create podcast playlist.
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AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost
Rocket's new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation.
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AI design platform Picsart launches a creator monetization program
The program invites creators to create original content with Picsart tools for a specific campaign, share it on their social channels, and earn revenue based on how their audience engages.
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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund
Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks.
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Gas prices aren’t the only factor fueling used EV sales
The most recent electric vehicle sales data provided a grim picture — at least for new EVs. Used EVs are moving in the opposite direction.
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Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline
Google's new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow.
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Netflix is expanding into kids’ games with a new stand-alone app
Netflix says the app gives children access to an "ever-growing" library of games for kids.
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Why safety regulators closed their investigation into Tesla’s remote parking feature
The NHTSA closed its investigation into Tesla's "Actually Smart Summon" feature, saying that only a fraction of cases resulted in an incident and that no incidents resulted in injury. Tesla has also issued a number of software updates.
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Iran threatens ‘Stargate’ AI data centers
Iran said it will target U.S.-linked data centers with new missile strikes, as the war between the U.S. and Iran escalates.
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Apple moves to take its App Store fight back to the Supreme Court
Apple plans to ask the Supreme Court to review its App Store fight with Epic Games, as it challenges a ruling limiting its ability to charge fees on external payments.
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Watch this video of how a job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker
An apparent North Korean worker was caught visibly stumped during a remote job interview when asked to insult the country's leader.
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North Korea’s hijack of one of the web’s most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making
North Korean hackers pushed out malicious updates to a popular open source project by hacking a top developer's computer in a long-running campaign.
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