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ZeroDrift, a new AI compliance service, raised $10 million in seed funding from a16z Speedrun, Reign Ventures, Pitchdrive, and U&I Ventures to flag and replace AI messages that present compliance…

Impulse Space, a startup founded by SpaceX engine guru Tom Mueller to build highly maneuverable spacecraft, announced a $500 million Series D led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC, with…

Alphabet said it will raise $80 billion by selling stock to fund AI infrastructure and global compute capacity, citing strong enterprise and consumer demand for its AI solutions that exceeds…

Mach Industries, a three-year-old defense tech startup led by 22-year-old CEO Ethan Thornton, raised $300 million in Series C funding at a $1.8 billion valuation, nearly quadrupling its value from…

Instagram resolved a security vulnerability that allowed attackers to hack accounts by tricking Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot into granting access. The exploit involved spoofing the victim’s location with a VPN,…

Waste companies are calling for a refundable deposit of up to £5 on vapes to incentivize proper disposal and reduce lithium battery fires in bin lorries and waste facilities. The…

A blast at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi on May 22 killed 82 people and injured more than 120, marking China’s worst coal mining disaster in over 15 years…

Litterbugs in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward now face on-the-spot fines of 2,000 yen (about $13) under a new penalty system that took effect Monday, amid Japan’s record tourism boom. Up to…

The UK government is proposing a national blacklist that would prevent abusive air passengers from flying with any airline by allowing carriers to share information on disruptive travelers. The scheme…

A shortage of Scotch bonnet peppers—the core ingredient in Caribbean hot pepper sauce—is threatening supply and driving costs soaring for producers, as extreme weather, disease, and pests make the temperamental…

Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark, a new superchip for PCs designed for the era of personal AI agents, and announced it will power a new line of Windows PCs from…

Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant it plans to start testing within the next year, according to a memo viewed by The Information. The device would build on Limitless, an…

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich launched a website with an interactive map of AI data centers across the United States to bring transparency to construction and document impacts on nearby communities.…

Startups across Australia, India, Japan, and South Korea are racing to enter the global space launch market, which was worth about $15 billion in 2023 and is projected to nearly…

Strava is restricting access to its website data and introducing a flat $11.99 monthly fee for developers to stop unauthorized AI scraping and protect user information. The company will require…

Microsoft is switching GitHub Copilot from a flat subscription rate to a token-usage billing system starting June 1, which could significantly increase monthly costs for individual developers and small companies…

A group of 20 Snap alumni has launched Ghost Angels, a fund that backs pre-seed to seed AI startups in social media and consumer, and says it has already invested…

Universal Music Group rejected Pershing Square’s $64.3 billion takeover offer, calling it not in the best interests of the company, shareholders, artists, and fans and saying it fundamentally undervalues the…

“Backrooms,” the feature film expansion of Kane Parsons’ YouTube found-footage series, opened at number one with $38 million on Friday and is projected to earn $80–90 million domestically this weekend,…

SoftBank Group announced plans to spend up to €75 billion (about $87 billion) to build and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity in France, calling it…