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David Sacks and the blurred lines of government service | TechCrunch When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures, the firm

David Sacks and the blurred lines of government service

Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal | TechCrunch Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about

Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal

The perfect pitch: This NEA partner says every founder should answer these 5 questions | TechCrunch Tiffany Luck, a partner at NEA, outlined what she looks for in a pitch, during a presentation at TechCrunch’s All Stage event in Boston.

The perfect pitch: This NEA partner says every founder should answer these 5 questions

These are our favorite cyber books on hacking, espionage, crypto, surveillance, and more | TechCrunch These are our favorite cybersecurity books, both by fiction authors, as well as journalists and researchers. 

These are our favorite cyber books on hacking, espionage, crypto, surveillance, and more

For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data | TechCrunch AI tools are increasingly asking for gross levels of access to your personal data under the guise of needing it to work.

For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data

Exclusive: Benchmark backs AI-code review startup Greptile, valued at $180M, sources say YC alum Greptile raises $30M Series A.

Benchmark in talks to lead Series A for Greptile, valuing AI-code reviewer at $180M, sources say

Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted | TechCrunch Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops.

Why a Y Combinator startup tackling AI agents for Windows gave up and pivoted

ServiceNow's acquisition of Moveworks is reportedly being reviewed over antitrust concerns | TechCrunch The probe into the acquisition, which was announced in March, began in June according to sources familiar with the matter.

ServiceNow’s acquisition of Moveworks is reportedly being reviewed over antitrust concerns

Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot | TechCrunch Cursor-maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot.

Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor | TechCrunch Mistral AI, the French company behind AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is officially regarded as one of France’s most promising tech

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people's phone locations | TechCrunch The new SS7 bypass-attack tricks phone operators into disclosing a cell subscriber's location, in some cases down to a few hundred meters.

A surveillance vendor was caught exploiting a new SS7 attack to track people’s phone locations

CaaStle founder charged with fraud, turns herself in | TechCrunch The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment against her, charging her with wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and lying to financial institutions.

CaaStle founder charged with fraud, turns herself in

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals | TechCrunch SpaceX has been moving at breakneck pace, rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost six times higher than the average, data reveals.

SpaceX worker injury rates at Starbase outpace industry rivals

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot | TechCrunch SpaceX has been moving at breakneck pace, rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost six times higher than the average, data reveals.

Starbase is a sprawling site that's home to SpaceX's most ambitious project: its reusable, ultra-heavy Starship rockets.

It's also logging injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing.

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot | TechCrunch SpaceX has been moving at breakneck pace, rapid progress comes at a cost. Worker injury rates at its Starbase facility are almost six times higher than the average, data reveals.

Starbase injury rates outpace rivals as SpaceX chases its Mars moonshot

DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results | TechCrunch DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop.

DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results

With her app Smash, Kesha can be whoever she wants – even a tech CEO | TechCrunch Kesha's app, Smash, is a community platform for music creators to collaborate.

With her app Smash, Kesha can be whoever she wants – even a tech CEO

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot Here's a ChatGPT guide to help understand Open AI's viral text-generating system. We outline the most recent updates and answer your FAQs.

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

Meta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice | TechCrunch Meta will not sign the EU's new rules, calling the implementation "over-reach"

Meta refuses to sign EU’s AI code of practice

Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films | TechCrunch Netflix said it used gen AI for the first time for a scene in an Argentinean show called El Atonata.

Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films

Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI | TechCrunch Perplexity is quietly expanding into India to compete with OpenAI in the next phase of AI adoption.

Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI

'Utopian' city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park  | TechCrunch Solano Foundry is a 2,100-acre manufacturing park that can host 40 million square feet of advanced tech manufacturing space.

‘Utopian’ city California Forever announces huge tech manufacturing park

ChatGPT can accomplish tasks with real-world impact, if you let it.

Get the full rundown right here: https://tcrn.ch/459NENx?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_

Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users | TechCrunch Since Monday morning, Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude

Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code – without telling users

Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep | TechCrunch Microsoft's data center boom has been imperiling its 2030 carbon negative pledge, so the tech giant is turning to Vaulted Deep, which operates like a reverse oil company.

Microsoft is buying tons of carbon removal from Xprize startup Vaulted Deep

Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts | TechCrunch Hadrian wants to revolutionize American manufacturing through automation.

Hadrian raises $260M to build out automated factories for space and defense parts

After raising over $3M, popular VC-backed beauty brand Ami Colé is shuttering | TechCrunch Diarrha N'Diaye-Mbaye, one of the first among the small number of Black women to raise more than $1 million in venture capital, announced on Thursday the closure of her award-winning beauty startup Ami Colé. 

After raising over $3M, popular VC-backed beauty brand Ami Colé is shuttering

Apple News+ adds a new game that uses emoji and Genmoji to solve puzzles | TechCrunch Released to coincide with World Emoji Day, the new Emoji Game is part logic, part word game that's inspired by how we use emojis to communicate.

Apple News+ adds a new game that uses emoji and Genmoji to solve puzzles

Jack Dorsey pumps $10M into a nonprofit focused on open source social media | TechCrunch Dorsey's initial investment has gotten the new nonprofit "andOtherStuff" up and running, and he worked on some of its initial iOS apps.

Jack Dorsey pumps $10M into a nonprofit focused on open source social media

Twitch starts testing vertical video streams | TechCrunch Twitch's tests are not widespread at this point, as Appsensa's research only found a handful of references in the app's code that mentioned the tests would focus on just "a few streamers" for the time being.

Twitch starts testing vertical video streams