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DoorDash’s new AI chatbot lets you order with prompts and photos

Thu, 06/11/2026 - 07:23
The new chatbot, called Ask DoorDash, allows users to search the app for what they're looking for in their own words instead of having to scroll through restaurants and stores to build a cart.
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Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source

Thu, 06/11/2026 - 07:00
SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy.
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South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions

Thu, 06/11/2026 - 06:18
South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.
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Anthropic taps TCS to scale its enterprise AI deployments

Thu, 06/11/2026 - 04:48
The partnership will see TCS creating a business unit focused on deploying Anthropic's AI models to its customers.
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Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 21:02
The decision comes as India emerges as the world’s largest GCC market.
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has just one direct report

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 20:53
If you doubted his genius, doubt no more.
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xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 15:31
A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.
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Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 15:24
Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions of the same thing.  An entrepreneur at heart, […]
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Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 14:33
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.
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Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5B from banks as AI spending continues

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 13:19
Companies are burning through exorbitant sums of money to keep pace in the AI arms race. Debt is climbing.
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North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 12:57
North Koreans hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months.
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Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 12:52
Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.
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Netflix expands revamped mobile app across Asia and doubles down on kids’ gaming

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 10:13
The media giant is pushing to expand its mobile and gaming business.
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‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 10:07
The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.
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The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 09:43
Problems with Starlink's India expansion could challenge SpaceX's IPO growth story.
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How memory tools can make AI models worse

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 09:11
New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.
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Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 08:53
Backed by Alexis Ohanian’s 776 and Kindred Ventures, Zest uses transaction data and AI to generate restaurant recommendations based on users’ real dining habits and the places they frequent.
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Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 08:41
Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.
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Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 08:16
While Silicon Valley continues pushing aggressively into large language models and consumer-facing AI products, many European companies are focused on applying AI to complex systems already embedded into everyday life.
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Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in

Wed, 06/10/2026 - 08:00
AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round from a who's who of angels. It's betting companies will want power over, not lock-in, with model makers.
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