Layoffs hit General Fusion as fusion power startup runs short on cash
General Fusion laid off at least 25% of its employees last week, just days after hitting a key milestone for its latest fusion
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TeleMessage, modified Signal clone used by US govt. officials, hacked
A hacker has exploited a vulnerability in TeleMessage, which provides modded versions of encrypted messaging apps such as Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp, to
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YouTube
YouTube Premium
YouTube testing discounted two-person Premium subscription
YouTube is testing a new two-person Premium subscription plan in select countries, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The tier is being
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Uber
DoorDash seeks dismissal of Uber lawsuit
DoorDash has asked a California Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Uber that accuses the food delivery company of stifling
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Fluent Ventures backs startup models in emerging markets
A new venture firm aims to prove that the most successful startup ideas don’t have to be born or scaled in Silicon Valley.
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AI note-taking app Fireflies adds new ways to extract insights
Khosla Ventures-backed Fireflies.ai, an AI-powered note-taking app, on Wednesday released a set of domain-specific “mini apps” to extract insights from meeting transcripts automatically.
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Burning questions about Bluesky’s new verification system
Bluesky’s launch of a verification system has raised a slew of questions among its user base, from who will be picked — and
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Meta releases its CapCut rival Edits globally
Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching Edits, its CapCut-like video-creation app. Releasing globally, Edits will allow creators to do things like
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Ex-Meta engineer raises $14M for Lace AI
As an AI engineer at Meta, Boris Valkov helped build PyTorch, one of the world’s largest machine learning libraries. During his time there,