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Moove has raised $250 million in Series C funding at a $2.1 billion valuation as it expands from vehicle financing and ride-hailing into autonomous vehicle fleet operations. Mubadala Investment Company…

Lightspeed Venture Partners is expanding its media operations by combining venture investing with social content, podcasts and direct distribution. The firm hired investor and tech creator Claire Zau earlier this…

Klaviyo has agreed to acquire Agency, an AI customer success startup founded by serial entrepreneur Elias Torres. Financial terms were not disclosed, and Torres will join Klaviyo as chief product…

Jeff Dean, one of Google’s longest-serving and most influential researchers, is leaving the company after 27 years to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating scientific and engineering…

Reddit is upgrading its moderation and abuse-prevention systems in an effort to make communities easier for new users to join. The company says stronger built-in protections could eventually reduce moderators’…

Lucid Motors has delayed its upcoming mid-size electric vehicle, known as Cosmos, until the second half of 2027 as new chief executive Silvio Napoli restructures the company around tighter spending…

Apple’s iCloud Private Relay, a privacy feature designed to hide users’ IP addresses while browsing in Safari, can be bypassed through several WebKit features that send traffic outside the relay.…

Jabees has launched the Peace Duo, an ultra-thin under-pillow speaker designed for people who listen to podcasts, music or sleep sounds in bed without wanting to wear earbuds. The device…

Shopify says artificial intelligence is adding to traditional search rather than replacing it, with AI-driven traffic and orders to stores on its platform tripling year over year during the second…

WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million in Series B funding to expand its global weather balloon network and develop AI tools that help businesses use forecasts in operational decisions. Khosla…

Lucid Motors has delayed the launch of its lower-priced mid-size electric vehicle until the second half of 2027 as new chief executive Silvio Napoli begins an operational reset. The company…

SpaceX nearly doubled its quarterly revenue as Starlink subscriptions and AI computing contracts drove growth in its first earnings report since becoming a public company. Revenue reached $7.8 billion in…

Some Android app developers may be sharing users’ precise locations with advertising companies without realising it, according to new research from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The issue occurs when advertising…

Anthropic has reportedly agreed to purchase $10 billion in computing capacity from AI infrastructure startup Volta over six years. The agreement would give the Claude developer access to a new…

Bingers has launched as a new television and movie-tracking app from Antonio Pinto, one of the original founders of TV Time. The service is intended to replace several of TV…

Hackers have stolen an estimated $130 million in Bitcoin from users of Coldcard hardware wallets after exploiting a flaw that made some recovery phrases easier to predict. Blockchain researchers believe…

Spotify has signed a licensing agreement with Merlin for an upcoming AI tool that will let users create covers and remixes using music from participating artists. The partnership brings more…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state regulators to audit every data centre seeking a connection to the state’s main electricity grid before allowing the project to proceed. The requirement…

Walmart has completed its acquisition of self-service streaming television advertising platform Vibe.co, bringing the company into Walmart Connect. The retailer expects the deal to expand its connected TV advertising business…

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk now spends nearly half of his earnings-call remarks discussing artificial intelligence, Full Self-Driving, robotaxis and robotics, according to an analysis by TechCrunch and financial research…