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US government says it got hacked — again Zack Whittaker 7:22 AM PDT · July 2, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a breach of its platform, which federal, state, and local governments and law enforcement use to share intelligence, with one senior lawmaker warning that the...

Yep, we’re using OpenClaw to date now Amanda Silberling 5:00 AM PDT · July 2, 2026 Ben Guez has “ a bunch of potential international wives in [his] DMs ,” thanks to an automated script he set up using OpenClaw, Claude code, and Instagram trial reels. “I think it’s crazy, like the potential is...

OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund Russell Brandom 8:20 AM PDT · July 2, 2026 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported on Thursday , citing two people familiar with the...

Neocloud Together AI raises $800M, leaps to $8.3B valuation Julie Bort 11:29 AM PDT · July 1, 2026 Together AI — an AI neocloud that rents out Nvidia GPU clusters and other AI-specific infrastructure — has raised an $800 million Series C at an $8.3 billion valuation, the company announced on...

WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags Jagmeet Singh 3:02 PM PDT · July 1, 2026 WhatsApp this week started rolling out username reservations ahead of the broader launch planned later this year. The feature — which lets people find and message each other by handle instead...

Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller Marina Temkin 11:47 AM PDT · July 1, 2026 Ashton Kutcher is stepping away from Sound Ventures — the firm he co-founded with Guy Oseary 11 years ago — to start a separate VC fund, the Wall Street Journal reported . The...

SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish Rebecca Bellan 11:54 AM PDT · July 1, 2026 Elon Musk ’s SpaceX has shown investors a prototype of a “handset-like” AI device, reports The Wall Street Journal . The prototype is reportedly sleeker and slimmer than an iPhone, making...

After $18B IPO, Bending Spoons founder says success comes from minimizing luck Anna Heim 3:28 PM PDT · July 1, 2026 AOL is public again — sort of. Its owner Bending Spoons , the 13-year-old Italian company that has been quietly acquiring beloved but ailing internet brands for the past decade ...

Venice AI becomes a unicorn with $65M Series A as its privacy-first AI platform takes off Ram Iyer 7:25 AM PDT · July 1, 2026 Concerns over the impact of AI chatbots on mental health , personal safety , harassment , and disinformation have forced AI developers to implement safeguards to better...

Sony to end physical PlayStation game disc production in 2028 Lauren Forristal 7:16 AM PDT · July 1, 2026 Sony announced Wednesday that it will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games starting in January 2028, marking a move into an all-digital future. After that, every new...

Lime raises $167M in IPO after years of teasing a public debut Sean O'Kane 9:05 AM PDT · July 1, 2026 Micromobility company Lime has raised $167 million in its IPO. The nine-year-old scooter and bike company, which is backed by Uber, sold 6.68 million shares at $25 each, at the mid-point of its...

Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash Rebecca Bellan 6:43 AM PDT · July 1, 2026 Meta has spent billions of dollars developing AI and building out data centers to support it. But now, the company may be preparing to put those data centers to a more immediately profitable...

Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip Julie Bort 11:13 AM PDT · June 30, 2026 Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday, after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier this year. The startup says it has already booked $1 billion...

Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation Marina Temkin 7:04 PM PDT · June 30, 2026 Wayve, a U.K.-based self-driving tech startup, is allowing its employees to sell a portion of their vested equity. The $85 million tender offer — essentially a structured opportunity for...

The ‘Father of the Internet’ is finally retiring Tim Fernholz 8:15 PM PDT · June 30, 2026 Vinton Cerf will step down from his role as Google’s chief internet evangelist next week, marking the conclusion of one of the most influential careers in technology history. While speaking via video feed...

Trump drops restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable models Tim Fernholz 7:16 PM PDT · June 30, 2026 The U.S. has lifted a requirement that Anthropic obtain a license before exporting its Mythos and Fable models abroad, a requirement that effectively cut off public access to what are widely...

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents Rebecca Bellan 11:00 AM PDT · June 30, 2026 As shipping agentic capabilities becomes table stakes among foundation model companies, Anthropic is releasing Claude Sonnet 5, a more powerful and agentic version of the lab’s midsize...

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