Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, is pausing its space tourism flights for no less than two years. The company announced this decision on Friday, stating it will focus all of its resources on upcoming missions to…
Instagram is developing a feature that will allow users to remove themselves from someone’s “Close Friends” list. The company confirmed this to TechCrunch, noting the feature is still in the early stages and is not being tested publicly yet. The…
According to a document released by the Department of Justice on Friday, a confidential informant told the FBI in 2017 that Jeffrey Epstein had a “personal hacker.” The document was released as part of the Justice Department’s legally required effort…
SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 IPO. This move could signal the long-awaited reopening of the public markets after a years-long IPO drought. In the meantime, late-stage private companies like SpaceX are…
Earlier this month, Anthropic launched Cowork, a new agentic tool designed to take the benefits of its AI coding assistant Claude Code and transform it into a more general-use tool that non-coders could benefit from. Now Anthropic has launched a…
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Bluesky released its first transparency report this week. The report documents actions taken by its Trust and Safety team and covers initiatives like age-assurance compliance, monitoring of influence operations, and automated labeling. The social media startup, a rival to platforms…
Earlier this month, Anthropic launched Cowork, a new agentic tool designed to take the benefits of its AI coding assistant Claude Code and transform it into a more general-use tool that non-coders could benefit from. Now, Anthropic has launched a…
The Polish government has reported that Russian government hackers breached parts of the country’s energy grid infrastructure, exploiting poor security measures. On Friday, Poland’s Computer Emergency Response Team, which operates under the Ministry of Digital Affairs, released a technical report…
Billionaire tech mogul Reid Hoffman is urging his fellow tech leaders in Silicon Valley to not only condemn the killings of two American citizens at the hands of Border Patrol agents, but to stop pacifying President Trump. In posts and…
