Tesla made its 10 millionth EV
Tesla has built its 10 millionth electric vehicle, according to a social media post by the company early on Thursday. The milestone comes six years after the company built its…
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Okta buys AI security startup Permiso — source says for about $200M
Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI agents and other machine identities will grow as enterprises deploy autonomous software…
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Spotify launches ‘User Notes’ to let users add memories to songs
Spotify is giving users a new way to personalize their playlists with “User Notes,” a feature that lets them add their own notes to individual tracks, the company announced on…
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Synthetic-user startup Simile raises $200M at $2B valuation 5 months after $100M Series A
Add another member to the fast-and-furious AI unicorn club: Simile. Just five months after emerging from stealth and announcing a $100 million Series A led by Index Ventures, it has…
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LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’
LinkedIn is taking aim at the “AI slop” — low-quality, artificially generated content — filling its feed. On Thursday, the company announced that it’s adding a new feature to let…
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Florida plans to build air taxi pads using $200M intended for EV chargers
Only one state boasts more EVs than Florida, but the state has fewer chargers per vehicle than the national average. Despite that, state officials have decided to redirect federal funding…
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Google says it fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI
With help from its internal AI tools, Google says it has patched more security flaws in its Chrome browser in the last month than in the past two years combined.…
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Friend, the lonely AI wearable, returns with a new voice and a much bigger price tag
Two years ago, tech founder Avi Schiffmann launched Friend, an AI wearable that you could talk to and that would send you text messages about your day. The idea, ostensibly,…
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CareCloud begins to notify hundreds of thousands after hackers stole medical records
Hundreds of thousands of people are receiving letters notifying them that their medical records were stolen in a cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant CareCloud earlier this year, as new…
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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply-chain risk’ label
During a Thursday hearing, a judge said the Trump administration hasn’t presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply-chain risk and banning the federal government from using the company’s…
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