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Microsoft Is Betting Big On A Startup That Injects Human And Animal Waste Into Rocks To Offset 14.9M Tons Of Emissions

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is under pressure to deliver on its ambitious climate pledge, and it’s now placing a massive bet on a startup that literally buries waste to fight carbon pollution. Carbon removal startup Vaulted Deep on July 17 announced a 12-year agreement with the tech giant to permanently eliminate 4.9…

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Amazon Buys Into AI Wearables: Meet Bee, The Company That Listens And Records Your Conversations

Ecommerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is buying an AI-related wearable company in its latest push for growth in the artificial intelligence sector.

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Faraday Future's Latest Plan: Sell This China-Style ‘AI EV' Van To Celebrities

The company revealed its most ambitious product just days after the SEC warned its executives about an upcoming enforcement action.

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OpenAI Hires Entire Team From AI Startup Backed By Shopify And Radical Ventures 'To Ensure AGI Benefits All Of Humanity'

After raising more than $13.5 million and spending eight years building personalized AI shopping technology, the entire team behind startup Crossing Minds is now joining OpenAI, TechCrunch reports.

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Rivian CEO Joins Bezos & Gates Divorce Club—Voting Power Slashed Before R2 Debut

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) ownership looks different going forward as the company's founder RJ Scaringe had to transfer part of his stake in the electric vehicle company as part of a divorce settlement.

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Peter Thiel-Linked GPx Targets $500 Million To Reinvent VC With Fund-Of-Funds Twist, Backing Early-Stage Stars Into Series B: Report

Former Founders Fund general partner Brian Singerman and Quiet Capital co-founder Lee Linden are reportedly raising over $500 million for GPx, a new venture capital fund that combines traditional investing with fund-of-funds elements.

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How 1 Rocket Engineer's Vegetarian Engine Could Capture 99% Of CO2 Emissions

Carbon removal buyer coalition Frontier has committed $41 million to climate tech startup Arbor Energy to scale a rocket-inspired biomass power plant that captures 99% of its carbon emissions. Frontier announced last week that the deal will support Arbor's first commercial facility in southern Louisiana and aims to remove 116,000…

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OpenAI Postpones Open Model Release Indefinitely: 'We Need Time,' Says Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on Friday that the company is delaying the release of its open model, which had already been postponed earlier this summer.

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'Success Is Not Guaranteed' — Biographer Keach Hagey Says Sam Altman's Future At OpenAI Hangs On A Deal-Maker's Luck And Instability

"Success is not guaranteed," Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey told TechCrunch in an interview last month. Her recently released biography, "The Optimist," tracks Sam Altman from St. Louis coder to OpenAI CEO.

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Forget Big Tech: This VC Is Betting $100M on AI That Serves 30M Neglected Small Businesses

Artificial intelligence is poised to transform labor-heavy industries such as consulting, accounting, and legal services—sectors worth an estimated $5 trillion globally—by enabling software-like margins and reducing dependence on human labor, Mayfield Managing Director Navin Chaddha told TechCrunch.

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If the Facebook app wants Meta’s AI to access my iPhone's camera roll, I might just delete it in protest

I won’t grant Meta’s AI access to my phone’s image library – I think it's a breach of my privacy and creative autonomy

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This $11.5M Startup Backed By Niklas Zennström Wants To Help You Launch A Million-Dollar AI Business From Your Sofa

Henrik Werdelin, co-founder of BarkBox and longtime startup advisor, has launched a new venture named Audos, which recently raised $11.5 million in seed funding led by True Ventures. Other investors include Offline Ventures, Bungalow Capital, and notable angel investors Niklas Zennström and Mario Schlosser, TechCrunch reports.

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One of the biggest ransomware gangs around is shutting down - but is it for good?

Hunters International says it's quitting ransomware for good - but not everyone believes them.

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Catwatchful child monitoring app is actually spyware that leaked user data online — how to stay safe

Designed to operate invisibly in the background this stalkerware is a security risk that just became a data breach

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'Cheat On Everything': Viral AI Startup Cluely Lands $15M From Andreessen Horowitz After Its CEO Was Suspended From Columbia

Cluely, the controversial AI startup originally built to help users “cheat on everything," has raised $15 million in a new funding round led by venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz, co-founder Chungin “Roy” Lee announced on X on June 20.

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Getty drops primary claims against Stable Diffusion in AI lawsuit after 'failing to establish a sufficient connection between the infringing acts and the UK jurisdiction for copyright law to bite'

They still have the seocondary infringements against the AI model itself to take to court.

Benzinga

From Shopify To Polar: Birk Jernström Raises $10M To Help Devs Build AI-Driven One-Person Unicorns, Backed By Startup Giants

Birk Jernström, the founder of Polar and former head of product at Shopify's (NASDAQ:SHOP) Shop app, has raised a $10 million seed round to fuel a platform built for solo developers aiming to scale globally. Polar announced the round on Thursday, which was led by Accel and joined by prominent…

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Nothing Phone 3 Launches in the US This July

The Nothing Phone 3 will be sold in the US starting July, available only through Amazon and Nothing.com, with no carrier partnerships or financing.

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Nothing doubles down on Phone 3 availability in the US and Canada

Nothing's next flagship Phone 3 will be generally sold in the U.S. and Canadian markets.

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Google has fixed an issue that could have revealed your phone number to anyone - here's what you need to know

Exposing a person's phone number could result in different security and privacy risks, experts warn.

TechRadar

Another top employment website found exposing recruiter email addresses

A bug in the API caused the leak, but was since then plugged.

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Teen Hacker Admits to Breaching Data of 70 Million Pupils and Teachers in Shocking US Cyberattack

US teen hacker Matthew D. Lane, 19, pleaded guilty to federal charges for a massive cyberattack on education tech firm PowerSchool, stealing data from 70 million students and teachers.

TechRadar

These three stalkerware apps have just gone dark, and a data breach could be to blame

Spyzie, Spyic, and Cocospy have disappeared from the face of the Earth after leaking sensitive data in February.

TechRadar

Trump administration scuppers plan to stop data brokers from putting Americans’ sensitive data up for sale

The plan to ban brokers from selling sensitive data has been scrapped, citing "misalignment".

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Slate Already Has an Insane Amount of Reservations for its Truck

Slate, the startup electric carmaker with backing from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, revealed on Monday it has secured over 100,000 reservations for its affordable pickup truck. The refundable reservations cost $50 each, meaning Slate has raised over $5 million in reservation fees alone.

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