The Department of Homeland Security has increased pressure on technology companies to reveal the identities of social media account owners who criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This information comes from recent reporting, which indicates the department has sought to identify…
Much of Silicon Valley has spent years chasing mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals. Meanwhile, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture capital’s earlier days, writing smaller Series A and B checks to founders that larger firms…
Elon Musk is actively working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot more unhinged, according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge about recent departures from Musk’s AI company. This week, following the announcement that Musk’s SpaceX is acquiring xAI,…
Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for blatant copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese company that recently finalized a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations,…
Much has changed for Jenny Wang, the founder who is bringing “Clueless” fashion tech to life. Last year, her company, Alta, raised 11 million dollars in a round led by Menlo Ventures. This technology lets users create digital closets and…
India has approved a $1.1 billion state-backed venture capital program designed to channel government funds into startups through private investors. This initiative reinforces the country’s commitment to financing high-risk sectors like artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and other areas known collectively…
On Saturday, designer Kate Barton will unveil her latest collection at New York Fashion Week with a twist. Barton teamed up with Fiducia AI to create a multilingual AI agent, built with IBM Watsonx on IBM Cloud, to help guests…
Fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone in its quest for fusion power. Plasmas inside the company’s Polaris prototype reactor have reached 150 million degrees Celsius. This temperature is three-quarters of the way toward…
Two years ago, Luke Bailey introduced a controversial dating app idea called Score, designed for people with good to excellent credit. Launched just before Valentine’s Day, the app required a minimum credit score of 675 to register. Bailey explained that…
Meta plans to introduce facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as this year, according to a new report. The feature, internally called “Name Tag,” would enable wearers to identify people and receive information about them through Meta’s AI…
