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Read More »CarGurus data breach affects 12.5 million accounts | TechCrunch
Automotive marketplace CarGurus was the target of a data breach in which the names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers were stolen. Have I Been Pwned, a data notification site provider by security researcher Troy Hunt, reported that 12.5 million CarGurus accounts were compromised in the data breach. CarGurus, founded in 2006, operates an online …
Read More »Anthropic won’t budge as Pentagon escalates AI dispute | TechCrunch
Anthropic has until Friday evening to either give the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI model or face the consequences, reports Axios. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in a meeting Tuesday morning that the Pentagon will either declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk” — a designation usually reserved for foreign adversaries — or invoke the …
Read More »Rublev, Medvedev advance to Dubai Tennis Round of 16 as Humbert upsets Tsitsipas
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Read More »Discord delays age verification to address user concerns
Earlier this month, Discord said it would be enacting an age verification policy. The platform faced some initial concerns from users about turning over their IDs and personal information, particularly given how poorly similar policies have been going elsewhere. Discord announced today it will delay and make some changes to its plans in response to the ongoing backlash. The first …
Read More »Sophia Space raises $10M to accelerate creation of orbital computing systems
An artist’s conception shows the Sophia 40 TILE satellite, with each tile powered by its own solar panel. (Sophia Space Illustration) Sophia Space says it has closed a $10 million seed financing round to accelerate the development of orbital computing systems that could serve as the foundation for space-based data processing. The startup’s tabletop-sized satellite modules, known as tiles, take …
Read More »Discord delays global rollout of age verification after backlash | TechCrunch
Discord no longer plans to roll out age verification globally in March and is delaying the launch until the second half of 2026, the company announced Tuesday. Discord had faced heavy backlash from users earlier this month after it announced that all users would be put into a “teen-appropriate experience” by default until they were verified as adults. The company …
Read More »New oil well begins production in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez
New oil well begins production in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez Source link
Read More »The Pentagon has reportedly given Anthropic until Friday to let it use Claude as it sees fit
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will reportedly give Anthropic until Friday to drop certain guardrails for military use, as . The outlet also reported that CEO Dario Amodei yesterday as the Pentagon ratcheted up pressure on the AI company to give in to its demands. The makers of Claude have reportedly been offered an ultimatum: Either yield to the government’s demands …
Read More »Instagram head pressed on lengthy delay to launch teen safety features, like a nudity filter, court filing reveals | TechCrunch
Prosecutors in a lawsuit focused on whether or not social media apps, like Instagram, are addictive and harmful, wanted to know why it took so long for Meta to roll out basic safety tools, like a nudity filter for private messages sent to teens. In April 2024, Meta introduced a feature that would automatically blur explicit images in Instagram DMs …
Read More »Motorists warned as dense fog threatens to blanket UAE
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Read More »Google sent an AI-generated push alert that included a racial slur
Google sent out an AI-generated news alert that included the N-word, . The push notification featured a link to a story by The Hollywood Reporter regarding an incident at the recent BAFTA Film Awards. The word appeared in the notification under the link. This was first spotted by , who accompanied a screengrab with a caption reading “what an interesting …
Read More »Here’s the first teaser for A24’s adaptation of The Backrooms
Three years after announcing plans to produce a film based on the viral YouTube short, The Backrooms (Found Footage) in 2023, A24 has released the first teaser for its adaptation. Backrooms, as the film is now called, is directed by the short’s original creator, Kane Parsons, and will be released on May 29, 2026. The teaser offers little to go …
Read More »More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before | TechCrunch
AI has brought the startup world the rise of a new phenomenon: startups that almost instantly hit multimillion ARR (annual recurring revenue). Stories abound of founders going from zero to $10 million, or as much as $100 million, in annual recurring revenue in a matter of months. To be fair, this, alone, isn’t a harbinger of long-term success. VCs say that …
Read More »Waymo will start offering robotaxi rides in four more cities
Waymo had set out some big plans for expanding its autonomous vehicle taxi program across the US in 2025 and it appears to be continuing that pace into 2026. Today, the company announced that the first public riders can begin using its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando. To start, these robotaxi rides will only …
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