A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol announced the shuttering of the cryptocurrency laundering service Cryptomixer on Monday. In a press release, Europol called Cryptomixer the platform of choice for cybercriminals seeking to launder illegal proceeds from a…
Amazon’s AI shopping assistant, Rufus, saw a significant surge in adoption during Black Friday shopping. According to new data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, Amazon sessions in the U.S. that resulted in a purchase and involved the Rufus chatbot…
Nvidia is investing two billion dollars into Synopsys, a company that makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips. This deal deepens their existing partnership at a time when analysts have started to scrutinize increasingly common circular AI-industry deals and…
Deezer launched its annual recap feature, “My Deezer Year 2025,” on Monday. This release is similar to Spotify Wrapped but arrives earlier than the annual summaries from competitors like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. It provides listeners with a…
OpenAI is acquiring an ownership stake in Thrive Holdings. The parent company of Thrive Holdings is Thrive Capital, which is itself a major investor in OpenAI. Thrive Holdings functions similarly to a private equity firm focused on artificial intelligence. It…
German AI lab Black Forest Labs announced on Monday that it has raised three hundred million dollars in a Series B funding round. This investment values the company at three point two five billion dollars. The funding round was co-led…
With AI igniting an investor frenzy, new startups are achieving unicorn status every month. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a surprising number are…
On Monday, Clipbook, an AI-powered platform that helps companies monitor their media coverage, announced a $3 million seed round. The investment was co-led by Mark Cuban, Commonweal Ventures, and Carpenter Capital. The deal originated from a cold email. Clipbook’s founder,…
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang announced over the weekend that a data breach has compromised the personal information of nearly 34 million customers in the country. The incident went undetected for more than five months. The company initially discovered unauthorized…
When Will Bruey talks about the future, the timelines are shorter than most might imagine. The Varda Space Industries CEO predicts that within ten years, someone could stand at a landing site and watch multiple specialized spacecraft per night zooming…
