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OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Defense Models Land on Amazon Bedrock
OpenAI's two cyber defense models are now available to eligible customers on Amazon Bedrock, AWS announced on August 11, 2026, one day after OpenAI expanded its Daybreak initiative with new access tie...
View the articleAccel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last
The U.S. VC firm still has more than 55% of its previous $650 million India fund available for deployment.
View the articlePhoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni reportedly knew Phia was ‘cookie stuffing’ for months
Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, is once again under fire for its alleged business practices.
View the articleQuantinuum Puts a 98-Qubit Helios Machine Inside Oracle’s AI Data Centers
Quantinuum and Oracle announced a multi-year strategic partnership on August 11, 2026 that will install Quantinuum's Helios quantum computer inside a US-based Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI data cente...
View the articleUber surprised robotics company Serve by selling its entire stake
The divestiture comes as the two once-tight companies have started to diverge on the business side.
View the articleFBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures
In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns.
View the articleOpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for Linux
OpenAI is finally bringing a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app to Linux operating systems.
View the articlexAI Launches Grok Bot, Always-On AI Teammates With Their Own Cloud Computers
xAI has launched Grok Bot, a beta product it describes as a team of always-on AI agents that get their own cloud computer, sign into a customer's existing tools, and finish multi-step jobs without bei...
View the articleRiver AI Raises $1.1B Out of Stealth to Rebuild the Stack for Personal AI
River AI, the startup xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin took out of stealth on June 10, 2026, has raised $1.1 billion across its Series Seed and Series A rounds, the company announced on August 11, 2026....
View the articleGoogle’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users
Google also shared numbers of how people are actually using the chatbot, with 63% of Gemini users talking directly to the assistant using the voice feature. Plus, Gemini now generates more than 150 mi...
View the articleGemini App Tops 1 Billion Monthly Users as Google’s Fastest-Growing Product
Google's Gemini app has passed 1 billion monthly active users, a milestone CEO Sundar Pichai announced on August 11, 2026, calling it the fastest-growing product in the company's history and its 14th ...
View the articleBluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
View the articleWhat’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?
Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.
View the articleBrad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’
One of OpenAI's longest serving executives is headed out the door, although the longtime COO told staff that he was "excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage point."
View the articleGeneral Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI
River AI, a startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has a fascinating vision for personal agents and secured $1.1 billion out of the gate.
View the articlePathway Raises New Funding at $500M Valuation to Scale Post-Transformer AI
AI research company Pathway has secured additional funding at a $500 million valuation, bringing its total seed financing to $30 million as it prepares to scale a new generation of models built around...
View the articleSam Jenkins, Managing Partner at Punchcard Systems – Interview Series
Sam Jenkins, Managing Partner at Punchcard Systems, has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and organizational transformation. Since co-founding Pu...
View the articleAn unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems
For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn't solved it — but the company's models made more progress than you migh...
View the articleJoby Aviation builds out defense business with $500M acquisition
Joby Aviation reached an agreement to acquire Resonant Sciences, which will kick off its new defense business.
View the articleDelta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight
The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft's legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, according to a spokesperson.
View the article2025’s most downloaded game, Block Blast!, is going ad-free on Apple Arcade
Block Blast!, the most downloaded mobile game of 2025, is coming to Apple Arcade in September, where it will be ad-free.
View the articleRivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026
Rivian's CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to detail his journey, and the lessons it’s bestowed.
View the articleFlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets
FlightAware says that Kalshi used its name and data to offer bets on flight cancellations without the flight tracker's permission.
View the articleKyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device
Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power plants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a part of the fuel system.
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