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Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 11:22
You can share anything on their screen with Gemini to get help with what they're looking at in the moment, including local files
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This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M. Now, it’s aiming for more.

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:46
Glydways is in talks to raise another $250 million as it prepares to launch three pilot programs.
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Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:37
Accel announced on Tuesday that it raised $5 billion in fresh capital to back late-stage companies building AI.
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India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 10:24
Emergent's Wingman lets users manage and automate tasks through chat on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.
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Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 09:21
VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's.
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Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 09:00
Motorola is suing dozens of content creators and social media platforms including Instagram, X, and YouTube over posts it alleges are defamatory.
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Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 09:00
Airwallex, valued at $8 billion, is launching a point-of-sale product that lets businesses accept in-person payments in multiple countries via a single platform.
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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 07:24
Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.
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Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 07:21
Sweden's minister for civil defense said Russian hackers are "now attempting destructive cyber attacks against organizations in Europe."
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Aloe Blacc’s fame means nothing in biotech (and that’s the point)

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 07:00
When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What he quickly found out? You can’t just write a check in biotech. Regulators require a commercialization plan, and philanthropy doesn’t move science through clinical trials or get you a license on university IP. Now, he’s bootstrapping a cancer drug platform targeting pancreatic cancer, a disease that […]
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Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:54
The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts.
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Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:06
Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric.
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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:01
Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.
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This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:00
Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.
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Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:00
The company uses AI to review code that, more often than not these days, has also been generated by AI.
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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:00
Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute.
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Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:00
On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of its new Fire TV Stick HD and Ember Artline televisions, both now available for preorder.  Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new model that is its thinnest streaming device to date, the company says. Launched in […]
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Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 06:00
Wayve's $1.2 billion Series D round, which was announced in February, keeps growing.
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HBO Max comes to India via exclusive JioHotstar deal

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 05:47
HBO Max will be available to JioHotstar subscribers as an add-on starting at ₹49 (about $0.50) per month, and would feature content from HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Studios.
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Fathom adds a bot-less meeting mode in a bid to take on Granola

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 05:00
Fathom will allow you to choose between video, audio-only, and transcription modes.
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